Posted by blueberry on January 16, 2006, at 6:49:01 [reposted on January 17, 2006, at 18:17:01 | original URL]
In reply to 5-HTP IS AS BAD AS BENZOS, posted by davpet on January 16, 2006, at 5:18:45
This phenomenon does not always happen though. How would you explain that?
Specifically I'm thinking of real people here over the years who have done well for many years on a constant dose of a benzo. Another at 2 years on 5htp. Another at 4 years on St Johns Wort. Me at 5 years on prozac.
I don't know, but I think maybe the person's individual unique genetics guide whether the poopout phenomenon happens or not and how long it takes to happen if it happens.
It's just my own personal experience and opinion, but I think the brain is just way too complicated to try to outguess it or explain it or apply any general blanket statements to it that apply to all people.
> 5-HTP converts into serotonin which desensitises serotonin receptors . You then need more serotonin to get the same level of serotonin receptor activation . Benzo increases GABA desentsitising GABA .
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> Stop taking 5-HTP and your normal (lower) amount of serotonin is no longer able to activate your receptors = depression. Suddenly stop taking benzos and all hell will break lose.
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> When you first take 5-HTP alot of people experience the serotonin wave but this soon disappears, why is this? Simple serotonin receptor down-regulation
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