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In this article, we review the basics of gestational diabetes and explain how women with PCOS can potentially decrease their risk by taking an inositol supplement.

Women taking inositol also had lower rates of preterm delivery and gave birth to smaller babies with fewer episodes of low blood sugar.10

Taking inositol, in particular MYO, can fix the door bell and regulate insulin signaling so only the required amount of insulin gets secreted.

I was taking inositol for anxiety but since I have been on a plant based meal plan for 4 months, I no longer need it.

Since 4 months I've been taking inositol (more or less 4grams a day, 2gr in morning and 2 gr before sleep, both on a empty stomach).

After 3 months of taking inositol, my HA1C dropped to 5.1 %.

I have more muscle mass and my cycle have become regular since started taking inositol 6 months ago.

My personal view is that just like hirsutism, the best treatment for PCOS acne, whether you're taking inositol supplements or not, is to also switch to a PCOS friendly diet.

None of this is to say that there aren't some great health benefits from taking inositol supplements (see below), it's just that they're probably not going to help with weight loss if this is one of the main reasons you're considering them.

This is why the best way to get the most out of taking inositol is to also ensure you're eating a PCOS friendly diet.

The first thing worth keeping in mind is that if you're only (or mostly) interested in taking inositol supplements to help with fertility, you may be just as well off taking a straight myo - inositol supplement on its own, rather than buying the more expensive 40:1 combination products.

Margaret found that taking inositol powder with a small amount of melatonin about an hour before bed had a similar calming effect to Xanax, without the same side effects.

You can take inositol if you are following a healthy weight loss diet.

In fact, the majority of the women who take inositol (myself included) are amazed at how well it helps to minimize cravings.

And if you find these specific products unaffordable (let's face it, they're the most expensive way to take inositol supplements), but you'd still like to try a combination of both types of inositol, you can also achieve the same results by buying them separately.

Hi, I just wanted to clarify whether I can take Inositol as well as the Metformin?

Only take inositol or any dietary supplement while under the supervision of a health care provider.

Do you take an inositol supplement?

A study of women with PCOS found that only 17 % of those who took myo - inositol throughout pregnancy developed gestational diabetes (compared to 54 % of those who did not take inositol).6 Studies also found that myo - inositol decreased the risk of gestational diabetes by 50 - 67 % among women with a family history of type 2 diabetes, as well as among women who were overweight and obese.7 - 9

Not exact matches

Another study (Artini, DiBerardino, Papini, Genazzani, Simi, Ruggiero, & Cela, 2013) offered similar positive results on ovarian function, as well as improvement of insulin sensitivity in women with PCOS who were taking myo - inositol (in this study, the dosage was only 2g per day).

A small study published in 1995 found that taking 12 grams of inositol a day — an amount equivalent to a fistful of the capsules sold in health stores — improved depression symptoms more effectively than placebo.

I currently take: rose root 500 mg, milk thistle, taurine (to prevent age formation due to vegan diet), alage oil derived epa / dha and inositol (to try and help the OCD)

I cut out all grains, dairy, processed food, and sugar (processed and natural, the sweetest thing I ate was cashews) I supplemented with inositol, vitamin D, and flax oil as well as taking a prebiotic and probiotics.

Take Choline, Inositol, B - 12, B - 6, and Folic Acid Warm oil in the ear can help open the Eustachian tube.

When I first started taking myo - inositol, my baseline Ha1C was 5.2 %.

I've been taking myo - inositol supplement (4 grams daily) for 6 months now.

My thoughts are that if you're at a high risk of diabetes and not trying to conceive than D - chiro - inositol could be a sensible way to go, while for everyone else I think that taking a combination of both myo - inositol and D - chiro - inositol is probably going to give you the best results.

In a study of overweight women with PCOS that were given myo - inositol + folic acid during IVF, 32 % of women had a successful pregnancy within the 12 month study period, compared to just 12 % of women who only took a straight folic acid supplement without the inositol (Artini et al. 201315).

