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Posted by mogger on January 18, 2006, at 21:38:31
Hi there,
has anyone had experience inositol with regards to treatment for ocd? If so, can one explain how it helps? many thanks,
mogger
Posted by Colleen D. on January 18, 2006, at 21:38:31
In reply to inositol and ocd, posted by mogger on January 18, 2006, at 1:19:03
> Hi there,
> has anyone had experience inositol with regards to treatment for ocd? If so, can one explain how it helps? many thanks,
> moggerI'm not sure what the actual drug action is but I took it for OCD for about a month at the same time I was starting Effexor and it helped a little with my "skin picking" problem which is what I had read on the web it could be helpful for. I think you have to take it in very large quantities for a beneficial effect. Here's a link:
http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Inositol.html
Good luck,
Colleen
Posted by MoparFan91 on January 20, 2006, at 2:28:37
In reply to Re: inositol and ocd » mogger, posted by Colleen D. on January 18, 2006, at 15:05:16
It would be a good alternative for OCD, but I don't think I'd want to take powders all 3xday. I have taken capsules and derived a calming effect from them, though.
Posted by LOOPS on February 21, 2006, at 8:49:09
In reply to Re: inositol and ocd, posted by MoparFan91 on January 20, 2006, at 2:28:37
Hi -
I liked inositol intitially for sleeping (decreased waking during the night) and it did seem to have both a relaxing and antidepressant effect. However in the end it made me go a bit nuts (as in very emotionally unbalanced). I cured that with one pill of lithium orotate, which made me wonder if inositol depletes the brain of lithium (and vice versa is known I think).
However it did decrease my obsessiveness. If it hadn't made me go nuts I would have continued it.
BTW, I used to like mixing it with GABA and also niacinamide - in fact you can buy this mixture as something called GABA Plus I think - from Twinlab? Apparently the niacinamide (B3) helps to get the GABA past the blood brain barrier. I found this combo quite calming.
Good luck
Loops
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