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"Stress and Insomnia - will 5htp help??" , Tue 4 Feb 05:30:

I have been taking 5-htp for some time now (about a year) and found it has helped really well with severe insomnia. However I have recently started a new job - I have to get up really early and it is also very demanding. I have started really bad insomnia again, not going to sleep till 3am, waking frequently etc...... I need help!!! I was taking 50mg once a day at 6pm, should i increase the dose??? I find taking it too close to bed gives me wild dreams.

Any advice would be really appreciated as i really need sleep. I am scared of slipping back down that black hole again
thanks
mel

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"Re(1):Stress and Insomnia - will 5htp help??" , Tue 4 Feb 18:43

Hi,

I think 5-HTP is fantastic too, sometimes I will still have trouble sleeping even after taking the 5-HTP, this doesn't happen all the time. Although when it does I take a valarian tablet as well and that seems to do the trick.

Misch

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"Re(2):Stress and Insomnia - will 5htp help??" , Wed 5 Feb 02:44

is it wise to up the dose of 5-htp or vary the time i take it. i currently take 50mg a day in the evening, would taking it earlier in the day prevent the dreams???

Thanks in advance

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"Re(3):Stress and Insomnia - will 5htp help??" , Wed 5 Feb 18:44

In the beginning I took 5-HTP at about 4.00pm in the afternoon. Now I take it at all different times. Sometimes in the morning sometimes at lunch time, sometimes just before I go to bed. I take it for fibromyalgia, so when ever my back starts hurting I take it.
When I first started taking it I had weird dreams, more like disturbing. Now days I still dream although they are not disturbing dreams anymore.

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