5htp making me very suceptible to psychoactives

[hollyelizabethx]

I appologise in advance if i've posted this in the wrong forum.

I've been taking 5htp instead of an SSRI to help with my depression and sleep problems for maybe around a month now?

over the past week i have noticed i've become extremely susceptible to any thing mildly psychoactive... i used to be quite a big drinker and could drink huge amounts while staying relatively sober. a few nights ago i had a beer and a glass of wine with dinner and i was shitfaced to an extreme degree, which is unusual for me. i thought it may just be some isolated experience but then last night i was supposed to be working till 2am, so i drank 2 small cans of energy drink for a bit of pep and i honestly felt like i'd hoovered down a massive line of speed... my heart was racing, i was jittery, shaking and nervous, couldn't sleep until about 5am and the sleep i did have was fitful. prior to this i'd been able to drink energy drinks as normal with a relatively decent tolerance.

I was just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with 5htp and become much more susceptible to psychoactives? or is it just me jumping to conclusions?

thanks in advance.

 

[No Consequence]

I'm pretty sure i remember reading somewhere that it is dangerous to drink while on 5HTP (don't quote me on that tho)..

as for the energy drink scenario, what do you consider 2 small cans of energy drink? Energy drinks have A LOT of sugar and caffeine, along with other things (tarine, ginseng, etc) to get you up and going.. taking two cans be hard on anyone's body, especially in a short period of time.

 

[hollyelizabethx]

I'm pretty sure i remember reading somewhere that it is dangerous to drink while on 5HTP (don't quote me on that tho)..

as for the energy drink scenario, what do you consider 2 small cans of energy drink? Energy drinks have A LOT of sugar and caffeine, along with other things (tarine, ginseng, etc) to get you up and going.. taking two cans be hard on anyone's body, especially in a short period of time.

oh yeah i understand that, but i was comparing it to me personally - how much i would usually drink to have any sort of effect, if that makes sense

 

[No Consequence]

oh yeah i understand that, but i was comparing it to me personally - how much i would usually drink to have any sort of effect, if that makes sense

I'm saying that I have heard that it is dangerous drinking on it. It could be for many different reasons. It could have an adverse affect on tolerance, i dont know. Obviously something though, seeing as you got fucked up quite easily.

As a warning though, just because you can get fucked up easier/quicker, does not mean it is safe.

 

[MagickalKat777]

5-HTP had some strong effects on me as well - but the drinking doesn't surprise me. When I was on Celexa... Ugh. I still remember the things that drug did to me.

 

[severely etarded]

SSRI's can lessen the effect of alcohol, i believe. also, the energy drinks is probably partially placebo effect, but you may have been drinking a stronger energy drink. what kind were you drinking? substances also tend to effect you stronger when you are already tired/hungry/empty stomach at the end of a long day. You should not roll when taking 5-htp as it can cause serotonin syndrome.

 

[MagickalKat777]

5-HTP and rolling will not cause serotonin syndrome. L-tryptophan and rolling can - and easily - but I've yet to hear of a single person who ever got serotonin syndrome from 5-HTP. Hell we used to eat the stuff like candy coming up AND coming down...

 

[No Consequence]

5-HTP and rolling will not cause serotonin syndrome. L-tryptophan and rolling can - and easily - but I've yet to hear of a single person who ever got serotonin syndrome from 5-HTP. Hell we used to eat the stuff like candy coming up AND coming down...

just because you have not heard of someone getting serotonin syndrome, does not mean it cant happen.
This is a harm reduction site, and saying that you used to eat it like candy is not helping anyone around here.

BTW, almost anyone on this site will tell you that you should NOT take 5HTP the day of, or of that matter, during a roll..

 

[MagickalKat777]

Really? Because we did it for years and it both intensified our peak and lessened our crash. Last 5-HTP dosing pre-roll was about 3 hours before we dropped, sometimes 4.

And scientifically, nobody has ever linked serotonin syndrome with 5-HTP and rolling. 5-HTP and DXM is a possibility, MDMA and DXM is a definitely possibility, DXM and LSD is possible but highly improbable, but 5-HTP has a high safety profile.