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Ropinorole

BP Depression, Restless leg syndrome, Bipolar, Treatments / Nancy Brandon

[Requip] Similar to pramipexole but not as clearly effective in depression

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Probiotics

Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Female, Autism, Bipolar, Depression, BP Depression, Age-related or non-specific decline, Treatments, Anxiety, Deepen Sleep, Treatment Resistant Depression, Anxious Depression, Peripartum Depression, Borderline, Negative symptoms, Sleep, ADHD, Long COVID, Cognition, Inflammatory Depression, Schizophrenia, Sexual Dysfunction / Nancy Brandon

For bipolar/unipolar depression [2], ADHD [3], anxiety [2], cognition [2], autism [2], weight loss [1], dyslipidemia, long COVID [1].

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Coenzyme q10

Major Depression, Fibromyalgia, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Bipolar, Depression, Age-related or non-specific decline, Treatments, Autism, BP Depression, ADHD / Nancy Brandon

For bipolar and unipolar depression [2], ADHD [3], autism [2], neurodevelopmental disorders [2], and energy in elderly.

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SAMe

Major Depression, Fibromyalgia, Treatments, Depression, SSRI-Induced, Treatment Resistant Depression, Inflammatory Depression, Sexual Dysfunction / Nancy Brandon

For depression, improves liver health, osteoarthritis, but l-methylfolate has a similar mechanism and better evidence.

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Creatine

Fibromyalgia, Major Depression, Age-related or non-specific decline, Treatments, Depression, Long COVID / Nancy Brandon

Augments SSRIs in women only [3]. Improves memory, especially in older adults [2]. Long-COVID [3].

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Melatonin

Hypnotics in Sleep Apnea, Hypnotics, Weight Gain, Treatments, Hypnotic for Elderly, Deepen Sleep, Dementia, Migraines, Sleep, Side Effects / Chris

Hypnotic with particular benefits in elderly and children with developmental disorders [1], and antipsychotic weight loss [1].

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Saffron

Female, Hypnotics, Major Depression, Male, Depression, Treatments, Weight Gain, Age-related or non-specific decline, Hypnotic for Elderly, SSRI-Induced, Deepen Sleep, Dementia, Opioid, OCD, Peripartum Depression, Premenstrual Dysphoria, Hot flashes, ADHD, Sexual Dysfunction / Nancy Brandon

Well-studied in depression [1], sleep, cognition. Small trials in ADHD [3], OCD [3], weight loss [3], sexual dysfunction [3].

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Curcumin

Major Depression, Depression, Treatments, Age-related or non-specific decline, Dementia, Long COVID, Inflammatory Depression / Nancy Brandon

[Tumeric] Antioxidant improves depression [3], cognition, but possible liver risks.

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Palmitoylethanolamide

Major Depression, Autism, Bipolar, Depression, Treatments, Chronic Pain, Mania, Mixed, Migraines, Negative symptoms, Long COVID / Nancy Brandon

[PEA] For mania [3], and augments antidepressants in unipolar [3], autism, neg symptom schizophrenia, migraines and chronic pain.

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Omega 3 (Fish oil)

Lithium SE, Anorexia, Major Depression, Age-related or non-specific decline, Treatments, Weight Gain, Autism, BP Depression, Bipolar, Depression, DMDD, Migraines, Non-specific Anxiety, Peripartum Depression, Borderline, ADHD, Inflammatory Depression, Acne, Psoriasis, Side Effects / Nancy Brandon

[Fish oil] For bipolar/unipolar depression [2], ADHD, [3], borderline pd [2], irritability, autism, [2], prevention of psychosis [1], dyslipidemia.

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