Posted by bleauberry on October 21, 2008, at 17:46:31
In reply to Hey everyone, need a little more help, Please !!!!, posted by LisaDC on October 19, 2008, at 20:16:39
If you roam the internet and look at 5htp, or read books from authors that preach it, you will see that 100mg to 300mg are fairly common. However, it is my opinion and shared by some doctors that those doses are extremely high. 25mg is a reasonable dose, 50mg is getting up there, 100mg is very high.
Keep in mind the serotonin will build up in time. It is in accumulation thing. Now that you have primed yourself with some large loading doses, you might be able to settle back into a lower dose and give it some time. Of course, I realize the whole idea right now is to put an end to the withdrawals, so I understand.
In any case, yeah, 5htp makes serotonin directly. For me it actually had worse side effects than antidepressants, in terms of sex. I was completely uninterested and unable. That was at just 50mg. I think that is rare though. Many people handle it fine.
It makes me wonder why doctors who know about 5htp (and they all should, but don't), why don't they try that first before drugs? Many years ago I was waiting for an appointment in a couple weeks with a psychiatrist I had been referred to by my doctor. In the meantime, I needed some help. I found out about 5htp and st johns wort online, and I started those together at the same time, in low doses. Within 3 days I was like 80% better and things were looking good. Then the doc appointment arrived. They were so angry at what I was doing, pulled me off 5htp and st johns wort, put me on serzone, and I immediately crashed into a despair suicidal depression. What the heck are doctors thinking? Since then, neither 5htp or st johns wort ever worked again like they did the first time.
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