In 2010 I started experiencing panic disorder, I was drinking a lot of caffeine, for the last four years I’ve been experiencing blips that were really traumatic, I struggled to get lorazepam from my doctor, after doing a web search I come across Inositol, I also found that folic acid brought on the blips but methyfolate didn’t, I’m not taking six grams of Inositol a day divided into three doses, I’ve also found lemon balm to be useful for anxiety.
It seems there is some research that supports this application of Inositol:
T Mukai, T Kishi, Y Matsuda and N Iwata,
Human psychopharmacology , Jan 2014
This study is a meta-analysis of inositol as a treatment for depression and anxiety disorders.PubMed, Cochrane Library database, and PsycINFO were searched up to 14 August 2013. A systematic review and meta-analysis of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials (RCTs) were conducted comparing inositol for depressed or anxiety disorder patients.Seven RCTs in depression (two bipolar depression studies, one bipolar depression and major depressive disorder (MDD) study, two MDD studies, and two premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) studies) (n = 242) were identified. Four RCTs in anxiety disorders (two obsessive-compulsive disorder studies, one panic disorder study, and one posttraumatic stress disorder study) (n = 70) were also identified. There were no statistically significant effects of inositol on depressive, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms and discontinuation (all-cause, side effects, and worsening psychiatric symptoms). However, inositol had marginally more responders in depression than placebo (p = 0.06), and inositol showed a trend towards superior efficacy for depressive symptoms in patients with PMDD (p = 0.07). Inositol marginally caused gastrointestinal upset compared with placebo (p = 0.06).Our results suggest that inositol may be beneficial for depressed patients, especially those with PMDD. The main limitation of this report is that a small number of studies were included in this meta-analysis.