Posted by freedom2001 on August 13, 2003, at 13:29:28
In reply to Re: VITAMINS AND MINERALS » freedom2001, posted by DSCH on August 13, 2003, at 12:29:16
> http://www.nutritional-healing.com.au/subtypes.htm
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> Pfeiffer's experience is that OCD nearly always points to a high-histamine/under-methylating imbalance.
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> Benefical: Calcium, methionine, magnesium, zinc, TMG, omega-3 oils, B6, SAMe, inositol, A, C and E
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> Avoid: Folate, choline, DMAE, copper and histidine
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Thanks Larry. That was an excellent source of information.More questions for you:
I extracted this from google:
GOALS OF OCD PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT
v Receptor balance is key.v ^ 5HT2 and 5HT2 – from raphe nuclei - (resulting in decrease in OCD, depression and anxiety and increase in sexual side effects) Accomplished with SSRI/SRI drugs.
v ^ 5HT1A (resulting in decrease in sexual side effects) Accomplished with Buspar.
v ^ Striatal D1 and D2 and Metabolic GluCmGlu (resulting in decrease in OCD, anxiety and depression) Accomplished with Inositol.
v Arginine, vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin are negatively correlated with OCD – but not in OCD with tics! = complex.
v Homovanillic acid is primary central dopamine metabolite – Inositol.
v OCD patients has lower level of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) due to pituitary desensitization to persistently elevated CSF corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF)
OCD sufferers have elevated levels of vasopressin and CRF. Are these two part of the causes of OCD or are they the results of OCD? I myself think that they are the RESULTS of OCD.
What about you?
And does reducing vasopressin and CRF help to reduce my OCD? If it helps, how to reduce my vasopressin and CRF?
Regards,
Freedom.
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