Posted by Tomatheus on March 4, 2013, at 18:26:11
In reply to Re: Niacin for Depression/Anxiety? True or False? » Tomatheus, posted by PrettyLady on March 4, 2013, at 17:59:06
PrettyLady,
Both the niacinamide and the inositol hexanicotinate that I took were non-flush forms of niacin. Only regular niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, causes flushing, from what I understand. I probably should have mentioned in my last post that I recently tried regular niacin (nicotinic acid). I actually didn't flush on it this time around, and my response was similar to the responses to niacinamide and inositol hexanicotinate that I've described here (a short-lived reduction in my fatigue and related depressive symptoms, followed by no response). Increasing the dose did lead to another short-lived response, but it seemed that each time I increased the dose, the initial response that I would notice would be weaker than the last time I experienced a response. I got up to 250 mg of regular niacin this time before calling it quits. I might try it again some time and use higher doses, as it's my understanding that Dr. Abram Hoffer used 3 g of niacin in his studies that found the vitamin to be effective in treating schizophrenia.
Tomatheus
Dx: schizoaffective disorder
Treatments: Abilify & Korean ginseng
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