Guest guest Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 What is maximum grams of inositol you have used? Also glutamic acid. tia Rhonda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 With inositol powder, if you aren't on any medication, in our case we used around 13-14 grams daily for when he was in middle school. However, some have had great progress with less. So it's a matter of trying a bit, waiting it out, and increasing dose. But since it can upset stomach, you want to start low dose anyway to help and increase slowly. Some have started with 4 grams, others with 7.... And had improvement. Me, I started low and built up to the 13-14 grams as that amount was my target from day 1. He was so severe with his OCD. And it took weeks to see if it would help in our case, no immediate help. Figured it was like the SSRI meds, has to build up and you give it a trial for 12 weeks. Quick thoughts, > > What is maximum grams of inositol you have used? Also glutamic acid. > tia > Rhonda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 With inositol powder, if you aren't on any medication, in our case we used around 13-14 grams daily for when he was in middle school. However, some have had great progress with less. So it's a matter of trying a bit, waiting it out, and increasing dose. But since it can upset stomach, you want to start low dose anyway to help and increase slowly. Some have started with 4 grams, others with 7.... And had improvement. Me, I started low and built up to the 13-14 grams as that amount was my target from day 1. He was so severe with his OCD. And it took weeks to see if it would help in our case, no immediate help. Figured it was like the SSRI meds, has to build up and you give it a trial for 12 weeks. Quick thoughts, > > What is maximum grams of inositol you have used? Also glutamic acid. > tia > Rhonda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 With inositol powder, if you aren't on any medication, in our case we used around 13-14 grams daily for when he was in middle school. However, some have had great progress with less. So it's a matter of trying a bit, waiting it out, and increasing dose. But since it can upset stomach, you want to start low dose anyway to help and increase slowly. Some have started with 4 grams, others with 7.... And had improvement. Me, I started low and built up to the 13-14 grams as that amount was my target from day 1. He was so severe with his OCD. And it took weeks to see if it would help in our case, no immediate help. Figured it was like the SSRI meds, has to build up and you give it a trial for 12 weeks. Quick thoughts, > > What is maximum grams of inositol you have used? Also glutamic acid. > tia > Rhonda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Inositol - you need to buy it in powder form, not capsules. Building up to a good " gram " dose takes too many capsules. In a pinch I got capsules once, but the powder definitely didn't mix with liquid, more " sits there. " And couldn't swallow pills. When you buy it in powder form, it dissolves much better, plus I think it is more " mg " in the teaspoon, stronger. You can start with the capsules until you get some powder. Best to buy the powder " online " as local stores can be expensive if you find it. We mixed it with a cup of Kool-Aid, others have used orange juice or Sunny Delight type drinks/ades. > > How did you get the powder down? I have it in 500 mg capsules but can take it out if I know how to fix it another way. How fast to increase? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Inositol - you need to buy it in powder form, not capsules. Building up to a good " gram " dose takes too many capsules. In a pinch I got capsules once, but the powder definitely didn't mix with liquid, more " sits there. " And couldn't swallow pills. When you buy it in powder form, it dissolves much better, plus I think it is more " mg " in the teaspoon, stronger. You can start with the capsules until you get some powder. Best to buy the powder " online " as local stores can be expensive if you find it. We mixed it with a cup of Kool-Aid, others have used orange juice or Sunny Delight type drinks/ades. > > How did you get the powder down? I have it in 500 mg capsules but can take it out if I know how to fix it another way. How fast to increase? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Inositol - you need to buy it in powder form, not capsules. Building up to a good " gram " dose takes too many capsules. In a pinch I got capsules once, but the powder definitely didn't mix with liquid, more " sits there. " And couldn't swallow pills. When you buy it in powder form, it dissolves much better, plus I think it is more " mg " in the teaspoon, stronger. You can start with the capsules until you get some powder. Best to buy the powder " online " as local stores can be expensive if you find it. We mixed it with a cup of Kool-Aid, others have used orange juice or Sunny Delight type drinks/ades. > > How did you get the powder down? I have it in 500 mg capsules but can take it out if I know how to fix it another way. How fast to increase? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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