Topic Title: 5-htp caused depression
| |  "5-htp caused depression"
, Mon 21 Jun 13:18
Hey All!
A quick background. Since about a year ago I've started to suffer from severe social anxiety. By severe I mean I get so anxious and nauseas in social situations I need to retreat to a bathroom and puke my guts out. I feel better after that (like I would puke the anxiety out), but I guess you can understand why this can't continue like it this.
I've tried a lot of "herbal" medications to help me with my condition and after reading about 5-htp I decided to give it a try. It didn't work. Well... it did and it didn't.
Last week I bought and consummated one 50mg tablet of 5-htp. After 30 minutes I felt like a zombie. The anxiety was gone but I felt like nothing matters. I didn't give a damn about a thing. It felt strange. I wasn't happy, nor unhappy. It just didn't matter. The next day I became DEPRESSED and that feeling continued for the next two days. I've been suffering from depression from time to time so this is nothing new, but it was strange. I thought the serotonin would bring happy feelings and not depressed ones. :(
I decided to give Gotu Kola a shot also, and I'm waiting to receive it by the mail. I guess 5-htp just isn't for me (my brain is very sensitive to all kinds of drugs).
Did anybody else had an experience like this or knows more about what could be causing it?
Thanks!
Orlando
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Mon 21 Jun 2004 13:2 |
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| |  "Re(1):5-htp caused depression"
, Tue 30 Nov 12:59
I had exactly the same experience with Amoryn which is St. John's Wort and 5 HTP mixed. I became very tired, zombie like on the first day of taking it, then the next day I became depressed. After that I suffered insomnia which left me tired all the time which in turn made the depression worse. St. John's Wort on its own did not do this to me, as I had being doing well on Kira for 5 months, so I think it was the 5 HTP in Amoryn that caused these side effects.
Posts: 18 | | Registered: Fri 8 Oct 2004 2:44 |
| | "Re(1):5-htp caused depression" , Thu 8 Jul 08:16
"Last week I bought and consummated one 50mg tablet of 5-htp. After 30 minutes I felt like a zombie. The anxiety was gone but I felt like nothing matters. I didn't give a damn about a thing. It felt strange. I wasn't happy, nor unhappy. It just didn't matter. The next day I became DEPRESSED and that feeling continued for the next two days. I've been suffering from depression from time to time so this is nothing new, but it was strange. I thought the serotonin would bring happy feelings and not depressed ones. :("
It sounds like you stopped taking it after a day though. I think you are supposed to take it consistently daily for good results.
Posts: 1 | | Registered: Wed 7 Jul 2004 22:18 |
| | | "Re(2):5-htp caused depression" , Wed 29 Dec 06:56
How did it go with the other remedies?
I also have social anxiety but coming off paroxetine and desperately seeking alternatives! Have posted about this separately too.
Any info would be great - thank you love Gaia
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Wed 29 Dec 2004 5:41 |
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