SAM-e recommendations?

[OneGrassRoot]

Is there a certain brand or formulation (if that is even applicable) that you can recommend for SAM-e, or is one manufacturer as good as another?

Thanks.

:)

[conscious evolution]

1. I was told

that it does not really matter who makes it as it is all made the exact same way.
I was also told that if you do not notice a difference within a week you may as well quit taking it because the imbalance is due to other causes.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. Thanks...

:hug:

[conscious evolution]

8. BTW,Shallah

is right about the B vits.Especially B-6 and B-12.
The body needs them to help absorb SAM-E,along with a bunch of other nutrients, more efficiently.The B's also help the body produce melatonin and Seratonin,both of which,when lacking,can cause depressed states.

[Celebration]

2. one reason I like iherb

Is that they have a lot of feedback on their products.

www.iherb.com

You can always read those, and order any place you want.

[OneGrassRoot]

5. That came up in Google searches...

the iherb feedback. :)

Thanks for that! :hug:

[Shallah Kali]

3. I have tried a few kinds

This is the one time I found a Now Foods product to be less potent. Nature Made, Natrol & Swanson Vitamins all have an effect on me while I had to double dose the Now Foods dose to feel anything. Look for an enteric coated product as I read it is ruined by stomach acid. I can't recall the details but B vitamins are needed to get the full effect of the SAM-e.

I have read that some people get similar results to SAM-e when taking the amino acid TMG which is much less expensive and again B complex is needed for it to do it's job. I haven't tried it yet myself but have given it to my arthritic kitty with good results. I open the capsule and give her a tiny bit of the powder every other day mixed in wet food.

http://www.swansonvitamins.com
http://www.iherb.com
http://www.luckyvitamin.com

btw if what you want from sam-e is mood help The Mood Cure is an interesting book: http://books.google.com/books?id=SdZFPeTQyX4C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=mood+cure+julia+ross+sam-e&source=bl&ots=8Bm3BFZvAJ&sig=iYYFCSmZAxA--UIJUU7WHPwP3MI&hl=en&ei=MtfsS56zAYP48Abpy9D9Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

to see if your local library has a copy try worldcat http://books.google.com/url?id=SdZFPeTQyX4C&pg=PA47&q=http://worldcat.org/oclc/49822868&clientid=librarylink&usg=AFQjCNFWaM8gS_Sfm-DSZ8QKV_OgMyC8PA&source=gbs_buy_s&cad=0

[OneGrassRoot]

6. So nice to see you, Shallah...

I also read that B-complex is needed, so I'll be sure to take in conjunction. I think I'll go with Nature Made, since it's more readily available and I read positive things about it, though I tend to use Natrol for other supplements.

Thanks for the other links. :)

I hope you are well. :hug:

[Shallah Kali]

7. If you go with Nature Made sign up for their website for coupons

and check for buy one get one sales. at least two pharmacy chains in my areas have them at different times from each other so I hope they are in your area as well.


sam-e & b-complex helps the depression I have felt recently. I really feel it if I miss my daily dose or simply don't take them first thing in the day. I take a low dose of sam-e as more than that makes me spacey if it take it all at once or it makes falling asleep harder than ever (chronic insomnia since I was a wee one) if I take a second one later in the day.

[Shallah Kali]

9. Nature Made is buy 1, get 1 this week @ CVS

or at least in my state so check your local store if you are still using that brand. If they are out of it get rainchecks. My local cvs only had 3 boxes so I got one for buying one and they gave me the third half price :) Local rite aid never let me do that. If it was buy 1, get 1 and they only had one I was out of luck. I am switching back as of today to see if it has more zip to it than the brands I have been using.

[OneGrassRoot]

10. Bless your heart...

Thanks for the heads up!

:hug:

[Shallah Kali]

11. I hope it is on sale in your area too!

and don't be shy asking for rainchecks. Most people who work at CVS in my experience are among the nicest about helping me find sale items and giving a good number of the item on rainchecks. Some other stores don't want to give more than a couple of anything on a raincheck which is especially disappointing as this sort of sale is not frequent. I think last week rite aid had Nature Made buy one/ get one half price :/