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#1
Nov 01, 2016, 08:22 PM
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Anyone tried it? I took some today... Just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with it?
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Nov 01, 2016, 08:27 PM
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Yes , I take it , better than St Johns Wort which I tried , and I consider it better than the antidepressant I was on. My T recommended it , he takes it himself during the winter.
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Nov 01, 2016, 08:28 PM
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I've been taking it daily for over 9 years. The first dose made me feel normal again after 25 years of some odd health issues. I take 400 mg a day normally, and if I can't sleep, I take more. I've never had any issues with it at all but my husband got an upset stomach with it when he tried it--of course he started with a high dose too.
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Nov 01, 2016, 09:53 PM
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I actually feel abit elevated. Could that be from the 5-HTP?
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#5
Nov 01, 2016, 10:02 PM
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I take 2 and hit to right.
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Nov 02, 2016, 02:12 AM
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5-htp is used by the brain to produce serotonin which might be why you feel elevated if you mean up as in happier. Here's a brain function questionaire that shows the emotions and feeling related to various neurotransmitters and the related amino acids: http://drjolee.com/Brain-Function-Questionnaire.pdf
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| 99fairies, bizi, Coconutzo
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#7
Nov 02, 2016, 06:46 AM
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I have taken this in the past after ingesting serotonin depleting drugs to reduce my coming down feeling. I have never thought to use this as a supplement, silly me. It has been years since I have done this though. I may have to give this a try, some extra happy juice might be what I need during these trying times in my life.
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#8
Nov 02, 2016, 08:12 AM
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Being bp1 I am afraid to take 5htp.
bizi
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#9
Nov 02, 2016, 10:29 AM
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Bizi... What are you afraid of?
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Nov 02, 2016, 10:46 AM
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5htp was OK for me. I used 200mgs time-release tablets (probably not necessary, but I thought it'd be easier on my stomach). I took one in the AM and one in the PM. It worked OK. But...now, I'm on the psych drugs, including lamictal (apparently may affect serotonin) and wellbutrin (new research shows some effect on serotonin), so...not so much.
If you're not any serotonin-boosting medications, then it may well be a good idea. My 400mgs/day dosage was OK for me, but then I did a search on the doses used in actual studies (most of which were small and the data quality wasn't great, but...that's true of a lot of psychiatric research...), and they sometimes used 600, 900+ mgs/day. That struck me as kind of intense, but...I guess better 900mgs/day 5HTP than 200mgs/Zoloft, right? Right. Hope this helps, and I hope you can find something to get you up to 100%. |
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#11
Nov 02, 2016, 03:48 PM
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I'm going to try this...I'm going to go tonight and see if I can find this at Meijer
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Nov 04, 2016, 12:36 PM
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When I said I felt elevated, I meant I felt a positive shift in mood and more energy. Not like hypo. Just a nice lift.
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Nov 04, 2016, 01:44 PM
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I'm on day two of taking this....I'll report back in once it's had some time to get in my system
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Nov 05, 2016, 11:12 PM
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looking forward to your report.
bizi
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Nov 05, 2016, 11:55 PM
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Interesting. I may look into this myself!
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Nov 06, 2016, 10:47 AM
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bizi
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Nov 06, 2016, 11:45 AM
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Hi bizi I'm type 2
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Nov 06, 2016, 11:58 AM
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twice I have read to be careful taking 5htp if bipolar.
just saying bizi
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Nov 07, 2016, 06:29 PM
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Are you supposed to take this in the morning or at night??? And if you take it at night then will you still get the serotonin effects through the next morning/day??
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Nov 07, 2016, 06:32 PM
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How many mg's did you take at a time? Morning or night?? |
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Nov 07, 2016, 06:52 PM
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I have bipolar 2 and take 400 mg in the evening. I've never had any problems with it, although it can upset your stomach.
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Nov 07, 2016, 08:22 PM
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I read somewhere that taking some form of niacin (niacin, niacinamide, inositol hexanicotinate) with it makes it work better. Your body uses tryptophan to make niacin. If you flood your body with niacin, you spare the tryptophan. The tryptophan can then be used to make serotonin. Something like that, anyway. I now take 3 grams niacinamide daily. I find it to be better for me, long term, than the 5htp was, but that may be because of niacinamide's actions on GABA ((mega doses, over a long time, are supposed to be kinda sorta benzodiazepine-ish)).
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Nov 07, 2016, 08:50 PM
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Any relation to GABApentin?? I am on that and it helps my anxiety and to stabilize my moods.
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Nov 07, 2016, 09:48 PM
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I take 200mg in the morning
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Nov 08, 2016, 09:56 AM
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I take gaba, tritophane and taurine at night along with litium orotate and geodon and klonipin. I still only get about 6 hours of sleep anight. I was hoping for more. I have only been taking them 2 weeks i think
bizi
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