LatinRose
Bluelighter
I've heard a lot about 5-htp and preloading, but never done it. How much should I take and how will it affect my roll?? Thanks!!
5-htp and Preloading???
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Well, I've heard conflicting testimonials on this, but I find that 5-htp does little to affect the roll itself (unless I'm going on a couple-day binge like NYE
), but rather it helps with the comedown, neurotoxicity, and most importantly post-e depression.
All threee are essentially caused by very low levels of seratonin (and also dopamine going where it shouldn't). 5-HTP helps these out by giving your body what it needs to make more seratonin. However, it can take a while to work.
I personally take either 50 or 100 mg of it daily, about 4 hours before I go to sleep (to help with insomnia, gives cool dreams, and helps curb my appetite a bit
). When I'm planning on dosing, I double my dose the night before, take another 100mg the morning before, and 200 about 4-5 hours before I dose. Then, I dose about 100-150 mg before I go to sleep (whenever that is). Take caution though, at higher doses 5-HTP will almost always cause stomach upset (and killer diarreah (sp?)
), so keep it below 300 mg or so at a time, and you should be okay.
By the way, if anyone wants my extended preload recipe, e-mail me (my address is in my profile). Hope this helps
Dave
All threee are essentially caused by very low levels of seratonin (and also dopamine going where it shouldn't). 5-HTP helps these out by giving your body what it needs to make more seratonin. However, it can take a while to work.
I personally take either 50 or 100 mg of it daily, about 4 hours before I go to sleep (to help with insomnia, gives cool dreams, and helps curb my appetite a bit
By the way, if anyone wants my extended preload recipe, e-mail me (my address is in my profile). Hope this helps
Dave