Posted by 5htp on July 2, 1999, at 8:53:44
In reply to Re: I've never heard of SAMe, posted by Ruth on July 2, 1999, at 7:25:44
Yes, I would be interested as well. I can not take the ssri's either. However, I did take the SAMe and I got very good results, but it gave me intolerable gas. There are several places on the web to order a 10 day supply for about 18.95(20-200 mg tablets).
> >Leonora,
>
> Can you tell me a little more about 5htp and how
> it's worked for your depression compared with other
> meds you've taken? How much do you take, and how
> long did it take to notice a difference? I wrote
> a post not too long ago about experimenting with
> different meds in order not to get the sexual
> side effects, (prozac, celexa, wellbutrin, serzone,
> and st. johns wort),but couldn't really deal with
> side effects of any of them, wellbutrin and serzone
> didn't help my depression, but made it worse.
> So now I'm back to prozac, b/c it has the least
> amount of side effects for me. I found St. Johns
> Wort to not be strong enough for me, and it sort
> of soured me on a more natural approach, but maybe
> 5htp could work....tell me about your experience
> with it...
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