Vitamin D - probably one of the most important vitamins to the body. It does a ton with your hormones and for your mood. Most people do not get enough of it especially if you live in the northern latitudes so it's actually a vitamin that needs supplementing unlike most vitamins / minerals that we naturally eat enough of.

Another quirky note about vitamin D - doctors will readily test your levels and you can scientifically - FACTUALLY - know if you are deficient.

Males low in vitamin D tend to be low in testosterone and tired a lot.

I live in a rain forest so doctors routinely test for vitamin D deficiency and usually people are low - a friends kid tested at 0.

We have a supplement group here at DS
http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/beyond-medication
Pop in and say hello :-)

Omega 3

Most of the supplements I take are not for BP, but of the 2 or 3 that are it wouldn't make sense to choose only one since each has its point of impact.

I think it's very important that we all go the extra mile and find a doctor that can test for all vitamin and mineral deficiencies. I had to travel 3 hours to find a doctor that did it. It told me soooo much about my body and I learned that Magnesium wasn't being absorbed well in my body so that would have to be my most important one.

I started having muscle spasms and problems a few years ago and took magnesium and wallah - gone. Now whenever I can't sleep because the muscle problem is back I go and take my magnesium pills and it works quite quickly. So magnesium is a good one, it interacts on some level, that I don't fully understand, with Lithium so I don't take it daily.

I'm studying B vitamins right now and think that B3 and B12 (methyl) might be crucial to those with bipolar, but I can't say anything for certain yet. A lot of people evincing "cures" do so with B3 and B12 -- so thought I would give supplementing those a try, but within safe limits. No megadosing.

I wrote a review today of 5-HTP at
http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/beyond-medication

More of a rescue med to be treated very carefully.

I was listening to someone on youtube talk about the bipolar brain and he claims we all have super brains and require extra vitamins minerals supplements etc to balance it out...

I don't think BPs have super brains, more like stupor brains. I use a Super B Complex preparation plus magnesium to help stave off alzheimers.

I have a problem digesting fructose and it strips the lining of my intestine and causes a lot of pain, bloating and all around problems generically called, IBS. After suffering with it for over two years I found a New Zealand study about fructose and then found a proper treatment for the IBS.

L-Glutamine. It's the amino acid that helps line the intestine. It's cheap and easy and works well for my IBS. I use a product that works faster called Intestinew. It relieved my IBS symptoms soon after I digested it and within a few days I was okay. Nothing short of a miracle.

If I over due the fructose my IBS comes right back so I keep Intestinew on hand. Thought I might share encase there are other IBS sufferers out there - albeit a lot of different causes for IBS and I'm not sure Intestinew works for anything other than fructose intolerance.

Cheers :D

vitamin h (hashish)

LOL Mojo!!!! I believe in a Mulit vitamin - have to take care of body, mind and soul : )

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