Posted by BarbaraCat on May 16, 2004, at 14:44:45
In reply to Re: inositol, posted by GabaGirl on May 16, 2004, at 11:13:07
The Jarrow powder is 600mg per 1/4 tsp, so 1 Tbs is 7.2 grams. Do you know if am or pm or split dosing is preferred? I take 1 Tbs in the morning. I haven't figured out if it energizes me or not, but morning seems to work out best.
About 4 years I started reacting terribly to SSRI's and coming down with the worst of my fibromyalgia symptoms. I added inositol and felt it was starting to make a difference. Then my pdoc and I suspected I might be bi-polar and started on lithium and then added Lamictal. I read that inositol interferred with lithium's action and so stopped inositol. Lam and lithium worked pretty well then pooped and I was getting pre Stevens-Johnson (which I eventually got but from another med) so I quit everthing.
Since stopping all prescription meds this past January I've gone back to inositol and fish oil and SAM-e as my primary mood meds.
Anyhoo, once again I'm feeling the beneficial effects of inositol and fish oil on my mood. Inositol does not bring on any hypomania at all. I think my bipolar depression/craziness was due to brain and body going haywire from longtime stress, and these nutrients are bringing things back to balance. And you bet, I do believe that inositol's detox effects are helping with this. Liver can use all the help it can get!
BTW, I play around with amino acids based on what I've read but it's not an exact science and sometimes I get weird results. My naturopath just gave me a saliva test kit from Neuroscience labs to measure neurotransmitter levels for amino acid supplement baselines. I'm starting a new thread on this board to see if there are any hits/info, so if you're interested, check out new threads. - BarbaraCat
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