| |  "Tranquilo"
, Tue 5 Mar 12:52
Hi everyone
Well, it's now about six weeks that I'm taking, and experimenting with 5htp so I feel I can give a little feedback. The last time I wrote, after 10 days of taking it I was feeling quite low so I went from 200mg to 400mg. I think initially I was more taken by the actual effect of 5htp (initial week nothing but then a kind of a giddiness, and headaches too)than with its effects on my usual state of mind. Now however after six weeks I realise that first of all 400mg was too much and all of you who advised me to have patience were right! Now I take 300mg and it seems just fine because I don't notice the effect of 5htp but rather my mood. Throughout the years I always had moments of lightheartedness but they were clouded by the fact that as soon as they would come I knew I would hit a low soon after. I find that by taking the 5 htp that I'm more on an even keel. I've started a new job. All my previous jobs never really worked. The circumstances of the jobs didn't suit me but at the back of my mind was also the feeling that not only was I battling with those circumstances, but with myself as well, and I never knew which was more of a problem. With this job my hope is that I just have to deal with the job and not me too. So far so good.
It's a stage in my life too when I'm trying to digest a lot. I'm trying not to beat myself up every night for every error I made in the past. On this front as well I find I'm being a more rational.
All in all I feel that 5htp gives a helping hand. On a few days I didn't get to take it. I missed not taking it. I'm not sure if these were pyschological or physical symptoms. In any sense I wasn't going up the walls with craving. I feel that 5htp just gives me the edge in trying to be at peace with myself.
With regards to interaction with acohol, as I drink a few glasses of wine a a few evenings a week, initially I found that it knocked me out, but now I don't notice much effect. Maybe this is because I also consume all 5htp by 6pm and then would have the wine a few hours later with food.
One more thing I'd like to add is about Kava Kava. In the European Union it's been taken off the market apparently because of adverse effects on the liver. Would anyone know something else about this? I found it to be very helpful for combatting anxiety. I've bought it from the USA but am a little bit worried as I'm sure they wouldn't have withdrawn it for no reason. This brings me to one further point about 5htp, I find that for nervousness and anxiety it doesn't do much. It keeps you up there but when you need to calm down you can't, contary to SJW, which kind of made me feel dull (calm?) all the time.
That's it for now. So far so good. One day at a time.
Bye for now
Daisy
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