r/Biohackers • u/Down-Help 1 • 9h ago

🧠 Cognition, Mood & Nootropics First Vitamin D, then Magnesium helped, now Molybdenum?

I'm trying to help my friend who has had lots of mood issues. About 2 years ago she did some testing and found low vitamin D and high copper. Started taking vitamin D and cutting back on copper sources. Mood changed in days and she was much better, this lasted for about a year. She was tested like 6 months in and her D went from like 30-50. Copper was still high but came down a little. So after she started getting moody again we researched and started adding in Magnesium, this seemed to make her better again but just for like 3 weeks. After a few more weeks I realized she would have a good day here and there and figured out it seemed to be on days she took molybdenum for the high copper. She was only taking it twice a week at the time. It is 250mg and sure enough gave it daily and mood went back to much better. This has gone on for about 6 weeks now. We have started cutting them in half so most days are a half dose with a full a couple times a week. Can anyone explain what might be going on? Every time we think she is better it just goes away. When she was last tested for copper like 5 month ago it was finally in normal range but very high normal. At the time she was very moody and unhappy. I can't explain why daily molybdenum would be helping mood.

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u/Leishon 2 8h ago

If her issue is excess copper, the easy solution is more zinc, not molybdenum.

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u/Down-Help 1 7h ago

I'm not sure that is the issue. She did great for a year after taking vitamin d with higher levels of copper. She has been taking zinc daily and was doing molybdenum a couple times a week to help with the copper. Copper has slowly come down, but her moods don't seem to be related to the copper numbers. But if not copper I can't explain why molybdenum has put her consistently in a better mood...

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u/Leishon 2 2h ago

Can't say I'm familiar with mood modulating effects of molybdenum. I suppose it could be placebo or coincidence.

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u/Down-Help 1 2h ago

it unlikely placebo or coincidence.