Posted by Regis Harold on July 11, 2004, at 19:54:25
In reply to Re: Chromium Picolinate Study w/ Atypical Depression, posted by KaraS on July 10, 2004, at 17:47:56
> That's discouraging. Chromium is on my list of things to try. I wonder if it would make any difference if you divided up the dose and took it three times a day instead of all at once. Did anything in your diet change from when you first got the good effect? Did you eat a lot more sugar or stop taking your other vitamins or anything like that? Are you hypoglycemic to begin with? Those are the people who are supposed to be helped the most with chromium.
Kara, probably the only habit that changed drastically was that I started eating more while at work. Eating anything close to a fulfilling lunch during the day turned me into a zombie for the rest of the day. I guess that might indicate that I am hypoglycemic, but I haven't had a blood glucose test done yet. I plan on scheduling a battery of tests (blood glucose, thyroid, etc) in the next couple of weeks.
Although the chromium doesn't provide the same kick that it did in the first week, I can say that I'm no longer a useless zombie at work, and my rejection sensitivity is way down. I can still find it hard to motivate, focus, and concentrate at times, but I don't necessarily shrink away from social interaction. Kara, if you haven't tried it yet, I would say give it a whirl and see what it does for you. I plan on keeping it in my regimen. I might try dividing the doses to see what that does for me.
I was reading another post of yours in which you referred to "Flowers of Algernon." To be honest with you, that's exactly how this past month has been for me. Literally, right after my first dose of chromium, and a week thereafter, I felt on top of the world, and with enough energy to rule it, even. Now I'm back to figuring out how to get myself to "wake up" again.
Regis
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