Topic Title: 5HPT The Wonder Drug
| |  "5HPT The Wonder Drug"
, Wed 11 May 07:20
Views on 5htp 'The Wonder Drug'
Can anyone out there give me their views on 5HTP
Posts: 4 | | Registered: Tue 12 Apr 2005 7:8 |
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| |  "Re(1):5HPT The Wonder Drug"
, Wed 11 May 20:16
One of the problems with 5-HTP is that it is inconsistent and unpredictable. Most people eventually build tolerence to it sooner or later. With some this happens very quickly (days, weeks or months) and with others it occurs only after several months of use. There is also the risk of having Serotonin circulating in the blood outside the brain (which is not exactly healthy).
Posts: 1 | | Registered: Mon 25 Apr 2005 20:2 |
| | "Re(1):5HPT The Wonder Drug" , Wed 11 May 14:19
It used to be the wonder drug. It is also immediate acting (45 minutes instead of 1-2 weeks with SSRI's). When I first started taking it 3 years ago it made me pleasantly wired, happy, energetic, and gave me good, deep refreshing sleep at 50 mg per day. But then this effect faded after a year or 2 and then it seemed to make me sleepy instead of wired. Now after 3 years I can hardly even feel a difference when I take it, even in large doses.
Its also important to get a good brand because some brands do not work at all.
Posts: 10 | | Registered: Thu 7 Apr 2005 15:17 |
| | | "Re(2):5HPT The Wonder Drug" , Wed 11 May 14:40
Is it the 5-HTP or you?
5-HTP is a chemical that is one step away from 5-HT, which is serotoin and as long as there is proper nutritional support this conversion should take place. Now, if it's not working for you, then there must have been a change within your own body chemistry. Do you have more stress in your life now than you did 3 years ago? I would suspect that changes have occured that has desensitized serotonin receptors and more stress could easily cause this to happen.
Posts: 97 | | Registered: Thu 6 Sep 2001 7:42 |
| | "Re(1):5HPT The Wonder Drug" , Wed 11 May 10:00
It's not a drug, but rather an amino acid that is a precurser to the neurotransmitter serotoinin (5-HT). 5-HTP works very well if the subject is able to properly convert 5-HTP to 5-HT. Many of us have neurotransmitter shortages and using an ample supply of 5-HTP (up to 600mg/day) you can replenish your stores. But as I stated, you must be able to convert into 5-HT first. Many have problems doing that and that might be the cause of their depresson.
http://www.crossroadsinstitute.org/neurotransmit.html
Posts: 94 | | Registered: Thu 6 Sep 2001 7:42 |
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