My take on this is that straight D - chiro - inositol supplements are not worth messing with when trying to conceive.

In a recent study of IUI patients with PCOS, pregnancy rates were improved by approximately 50 % (regardless of whether or not they had insulin resistance) after taking myo - inositol for just 3 months beforehand (Ozay et al. 201716).

Taking D - chiro - inositol alone, at high dosages, can adversely affect egg quality leading experts to warn against its use without screening for insulin resistance first (Vitagliano and Quaranta 201546).

Regular exercise, modifications in your eating and taking insulin lowering medications such as metformin or supplements like inositol, can help bring down elevated insulin levels and may help you to lose some weight around your mid-section.

The take home from this is that if you're being prescribed recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (r - FSH) as part of an ovulation induction cycle (either with IVF or IUI), then make sure you're fertility doctor also puts you on myo - inositol.

Now I know that earlier I said taking straight D - chiro - inositol is probably not a good idea if you're trying to conceive, but if this isn't an issue for you, then there's something to be said for this less common inositol supplement.

While it seems highly likely that a combination of both myo - inositol and D - chiro - inositol is the best way to take these supplements for PCOS, the jury is definitely still out when it comes to the 40:1 ratio claims.

In one study, 4000 mg per day of myo - inositol resulted in a statistically significant improvement in unwanted hair when taken for a 6 month period.

I kept taking it and 3 months later (6 months of using inositol) my Ha1c went down to 4.9 %.

When it comes to fertility, a supplement that consists of 2000 mg of myo - inositol plus 200 μg of folic acid taken twice daily for at least 3 months has shown some pretty impressive results.

The take home message from all of these details is that it's still very early days in the research into using inositol supplements for the treatment of PCOS.

As I've already explained above, the latest thinking on inositol supplements for PCOS is that taking a combined supplement that includes both myo - inositol and D - chiro - inositol is the best for metabolic health and works just as well as myo - inositol for improving fertility (Unfer et al. 201641).

By my estimates, taking the combined myo - inositol / D - chiro - inositol supplements will cost you around $ 180 for 6 months supply, while you'll spend less than $ 60 for the required amount of straight myo - inositol powder taken for the same period.

In a study that put these two treatments in a head to head battle, metformin achieved an 18 % pregnancy rate over a 6 month period compared to 30 % of women who managed to fall pregnant naturally just by taking the myo - inositol / folic acid supplements (Raffone et al. 201018).

As far as dosages go, a typical dose of Ovasitol includes 2000 mg of myo - inositol and 50 mg of D - chiro - inositol with the manufacturer recommending this amount be taken both morning and night.

I started taking 4 grams of myo inositol daily.

I started taking 30 grams of inositol and 5 grams of choline.

Taking myo and d - chiro inositol in a 40:1 ratio has been shown to improve egg quality and ovulation in women with PCOS in as little as three months, and may even work better than metformin.

Their results: women who took myo inositol had a better ovulation (65 % vs. 50 %) and pregnancy rate (30 % vs. 18 %) compared with the women who took metformin.

Hi, I am 47 I was diagnosed with PCOS via ultrasound at 27 years old I had the typical strand of pearls (pcos) ovaries and I was not having cycles at all, But I started having regular cycles on my own at 38 and now at 47 I am having perfect 28 day cycles like clockwork, I am trying to conceive and I read about MYO increasing egg quality so I started taking it but I am worried that the MYO inositol might lower my DHEA which is working for me at this age so I started low dose DHEA just 25 mg this cycle and I am not sure if I even ovulated because I am not having the typical progesterone symptoms (sore BBs etc.) that I normally get in the 2ww.

Ive always been irregular and never know if or when I ovulate so not only am I wanting to take myo inositol for that but to lose weight.

Has anyone had luck with being on inositol and metformin or is it better to just take one?