Re: Mixing Inositol Powder Question

[Guest guest]

We mix it with milk. Ben loves milk, so it works for him. Just make sure it

dissolves well.

J

Mixing Inositol Powder Question

We just got the inositol powder that my 11 yr old dd's dr recommended

in the mail yesterday. The dr had told my dd it was very sweet and a

lot of people just eat it right off the spoon-I thought she had her

convinced-should have known. My dd hates taking meds or anything else-

she won't even chew her fluoride tablet. So, she said she tasted it,

but I doubt it. She's suppose to take 3 teaspoons a day so this

morning I mixed 1 1/2 in her juice and she drank it. I was just

wondering if this is ok and/or if there is anything better to mix it

with and if it still works if it's mixed with something. We don't have

an appt for a while so I figured I'd check and see what some of you do

before calling the dr and asking her. I don't think my dd's dr has

used this before, she had just gone to a seminar on difficult OCD

cases and this was suggested by the specialist running it. Aren't I

lucky that my dd was the one the dr thought of first Thanks in

advance, Dawn

[Guest guest]

We mix it with milk. Ben loves milk, so it works for him. Just make sure it

dissolves well.

J

Mixing Inositol Powder Question

We just got the inositol powder that my 11 yr old dd's dr recommended

in the mail yesterday. The dr had told my dd it was very sweet and a

lot of people just eat it right off the spoon-I thought she had her

convinced-should have known. My dd hates taking meds or anything else-

she won't even chew her fluoride tablet. So, she said she tasted it,

but I doubt it. She's suppose to take 3 teaspoons a day so this

morning I mixed 1 1/2 in her juice and she drank it. I was just

wondering if this is ok and/or if there is anything better to mix it

with and if it still works if it's mixed with something. We don't have

an appt for a while so I figured I'd check and see what some of you do

before calling the dr and asking her. I don't think my dd's dr has

used this before, she had just gone to a seminar on difficult OCD

cases and this was suggested by the specialist running it. Aren't I

lucky that my dd was the one the dr thought of first Thanks in

advance, Dawn

[Guest guest]

Thanks, I just tried milk at dinner before I read this and she

picked it up right away and kept saying her milk tasted too sweet-

then some had settled at the bottom, probably didn't mix it enough,

so she definitely knew and I'm the bad guy again and probably going

to put it in all her food and she doesn't have to take it, yada,

yada, yada Why does it always have to be so difficult when you

are only trying to help???? Thanks for your message. I appreciate

it. Sorry to vent. Dawn

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> We mix it with milk. Ben loves milk, so it works for him. Just

make sure it dissolves well.

> J

> Mixing Inositol Powder Question

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> We just got the inositol powder that my 11 yr old dd's dr

recommended

> in the mail yesterday. The dr had told my dd it was very sweet

and a

> lot of people just eat it right off the spoon-I thought she had

her

> convinced-should have known. My dd hates taking meds or anything

else-

> she won't even chew her fluoride tablet. So, she said she tasted

it,

> but I doubt it. She's suppose to take 3 teaspoons a day so this

> morning I mixed 1 1/2 in her juice and she drank it. I was just

> wondering if this is ok and/or if there is anything better to

mix it

> with and if it still works if it's mixed with something. We

don't have

> an appt for a while so I figured I'd check and see what some of

you do

> before calling the dr and asking her. I don't think my dd's dr

has

> used this before, she had just gone to a seminar on difficult

OCD

> cases and this was suggested by the specialist running it.

Aren't I

> lucky that my dd was the one the dr thought of first Thanks

in

> advance, Dawn

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, I just tried milk at dinner before I read this and she

picked it up right away and kept saying her milk tasted too sweet-

then some had settled at the bottom, probably didn't mix it enough,

so she definitely knew and I'm the bad guy again and probably going

to put it in all her food and she doesn't have to take it, yada,

yada, yada Why does it always have to be so difficult when you

are only trying to help???? Thanks for your message. I appreciate

it. Sorry to vent. Dawn

>

> We mix it with milk. Ben loves milk, so it works for him. Just

make sure it dissolves well.

> J

> Mixing Inositol Powder Question

>

>

> We just got the inositol powder that my 11 yr old dd's dr

recommended

> in the mail yesterday. The dr had told my dd it was very sweet

and a

> lot of people just eat it right off the spoon-I thought she had

her

> convinced-should have known. My dd hates taking meds or anything

else-

> she won't even chew her fluoride tablet. So, she said she tasted

it,

> but I doubt it. She's suppose to take 3 teaspoons a day so this

> morning I mixed 1 1/2 in her juice and she drank it. I was just

> wondering if this is ok and/or if there is anything better to

mix it

> with and if it still works if it's mixed with something. We

don't have

> an appt for a while so I figured I'd check and see what some of

you do

> before calling the dr and asking her. I don't think my dd's dr

has

> used this before, she had just gone to a seminar on difficult

OCD

> cases and this was suggested by the specialist running it.

