Topic Title: what is 5-htp
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, Fri 23 Nov 12:58
Can any one tell me exactly what 5-htp is and is it readily available in drug stores? I have taken a few antidepressants with out much luck and I am researching herbal remedies but this is the frst i've heard of 5-htp and can it be mixed wth SJW?
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| |  "Re(1):what is 5-htp"
, Sun 25 Nov 14:58
5-HTP (5-hydroxytryptophan) is the precursor to serotonin, and it works by increasing the serotonin available to your brain. You have probably heard of the amino acid tryptophan, well from what I have read the body breaks down tryptophan to 5htp and then the 5htp is broken down to serotonin. The 5htp that you can get at almost all drug stores in the U.S. and online at
http://www.iherb.com/iherb/store.html is derived from the Griffonia Bean. I don't think you can buy tryptophan in the U.S.
There are a few people in this forum who take 5htp and SJW together. I believe that they would work great together.
SJW supposedly works like the antidepressants known as SSRIs, by increasing the availability of serotonin in brain synapses by blocking the reuptake mechanism--where the serotonin is removed from the synapse, thereby leaving more serotonin available to the brain.
So 5-HTP provides the raw materials for the body to make new serotonin, and SJW prevents excess serotonin from being naturally deactivated by blocking the reuptake mechanism.
Here is a great website about 5htp
http://www.smart-publications.com/books/5htp/toc.html
5htp alone is what worked for me!!
I hope this helped, good luck finding what works for you!!
MJ DuPont
http://events.diabetes.org/memberpages/peshka
Posts: 143 | | Registered: Wed 20 Jun 2001 6:19 |
| |  "Re(1):what is 5-htp"
, Sat 24 Nov 11:45
Okay...here's what I found. Put this address in your browser's address line, or just click on the link itself...will take you right there:
www.sjwinfo.org/forums/5-HTP/messages/10009.shtml#0
It's a reply from "txchick" dated/posted Fri. 3, Aug. There's quite a few replies here, but as yet she's 2nd to last, just above DuPont. The importance of seritonin, however, I'm not sure. More searching to do.
"Do NOT go gentle..."
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Sat 24 Nov 2001 10:3 |
| |  "Re(1):what is 5-htp"
, Sat 24 Nov 11:09
Good question! I'm trying to read all the posts in this forum to discover the answer, but so far no luck. DuPont appears to be in the know about this. WHAT IS 5HTP and what's it's purpose? If only in general...
"Do NOT go gentle..."
Posts: 1 | | Registered: Sat 24 Nov 2001 10:3 |
| | "Re(1):what is 5-htp" , Sat 24 Nov 11:07
Good question! I'm trying to read all the posts in this forum to discover the answer, but so far no luck. DuPont appears to be in the know about this. WHAT IS 5HTP and what's it's purpose? If only in general...
"Do NOT go gentle..."
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Sat 24 Nov 2001 10:3 |
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