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I got my 5htp, Now what?

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eccay

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Ok, i received my 5-htp in the mail today.. SO what the hell do i do :P (sorry if this sounds stupid but im serious) Do i take it daily? Or only after taking amphetamines? please do tell :) ive read the 5htp FAQ and it doesnt help me sorry. So if someone could please simply tell me how much and when to take it, That would be good. My 5htp is this one -

INGREDIENTS:
Each capsule contains: 5 Hydroxy Tryptophan (5HTP) 75mg
Pyridoxine 5 phosphate 5mg
Thiamine hydrochloride (B1) 30mg
Riboflavine (B2) 25mg
Folic acid 100mcg
Chromium (picolinate) 50mcg
Magnesium (orotate) 10mg


Thanks
 
I found pre-loading a waste of time if you have suitable breaks. Try having two six hours after you last ingest your MDMA, and two the next day.
 
OK so take 2 together 6 hours after having MDMA? and 2 together the next day? What about Speed etc? Same dosage? cheers
 
So long as you aren't on prescription antidepressants, its hard to go wrong with 5-HTP in terms of post-loading. Having too much really isn't going to hurt you, it might just upset your stomach a little. 1 or 2 as you come down off the pill, then perhaps one 12 hours after that,then one 12 hours after that.

I think pre-loading is not only a waste, but often mutes the effect of the pills.
 
Just out of curiosity does anyone know if there are potential side effects of taking 5-htp during your peak?
Quite often my friends and I (when I last had a bottle) would just keep on dropping them every hour or so once we felt like we were starting to come down.
Appeared to fight of a comedown extremely well, although not sure of the ramifications.
Anyone?
Velocide, P_D?
Thanks.
PEACE
 
I've never heard anyone have a negative experience when taking them during the peak, though they may mellow it out a little. They are very good at fighting comedowns :)

Just don't go and eat like 300mg.
 
I use to dose 100MG daily. I would stop 2 days before rolling and then continue after rolling. There is no harm in using 5-HTP everday, actually, you may find that it elavates your mood as it works as an anti-depressant type substance.

You may however notice after awhile of taking it daily that you get head aches. I noticed this and stopped using it for awhile.

On the comedown, take 200MG - 300MG and then redose at 100MG daily 1 hour before bed.

shals :D
 
Yes! ive found myself getting headaches after large doses for 5-htp, thought it was the change of weather or because of my meth intake, but have noticed my headache has dis-appeared after taking a lower daily dosage.
 
OK so basically just take 2 when i wake up from a big night out on the bickies? Or take 2 before i go to bed that night? Explain in Simple form :P
 
I seem to remember reading somewhere that there is a slight increase in risk of serotonin syndrome if you take SSRIs with 5HTP. But don't quote me on that.
 
Eccay you keep asking the same questions but don't like the answers? Deeps post in our main forum FAQ covers all this and its required reading by all ;) I think take two 5htp caps six hours after is about as simple as its going to get. =D
 
thankyou for the nice easy reply :) but i dont want to be carrying the 5-htp around with me while im out pillin of my head lol. Is it ok if i just took them before i went to bed that night?
 
yes it is, but people have already said that...
Like said before, it's pretty much fine whenever but if taken before the pill it may reduce the effects a bit
 
I've found that they're useless if you take them before a roll. They make comedowns much nicer if you take them after tho!
 
Yea Eccay, don't take them before rolling. I found in the last few weeks after started taking 5HTP my rolls have been pretty average. In all these average nights I have been taking either 200-300mg up to 8hrs before dropping OR 100mg the night before dropping.

After last weekend I post-loaded with:

200mg 6-8hrs after rolling (Sunday)
100mg Monday night
100mg Tuesday night

I have not taken any since Tuesday and I will see how this weekend turns out.

Funny thing happened last week, I had 100mg approx 12hrs before dropping at a club and I do not remember coming up nor peaking at all. I had no recollection of the moment ~30min after dropping to say 3 hrs after when I found myself sitting in a chillout spot, didn't know how I got there or what I did in that 3hrs (probably gurned the whole time).

Was disappointed because I was hanging for a big session out on the dancefloor, by the time I came to I was already feeling buggered/tired.

In my pill munching career so far I have never experienced a night where I had no memory of that many hours after dropping

Can anyone comment on whether this was due to the 5HTP pre-load or simply I had a strong biky?
 
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1-2 shortly after you come down. another the morning afterwards...

depends on how big you go out/how often you do it.... how long its been since you did pills without using 5htp - ie. how much seratonin you need to replace.

I've always found that having 5HTP on a general basis before pills mellows them out... i never peaked when i did this.
 
staunch - combining pills with other drugs tends to do this.

Alcohol is a killer for memory. From the experiences ive had with 5HTP, i doubt its that.
 
ok well ive been pillin for nearly 3 years, only started takin 5-htp today.... so how much should i have of it
 
i take 200 mg as soon as i get home after a big night out, and another 100mg-200mg the next morning/afternoon.....as Cowbow Mac mentioned. You onyl really notice how good 5-HTP is when you don't have it available.
 
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