Topic Title: insomnia & reduced labido with 5 HTP
| |  "insomnia & reduced labido with 5 HTP"
, Tue 30 Jul 19:30
I started on 5HTP a week ago (50 mg after dinner) and find that
I am wired and cant sleep till 1-2 am
Libido is decreased slightly but nowhere close to the SSRIs.
Any one have a similar experience ?
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Tue 30 Jul 2002 19:23 |
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| | "Re(1):insomnia & reduced labido with 5 HTP" , Thu 1 Aug 02:46
I have been taking 5-htp for about a week and a half now. I also started on 50mg and felt quite wired at night. I was also experiencing very vivid dreams. However, I have no upped the dosage to 100mg per day (50 in the morning and 50 in the evening) and this would appear to have cured my "wiredness".
Hope this helps
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Mon 22 Jul 2002 9:7 |
| | |  "Re(2):insomnia & reduced labido with 5 HTP"
, Thu 1 Aug 05:07
I just increased my dose to 100 @ night and I sleep better, but the dreams are more vivid. The phenomenon is very similar to when i was on Celexa
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Tue 30 Jul 2002 19:23 |
| | | "Re(3):insomnia & reduced labido with 5 HTP" , Wed 28 Aug 05:58
Hi,
I started off on a low dose of 5-HTP - 50mg for a week or so, then I upped to 100mg for a week or so and carried on until I reched 250mg - 300mg. Each time I found that I had vivid dreams for a night or 2 but that was all. I think if you take things gradually you stand a good chance of being OK. I did used to have to tackle some tiredness when I first took 5-HTP but again if you take things slowly but surely when upping the dose you will be Ok. If I got too tired I would drop my dose slightly until I felt alright then allow a little time before upped gradually again. Maybe doing it that way would help you libido. It is not very often you hear of 5-HTP causiing a reduced libido. I still take 250mg/300mg 30 - 40 mins before I go to bed and then I take L-Tyrosine in the morning. This combination really suits me. I have taken paxil/seroxat and others but 5-HTP has been the best for me. I did try to reduce my dose recently but found that I could tell a difference in myself so I have gone back up to 250/300mg which I am quite happy to take for ever and a day. I will keep trying to reduce every so often to see how I feel but until I am comfortable, 5-HTP is the one for me.
Cheers
Nicky
Posts: 43 | | Registered: Thu 7 Feb 2002 5:45 |
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