Posted by JLx on November 2, 2003, at 9:47:23
In reply to Re: The right type of Inositol...MYO?, posted by john1022 on October 30, 2003, at 15:26:27
How much are you taking? I think the studies I've read of were as much as 12-18 grams/day. I haven't tried it because of that expense.
But recently on the Alernative Mental Health site, I was reading this, written by Dr. Walsh from the Pfeiffer Clinic. http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/walshMP.htm#Ob
"Generally OCD patients respond nicely to methionine, SAMe, calcium, magnesium, B-6, inositol, TMG, and zinc. Most OCD patients get worse if given supplements of DMAE, choline, copper, or folic acid. 500 to 1000 mg/day of inositol will probably be needed to provide good response. (9 Jan, 2003)
A) Inositol is usually very helpful for UNDERMETHYLATED, HIGH HISTAMINE patients. This includes nearly every OCD patient we have seen. Inositol usually provides calming throughout the day and ability to settle down to sleep at night, for these patients.
B) On the other hand, OVERMETHYLATED patients usually derive little or no benefit from Inositol, and may experience very nasty side effects from it.
C) Although a couple thousand milligrams may be needed to do the job & the tablets are often quite large, Inositol has the great advantage of being palatable..... Many of our patients chew it before swallowing, and report it "doesn't taste bad at all".
I'm quite surprised that Inositol isn't more popular due to its effectiveness and its role as a major "second messinger" in neurotransmission."
I don't have a diagnosis of OCD but since there is so much overlap to these things, I found that interesting, especially that apparently even as little as 500 mg or 1 gm might be helpful.
He says under the SAMe article that a trial of SAMe where the patient responds positively is a good indication of undermethylation, which is me. I have been taking an inositol/choline combo with 250 of each, which I think now was probably not a good idea, if choline is contraindicated for undermethylated people, especially as I've also been taking lecithin.
Be sure to let us know how the inositol works out for you.
> Thanks. I am pretty sure you are right on that. I think the normal "inositol" they sell as a powder in stores is actually "myo-inositol" like you said. Thanks for responding
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