Posted by iladvocate on September 7, 2008, at 10:16:40
In reply to Re: Glycine As a Primary Antipsychotic » ILADVOCATE, posted by Quintal on September 7, 2008, at 8:52:12
> >If you are going to a standard psychiatrist they won't give it a second thought but a trained psychopharmocologist might feel differently. Please only take this under a psychiatrist's care. It is safe and effective but its an antipsychotic not a "supplement" even though its sold that way and needs to be medically supervised.
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> Okay, there are no other psychiatrists available to me and certainly no psychopharmacologists. Thanks for the links.
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> QWell you have to tell your psychiatrist you are going to start it at least. Print out the links and give it to him. You could also sign up for that lecture on new anti-psychotics I gave you the link to and then find out more information there. You can't start it on your own. My psychiatrist would not be happy with me making such a reccomendation. Just say that it is a compound in Phase 2 fda study by Dr. Javitt (its not a natural remedy or supplement no matter how its sold) for antipsychotic purposes, who is the original psychiatrist who studied it and ask if it would be acceptable if you took it. That would be fine but any medical provider has to know you are taking it. That is a standard research study. My psychopharmocologist is a well known member of the American Psychiatric Association. If you get an approval but he says he doesn't know much about it that's fine. I could fill you in on the rest. You just have to have the permission of a psychiatrist. Once he knows its a class of medications in FDA study and he sees the information you gave me, I would think he would be more open minded. That's how it should be done. If he says for some reason you can't take it get back to me. I work as board president of a non profit that does advocacy for people with disabilities and I could write a letter of testimony from my agency saying how its in study and what its done for me. Ask your psychiatrist and get back to me if there are further issues. And please build up slowly to 20 grams, see how its working and then gradually take it up from there. I believe the study uses 40 grams so the person who posted they were taking 60 grams is above what the study reccomends so I wouldn't go that high. Its safe and effective but still an unknown quantity. Best wishes on a good recovery.
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