Posted by Christ_empowered on December 9, 2010, at 9:05:01
In reply to Re: Niacinamide -not helping- how long to take effect? » Christ_empowered, posted by Melanie-00 on December 8, 2010, at 17:09:04
Dr. Hoffer was a Canadian psychiatrist who practiced from the 50s to (I think) the 90s, maybe even later. He used niacinamde for all sorts of problems, especially schizophrenia (or, as he called them, "the schizophrenias"--he thought they were a bunch of different diseases that had all been lumped together).
The psychiatric establishment came down hard against niacinamide therapy, since at the time they were into mega-doses of antipsychotics. There were some very poorly designed studies that supposedly "proved" niacinamide ineffective, but Hoffer and other orthomolecular shrinks found that niacinamide was a slow-acting, but effective, tranquilizer at high doses. I think Hoffer usually used 3 grams (1 gram 3x daily), but I seem to recall some cases of his I read where the dose was higher, at least for a while.
Hoffer also used neuroleptics, antidepressants, and ECT; he was just more careful with the drugs than many of his colleagues.
Valerian helps some people, as do other sedating herbs (catnip, passionflower, skull cap, etc.). I remember when Kava was really popular; that stuff worked! Too bad about the liver thing...
Anyway, I am just one person, and I do take Abilify and other supplements, but I think the niacinamide helps, too. It also helps my skin (I have rosacea).
Good luck...I hope you find something that works for you.
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