Posted by Maximus on December 7, 2004, at 17:59:37
In reply to Re: Same here., posted by cache-monkey on December 7, 2004, at 15:57:05
> > When i'm depressed i feel cold too: cold hands and feet and vice et versa.
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> I think you might have read this in another thread, but I started fish oil last week, and I feel like that has made some difference in keeping temperature/BP/pulse regulated and up.I'm glad it works for you. For me the omegas 3 have been a pure plecebo. Nothing good or bad.
Ginseng has been the answer for me. Low blood pressure, cold hands and feet, dizziness and fatigue are very very often related to adrenal fatigue which comes with depression, stress or hypothyroidia.
The compound is an adaptogen. "The main active ingredients of ginseng are the more than 25 saponin triterpenoid glycosides called "ginsenosides. These steroid-like ingredients provide the adaptogenic properties that enable ginseng to balance and counter the effects of stress. The glycosides appear to act on the adrenal glands, helping to prevent adrenal hypertrophy and excess corticosteroid production in response to physical, chemical or biological stress".
Personally i suspect that adrenal exhaustion happens very very often in the atypical depression (bipolar or uni).
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