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Bach

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"Dissolving 5-htp in water" , Fri 14 Jan 12:51

Read this on the mind-l forum on yahoo and it's very good advice.

Instead of taking a 50mg or 100mg pill of 5-htp all at once the suggestion is to dissolve only about 20-30mgs of the powder into a 12oz glass of water and sip on it over an extended period (1 hour or longer). It appears that when the brain recieves the large dose most of it gets reuptaked and dumped into the liver, because the brain can't process that much all at once. I tried it and quickly learned that it's much more effective. In fact, I had to cut way back because I was getting too much and it was disrupting my sleep and making me too hyper. So it appears the 'slow trickle' administering is the way to go. Give it a shot.

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D_alien

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"Re(1):Dissolving 5-htp in water" , Sat 15 Jan 20:42

Interesting... I assume the same might apply to L-tryptophan which I'm taking. I'll have to try that.

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LaurieLu

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"Re(2):Dissolving 5-htp in water" , Mon 17 Jan 09:26:

Unfortunately my job and lifestyle doesn't give me the opportunity to sip water throughout the day. I wish I could do that. Maybe purchasing smaller doses and taking three times a day would work as well?

[this message was edited by LaurieLu on Mon 17 Jan 09:27]

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