OffTheRadar
9th March, 2007, 12:18 PM
Hello All,
Around Oct last year i decided to try some supplements to help with my low mood. Untill Christmas i took Flaxseed 11g per day, B1 and 100mg Schizandra. At this time I was also excercising regularly and studying for an exam (being mentally stimulated has a significant effect on bringing my mood up). I felt all of this was helping and felt pretty good.
I am not in a location where i can get supplements easily, mail order companies do not deliver and i need to rely on friends to redirect packages to me, so I would typically have a lead time of 6-8 weeks to restock. This pretty much sucks, as i am very much in the trial and error stage.
After christmas I was having a lot of vivid dreams and waking up unrefreshed and finding simple things difficult. I had run out of Schizandra and B1. I wasnt feeling very well, although nothing could particularly be said to have caused this, so i decided to try 50mgs of 5HTP every evening.
About 3 weeks ago (6 weeks into starting 5HTP) I started to feel down and generally negative.This was aggravted by external factors - frustrations/boredom with job and the breakdown of an important relationship. I went into a full blown depression, failing to go to work a lot and feeling very disparing, hopeless and suicidal. Even when i wasnt in the back hole, I felt like i was in a mental fog. Plus my appetite went away entirely.Things were extremely bleak for a while but im feeling a little better now and have great support from friends - ive moved in with two friends and being around people has helped lift me out of my head.
I did not notice any side effects from the 5HTP and its hard to judge if it has helped given the personal problems mixed up with taking it. As I wasnt sure if it was helping and since i had read its not a good idea to stop abruptly, about a week ago I changed to taking 50mgs once every two days. Im getting some dizziness and feeling a bit "vague" or "odd" while still being very much alert. I also have noticed occasional bouts of rapid pulse usually not lasting for more than 20 mins.
It must be noted that i take a moderate ammt of alcohol most evenings - occasionally on the high side. And yes, I have read that 5HTP shouldnt be mixed with alchol but after extensive research I have failed to find out WHY this is not advised. WIll be interested to hear if someone knows more on this.
OTR
Around Oct last year i decided to try some supplements to help with my low mood. Untill Christmas i took Flaxseed 11g per day, B1 and 100mg Schizandra. At this time I was also excercising regularly and studying for an exam (being mentally stimulated has a significant effect on bringing my mood up). I felt all of this was helping and felt pretty good.
I am not in a location where i can get supplements easily, mail order companies do not deliver and i need to rely on friends to redirect packages to me, so I would typically have a lead time of 6-8 weeks to restock. This pretty much sucks, as i am very much in the trial and error stage.
After christmas I was having a lot of vivid dreams and waking up unrefreshed and finding simple things difficult. I had run out of Schizandra and B1. I wasnt feeling very well, although nothing could particularly be said to have caused this, so i decided to try 50mgs of 5HTP every evening.
About 3 weeks ago (6 weeks into starting 5HTP) I started to feel down and generally negative.This was aggravted by external factors - frustrations/boredom with job and the breakdown of an important relationship. I went into a full blown depression, failing to go to work a lot and feeling very disparing, hopeless and suicidal. Even when i wasnt in the back hole, I felt like i was in a mental fog. Plus my appetite went away entirely.Things were extremely bleak for a while but im feeling a little better now and have great support from friends - ive moved in with two friends and being around people has helped lift me out of my head.
I did not notice any side effects from the 5HTP and its hard to judge if it has helped given the personal problems mixed up with taking it. As I wasnt sure if it was helping and since i had read its not a good idea to stop abruptly, about a week ago I changed to taking 50mgs once every two days. Im getting some dizziness and feeling a bit "vague" or "odd" while still being very much alert. I also have noticed occasional bouts of rapid pulse usually not lasting for more than 20 mins.
It must be noted that i take a moderate ammt of alcohol most evenings - occasionally on the high side. And yes, I have read that 5HTP shouldnt be mixed with alchol but after extensive research I have failed to find out WHY this is not advised. WIll be interested to hear if someone knows more on this.
OTR