Comments on: Resveratrol

By: Mardi Hockenberry

Mardi Hockenberry — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:42:21 +0000

I have questions about taking Resveratrol. Can you take it when you are on psych meds? I am on several. I would like to know if there would be any reactions with the drugs I am taking. Currently I am taking Artane, Topamax, Welbutrin, Seroquel, Gabapentin, and one other one that I can’t remember at the moment. I don’t want to mix meds if it is dangerous to do so but I have such terrible short memory loss. I really want to get better. Please let me know. Thank you.

By: Carla Ferguson

Carla Ferguson — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:20:19 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I have been fighting the emotional monster of bi-polar disorder for 20 years. I have very few pharmaceuticals actually control the disorder without some pretty nasty side effects, mostly weight gain, which can lead to even more drugs for high cholesterol and diabetes. I wanted to share a link for anyone who is on Lipitor or another statin who might be wondering about the interaction of Resveratrol with these drugs.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1857339/#FN2

It seems that Resveratrol in combination with a statin can be very beneficial for the heart. If we have our minds and our hearts right, I think we are in pretty good shape. Don’t you think?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:14:30 +0000

I have struggled with depression for most of my life. Anyone who suffers with depression can tell you it is more debilitating than physical pain.I also have been on various anti-depressants;all have side effects. After taking resveratrol for a month, my depression has lifted, my mind feels calm and clear without that mental fogginess. My brain seems sharper as well as my memory. I am the most skeptical person, and there is no doubt in my mind it is due to resveratrol-which has been a miracle to me.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:09:13 +0000

Thank you for sharing your experience. Mine is similar. I began taking Resveratrol a about a year and a half ago because of the publicity it had received for its health benefits. Changes were very gradual, but I knew right away that it was on some level helpful, and I knew I was feeling a little better with just my health in general. After several months I noticed the more mental ‘calmness’ that you mentioned! For all of my adult life I have suffered through the terrible mental agitation and episodes such as you describe. I prefer not to take pharmaceuticals, so I always tried through diet and supplements to make a ‘dent’ in it. I was functional, but not really well. (I never received a formal diagnosis of bipolar — when I had a brain seizure three years ago they had me on Depakote for a time to treat seizures, and I noticed it calmed my moods and put me on a more even keel. When I realized what Depakote is mainly used to treat, that’s when I basically knew that I was suffering from bipolar. I stopped taking Depakote a few months after the seizure.)

The gradual improvement in my mental state after months and months of the Resveratrol made me look on the Internet recently regarding any connection, and I found your blog. Thank you for sharing! It just validates what I was discovering. And, incidentally, bald spots on my head are regrowing hair, also…

By: Resveratrol

Resveratrol — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:40:15 +0000

How exciting resveratrol is! It is in my opinion one of the greatest nutritional discoveries ever. The breadth of resveratrol’s potential applications is very remarkable. I have taken such an interest in this healing compound that I have created a web site devoted to the benefits of resveratrol. I hope people will check it out.