Fish Oil for Omega 3

Jess1216 · 05-01-2008, 07:30 PM

I'm just wondering if anyone else is taking this? I NEVER eat fish--I've tried because I know it's supposed to be good for you and I just can't do it.

So I picked up some fish oil supplements yesterday. I took one this afternoon at lunch and I've been feeling weird. I don't know if it was the pill or what. The top of my head feels funny. I feel stupid for wording like that but I don't know how else to word it! It's like the top of my head is tingley or something.

Did anyone have any side effects from taking it?

februarystar · 05-01-2008, 10:05 PM

I take flaxseed oil rather than fish oil. Fish oil makes my burps taste funny! lol

Also if I take it on an empty stomach I bloat up really bad. The first time I took it was when i was participating in a study at uni and ignored there instructions to eat because i was in a rush and I was so uncomfortable I had to skip a class and come home to unbutton my pants haha

jc1978 · 05-16-2008, 05:01 AM

I'm like you! Can't stand fish! I didn't have any side effects like tingling on the head? I would say try it for 2 more days and see what happens.

I found it worked well for depression, LDL levels for cholesterol and good for hair and nails. I noticed that my hair and nails grow faster so could it be that? I take 2000mg a day.

sgordon · 05-16-2008, 11:32 AM

I take 3000mg a day. The pills are quite large, but my naturopath says it's important so I will obey!

Jess1216 · 05-17-2008, 08:11 PM

I've been too scared to try the fish oil pills again! I guess that one day I took them scared me too much. What I thought was interesting is that DH took one that day too & when he got home from work that day he asked me if I felt funny from taking one & mentioned that he had & said there was almost a feeling of being drunk. I knew exactly what he was talking about because I had felt the same way!

There was the tingling on the top of my head but I felt like I do when I'm drunk (I've only been drunk 3 times). It was that feeling you get when you've been drinking & your eyes are jumping around & you can't concentrate or something. It was weird.

witchy1 · 05-17-2008, 08:16 PM

Are the pills pure fish oil, or a complex kind of thing? You might also try a different kind of fish oil.

Jess1216 · 05-17-2008, 08:32 PM

The ingredients say: Fish oil concentrate, gelatin, glycerin, glycerol, d-Sorbitol, natural tocopherols

Contains: Fish (anchovy, bonito, clupea, mackerel, pilchard, salmon, sardine, sprat) and Soy

witchy1 · 05-17-2008, 11:02 PM

You might be having a reaction to one of the fish oils used. You might consider finding a diferent fish oil or changing to flax seed oil. I take a supplement several times a day w/o and s/e it contains oils from anchovy, mackerel, sardine, tuna. It also contains peppermint oils and spearmint oils to combat the fishy taste and burps. My nutritionist reccommended cod liver oil. They apparantly make it so it has a decent taste now, but I couldn't do it. LOL Hope some of this helps you out.

Jess1216 · 05-17-2008, 11:54 PM

Thank you very much! I'll look into it & see about switching to another fish oil or to flax seed.

witchy1 · 05-18-2008, 12:01 AM

Good luck!!!!!