5-HTP

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what is the story with this? have you ever tried it?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

I use it before and after PLUR as well as SSRI, mary j, asprin and antioxidents afterwards. RAVE SAFE DUDE

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Monday, 2 May 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

it helps your brain to release more seratonin. it was pitched to me by a friend as a "comedown cure" but i think it's supposed to be taken regularly: more like a vitamin suplement than an aspirin

not very helpful, i know

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

it seems to be pushed as the 'answer' for a number of things! seems a bit too good to be true?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

5-HTP : The Natural Way to Overcome Depression, Obesity, and Insomnia etc

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

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

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 2 May 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

helps you focus and not feel depressed, too. Start with 100mg per day and maybe switch to 50mg later on, although I think 100mg is safe enough everyday. I hope so because that's what I've been taking for quite a while now.

― Leon Snodgrass (Eleventy-Twelve), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

i have to assume this shits not legal in australia.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 02:00 (twenty years ago)

(by which I mean I wish it was legal!)

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)

i take it every day. it helps a lot, with mild depression (which i have).

― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

im sure it's legal, trayce. you can find it at a health food store or somethin'.

― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

It is also known as tryptophan... aka the stuff in TURKEY

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

And bananas I think. And milk?

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

i thought tryptophan was supposed to make you sleepy?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

it does

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

5-htp does not make you sleepy, though.

― Leon Snodgrass (Eleventy-Twelve), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

wrong

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 04:11 (twenty years ago)

i'm intrigued. i just bought some

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 06:59 (twenty years ago)

Dog latin is a pretty big fan of this. I'm less convinced, but I like comedowns.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 08:02 (twenty years ago)

It's best taken for about 3 days after a night of severe revelry. I don't have it regularly but definitely two a day after a comedown.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 08:14 (twenty years ago)

wrong

It is you who is incorrect.

― Leon Snodgrass (Eleventy-Twelve), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 10:56 (twenty years ago)

well, i'll let you both know if it makes me sleepy or not!

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 10:58 (twenty years ago)

...it does not make ME sleepy, anyway. Probably at higher doses it would, but 100mg is generally the max recommended and I take that every day.

― Leon Snodgrass (Eleventy-Twelve), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

it doesn't make me sleepy. i take it first thing in the morning!

― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

I've found the following side effects:

Getting really weird and vivid dreams (I slep-walked)
Being generally in a good mood but a little emotionally OTT at times
Constipation

These may be side effects of 3c5tasy comedwon though.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Dog latin, you were in my dream 3 or 4 nights ago?

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

Je mélange toutes les choses
Le vert, le brun, le gris, le rose
Ne me demandez pas mon nom
Je ne m'en rappelle plus, oooh!

Drogue, oui oui oui
Drogue, non non non
Drogue, pourquoi se droguer?
Pourquoi se droguer, yeah!

Drogue, drogue, tu m'as ensorcelé
Du paradis, je possedais la clé
Mais la serrure n'a pas fitté
J'étais embarré

Je ne m'acceptais pas tel que j'étais
Dans le miroir, je me trouvais laid
Hey, maintenant, tout ça c'est du passé
Je suis beau et je l'sais, wooh!

Youppi!
Wooh!
Ayoye!
Merci!

Si vous rencontrez la drogue par hasard
Vous la saluerez de ma part
Contre la drogue, j'ai gagné le combat
Elle ne pulule plus en moi, wooh!

Drogue, oui oui oui
Drogue, non non non
Drogue, pourquoi se droguer?
Pourquoi se droguer, yeah!

Drogue, oui oui oui
Drogue, non non non

Drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue
Drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue
Drogue, drogue, drogue
Drogue, drogue, drogue
Drogue, drogue, drogue
Drogue, drogue
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Drogue, drogue, drogue, drogue..

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

I just bought some of this. I took it now, despite the bottle suggesting that I take it right before bed. Maybe I'll have a nap after work.

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Thursday, 5 May 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

Hi. I have been taking 75 mg SSRI for many years. Have always been an oversleeper and LOOOVe my deep sleeps. Tend to be a night owl, sleep all day. Obviously interferes with life. Managed over last year to be asleep by 11:00 p.m. Still tend to sleep until 10:00 a.m. BUT NOW I HAVE INSOMNIA. So I researched and increased my SSRI 50 mg and added 250 mg tryptophan. Couldn't sleep at all. After 6 days stopped extra 50 mg SSRI-worried that maybe I was experiencing the dreaded seratonin syndrome. Increased tryptophan to 500 mg for 10 more days-only got a gut ache and not much sleep. Got pissed off and stopped taking it and now am sleeping like a baby again but am back to my night owl ways. Was REALLY hoping to obtain a normal 24 hour sleep pattern and all research indicated that this was the way to go.
Any suggestions other than a tryptophan increase to a minimum of 1 gram per day? my guts couldn't take it. Curious about why it didn't work

― lori lounsbury, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

eight months pass...

im unconvinced by 5-htp, dont notice any difference

― Storefront Church (688), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:43 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe you shouldn't have let it sit in the cupboard for a year and a half??

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 14 January 2007 23:17 (eighteen years ago)

I don't know. It seems to work for me, especially after a weekend on the doobs.

Since I've been taking it, I can't remember the last time I had the blues, although I also bought an SAD lamp at the same time as I started taking them, so maybe that's helped too.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:59 (eighteen years ago)

update: i no longer take 5-htp

― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

I tried it for insomnia. Didn't work. Made me feel weird(er).

― onimo (onimo), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

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