Posted by Melanie-00 on January 17, 2011, at 20:22:22
In reply to Re: NAC for OCD. Cellulose + Silicon Dioxide! :(, posted by mogger on January 17, 2011, at 10:23:09
Thanks for getting back to me! I'm going to try the Jarrow brand, although Country Life brand is actually not that much more expensive when you buy it on the Swanson Vitamins web site. However, even a small savings can add up to a lot when you're taking 18 g/day! So it's worth it to me to see if a cheaper brand is just as good, especially if I end up taking inositol for the long-term.
I wonder how your pdoc became such a proponent of NAC? I'm guessing s/he has a lot of patients and has already gained a lot of direct clinical experience by observing how it has helped his/her patient population. But you also said s/he only prescribes remedies that are evidence-based. Do you know how long s/he's been prescribing it to patients, because it seems like the research on NAC for mental health has just gotten started in the past 2-3 years? That being said, the results thus far are very exciting!
I just wish there were more research on NAC for anxiety disorders. If it helps me with trichotillomania, that would be great. But if it ends up helping with anxiety, that would be even more fantastic!
I found this post recently, which sums of the research nicely and gives references:
http://www.healthyfellow.com/401/nac-for-mental-health/
However, there's no mention of NAC for anxiety disorders here, and I haven't come across any clinical trials using NAC for anxiety disorders, though it definitely seems to help with related disorders, like anxiety-based nail biting (and of course, trichotillomania, too, has a huge anxiety component). I'm very hopeful about this supplement, although I have other tools (exercise, bibliotherapy, other supplements, etc) that I am also exploring because I don't want to be too disappointed if it doesn't work out for me ...By the way, do you know how one can find out if a certain vitamin/supplement company has Good Manufacturing Practice certification? That would be good to know. Sorry, yet another question! I always seem to have one more question!
Thanks again and wishing you all the best.
Melanie
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