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5-HTP - Antidepressant?

post #1 of 12
5/29/09 at 7:33pm
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Anyone know anything about this stuff or have experience using it? My mum bought some for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-HTP
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post #2 of 12
5/29/09 at 8:39pm
I don't take it on a regular basis and am not depressed. But I feel it works whenever my serotonin levels are severely depleted
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post #3 of 12
5/29/09 at 8:42pm
I took some for sleeping purposes and it didn't work for me.
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post #4 of 12
5/29/09 at 8:57pm
My experience with some of my patients that have used it is that the antidepressant effect, if any, is most likely a placebo effect. The research that has provided evidence for such an action is, at best, very weak.
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post #5 of 12
5/29/09 at 10:42pm
I picked some up in the UK a few years ago and used it successfully as a sleep aid and alternative to melatonin. I prefer the latter and take a 3 mg tab once in a while when I want to guarantee a deep sleep.
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post #6 of 12
5/29/09 at 11:26pm
I used to take it after using ecstasy. Never noticed a difference between the times I did and the times I didn't - but I was only rolling once a month.
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post #7 of 12
5/30/09 at 3:26am
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Originally Posted by Jekyll View Post
Anyone know anything about this stuff or have experience using it? My mum bought some for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-HTP

mom also suggested this, because i go to sleep so late. didn't have any effect whatsoever.
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post #8 of 12
5/30/09 at 1:00pm
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I don't have a problem sleeping, but I think may have mild depression or dysthymia or some shit like that.
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post #9 of 12
5/31/09 at 12:04am
I took a bottle of it and definitely had more vivid dreams. I think it helped me sleep which would be an anti-depressant in itself for me.
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post #10 of 12
5/31/09 at 2:35pm
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I took a bottle of it and definitely had more vivid dreams.

Yeah, I've taken it twice now, and I dreamt both times. I normally don't dream.
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post #11 of 12
6/1/09 at 10:36am
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Originally Posted by Jekyll View Post
I don't have a problem sleeping, but I think may have mild depression or dysthymia or some shit like that.

protip: doctor > mum.
punch her in the ovaries for me.

that said, sincerely wishing you all the best. i'd seriously recommend seeing your GP and having a chat. remember that in general, non-drug therapies are equally as efficacious as drugs, and that (at least in australia) GPs can refer you to psychologists / psychiatrists for significantly cheaper therapy.

if you're after any more info etc shoot me a PM
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post #12 of 12
6/1/09 at 5:59pm
I got it to help with sleep, and it works, but GABA works better I've found.

Also, if you stack 5-htp with DHEA it's supposed to do something. I don't remember what.
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