EAMom Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm curious... I've read that you can give up to 18grams/day of inositol. What types of doses are people actually finding that they need to give to have a beneficial effect (on OCD etc)? The pills only have 250mg-500mg...so there is no way somebody is taking 36 of them! How about the powder? Brands? Does it taste bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoreno Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I'm curious...I've read that you can give up to 18grams/day of inositol. What types of doses are people actually finding that they need to give to have a beneficial effect (on OCD etc)? The pills only have 250mg-500mg...so there is no way somebody is taking 36 of them! How about the powder? Brands? Does it taste bad? I don't know if you read one of my more recent posts under Gaby - nightmare, but I mentioned talking to the DAN and what recommendations he made on inositol dosing and a couple of other things, but anyway - he said to start with 2 capsules (2 gms each) twice a day for a week, then up to 4 capsules (which is a total of 8gms) twice daily (16 gms). We actually have the powder form which is 700 mg. in a 1/4 teaspoon, so one teaspoon would be 2800 mg (so roughly 2 1/2 teaspoons twice daily). it doesn't taste bad mixed with juice. I got it on line through New Beginnings Nutritionals. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 We use Cenitol. She takes one scoop in orange juice a day--I can use two, but haven't yet because I also give it to my son and it's expensive. Anyway, it is 4 g per scoop of inositol, 200mg of magnesium, and 800 mg of citric acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 my son needs 12-16 grams Inositol per day to keep the OCD under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoreno Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 my son needs 12-16 grams Inositol per day to keep the OCD under control. When you say he needs that much to keep it under control - do you mean that if you were to remove it - he would have a lot of symptoms? - Does he become dependent on it? When he takes it, does he have any OCD at all? thanks, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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