Posted by mcp on July 6, 2004, at 13:11:56
In reply to Re: any advice on SSRI withdrawalsLarry Hoover » mcp, posted by Larry Hoover on July 3, 2004, at 10:05:20
Should I wait until I am completely off the Lexapro or Prozac if that replaces it and for how long?
> > Thanks, do you think use of trytophan would be a help as well once you are finally off it?
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> People seem to like the effect of tryptophan, but whether you will like it cannot be predicted. What I'm suggesting is that you adopt a scientific perspective about changing nutritional intake variables. Hold everything as stable as you can, change one thing (e.g. tryptophan on an empty stomach), and see what happens. If you have any doubt about cause and effect, stop the supplement (noting if anything changes), and then try it again another time. That's called challenge-rechallenge, and tends to reduce confusion over the placebo response. Just the act of trying something new, and in your control, can make you feel better. But placebo response is hard to induce twice.
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