Information and opinions on health from Andrew Kindler at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/53048/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/53048/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/53048/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/26467/results-experiment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:40:09 -0400 Andrew Kindler I have struggled quite a bit with substituting Q10 for Lithium.  Adding to my existing dose was relatively easy, substituting was not.  I think I am now stable but it is so recent I cannot be sure.  I reduced my dose of Lithium from 1150 mg to 900 mg about 2 months ago (I put up a few posts at that time).  Because reducing the Lithium and adding primrose oil all have destabilizing effects for 2-3 months, it is like trying to... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/26467/results-experiment http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/20077/treatment-3rd Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:39:00 -0500 Andrew Kindler Yesterday, I lowered the dose of Coenzyme Q10 to 50 mg from 100 mg as planned in an effort to prevent mild morning highs.  I don't know if it was a coincidence, but it worked.  I did experience very slight mood shifts during the day but I have a nasty cold.  That makes it almost impossible to evaluate.  I would guess that at worst these are super mild aftershocks of the lithium dose change I wrote about earlier.  At... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/20077/treatment-3rd http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/20040/coq10-treatment Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:21:00 -0500 Andrew Kindler Yesterday I posted what I was doing with Coenzyme Q10 as an alternative treatment to Lithium.  After reducing the Lithium dose and raising the dose of CoQ10 I experienced initially severe mood oscillations which mostly died down.  Today I experienced a bit of a high in the morning, followed by an absolutely normal rest of day.  My memory is imperfect on this, but I think when I first experimented with the supplement I discovered... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/20040/coq10-treatment http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/19983/drug-treatment Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:21:00 -0500 Andrew Kindler A few months ago I discovered that Coenzyme Q10 dramatically improved stability over Lithium alone.  I started taking 300 mg of Lithium 12 years ago and over the years found it lost effectiveness.  At 1100 mg it was borderline effective when I made my discovery.  Just 20 mg of Q10 made a huge difference.  I did experience some anxiety but I was able to stop it with 2 capsules a day of evening primrose oil.  I am now... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/53048/19983/drug-treatment