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Posted by poser938 on March 14, 2011, at 21:57:03
has anyone ever taken inositolto help with OCD or depression? i'm suffering horribly from extreme anhedonia caused by mirapex, and im hoping maybe it will help me. i wanna know how it made you feel, if it did anything?
Posted by Phillipa on March 15, 2011, at 11:01:14
In reply to Inositol: anyone ever taken it?, posted by poser938 on March 14, 2011, at 21:57:03
Isn't that a supplement? I think once took it but don't remember anything. So I guess didn't feel a thing. Phillipa
Posted by mogger on March 16, 2011, at 0:18:40
In reply to Inositol: anyone ever taken it?, posted by poser938 on March 14, 2011, at 21:57:03
Inositol has allowed me to stop seeing my psychologist. It has been very beneficial to me with both depression and ocd especially. I highly recommend you try it. It takes patience getting up to 18 grams and once you reach it it takes two weeks to start seeing effects. I am a major proponent of it.
Posted by bleauberry on March 16, 2011, at 15:48:23
In reply to Inositol: anyone ever taken it?, posted by poser938 on March 14, 2011, at 21:57:03
Inositol is supposedly calming and some claim it has been an antidepressant. Clinical studies I think used very high doses. I personally found it not helpful in any way.
If your theory is that a dopamine agonist desensitized the dopamine receptors or somehow changed something, then maybe take an dopamine antagonist for a while? I guess all of them are possibilities but my fav to start with would amisulpride. Purely an experiment, as is everything we do I guess. Amisulpride is used to treat anhedonia. Maybe after getting off the dopamine antagonist the receptors would then be sensitive again. Or in my case after 8 years of zyprexa, hyper sensitive that took a long time to readjust.
There's the possibility that the anhedonia is just another stage of the underlying disease? Based on your description, I think probably not.
Though it would be impossible to explain or predict my top pick for a situation like yours would be LDN. Reading about might not give a whole lot of information specifically for your case or for anhedonia. All I know from personal use and studying it is that it plays directly with the dopamine system, opioid system, and immune system. All of which play a major role in anhedonia. Heroin addicts are discovering that ultra low doses prevent tolerance and withdrawal.
But inositol? I dunno bout that. Cheap enough and easy enough to try for sure. I could think of a couple dozen supplements or herbs to include on your trial list, but you gotta start somewhere.
Posted by desolationrower on March 23, 2011, at 4:27:12
In reply to Re: Inositol: anyone ever taken it?, posted by bleauberry on March 16, 2011, at 15:48:23
I tried it.
I it was similar to an ssri, but cleaner - i mean that both for good and bad.
-d/r
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