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No more weed with 5-htp for me

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Ever have just one bad experience with a drug or combo that just made you certain you'd never do it again? I think that happened with me yesterday. I used to have great times popping 100mg 5-htp and taking one monster bong hit. But yesterday I did it for the first time in a while. It was late at night and it was cold and slushy and nasty, my city is kinda poor, and most of the few people out were not folks you'd want to spend any time with.

I usually like taking a walk stoned. In pretty surroundings. It's been a long time since I've lived in a place with real winters though. But even Russia in mid January felt "warmer" somehow, at least in terms of vibe. I dunno.

What I do know is I'm moderately stoned again now, and I don't have any other mind-affecting substances in me. Ahh... this is the good old marijuananated feeling I fell in love with.

I thought 5-htp made weed more "profound". Just because it increased serotonin (which makes you feel good after all? The more the merrier right?), while I took a drug that worked on seratonin paths. Nah. It just makes me feel super disconnected and out of my body. It makes me paranoid as hell. I have audio hallucinations -- especially on a cold windy night. Visuals are harmless fun, but audio hallucinations fuck with my head. Then people say I look green and glazed over and about to pass out. So I lie down. But that's no better -- I can't sleep because of bizarre CEV's that aren't cartoonish or funny like the ones ecstasy gives. That goes on for some 2 hours. Or a length of time that feels subjectively like 2 hours. The next morning (5 hours later) I'm up for work and feel sober and actually pretty good all things considered. Actually thought to myself "lovely day for a toke" at work, which I never thought I'd say again last night.

I'm going to be really careful about taking drug "boosting" supplements of any kind in the future. It can really put a spin on the drug that you weren't expecting.
 
Who's to say serotonin stands for happiness? You just had a bit too much to smoke, 5-HTP boosts the high a bit and probably a bit too much in this case. It's nothing.
 
Well THC has weak SSRI like actions, so its not the best combo... and if you think serotonin = happyness, you should talk to some people suffering from serotonin syndrome... who have lots of serotonin in the brain.
 
I frequently take 100mg 5-HTP when smoking and have never had any problems. I guess you must just be unlucky!
 
is supplementing with 5-HTP recommended for a somewhat frequent pot smoker? would if allow smaller dosages used for the same effect? it would be healthier
 
I take 100mg 5-HTP every day (and smoke pot every day) with no noticeable interaction.
 
i took 5htp every day for months, then one day that started happening to me everytime i took 5htp. im not sure if it's related to pot but i do smoke pot a lot too.
 
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