Nutritional protocol for OCD

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There are a number of protocols people find to be helpful. What this tells

me is that OCD is most likely rooted in a widespread nutritional deficit.

Nutritional protocol for " OCD " (This is not a replacement for full spectrum

nutritional protocol. It is in addition to it.)

Fish oil - 10-15 grams daily; NOT cod liver oil)

*Inositol (start low)

Theanine 500 mg. (green tea amino acid-inhibits glutamic acid) - 3000 mg/day

GABA 500 mg - 3000 mg a day

Phosadyllic (purified soy lecithin) - 3000 mg a day

Magnesium taurate 3000 mg a day (divided doses)

P5P (activated B6) 50 mg twice a day

5HTP 300 mg a day

These are maximum doses unless amino acid/mineral testing suggests that

higher doses are needed, and should be divided and can be taken at bedtime

for sleep. Begin at one-quarter of these except inositol which should be

even lower to begin.

*A double-blind study reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry, 1996

[153(9):1219-21] was done on 13 patients. They were given 18 grams of

inositol per day (2 tsp in juice 3 times daily). At 3 weeks there were no

significant effects. At 6 weeks inositol significantly reduced " OCD " scores

compared with placebo. It was as effective as some drugs.

Regards,