stopping Inositol

[ma2ar2rm2]

Hello I have a question about stopping Inositol... My son has been on it for 2 months without any problems at all, but he is starting a new medication and I would like to stop the inositol and let the new med see if it can help. But I didn't know if inositol is something you can just stop or do you need to wean off of it???? thank you for your help.

[LNN]

It is my understanding that it should be weaned. I believe your body comes to rely on it and needs time to adjust to the loss - same as you'd taper an SSRI, tho I believe you can taper inositol more quickly. I tapered my son over the course of 3? weeks and my daughter over 2 weeks - however, she was on a much loser dose (2grams vs his 5 grams).

[ma2ar2rm2]

It is my understanding that it should be weaned. I believe your body comes to rely on it and needs time to adjust to the loss - same as you'd taper an SSRI, tho I believe you can taper inositol more quickly. I tapered my son over the course of 3? weeks and my daughter over 2 weeks - however, she was on a much loser dose (2grams vs his 5 grams).

 

 

Thank you.. I kind of figured that would be the case.. but I wasn't sure. He is on 4g a day at the moment.. 2g in the morning and 2g in the evening.. I wasn't sure how slowly to wean but today I dropped him to 1g in the morning and 1g in the evening.. not sure if that is too much or not.. but he seemed fine today.. might give him a few days at that befor lowing him again..

 

thanks again.

[Kimflow]

are you using the inositol to help with ocd......how do you get your dosing information? Could you expand more on this?

Thanks.

[LNN]

I looked into inositol extensively a few years ago when my DS was severe. Here are the articles I found helpful-

a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inositol

b. http://www.nutritionj.com/content/7/1/2

c. http://www.naturaladd.com/resources/articles/natural.html

d. http://westsuffolkpsych.homestead.com/inositol_and_ocd.html

e. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_255/ai_n6211958/

f. http://www.ihealthtree.com/inositol-powder-8-oz-source-naturals.html

 

There may be more recent ones now. This was 2008. At least one of these has dosing info in it. Like an SSRI, you start low and build up, staying at one dose for a few days, then adding a bit more. Best to give the doses throughout the day rather than just once a day. Common side effects include gas and cramping. It's slightly sweet. You can mix it in juice or we just dumped it on our tongues and chased it down with a swig of water. Tastes like confectioner's sugar.

 

It helped up thru crises, but after a time, it didn't help as much as we needed. My son no longer has anxiety. My daughter now uses tryptophan instead and this seems to be much more effective for her. As we address methylation and she builds up on methylfolate and methyl-B12, she's been able to lower her dose of tryptophan.