Posted by KaraS on February 11, 2005, at 2:51:18
In reply to Re: 5htp or tryptophan cause SSRI type apathy?, posted by jasmineneroli on February 11, 2005, at 0:17:29
> Hi Kara:
> Just noticed your post.
> Yes, when I was up to 3.5 gr per day of tryptophan, I began to feel somewhat apathetic.
> This seemed to happen just as the sleep benefit of that dose wore-off. So there may be a connection(????). After a while the great sleeps I got at the beginning, just stopped, and I reverted to my regular night time awakenings. Then I began to feel a general apathy, and lack of motivation.
> After reducing the dose again (now on 1 gr. per day and maintaining that dose), I feel back to the pre-tryptophan state of mental energy, but am still not sleeping well.
> I've been on SSRI's too, and the apathy feeling is similar.
> I never once felt drowsy on any dose of tryptophan.
> Regards,
> Jas
Hi Jas,
Thanks for responding. That's intersting that you had the same apathy response to the tryptophan. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case but I guess it makes sense that you'd get that same result.If the tryptophan isn't helping with sleep, then why are you still taking a 1 gram maintenance dose? Does it help at all with mood and anxiety at that low dose?
K
P.S. Sorry you're still not sleeping well.
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