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How has it messed you up??That's powerful stuff so be careful, it messed me up so much.
I have too been feeling more depressed when I don't take it, weird...First of all, it wasn't placebo. Used it for insomnia years ago. Initially helped, but after a week, started to feel weird. Intense GI overactivity, increased heart rate, intense anxiety, developed strange muscle pains, extreme fatigue, extreme depression, extreme restlessness. It's not like regular tryptophan. Good luck.
I have too been feeling more depressed when I don't take it, weird...
I think it may have something with the excess serotonin from taking it
Once I took a large amount of 5HTP in powder form and I woke up extremely sick the next day. Now I know I probably had serotonin syndrome. MY brain felt like it was swollen and I seriously wondered if I would recuperate. The weird thing is everyone on amazon and similar sites talk about it like it's the best thing ever. Of course, with serotonin being considered the "happy hormone" it would go hand in hand, but I have decided if a supplement tastes toxic, it probably is. This pure 5hTP powder tasted so disgusting, I can still remember it and it makes me feel icky. When I take pregnenolone or even aspirin it doesn't have that strong bitter poisonous taste at all. Strong vitamin B supplements taste bad but not once they're diluted with juice. If you could even taste the 5htp slightly in your juice it would make you gag. I believe that's nature's way of telling you "this is toxic. Don't consume!"
Last week I took two capsules and ended sleeping 14 hours, haven't taken it since then, it was not a pleasent experienceOnce I took a large amount of 5HTP in powder form and I woke up extremely sick the next day. Now I know I probably had serotonin syndrome. MY brain felt like it was swollen and I seriously wondered if I would recuperate. The weird thing is everyone on amazon and similar sites talk about it like it's the best thing ever. Of course, with serotonin being considered the "happy hormone" it would go hand in hand, but I have decided if a supplement tastes toxic, it probably is. This pure 5hTP powder tasted so disgusting, I can still remember it and it makes me feel icky. When I take pregnenolone or even aspirin it doesn't have that strong bitter poisonous taste at all. Strong vitamin B supplements taste bad but not once they're diluted with juice. If you could even taste the 5htp slightly in your juice it would make you gag. I believe that's nature's way of telling you "this is toxic. Don't consume!"
Yeah, with me it was ok for a week then horrible for a long time, just stop
L Tryptophan might be milder
Listen, PM me and I'll share my experience. I can make a great case against 5htp supplementation. Stay the **** away dude
Last week I took two capsules and ended sleeping 14 hours, haven't taken it since then, it was not a pleasent experience
Nice! Thankshttps://www.researchgate.net/public...in_depression_and_the_antidepressant_response
Having a hard time copy/pasting from that site, but advance to section 4.5 and it discusses how SSRIs perturb serotonin homeostasis and may induce a compensatory action by the brain trying to achieve homeostasis. One of my favorite papers ever; definitely worth reading in full.
Virtually everything about endogenous serotonin production in the body is linked to some sort of stress from what I've read.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...in_depression_and_the_antidepressant_response
Having a hard time copy/pasting from that site, but advance to section 4.5 and it discusses how SSRIs perturb serotonin homeostasis and may induce a compensatory action by the brain trying to achieve homeostasis. One of my favorite papers ever; definitely worth reading in full.
Virtually everything about endogenous serotonin production in the body is linked to some sort of stress from what I've read.