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Originally Posted by Webgoji
L-Tryptophan is an amino acid used by your body in healing, rebuilding and building muscles. One of the side effects of ingesting active L-Tryptophan is that you get sleepy. Thus the reason everyone tends to get sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner, turkey contains lots of L-Tryptophan.
But that said, it has to be active to have that affect. Activating it is done by temperature, it has to be warm. Since you're taking it in supplement form, it likely would have little affect on your mood or sleep patterns.
On the other hand, Niacin can cause the puffiness and make you feel flush. I'm guessing that the combination of the amino acids and the niacin likely caused some irritability as your energy level was up (and also the insomnia). The first reaction was probably to the energy being up as well.
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Ah, the Niacin. I didn't like the puffiness but at least it didn't last long.
Do you think the L derivative accounts for temperature, or are the supplements all inactive?
How could that be if the research from multiple sources says it's effective for insomnia? This isn't the site I originally used when deciding to take it, which I cannot re-locate, but this summary is similar:
L-Tryptophan | University of Michigan Health System
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Originally Posted by vans1974
Supposedly, taking at least 6 grams of L-tryptophan per day could possibly decrease mood swings, but the effect would be minimal.
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And I suppose you might be too sleepy to have the mood swings in the first place.
Thanks guys. After I thought about this more, I suspect the effects on my mood were more likely to be caused by the sudden discontinuation of Zolpidem. Oops, I forgot to mention that in the first place.
