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| |  "calling MJ Dupont"
, Wed 12 Mar 10:32
Hey MJ Hello there, I know you posted your message on beginning 5HTP a while back but I am exactly in the same boat as you were then. I want off celexa...and on to 5HTP..Dr Atkins wrote about it in his book and since I've heard about it and done more reading on this subject its the way I want to go. But I know one should not take 5HTP when any amount of SSRI substance is on board incase of toxicity. How long did you take to wean off the SSRI and hows the 5HTP doing for you ?? I think the SSRI is keeping my weight up and thats my primary reason for wanting off the stuff.
Diana at
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| |  "Re(1):calling MJ Dupont"
, Wed 12 Mar 10:33
Oooops, just found your recent message, so you've already answered my questions.....sorry
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| | | "Re(2):calling MJ Dupont" , Wed 12 Mar 11:19
I've been on and off atkins for almost a year. It's a great way of eating. If I could just get off the coffee and diet soda, I'm sure my weight would start coming off again. Are you in induction? and going off SSri's at the same time? I would think you would be going through some horrible withdrawals. Just coming off surgar I was shaky, weak and had a throbbing headache. Add that to the nausea of withdrawals, yikes!!
Have you been to the low carb forum?
http://forum.lowcarber.org/
There is tons of great info. at the low carb site about Atkins and other low-carb diets. There is also a section on depression and low-carbing but I haven't found it that helpful.
I didn't realize atkins mentions 5htp, I guess I should read the book again.
Take your time weaning yourself off of ssri's.
MJ DuPont
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| | | "Re(3):calling MJ Dupont" , Sat 22 Mar 19:11
Hi again MJ, I have been on atkins for a while, so I pretty much have it down and no longer missing sugar, bread ect. I am weaning off the celexa slowly, am presently on 5mgs every other day..and feeling the lack of it. Buzzing fingertips and sluggish moody irritable stuff..just another week or so and it is gone then I shall begin on 5htp. I cant remember if 5htp was in atkins or another book. I know that he talked about the precursers for seratonin..tryptophans and I've just gone deeper in my research into it and also L Carnatine.
I take a much more specific range of supplements now. But I'm not losing weight. Im on a tiny bit of Lipitor which my body loves and chol is down from 299 to 150..so Im not about to manipulate something that I know is beneficial.
My friend has lost 20lbs on stkins during the same time that I have lost 6. I'm not cheating, and not gorging. Im disheartened.......but still trying.
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| | | "Re(4):calling Diana" , Sun 23 Mar 14:10
Diana,
I love the Atkins diet and I know that it works WHEN I STICK TO IT, but because the rest of the world is not following it, it is very very hard. I have found I can follow it during the week, but weekends are almost impossible. For example I went to a birthday party this weekend, pizza, beer, cake, everything I'm not suppose to eat. I don't know...
MJ DuPont
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| | | "Re(5):calling Diana" , Sun 23 Mar 21:52
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