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Re: Can I mix selegiline, with L-tryptophan safely?

Posted by geno on November 11, 2004, at 8:48:30 [reposted on November 12, 2004, at 7:42:07 | original URL]

In reply to Can I mix selegiline, with L-tryptophan safely?, posted by jasmineneroli on November 10, 2004, at 22:51:05

Jasmiroli, you say you switched from celexa to L-Tryptophan? Recently, Iv tried to switch off lexapro 10mg, down to 5mg for a week then maybe 3 days of half of that, and added 5-HTP. Well as soon as i cut it off, I began getting those electric shocks through my head. BOY i hate them. I guess because iv been on Zoloft to Lexapro for 3 yrs and my brain cant ajust. Now i remember a pdoc telling me you may have to like cut it down to 5mg for a month, then down to 2.5 for another month, then stop. Well all that pill choppin, i said no.
So i just take 10mg of lexapro, and 50mg of 5-HTP at night, with no problem. I cant notice any big mood improvement, but what I feel is, OK, Lexapro is an SSRI, so its blocking the reuptake of available seratonin being released from the presynaptic nerve cell. So, Adding 5HTP, or even L-Tryptophan, which are precursor to serotonin, resulting in more Serotonin available in the Nerve, then more Serotonin will be available in the synapse due to the reuptake blockade from lexapro,if you think about it, it might be positive.
Now there are so many articles on L-TRYPTOPHAN and 5HTP. One said L-Tryptophan is better, another says because L-Tryptophan is a precursor to 5-HTP, 5-HTP is superior.
Well since L-Tryptophan is banned and 5-HTP is sold over the counter, and L-Tryptophan is not being goverened so no money is being made, most natural articles boost up 5-HTP. Resulting that in reality L-TRYPTOPHAN is much better.
Its acutally sold as a PET Medication for depression for your dog! LOL. BUt really , come on now! But i do have a few great books on 5-HTP from Doctors who claim its just as good or better than ssri's. Maybe you (or i) need like 200mg, because i never went above 100mg, and i dont want to risk 100mg or more taking lexapro.

IF anyone has taken both, and had good results with any, post. THats funny, L-Tryptophan is an amino acid and its banned because of the Problem in the late 1980s due to contamination that in reality did not directy come from L-Tryptophan itself.

geno


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