Posted by Kath on January 12, 2008, at 14:57:14
In reply to Re: 5HTP for anxiety Anyone?, posted by elanor roosevelt on January 11, 2008, at 19:21:36
IT'S WORKING IT'S WORKING - no longer wake up with an impending sense of doom & almost unable to face another day!!!!!! I also have stopped feeling as if "I REALLY do NOT want to continue doing this thing called "life"
Well, It's been several days now that I have NOT been depressed....and given that my son had a cocaine slip after almost half a year & ended up hearing BIG 'the ultimate self-harm' voices - if THAT isn't a challenge for my depression what would be?
I am taking 50 mg of 5HTP (my particular brand is Natural Factors enteric-coated....I suggest to buy a kind that says "No Peak X" on it...I don't know the details, but I read about it somewhere & it's a good idea to get that kind if they have it...if they don't, I guess don't worry about it.)
I also am taking St. John's Wort 300mg (Webber Naturals. it says Hypericum perforatum flower extract 300mg Standardized to contain 0.3% hypericin - 900 mcg per capsule)
Here's my method:
Each morning when I get up:
1 5HTP & 1 St. John's WortSometime during the day (usually mid-afternoon or supper):
1 5HTP & 1 St. John's WortBefore bed:
1 5HTPAND I put 1 St. John's Wort on my bedside table with water - I take that in the early morning hours when I wake up to pee or turn over - say 4 or 5 a.m.
It did take a while to kick in. During that time, I took about 20 drops on St. John's Wort extract in water, during the day, if I was feeling a 'peak' in awfulness.
I am almost afraid to talk about it in case I jinx the good effects.
For me SAD - lack of sun is a factor, I think. So I might decide to up my dosage as the winter goes on, but I suspect I won't have to. I also use an Seasonal Affective Disorder High-Lux lamp, but I have been somewhat sporadic about using it & even after NOT using it for 3 days, I was feeling increasingly better.
I hope this info might help others to try it & see if it works for them.
I have been off Celexa for more than 2 years, but then the anxiety/depression came back, probably due to ongoing escalationg situational stresses mainly with my son.
Kath
PS - I do take various other supplements/vitamins, including Rhodiola, but the only thing that I've changed or added are the 2 mentioned above.
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