Comments on: NAC for Mental Health http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/ Your Natural Health Critic Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-7151 JP Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:37:24 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-7151 Lisa, I think it's probably best to stick with the dosages utilized in the published clinical studies - preferably alongside guidance provided by a health care professional. At the mentioned dosages, NAC seems to be quite safe. I've updated this column with some additional information (found at the bottom of the linked column) that you might find interesting: http://www.healthyfellow.com/786/best-of-nac-for-mental-health/ re: inositol and OCD There are several studies that support your experience. Not everyone responds to inositol, but it appears that some do. A few highlights from the medical literature: http://www.springerlink.com/content/u27115101k3677p4/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278584601002445 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10565802 Thank you for sharing your success with us. Be well! JP Lisa,

I think it’s probably best to stick with the dosages utilized in the published clinical studies – preferably alongside guidance provided by a health care professional. At the mentioned dosages, NAC seems to be quite safe.

I’ve updated this column with some additional information (found at the bottom of the linked column) that you might find interesting:

http://www.healthyfellow.com/786/best-of-nac-for-mental-health/

re: inositol and OCD

There are several studies that support your experience. Not everyone responds to inositol, but it appears that some do. A few highlights from the medical literature:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/u27115101k3677p4/

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278584601002445

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10565802

Thank you for sharing your success with us.

Be well!

JP

]]> By: Lisa B http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-7144 Lisa B Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:56:02 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-7144 Just found out about the NAC and am excited to try it! Does anyone know if you can take too much? Also wanted to let everyone know about a different supplement that I have been using for the last year called Inositol. I take 18 g/day and the only side effect has been a little gas--not a lot! It has helped me completely get rid of the OCD unwanted obsessions that popped into my head, although I still have worries! If I don't take it for even one day, the obsessions come back so it definitely works. I take it in powder form and just mix it with water, it's a little sweet. There is a lot of research out there on the internet, but it's been so long since I've researched it, I don't remember what sites that I could quote. Hope this helps someone! Just found out about the NAC and am excited to try it! Does anyone know if you can take too much?

Also wanted to let everyone know about a different supplement that I have been using for the last year called Inositol. I take 18 g/day and the only side effect has been a little gas–not a lot! It has helped me completely get rid of the OCD unwanted obsessions that popped into my head, although I still have worries! If I don’t take it for even one day, the obsessions come back so it definitely works. I take it in powder form and just mix it with water, it’s a little sweet. There is a lot of research out there on the internet, but it’s been so long since I’ve researched it, I don’t remember what sites that I could quote. Hope this helps someone!

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-6677 JP Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:32:22 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-6677 Thank you for sharing your experience with NAC, May. I hope Rain and others view your comment and benefit from it. Continued success! Be well! JP Thank you for sharing your experience with NAC, May. I hope Rain and others view your comment and benefit from it. Continued success!

Be well!

JP

]]> By: May http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-6659 May Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:36:28 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-6659 Rain: I have just finished participating in an NAC trial for uni-polar depression. I felt that it made a really big difference to my depression. I say this because the washout period turned out to be a real bummer: the slide back into a depressive state including the return of the unrelenting negative self-talk. All I can say is that I am glad that the washout is over and I can start to take NAC as a supplement. Fingers crossed that I will soon return to a more quiet state. Rain:
I have just finished participating in an NAC trial for uni-polar depression. I felt that it made a really big difference to my depression. I say this because the washout period turned out to be a real bummer: the slide back into a depressive state including the return of the unrelenting negative self-talk. All I can say is that I am glad that the washout is over and I can start to take NAC as a supplement. Fingers crossed that I will soon return to a more quiet state.

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-6314 JP Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:54:04 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-6314 Rain, Your pharmacist and/or psychiatrist would likely be aware of any known interactions. Here's a recent update I've posted which includes more information about studies that have combined NAC with conventional medications: http://www.healthyfellow.com/786/best-of-nac-for-mental-health/ Be well! JP Rain,

Your pharmacist and/or psychiatrist would likely be aware of any known interactions. Here’s a recent update I’ve posted which includes more information about studies that have combined NAC with conventional medications:

http://www.healthyfellow.com/786/best-of-nac-for-mental-health/

Be well!

