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5-HTP and Pot

double ewe

double ewe

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Anyone else have experience using 5-HTP (a vitamin supplement that provides your body with extra amounts of a precursor to serotonin) to potentiate their high and/or deal with negative effects?

I've found that taking 100-400 mg about an hour before smoking can take a normal high straight into blast-off land, with a lot of sativa-type trippiness that might not be present otherwise.

Haven't tried it for anything else, although I've heard it works for sleep problems and general depression as well.

Thoughts? Experiences?
 
What are the negative effects of smoking pot that you need to take 5HTP?
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I didn't word that very well.

I was referring to the problems sleeping some people have when taking a break from pot, as I've heard of 5-HTP being used to deal with this.
 
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Sounds good to me! I always hate how sleep turns to shit once you run outta weed. I knew 5htp could be used for something else besides preloading for e
 
Yes - Ive used it recently along with N-Acetyl Tyrosine. The Tyrosine seemed to help with pot anxiety, but more and more I think the anxiety is just caused by mind-set.

The 5HTP will definitely help with sleeping especially if you take it before bed. I find I'll still wake up at night, but getting back to sleep again is effortless.
 
If you are looking for a sleep aid, melatonin might be more appropriate since that is what 5HTP is metabolized to that helps with sleep.

I have taken 300mg 5HTP several times before cannabis and I think it intensifies the high a bit. It is not extremely significant, though and it could be placebo anyways.

I should try 600mg 5HTP with cannabis.
 
I live in America, so I can pretty much get it at any gnc or grocery store with a supplement section.
Many online supplement vendors sell it, and you should have no trouble importing it.
Unfortunately I cant post a source for you but your answer may be as close as a google search I suspect :D
 
I think it could be related to using e itself. Maybe the australian government got wise of ppl getting more out of rolling by preloading. Preloading makes everything feel fine after a night of rolling, compared to coming down and crashing to where u feel like shit the next morning
 
Could be right, a lot of people use E over here compared to other places Iv lived or spent time in. But on the other hand, we smoke alot of weed and are in the middle of an 'Ice' epidemic so why not outlaw Rizla papers, bongs and Ritz biscuits as well as whatever Meth fiends like?
 
i tried it a couple times

take 100mg 5htp, wait an hour then start to feel dreamy
smoke some weed and feels like heaven

lol @ noobs taking 300mg, wow that's a lot 8o
 
I used to use 5-HTP occasionally. Taking a decent dose (I'm guessing 100-200mg if they were 50mg pills, I don't remember) and then smoking a bowl or three would potentiate the high a little bit. Could be placebo, it wasn't anything mind-blowing.

But I also liked to take a couple of them when I was starting to get burnt out from smoking all day or if I was just really foggy like smoking more wouldn't get me high. After they kick in it helped to clear the haze and refuel for more bong rips.

It must not have been too impressive though, since I didn't bother to buy more for regular use.
 
trancetasy said:
lol @ noobs taking 300mg, wow that's a lot 8o
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That is how much is in one capsule. I got the bottle from Walgreens (although next time I will get it from another pharmacy where I noticed it was about half the price...).
 
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