Inositol

[LJ76]

After reading all the good things about Inositol for anxiety, especially from GaryWary, I decided to give it a try. I just got a bottle of 300g this morning. I'm currently taking Clonopin (0.5mg twice per day). I'm wondering if it's OK to take a few grams of Inositol along with the Clonopin or if this would be a bad idea? Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[diamonddiceclay]

STICK WITH YOUR MEDICINE-IT IS MORE THAN STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THE JOB!

 

[stray dogg]

I too read all kinds of good things about inositol.......Well I bought some gaba plus(it has inositol in it) I have been taking a total of 15 pills per day it comes out to about 9 grams of inositol and I haven`t noticed anything different.........I`m going to try a different brand to see if I can get any results.......

I have been taking 5-htp and it has worked great for my anxiety.....I use the natrol brand........

To better answer your question you might want to ask your doctor about mixing things like that........

 

[LJ76]

Ok, I'm going to put off taking the Clonopin. I just got the RX yesterday anyway. I'm going to go ahead and take the Inositol, probably 2g/ 3-4 times per day. I'll post the results of it in a few days.

 

[diamonddiceclay]

Ok, I'm going to put off taking the Clonopin. I just got the RX yesterday anyway. I'm going to go ahead and take the Inositol, probably 2g/ 3-4 times per day. I'll post the results of it in a few days.

trust me-klonopin WILL WORK-inositol MAY work

 

[LJ76]

trust me-klonopin WILL WORK-inositol MAY work

I totally agree with you on that. I decided to take the Klonopin(0.5mg twice per day) plus Inositol (1500mg three times per day). I'm already feelingly remarkably better. I know it's probably better to take one at a time to see which one works and/or which one works best but I went ahead with both anyway. Nonetheless, I feel alot better. I can't decide if I should eventually ween myself off the Clonopin and take the Inositol.

 

[LJ76]

Ok, the Clonopin has made a mess of my short term memory and I feel really mentally sluggish. It works for the anxiety but the side effects are too much to take, especially as I am in college and need all the cognitive functioning I can have. I think I'm going to drop the Clonopin and go full ahead with the Inositol. How much of the Inositol should I go about taking?

GaryWary? Where are you?

 

[KillJoy]

as long as you don't mix it with crack........

 

[Master Bates]

Ignore the handle - I am Gary Wary.........

Inositol dose - 2g - 10g.. start on 2g.. 2 days later if you feel no improvement take 4g.. if you feel no improvement - try 6g.. after a week if you feel no improvement just take one a day until you run out (it is a good supplement to take anway). No response in 1 week means you have depression/anxiety not responsive to inositol - sorry. Remember, SSRI's like Prozac don't work for everyone!

I currently use:

inositol/choline 3g of each per day
L-Tyrosine 1.5g per day
during the week I eat plenty of Fava Beans (ordinary Broad Beans) and/or Velvett Beans (Indian shops) - both contain large amounts (I mean large) of L-dopa..
50mg 5HTP before bed per day
2 x Strong B-Complex per day