Posted by bleauberry on February 13, 2010, at 17:46:30
In reply to Inositol for bi-polar depression, posted by mommyron on February 12, 2010, at 14:31:22
I've seen all the studies on inositol over the years. They can look amazingly seductive.
It is a natural supplement, found in small amounts in most vitamins and in food, so I'm all for someone trying to find out what upper limit of it they can take without disrupting the balance of something else.
But. Reality check. At pbabble over many years, I have witnessed hardly anything positive from anyone who has tried inositol. Maybe a little blip here and there, maybe a short-term something or the other that didn't last long, and more stories of people actually feeling badly from it instead of good.
This could go into a whole book about how the studies we rely on are actually quite flawed, incomplete data, biased from the start, and such. Forget that for now. For sure though, a lot of people and doctors must be wondering why they don't get duplicate results of what clinical trials claimed.
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