Topic Title: scared
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, Sun 27 Jul 16:22
I would like to try 5-htp but i dont know how much to take. When i was on paxil i was takin 10mg and that was good for me. i am thinking that 50mg of 5htp would be too much. I am really sensitive to these drugs
Posts: 4 | | Registered: Sat 12 Jul 2003 22:9 |
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| | "Re(1):scared" , Fri 23 Apr 13:51
I understand your fears but the strength of 5 htp is entirely different than Prosac. The MG are not equilavent. Just like an average therapeutic does of wellbutrin is 300mg but the highest does of prosac is 60mg I believe. MG does not mean the same thing for different drugs. Doses of 5 htp up to 900 mg have been studied in obesity studies with only GI symptoms for side effects. 50 is considered a very very low dose, and if you are sensitive it could work for you, so start there, then increase it if you feel you need to.
I totally hear about about your fears, I dont' like synthetic meds, and was on paxil for 2 years, honestly it helped a great deal but I gained weight and I lost my sex drive all together during that time. now I am switching from effexor to 5 htp because I am sick of the side effect. I tried celexa once but couldnt' tolerate the side effects (my prolactin levels rose and my breasts grew believe it or not, and i could not have an orgasm!)
research as much as you can, there is a book about 5 htp out get it and research to make yourself feel more at ease. Remember MG and doses are dramatically different from med to med and mean entirely different things!
keep us posted how it goes okay?
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| |  "Re(1):scared"
, Mon 28 Jul 04:23:
I don't think 50 mg of 5htp will be too much, it is not nearly as "strong" as paxil or some of the other antidepressants. It is much more mellow like sjw. It works great for people who are sensitive, you can adjust your own dose depending on how good you feel. I think you should start with 50 mg 5htp in the morning and 50 in the afternoon.
MJ DuPont
[this message was edited by DuPont on Mon 28 Jul 04:26]
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| | | "Re(2):scared" , Mon 28 Jul 19:22
I am scared that I am going to feel high from taking 50
Posts: 11 | | Registered: Sat 12 Jul 2003 22:9 |
| | |  "Re(3):scared"
, Mon 28 Jul 20:05
I guess the best way I can describe the way I feel taking 5htp is that a heavy burden has been lifted from my shoulders. I tend to get very tense in my neck, shoulders and back and when on the 5htp that tension is gone, and I am more relaxed and centered. I can think more clearly because the tension is gone. It's not a feeling of being high. To me feeling high is being out of control, 5htp gives me control over my life to make smarter decisions, and changes for the better.
MJ DuPont
Posts: 575 | | Registered: Wed 20 Jun 2001 6:19 |
| | | "Re(4):scared" , Tue 29 Jul 02:04
Well i went and got some today . man are the people that work at health food stores stupid. Im using my boyfriend as a guinea pig. i have him 100mg and he says he feels nothing and when i gave sjw he became very restless and twitchy. btw have you ever tryed celexa? my social anxiety and panic is so bad that i dont even want to leave the house and this is what is making me despresed. I want to do things but cant. sometimes talking to other family memeber is difficult. when i think about how my life used to be before all this crap makes me more depresed makes me think that i will never be able to go back to school ot get a job that i haev to go to everday. anything i think about makes me stress. i think about someday having kids and freak and feel all sick to my stomach, even thikin about going to the local store makes me sick .. i have always had anxiety but never this bad... its one big circle. but ya i was woundering if you have tryed celexa?
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| | | "Re(5):scared" , Mon 7 Nov 20:05
IKNOW HOW YOU FEEL .I FOUND THIS SITE 2 MONTHS AGO.AND STARTED 50MG THREE TIMES ADAY .IWAS NOT LEAVING MY HOUSE FOR NOTHING .SENT MY HUSBAND EVERY WERE .NOW IM OUT GOING AGAIN AND I LIKE MYSELF.I ALSO TRIED THE SJW WITH IT 100MG THREE TIMES ADAY .BUT WHEN I TAKE THE SJW I FEEL LIKE MY FACE IS ON FIRE .SO IM STOPING IT .MY BROTHER IN LAW TAKES FISH OIL WITH THE 5HTP AND LOVES IT .I THINK THE 5HTP HAS MADE ME WHOLE AGAIN.AND I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING A DR.CAN PRESCRIBE.IM GOING TO UP MY 5HTP TO 100 MG THREE TIMES ADAY.
Posts: 4 | | Registered: Sun 6 Nov 2005 9:32 |
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