Guest guest Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Peggy, With Chris' help, I found an online source for the Source Naturals Inositol powder (not crystals - they don't dissolve as well). My son has only been on it for 10 days, so I don't see any change yet, and we're going slowly on titering up, so it may be awhile before we know anything. The taste is fine. It tastes a little sweet, like powdered sugar. Because we're still on a low dose (stared with 1/8 tsp, now up to 1/4 tsp twice a day), he got tired of my bugging him to finish his strawberry milk, so now I just dump the measuring spoon directly onto his tongue and he swallows with no complaint. I have some articles that talk about calculating dosages at home (I'm at work right now) so I'll check and send you that info tonight. > > > > > > Hi all, > > > After surviving another PANDAS episode and earning another battle > > > scar, we started our son on inositol this week (Keep your fingers > > > crossed for us, Chris)in the hopes that the next episode might be > > > milder mood/anger wise (I doubt this was our last strep of the > > season). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 , hope the inositol works for you. ) One thing I thought I'd give you a head's up on, in case you didn't know. . . .It can cause diarrhea and gas. Our son experienced both on it. Unfortunately, it didn't help with his OCD, so we went to meds. Let us know how it goes. ) BJ > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > After surviving another PANDAS episode and earning another battle > > > > scar, we started our son on inositol this week (Keep your fingers > > > > crossed for us, Chris)in the hopes that the next episode might be > > > > milder mood/anger wise (I doubt this was our last strep of the > > > season). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 BJ, Thanks for the heads up. had already warned me. That's why we're titering up so slowly. On the first two days, my son had some mild cramping, but no issues since. It may also be hard to tell if it works because we may be out of cold and flu season by the time we get up to the levels we plan and the PANDAS may not show up again until next fall (and he's " normal " (i.e. no ocd or rages) in a non-PANDAS period). But hopefully if it's working, we'll notice an improvement in his overall anxiety levels. At least we'll know we tried and maybe we'll be lucky. I'll keep you posted. > > , hope the inositol works for you. ) > > One thing I thought I'd give you a head's up on, in case you didn't > know. . . .It can cause diarrhea and gas. Our son experienced both on > it. Unfortunately, it didn't help with his OCD, so we went to meds. > > Let us know how it goes. ) > > BJ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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