Posted by Ron Hill on March 22, 2002, at 1:36:28
In reply to Re: SAM-eLizzy G., posted by colin wallace on March 21, 2002, at 15:43:15
Colin,
Glad you had heart rate info for Lizzy.
Hey, I'm curious, what prompted you to increase your SAM-e dose to 400 mg for a day?
Just to let you know, the slight hypomania I spoke of yesterday resolved itself by lowering to 200 mg. That's where I plan to keep it 'till the cows come home (i.e. a long time).
Eventually, I think I will order some 100 mg tablets from the web site you gave us and try the split dose thing. I think it will even out the effect over the day a little better. However, I ran out of SAM-e yesterday and, therefore, had to replenish my supply with 200 mg tablets. As it turned out, I happened into a sale at Costco; Eighty Nature Made brand 200 mg tabs for $35.99. Cool, that's ten bucks off the regular price which makes it less than fifty cents per tab.
-- Ron
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> Hi Liz,
>
> I've suffered with very severe anxiety as an unpleasant little adjunct to my major depression-
> One thing I was also very concerned about at the time was an irregular , skipping heartbeat.I actually checked this out with a cardiologist (I was living in Taiwan- it was cheap!)and the percieved 'abnormality' was scarcely detectable, nothing to worry about, and most definitely attributable to the anxiety.My GP., and everything I have read confirms that MILD palpitations/fluttering heartbeats commonly accompany anxiety.Of themselves, they are no cause for concern.
> Also, anecdotally, I've read accounts of people taking sam-e who've experienced an elevated pulse rate shortly after administration.Again, this is said to be harmless.(I'll try and find the info. again if I can)>
> Seemingly, Sam-e can also cause anxiety/jitteriness when dosed too high, or when first taking it. Ron and I have both experienced this.This too is commonplace.
> My anxiety is now pretty much under control, but today I took 400mg (underestimating the added effects of Prozac!!) and went into an 'anxiety-agitation orbit' -semi panic actually...struggled to keep the lid on it for a while.Brought back unsavoury memories I'll tell ya.
> Without the prozac, I would have felt some slight jitteriness only.So it's back down to 200 mg for me aswell!!
>
> One thing though, as Ron rightly said, it wouldn't harm to get your GP. to stick a stethascope over your ticker, just for your peace of mind.(if he's even heard of Sam-e, I'll buy you a year's supply!!)
>
> Col.
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