Posted by LOOPS on April 23, 2004, at 20:23:14
In reply to Re: 5htp has helped a lot, posted by meejet on April 20, 2004, at 9:01:33
Hi -
I found 5-htp excellent for the first week, and then dived into an irritable depression.
I've tried this stuff three times now. First time I did it for about 7 months - 100mg 3 x daily. I kept on with it because it was the only thing not making me anxious - and I was mellowed out a bit.
Finally came off it and went on St Johns Wort as I had fallen into a really bad slump. The St Johns Wort threw my depression out the window, but along with my sleep. So I eventually had to stop this as well.
All this stuff is strong in my opinion. Just because it doesn't have the side effects of other SSRIs I thought both would individually be alright.
But I think it's good to try, and if it works, excellent. My body just seems to reject almost everything, labelling it as 'hey wake up and don't sleep', or 'hey, just go lose all your motivation and go deeper down'.
Loops
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