Re: sorry, more about my son

[Guest guest]

Becky,

I used inositol powder for from 6-8th grades. He's on Celexa

now though. It worked well for him. He's in 10th grade now.

Did you just start it? Give it a good 12 weeks or so to build up so

you can tell how it's going to do (or can you already tell?). Like

prescription meds, it might or might not help, you just never know!

I really was glad it worked well for him though; plan to try going

back on it whenever I decide to wean him off Celexa, but that'll be a

while yet.

I never got him up to 18 grams, we got by OK on around 11 to 13 or

so; I gave him extra if he asked for some though.

> Debbi,

>

> I have been reading a lot about inositol. I am trying it on myself

and am also going to give it to my 9 year old son. I bought it in a

powder form at GNC - $40. I am mixing it with juice or water and

then drink it. They say it is a vitamin b8. Anyone here familiar

with it??

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbi, lots of (((hugs))) coming your way!

As someone else suggested, and I replied, we used inositol powder for

my son for a few years. You might want to give it a try. We bought

it online, found a better price that way. Plus it was just plain

hard to find in stores but you might can have a local vitamin store

order it for you. Apparently drug dealers use it to mix in with

crack or something we were told back in the days when I was searching

around for it; don't know if that's why it's not stocked much or

something. It has a sweet taste, is considered to be in the B

vitamin family. The pills won't work as well as the powder, so get

the powder if you try it.

As to prescription medication - it's a personal choice. I tried the

alternative first too. I had always wondered would my son get " more "

benefit from a prescription medication though, so when I felt

inositol was pooping out a bit (tho I could have upped the dosage),

he agreed to try a prescribed med. So we've used Celexa since.

Well, got to take to fencing class, perhaps I can add more

later! (((hugs))) you and your family WILL get through this! I

thought I'd collapse from exhaustion and end up hospitalized myself

(single mom, 3 sons, one with OCD, others

needing/wanting....insaneness was coming on!)

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Sorry to keep asking so many questions regarding my 9 yr old son,

but I feel

> like I'm about ready to go crazy myself. He does not want to go in

to see the

> psychologist today and is having a huge breakdown. I'm telling him

he needs to

> go and he's begging me not to take him.

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbi, lots of (((hugs))) coming your way!

As someone else suggested, and I replied, we used inositol powder for

my son for a few years. You might want to give it a try. We bought

it online, found a better price that way. Plus it was just plain

hard to find in stores but you might can have a local vitamin store

order it for you. Apparently drug dealers use it to mix in with

crack or something we were told back in the days when I was searching

around for it; don't know if that's why it's not stocked much or

something. It has a sweet taste, is considered to be in the B

vitamin family. The pills won't work as well as the powder, so get

the powder if you try it.

As to prescription medication - it's a personal choice. I tried the

alternative first too. I had always wondered would my son get " more "

benefit from a prescription medication though, so when I felt

inositol was pooping out a bit (tho I could have upped the dosage),

he agreed to try a prescribed med. So we've used Celexa since.

Well, got to take to fencing class, perhaps I can add more

later! (((hugs))) you and your family WILL get through this! I

thought I'd collapse from exhaustion and end up hospitalized myself

(single mom, 3 sons, one with OCD, others

needing/wanting....insaneness was coming on!)

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Sorry to keep asking so many questions regarding my 9 yr old son,

but I feel

> like I'm about ready to go crazy myself. He does not want to go in

to see the

> psychologist today and is having a huge breakdown. I'm telling him

he needs to

> go and he's begging me not to take him.

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbi, lots of (((hugs))) coming your way!

As someone else suggested, and I replied, we used inositol powder for

my son for a few years. You might want to give it a try. We bought

it online, found a better price that way. Plus it was just plain

hard to find in stores but you might can have a local vitamin store

order it for you. Apparently drug dealers use it to mix in with

crack or something we were told back in the days when I was searching

around for it; don't know if that's why it's not stocked much or

something. It has a sweet taste, is considered to be in the B

vitamin family. The pills won't work as well as the powder, so get

the powder if you try it.

As to prescription medication - it's a personal choice. I tried the

alternative first too. I had always wondered would my son get " more "

benefit from a prescription medication though, so when I felt

inositol was pooping out a bit (tho I could have upped the dosage),

he agreed to try a prescribed med. So we've used Celexa since.

Well, got to take to fencing class, perhaps I can add more

later! (((hugs))) you and your family WILL get through this! I

thought I'd collapse from exhaustion and end up hospitalized myself

(single mom, 3 sons, one with OCD, others

needing/wanting....insaneness was coming on!)

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Sorry to keep asking so many questions regarding my 9 yr old son,

but I feel

> like I'm about ready to go crazy myself. He does not want to go in

to see the

> psychologist today and is having a huge breakdown. I'm telling him

he needs to

> go and he's begging me not to take him.