I am honestly very glad for people who took omega-3s and who experienced a benefit. For me, though, next time I’m a mouse and I want to drink more sugar water and stay in the middle of an open box vs. the edges (all that was demonstrated in the article, as far as I can tell), I’ll be sure to take some omega 3s. Until then, I’ll keep taking the prescription antidepressants that actually allowed me to get through a PhD program and hold down a job afterwards.
People respond differently to different medications. Mental health medications are particularly varied between people. Often, it can take several antidepressants for people to find one that jives with them.
I see that my comment came across as snarky. I guess the point I was trying to make was that the results of clinical trials treating humans with antidepressants make me more confident of their impact on depression and anxiety than studies on mouse models using behavioral readouts that may or may not map perfectly on the subjective human experience of anxiety and depression. Again, I don’t doubt anyone who takes omega 3s and experiences an improvement in anxiety and depression! That seems great!
I guess a further refinement here would be that depression and anxiety are clinical terms for what are likely a range of conditions, some of which can be addressed using omega 3 supplements and some of which can’t (like mine).
My experience is, that it also depends on when. Most of the time, it clearly had some positive effect on me, but sometimes, it didn’t improve my mood at all.
Yep, everyone's body is a little bit different. Some people might be naturally deficient in someone that omega-3s help you body with some when they don't have enough the hally chemicals in their brain don't work as well, others it doesn't make a difference.
