Inositol - ADHD interaction experience?

[Guest guest]

Hello all-

Have any of you had experience unsing inositol in a child with ADHD

(specifically inattentive ADHD in our case)? My daughter is doing

quite well on Lexapro and CBT for OCD and Concerta for her ADHD.

However, as I was reading Dr. Penzel's site about inositol, I was

intrigued by the potential 'booster' effect of inositol for picking

behaviors. Picking is very hard for Anne to control (we go through

GOBS of gum - pun intended - to try to counteract the urge), and she

is interested in trying inositol. In our experience, the medication

that helps the OCD exacerbates the ADHD and vice versa. I just

wondered if there was any experience out there regarding inositol

and ADHD?

Thanks much-

(Ohio)

[Guest guest]

> , Thanks so much for pointing this out. We have the same mix

of dx

> more or less and picking is an issue. Now I am even more

enthusiastic

> about giving this a try. Where did you see this on the website? Pam

Pam-

I read the article at

http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Inositol_and_OCD.html. I

think had listed this site earlier. It is purely an anecdotal

article, but I was intrigued nonetheless that there were some

patients who experienced a positive booster benefit. As I

mentioned, my daughter has both OCD and ADHD (inattentive), and

we've found a very reasonable balance between her Lexapro and

Concerta. I really don't want to rock the boat, but thought

Inositol might be worth a try since we can increase slowly and it

seems to be excreted quickly should we run into any untoward side

effects.

Blessings-

(Ohio)

[Guest guest]

> , Thanks so much for pointing this out. We have the same mix

of dx

> more or less and picking is an issue. Now I am even more

enthusiastic

> about giving this a try. Where did you see this on the website? Pam

Pam-

I read the article at

http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Inositol_and_OCD.html. I

think had listed this site earlier. It is purely an anecdotal

article, but I was intrigued nonetheless that there were some

patients who experienced a positive booster benefit. As I

mentioned, my daughter has both OCD and ADHD (inattentive), and

we've found a very reasonable balance between her Lexapro and

Concerta. I really don't want to rock the boat, but thought

Inositol might be worth a try since we can increase slowly and it

seems to be excreted quickly should we run into any untoward side

effects.

Blessings-

(Ohio)

[Guest guest]

> , Thanks so much for pointing this out. We have the same mix

of dx

> more or less and picking is an issue. Now I am even more

enthusiastic

> about giving this a try. Where did you see this on the website? Pam

Pam-

I read the article at

http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Inositol_and_OCD.html. I

think had listed this site earlier. It is purely an anecdotal

article, but I was intrigued nonetheless that there were some

patients who experienced a positive booster benefit. As I

mentioned, my daughter has both OCD and ADHD (inattentive), and

we've found a very reasonable balance between her Lexapro and

Concerta. I really don't want to rock the boat, but thought

Inositol might be worth a try since we can increase slowly and it

seems to be excreted quickly should we run into any untoward side

effects.

Blessings-

(Ohio)