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Hello there. I just wanted to ask your advice to see if it is ok to take Vitamin B6 and Magnesium for pms - this is made worse by my bipolar and my age (47). I take Lamictal and Citalopram. Have recently started taking high strength Omega 3. Have read about Agnus Castus to balance hormones?? Controversial?! Cannot take hormones or contraceptive pill (dont want to anyway). Any advice on this one please.

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HI Jayne,

Well, you seem to be on the right track.  It is always wise to try out natural treatments, before embarking on drug therapy.

Search our web site for "Bipolar Disorder". "Lecithin for Bipolar Disorders".

Also read:

Nutritional Aspects of Schizophrenia at:
http://curezone.com/upload/Newsletter/Hypoglycemic_He/HYPONL2001_06.pdf
and go to page 7 of Newsletter.
much of this applies equally to Bipolar Disorder.

Also read:

Pre-menstrual Syndrome at:
http://healthnotes.deliciouslivingmag.com/healthnotes.cfm?org=nh〈=EN&Cont...

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
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Author of "Getting off the Hook"
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

Expertise

Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

Experience

I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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