A lot of our health issues, especially mental health are due to other medications and diet. I have learned always try to treat naturally and with food and supplements first.
They say they is no magic bullet. No magic pill. There is! I started treating my mental health issues with fish oil which helped quite a bit. 1000mg per day. Make sure it's pure-pay the extra money. Then I started with a B-Complex 50 twice a day. Felt even better. Then I advanced to inositol.
I started taking 125mg of inositol after reading a study about it and panic attacks.(I bought empty gel caps at Whole Foods and made four capsules out of one 500mg cap.) I started with 125mg once a day. At first I didn't sleep well, had a headache for a few days, but then it was awesome! Slept great. Felt calm, but had energy. Can drive by myself again! Feel more focused. Right now I take 250mg in the morning and 250mg at about 3. Can actually takes walks again. Keep increasing the dose slowly until you get to a point that works for you. If you start to feel some symptoms, raise it again Going to start with 375mg in am and 250mg at 3 and try the commuter train and a highway drive by myself. I feel normal again.
I do feel a bit tired from it, but nothing like all the anti-anxiety, anti-depressants and xanax. I can't imagine taking the dose they recommend for me and my size. Like I said, I do the kids dose. Working up to 500mg twice a day if I need it. So far, the low dose is working.
You can't take this with lithium and I believe a few other prescriptions not related to mental health. Any questions, email me. (Tue Jul 6 15:14 2010)
Have tried various sri drugs, seroquel, epival. NOTHING worked as effectively or as rapidly as 5 g of inositol. I took 1g in pill form (where I live this supplement is expensive) and made up the other 4 g in food. Thats a peanut butter sandwich on stoneground wheat with a large glass of grapefruit juice and 1 can of yellow wax beans. I was like a new person. No anxiety episodes, even when stressful things were actually taking place. (Tue Dec 1 2:22 2009)
#23046 by Nick. You say inositol helps with anxiety. How much do you take and how long for any relief? Thanks in advance for any information. (Thu Jan 25 0:09 2007)
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Thanks Tom Cruise (Thu May 25 15:41 2006)
Inositol has changed my life. It has helped control panic attacks, as well as unnecessary anxiety. I recommend this to anyone with severe panic/anxiety disorder. It is just as effective as medication. (Sun Apr 2 18:21 2006)
Am using with my teenage son now. Seems to be working very well to control panic attacks and high anxiety without any other mediction. Using 12 grams/day in divided doses. (Sun Feb 5 18:11 2006)
has anyone tried this? (Mon Jan 9 21:34 2006)
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