norcalmom Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 I'm really interested in all the recent posts on glutamate. I've been doing a little researching for foods or supplements that can help process excess glutamate. Has anyone tried curcumun supplements? NAC is another supplement I'm thinking about adding. I remember some posts a while back - it is used with OCD and specifically Triccholmania (sp?? - hair pulling). The Desylum is interesting, but I'm hesitate to add a medicine long term (on top of antibiotics) so I'm seeking more natural diet supplements to use long term. DS is 10 weeks post ivig #2 - and doing well. Not as marked improvement as ivig #1, but then again, he wasn't as bad off as he was when we did the first one. I think it is also very helpful that he has not had any illnesses - probably due to the time of year we did it this time. He still has some issues, unclear how much will clear on their own, and how much is learned behavior for having these thought patterns for so long. But over all trending up. I've been away from the board for a while, but saw all this info on glutamte and became intrigued.
MomWithOCDSon Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) We use both curcumin and NAC for our DS14. I do believe they help, though he's been taking them so long, I'd be hard pressed to tell you their exact efficacy. And I'm not currently willing to take him off of either of them to find out what deficits removing them may cause. We buy the organic curcumin at Vitamin Shoppe and give him two capsules daily (for a total of 500 mg.). The NAC we also get at Vitamin Shoppe, and he's currently taking 3,000 mg. daily (broken into doses of 1,800 mg. in the morning and 1,200 mg. with dinner) based on studies at Yale and the NIMH for OCD. We originally began using the curcumin for its anti-inflammatory properties, but happy to hear there may be a glutamate clean-up component there, also! Thanks! Edited July 10, 2011 by MomWithOCDSon
trggirl Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 I think we are one of the minority on this board that had a bad experience with NAC. My daughter became extremely "stuck" and lost all flexibilty in her personality. And she argued with anything said to her. We were all miserable on the NAC.
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