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Re: Niacinamide » enjay

Posted by LOOPS on June 12, 2004, at 12:58:03

In reply to Niacinamide, posted by enjay on June 11, 2004, at 3:07:56

> Am thinking of trying this for anxiety.
> Would appreciate any suggestions as to:
> dose/ frequency / with or without food/
> anything that increases its effect
> Thanks
>

Hi -

I started out taking 500mg niacinamide, then mixed it with 500mg inositol and 500mg gaba. This was the best combination ever for anxiety. However, be careful if you have bi-polar tendencies as inositol can induce hypomania.

I heard it was safe to take up to 1,500mg niacinamide a day - any more is supposed to be bad for your liver.

I have recently dropped the daytime inositol and gaba and am back on lith orotate as I was getting very bad mood swings. HOwever, I WAS a lot more relaxed with the high dose niacinamide (I do still take this, just in a lower dose).

I did occasionally find that after about 2 weeks taking 1,500mg niacinamide per day, I had episodes where I felt a bit 'down' on myself. Reducing the dosage to 250mg doses (3-4 x day) immediately got rid of this. Sometimes when I have a very stressful situation, I will take 500mg all at once.

Be careful of the brand you buy as well - I tried lots and some seemed to give me a brief transient headache.

Well worth it though the niacinamide - I wouldn't be without it now.

Remember also that if your body has more B3 from supplementation, it won't use up so much tryptophan from your diet to make B3 - so this extra goes to make serotonin, which also reduces anxiety (I think - most of the time anyway).

Sorry that was so long - it's been a bit of a journey with these vitamins. Good luck.

Loops


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