JP

]]> By: Rain http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-6309 Rain Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:33:48 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-6309 So happy to find this post, I'm encouraged to read everyone's comments/experience. I've suffered from both trich and derm for over 20 years and have only recently been able to talk about it and seek help. My psych recommended NAC and I'm excited to try it - my question is, will it interfere with my other meds (effexor, synthroid and iron supplement)? Will certain foods block its effects? Steven - thanks for that link; I paid three times that at Whole Foods yesterday! So happy to find this post, I’m encouraged to read everyone’s comments/experience. I’ve suffered from both trich and derm for over 20 years and have only recently been able to talk about it and seek help. My psych recommended NAC and I’m excited to try it – my question is, will it interfere with my other meds (effexor, synthroid and iron supplement)? Will certain foods block its effects?

Steven – thanks for that link; I paid three times that at Whole Foods yesterday!

]]> By: Frank http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-5566 Frank Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:37:43 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-5566 No flush niacin from inositol hexanicotinate helped me so much for the treatment of schizophrenia. Niacin is required for the body to make glutathione. It made all the difference to me, I could decrease my medication and live normally even after 3 psychotic episodes. I'm gonna try NAC. I know that mercury depletes glutathione in the brain, so it could be a cause for mental illnesses. There is mercury in vaccin and in "silver" amalgams which are made 40% of mercury. Watch this video that shows how mercury vapor can go out of a tooth with amalgam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA No flush niacin from inositol hexanicotinate helped me so much for the treatment of schizophrenia. Niacin is required for the body to make glutathione. It made all the difference to me, I could decrease my medication and live normally even after 3 psychotic episodes. I’m gonna try NAC. I know that mercury depletes glutathione in the brain, so it could be a cause for mental illnesses. There is mercury in vaccin and in “silver” amalgams which are made 40% of mercury. Watch this video that shows how mercury vapor can go out of a tooth with amalgam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA

]]> By: steven http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-5241 steven Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:16:06 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-5241 for inexpensive and potent NAC try http://www.swansonvitamins.com/Search?keyword=NAC+%28N-Acetyl+Cysteine%29&doSearch=true&ntt=&n=0&ntk=Level1 it is a remarkable supplement for so many issues peace to all for inexpensive and potent NAC try http://www.swansonvitamins.com/Search?keyword=NAC+%28N-Acetyl+Cysteine%29&doSearch=true&ntt=&n=0&ntk=Level1

it is a remarkable supplement for so many issues

peace to all

]]> By: Josh http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-5074 Josh Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:27:07 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-5074 First let me say thank you JP for taking the time to research recent NAC usage for "off-label" treatment and to put together an extremely informative article. I spoke with my psychiatrist about NAC and he didn't know much about it which really surprised me. I've been very pleased with this doctor; he's willing to try new things and a strong patient advocate. I was diagnosed with ocd about 16 years ago and have been taking medication and getting treatment since. The medication and therapy have helped but not as much as I had hoped. At this point I'm not looking for a magic bullet, rather something that will decrease the frequency and/or intensity of the ocd obsessions that I have. I've been very encouraged to try NAC after doing some of my own research and reading the thread of responses to this article. I just started taking it. For those of you that have tried or or on NAC, have you found that your general anxiety level increased when you first began taking NAC? If so did it begin to drop after being on NAC for awhile? Thanks everyone for your time, research and feedback! Josh First let me say thank you JP for taking the time to research recent NAC usage for “off-label” treatment and to put together an extremely informative article. I spoke with my psychiatrist about NAC and he didn’t know much about it which really surprised me. I’ve been very pleased with this doctor; he’s willing to try new things and a strong patient advocate.

I was diagnosed with ocd about 16 years ago and have been taking medication and getting treatment since. The medication and therapy have helped but not as much as I had hoped. At this point I’m not looking for a magic bullet, rather something that will decrease the frequency and/or intensity of the ocd obsessions that I have.

I’ve been very encouraged to try NAC after doing some of my own research and reading the thread of responses to this article. I just started taking it. For those of you that have tried or or on NAC, have you found that your general anxiety level increased when you first began taking NAC? If so did it begin to drop after being on NAC for awhile?

Thanks everyone for your time, research and feedback!

Josh

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-5072 JP Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:38:50 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=401#comment-5072 Heather, The NAC dosage seems adequate, IMO. What fish oil product are you using? The concentration of EPA in fish oil supplements can vary considerably. This may be a factor. Be well! JP Heather,

The NAC dosage seems adequate, IMO. What fish oil product are you using? The concentration of EPA in fish oil supplements can vary considerably. This may be a factor.

Be well!

JP

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