Topic Title: 5-HTP Users.....Your Dosing Schedules?
| |  "5-HTP Users.....Your Dosing Schedules?"
, Tue 28 Dec 03:56
Those of you who take this supplement, would you please tell me how many milligrams you take with each dosing? Explain at what time of the day/night you take each dose. I just started taking this last night. I'm using NOW brand 100mg capsules. I am not sure how many times a day to take them.
Posts: 22 | | Registered: Sat 25 Sep 2004 20:49 |
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| | "Re(1):5-HTP Users.....Your Dosing Schedules?" , Wed 29 Dec 19:13:
Hi Laurielu-
I have tried taking varying amounts of 5-HTP on various schedules, and in my particular case I get the best results from 25 mg (only have a capsule) of Natrol brand 5-HTP. However, I take many other things, including a full daily dose of SJW. If I had to depend solely on 5-HTP (which I wouldn't want to do- it doesn't cover all my issues), my dosage would be higher.
25 mg, an hour before bed, helps me wake up more refreshed in the morning and seems to remove a mental "dingy" feeling that SJW leaves if I take it alone. 25 mg may not sound like much, but if I don't take it, I REALLY feel the difference. I have read several times that different people's "window" of effective dosage for 5-HTP can vary widely and be as specific as within 25 mg. If I take higher doses of 5-HTP, it has an opposite effect- disturbing my sleep, like my brain cannot "let go" for the sleeping process.
I am currently taking:
AT THE START OF BREAKFAST:
1 SJW (GNC brand standardized)
1 Saw palmetto (for prostate, GNC brand)
1 Siberian ginseng (Paradise Herbs brand)
1 Centrum (multivitamin)
1/4 tablet B-vitamin complex (sublingual from Source Naturals)
1 cup of coffee (after breakfast)
AT THE START OF LUNCH:
1 SJW
500 mg Vitamin C with bioflavinoids (Source Naturals brand)
2 g Fish oil (Carlson brand Super Omega-3)
AT THE START OF DINNER:
1 SJW
1 Saw palmetto
500 mg Vitamin C with bioflavinoids
1 g Fish oil
ONE HOUR BEFORE BED:
25 mg 5-HTP (Natrol brand)
750 mg (1 capsule) Ashwagandha (Jarrow/AOR brand)
1/4 tablet B-vitamin complex
My underlying issues resulted from neurological damage from being vegan (100% vegetarian) several years ago.
-H2Obuffalo
[this message was edited by H2Obuffalo on Wed 29 Dec 21:19]
Posts: 106 | | Registered: Sat 24 May 2003 2:26 |
| | | "Re(2):5-HTP Users.....Your Dosing Schedules?" , Wed 13 Apr 13:01
Hi, I'm vegan but seem to have trouble every few years and I go back to eating meat for a few weeks. It doesn't seem to help too much - can you tell me what problems you experienced and how you know you have neurological damage? If you wouldn't mind sharing with me - I'm concerned with my vegan diet mainly because I've never had a great appetite and I'm pretty much on my own with it and I would so appreciate any signs to watch out for that I'm damaging myself.
Thank you in advance,
Jenny
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| | | "Re(2):5-HTP Users.....Your Dosing Schedules?" , Wed 29 Dec 19:44
Thanks H20Buffalo for taking the time to type out your schedule. I'm glad I'm not the only one taking a zillion supplements each day. I tried the SJW and it made me extremely sleepy. I didn't notice much difference in my depression or anxiety. I am really hoping 5-HTP is my answer. I'm gonna stick to taking 100mg at breakfast and 100mg at bedtime. I do notice my sleep is uninterrupted and deep. That is a good thing.
Posts: 23 | | Registered: Sat 25 Sep 2004 20:49 |
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