Hello Everyone.

I would appreciate if someone could take the time to review my current vitamin and supplement regime and provide some suggestions on what to add.

Current Regime
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2 x tablespoon of BulletProof Brain Octane Oil daily

Nature's Own Activated Methyl B12 (1000mcg)

Nature's Own Concentrated Fish Oil
- Concentrated omega 3 (1000mg)
- Omega 3 marine triglycerides (630mg)
- EPA (310 mg)
- DHA (210 mg)

Blackmores Vitamin D3 (1000IU)

Swisse Men's Power Ultivite (high potency multivitamin)
-VITAMIN B1 (thiamine) 120 mg (from thiamine hydrochloride 134.55 mg)
-VITAMIN B2 (riboflavin) 120 mg
-NICOTINAMIDE 240 mg
-VITAMIN B5 (pantothenic acid) 120 mg (from calcium pantothenate 130.99 mg)
-VITAMIN B6 (pyridoxine) 50 mg (from pyridoxine hydrochloride 60.77 mg)
-VITAMIN B12 (cyanocobalamin) 240 mcg
-VITAMIN A (retinyl acetate) 750 mcg RE
-VITAMIN D3 1000 IU (as cholecalciferol 25 mcg)
-VITAMIN E 50 IU (as d-alpha tocopheryl acid succinate 41.33 mg)
-BIOTIN 100 mcg
-VITAMIN K (phytomenadione) 50 mcg
-CHOLINE BITARTRATE 120.35 mg
-INOSITOL 50 mg
-FOLIC ACID 500 mcg
-LYSINE 50 mg (from lysine hydrochloride 62.47 mg)
-TAURINE 75 mg
-SELENIUM 50.7 mcg (from selenomethionine 126 mcg)
-MOLYBDENUM 100 mcg (from molybdenum trioxide 150 mcg)
-MANGANESE 1 mg (from manganese amino acid chelate 10 mg)
-IRON 5 mg (from iron amino acid chelate 25 mg)
-COPPER 140 mcg (from copper gluconate 1 mg)
-ZINC 8 mg (from zinc amino acid chelate 40 mg)
-CHROMIUM 3.98 mcg (from chromium picolinate 32 mcg)
-IODINE 76.45 mcg (from potassium iodide 100 mcg)
-SPEARMINT OIL 2 mg


thoughts
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-firstly I think i'd be a wise idea to incorporate 5-HTP into my regime. I have been considering taking SSRI's for a couple weeks now and would like to try some other alternatives.

-is my Swisse Multivitamin giving me enough of all the B's?

-Curcumin. I've heard its good for inflammation.

-Magnesium Citrate

-anyone had any luck with Ginseng?

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

SSRIs are prescription-only drugs which are indicated for management of mood disorders like Major Depressive Disorder. Like all prescription drugs they have potential negative side-effects.

In many cases Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is highly effective in management of MDD with no need for pharmacological intervention.

I was on many of the supplements listed here. I've since stopped because I find that they didn't do a thing, weaned myself off one by one and there was little to no effect. They are unregulated, expensive and some of the absorption rates were so low that it wasn't worth it especially with omega 3 pills. Instead I eat all natural and include healthy fats. The last supplement I took was vitamin B2 and found that most ended up in my urine. Replaced it with nutritional yeast.

beef fat and other animal fats
MCT oil
Nutritional yeast
walnuts
salmon
spinach, kale
oatmeal
omega 3 eggs
cauliflower and broccli
carrots
beets
peanuts