Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 We just did a week long trial of inositol (1000-2000mg a day) and it seemed to make Jack a bit more hyper. The main thing with it was it actually messed up his sleep. He did not nap, in the afternoon, then collapsed by 7:30pm and then up at 5am. We're on the third day off of it and he's getting back to his usual schedule. We tried it to see if it would help with his number obsession (it didn't really, but we only were on it a week). I did a search to see if I could figure out why he didn't have a good reaction and found this below: I wonder what the supplement opposite of inositol might be? DMAE??? Possible Clinical Contraindications for Inositol Supplementation Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): ADHD is a disorder of early childhood which can be symptomatic well into adulthood. These patients are inattentive, impulsive, quick-tempered, unable to tolerate stress, and are restless since childhood. ADHD is most commonly treated with methylphenidate, but propranolol and tricyclic antidepressants are also alternatives. Evaluation of inositol in 11 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was reported in 1995 by Levine et al in a double-blind, crossover study.54 There were no therapeutic advantages observed in the inositol group. In fact, there was a trend toward the worsening of the disorder in the inositol treated group. Therefore, inositol appears to have no clinical advantages for the treatment of ADHD and may even antagonize the condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 " a trend " means not statistically significant but they'll mention it because it matches their prejudices. It sounds to me like they had a bunch of people with temporal lobe problems, which inositol and any other serotonin modulating thing does make worse. ADD is separate from temporal lobe stuff but MD's don't as a rule know how to do diagnosis symptomatically for this kind of thing. Dan Amen covers it in his books, hopefully he will be believed and followed rather than ostracized. Andy . . .. . . . . . . . . > We just did a week long trial of inositol (1000-2000mg a day) and it > seemed to make Jack a bit more hyper. The main thing with it was it > actually messed up his sleep. He did not nap, in the afternoon, then > collapsed by 7:30pm and then up at 5am. > We're on the third day off of it and he's getting back to his usual > schedule. We tried it to see if it would help with his number > obsession (it didn't really, but we only were on it a week). I did a > search to see if I could figure out why he didn't have a good > reaction and found this below: > I wonder what the supplement opposite of inositol might be? DMAE??? > > > Possible Clinical Contraindications for Inositol Supplementation > > Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): ADHD is a disorder > of early childhood which can be symptomatic well into adulthood. > These patients are inattentive, impulsive, quick-tempered, unable to > tolerate stress, and are restless since childhood. ADHD is most > commonly treated with methylphenidate, but propranolol and tricyclic > antidepressants are also alternatives. > > Evaluation of inositol in 11 children with attention deficit > hyperactivity disorder was reported in 1995 by Levine et al in a > double-blind, crossover study.54 There were no therapeutic advantages > observed in the inositol group. In fact, there was a trend toward the > worsening of the disorder in the inositol treated group. Therefore, > inositol appears to have no clinical advantages for the treatment of > ADHD and may even antagonize the condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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