KoreyS
Bluelighter
300-400mg daily
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Just picked up some 5-htp
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coelophysis
Bluelight Crew
I don't think you really need that much.
KoreyS
Bluelighter
You told me you were taking 400mg everyday too
KoreyS
Bluelighter
Well?
idiocyinbubbles
Greenlighter
what is "5-htp"? you can get it from the drug store?? :O
KoreyS
Bluelighter
It's an OTC supplement used to increase mood and ehance mental and emotional well-being basically, Duke.
drminaq
Bluelighter
I hate to bring up old wounds here but i agree with Korey that talking to your doc is great fun and all but IME drs are human, infallible and make mistakes just like the rest of us. I am not trying to generalize here but, my family doc knows lots of things in one area ( probably his area of personal interest) and not a lot about other ailments, medications, treatments and possible drug interactions. Also Korey i know you hail from the same hood and it seems that drs love to push the SSRIs.
While you may not notice any change in mood/aneixty but everyone around you does.
Why? Is become a numbing of the soul felt from the crown of the skull to toes, as i did with many S/NRIs. others stop hearing you bitch about life and think you are all better. I dont know if you are worse but better is not accurate either.
While you may not notice any change in mood/aneixty but everyone around you does.
Why? Is become a numbing of the soul felt from the crown of the skull to toes, as i did with many S/NRIs. others stop hearing you bitch about life and think you are all better. I dont know if you are worse but better is not accurate either.
sleepwalker
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i am using it currently at 50-100mg a day to cope with Heroin withdrawls, but combined with 1000Mg L-Tyrosine and 100Mg vit B6.
And from time to time i get an odd short term "buzz" , like 5-10 secs through my head, that feels like i'm 1 foot higher than the minute before.
But that could also be the 2x25 Mg of Oxazepam i combine it with during the day.lol
And from time to time i get an odd short term "buzz" , like 5-10 secs through my head, that feels like i'm 1 foot higher than the minute before.
But that could also be the 2x25 Mg of Oxazepam i combine it with during the day.lol
deckmunki
Bluelighter
I over-medicated with 5-HTP - up to 300mg a day. I stopped dead because I was experiencing extreme, generalised paranoia at work, short temper, and everything just felt a bit "shit".
It could have been an atypical response, but more likely the excess 5-HTP interfered with my dopamine levels - there's a rate-limiting enzyme step in the creation of serotonin and dopamine which relies on the same enzyme, so an excess of 5-HTP could conceivably have dropped my dopamine levels horribly low.
All that said, I do find it helps with sleep at recommended (~50mg/day, ideally an hour before bed) doses, but your mileage my vary =o)
It could have been an atypical response, but more likely the excess 5-HTP interfered with my dopamine levels - there's a rate-limiting enzyme step in the creation of serotonin and dopamine which relies on the same enzyme, so an excess of 5-HTP could conceivably have dropped my dopamine levels horribly low.
All that said, I do find it helps with sleep at recommended (~50mg/day, ideally an hour before bed) doses, but your mileage my vary =o)