Aren't I

> lucky that my dd was the one the dr thought of first Thanks

in

> advance, Dawn

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

We just mixed ours in with Kool-Aid. I'm probably the only mom who

gave her child Kool-Aid for his a.m. drink! I do know that the

brands we tried mixed differently. Source Naturals has mixed the

best for us.

Inositol can cause stomach upset, so may not want to do 3 tsp the

first day; see how she does on 1 tsp one day, 2 tsp the next.... How

many grams are you trying to build her up to, to start?

>

> We just got the inositol powder that my 11 yr old dd's dr

recommended

> in the mail yesterday. The dr had told my dd it was very sweet and

a

> lot of people just eat it right off the spoon-I thought she had her

> convinced-should have known. My dd hates taking meds or anything

else-

> she won't even chew her fluoride tablet. So, she said she tasted

it,

> but I doubt it. She's suppose to take 3 teaspoons a day so this

> morning I mixed 1 1/2 in her juice and she drank it. I was just

> wondering if this is ok and/or if there is anything better to mix

[Guest guest]

We just mixed ours in with Kool-Aid. I'm probably the only mom who

gave her child Kool-Aid for his a.m. drink! I do know that the

brands we tried mixed differently. Source Naturals has mixed the

best for us.

Inositol can cause stomach upset, so may not want to do 3 tsp the

first day; see how she does on 1 tsp one day, 2 tsp the next.... How

many grams are you trying to build her up to, to start?

>

> We just got the inositol powder that my 11 yr old dd's dr

recommended

> in the mail yesterday. The dr had told my dd it was very sweet and

a

> lot of people just eat it right off the spoon-I thought she had her

> convinced-should have known. My dd hates taking meds or anything

else-

> she won't even chew her fluoride tablet. So, she said she tasted

it,

> but I doubt it. She's suppose to take 3 teaspoons a day so this

> morning I mixed 1 1/2 in her juice and she drank it. I was just

> wondering if this is ok and/or if there is anything better to mix

[Guest guest]

We did juice tonight and it worked fine so hopefully we'll go with that and

she'll be ok. I won't try milk again for her Dawn

[Guest guest]

Thanks for letting me know. I wasn't sure which brand to order. Tonight I put it

in her juice and she knew it and it was no problem, so I'm keeping my fingers

crossed. Dawn

[Guest guest]

Thanks for letting me know about the upset stomach, I didn't know that. Guess

it's a good thing she didn't drink the milk last night. I did about 2 teaspoons

in juice tonight and it worked fine. She hasn't complained about feeling sick.

I'll probably do 2 again tomorrow and then move to three. Dawn G.

[Guest guest]

Forgot to answer your question, her dr just told me 3 teaspoons a day. How much

do you use? Dawn G.

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

We did 3 tsp a day, sometimes more. When his OCD was really bad, we

did 4 a day, sometimes 5! His brand of inositol powder was where 1/4

tsp equaled 845 mg. Brands differ. After a long, long time and OCD

was better, we tapered down. The last year he was on it, was only 1

tsp/day, sort of a maintenance dose. If some week was

hectic/stressful, we'd just up the dosage a bit.

That first year, OCD was sooo bad. We did 4 tsp a day. And

sometimes he asked for more, so that was the 5 or so. After it

improved in a few months, we went down to 3 and he stayed okay on

that for a long time. Eventually we ended up down at that 1 a day.

He was on it from grade 6 thru grade 8.

His OCD began in Sept. I think I began inositol in Nov. or Dec. I

remember at first his OCD seemed worse, and I didn't know if it was

just worsening on its own or inositol was making it worse, etc. But

I'd read that sometimes the OCD will worsen the first week or so with

prescribed medication, so we hung in there; don't recall how long

before it seemed to settle back down; and then weeks later began to

show improvement a little. The longer he was on it, the more

improvement.

To balance out the story, if I didn't mention in last post: we tried

inositol powder again this year, didn't help! I even later switched

brands (tried 2 others) but no better.

Some people have noted improvement fairly soon with inositol (or with

prescribed medication) while others can take weeks and weeks.

Everyone is different!

Will be interested to hear how things go!

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> Forgot to answer your question, her dr just told me 3 teaspoons a

day. How much do you use? Dawn G.

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[Guest guest]

To build up the grams, it takes too many pills. Powder is needed.

And just FYI, I accidentally ordered " crystals " once instead

of " powder. " The crystals didn't dissolve well. Inositol powder is

cheaper online than in stores I've found.

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> Do you know if it's better for them to take it by powder or can I

give it to my daughter in the pill format?(which I found online) Do

they sell this up in Canada?

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> Re: Mixing Inositol Powder Question

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> Thanks for letting me know about the upset stomach, I didn't know

that. Guess it's a good thing she didn't drink the milk last night.

I did about 2 teaspoons in juice tonight and it worked fine. She

hasn't complained about feeling sick. I'll probably do 2 again

tomorrow and then move to three. Dawn G.

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