janna

Hi Chemar, Thank you so much for your answer!! I still have some questions left though: since how many years does your son take the methyl B12? I will order this anyway, your answer was the last push I needed to try it. And secondly: when you used the 5HTP did he use in that period the SAMe as well on a daily basis? And if so, for how long: months or years? I do have a supplement at home (Neuro Natural Sleep which I bought in New Zealand) that contains several herbs as valerian extract, Passion Flower and so on, but also in every tablet 8,5 mg 5-HTP and 16,5 mg SAMe. Maybe it is worth a try to stop with John's Wort and add 2 or 3 tablets a day of this supplement before bedtime? Last question: when did your son stop to take the B vitamins, lecithin and so on? Thanks again. I already read posts from your hand since years and I'm very glad you still write on the forum, despite that you don't seem to need it for yourself and your son anymore. Janna

Hi Chemar, Don't remember when, but I did read somewhere that your son uses SAMe for his OCD and John's Wort as well. Also he uses B12 methyl, you wrote. Could you tell me if he uses B12 orally, parentally, sublingual or nasal? And in what amounts? I'm really doubting if we should try this on our son. Also: what amount of SAMe and John's Wort does he use, and does he do so on a daily basis? We use John's Wort for several years now, with stopping periods during vacations. We only use 300 mg a day, the German pharmaceutical product, standardized on both hypericin and hyperforin. However, I know that it stimulates phase I detoxification of the liver by P450 enzymes, so produces possibly more toxic byproducts, when phase II is not speeded up as well, I suppose. For that reason I give him alternately garlic+lecithin or 200 mg NAC to help with glutathion for phase II. Our problem is that our son has very severe OCD and also periods with severe tics. He's 15 years now and pubertal hormones really aggravated his OCD very, very badly. His rituals take so much time, that he isn't able to go to school at the moment. He complains a lot about being very tired. That's why I wonder if he should get methyl B12. He did get B12 in his multivitamin and B-complex all those years, but not the methyl form. We also use IP-6, magnesium taurate, calcium citrate, vit C + OPC, EyeQ for his EFA's. What do you think about this regimen, is methyl B12 a good thing to try and should I alternate every other day between John's Wort and SAMe (only 50 mg now and then at the moment), or did you combine them on the same day and for longterm? Thank you very much in advance and apologies for errors in my English (I,m Dutch) Janne

Chemar, Does SAMe do the same thing as NAC: regulate levels of glutamate? Janna