I am throwing this out there for anyone who may be interested in trying this supplement for Crohn's related depression and fatigue.
My son suffers from an autoimmune disease that is related to Crohn's, but different.
I will focus on the symptoms that are mental in nature since these are the most troublesome.
As you all know by now, I spend a great deal of time looking for methods to control, and hopefully cure Crohn's and two of my children's autoimmune diseases, as well as my wife's Lyme Disease. I have the Lyme and my Crohn's well under control. The other diseases I have not had a great deal of success with.
My youngest son has Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Other than the baseball size, extremely painful, abscesses this creates, it also has mental symptoms.
He suffers from depression, anxiety, and is unable to get up early in the morning. This inability to wake up has contributed to him losing a job even though he is quite talented in his work.
He has tried the usual depression medications which either zombied him out so bad, he could not stand it, or caused other problems such as suicidal tendencies. You all know the possible side effects of these drugs, and he seemed to exhibit all of them.
I used to think his inability to wake up was just a sheer lack of self discipline, but there is more to it than that. It is literally impossible to wake him up.
I have had him try many things to try help him with this disease, which of course is incurable.
That all changed recently with one supplement in particular. I had him try Rhodiola Rosea. I had never heard of this until recently, but thought it might help him. It has no known side effects, and has a history of helping with depression in Siberia.
He took some of this supplement, and the difference has been astounding. He is happy and now can sleep at night and more importantly he can get up in the morning. He has much more energy than he has had in a long time, probably ever. Keep in mind he has not had much success with any other supplement or treatment I have come up with. He did not expect that this would have any better results. I was not all that confident either after so many failures.
I have never seen such a dramatic improvement for anything, from one supplement. It did not help his anxiety much, which is unfortunate, but the depression is gone, and he is able to function again as a normal person.
Crohn's is related to his disease, and some people have both of these diseases. That is why I think this is worth a try if you suffer from these symptoms.
I would not even bring it up if he responded slightly to this supplement, but it was a good improvement. He is taking slightly less than twice the recommended dosage, as that works better for him.
I bought this from ebiochem, but it is available from many sources.
I ordered some more, as I have a bit of this fatigue thing going on also, likely due to the improper immune function. I gave all of mine to my son, when I found out how well it was working for him.
I doubt it would work for everyone, as nothing ever does, but if even one quarter of the people suffering from these symptoms could be helped, it would be well worth trying it out.
I will also be watching to see if it helps with his physical symptoms. I doubt that it will, but I can only hope.
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Nothing I post here is to be construed as medical advice. I am not a doctor or health professional. Just share my experience.
They are simply my opinions.
Post Edited (richael) : 10/22/2012 11:48:42 PM (GMT-6)