Micronutrients (EmpowerPlus)

CAM (complex of micronutrients, theorized as missing from the typical western diet)

Dosing

2 cap/day

Management

Low risk. Avoid with lithium (can worsen lithium side effects). Most experts believe this simply does some of what a healthy Mediterranean style diet would do. www.truehope.com ($20/month)

Studies in depression and bipolar were not controlled, but those in ADHD were and it mainly improved emotional reactivity in ADHD.

36 ingredients (16 minerals, 14 vitamins, 3 amino acids and 3 antioxidants). Seven of those ingredients are known to help either bipolar disorder (inositol and magnesium) or unipolar depression (vitamin B6, B12, folate, chromium, and L-methionine), but the dose it provides are generally below those we know to be effective. Most of the remaining ingredients in EMPowerplus would be found in an average multivitamin.

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