Posted by linkadge on February 27, 2011, at 18:26:39
In reply to A little bit of 5-HTP for us all??, posted by jms600 on February 24, 2011, at 17:28:52
I don't know how sucessful the use of tryptophan has been in psychiatry. The use of tryptophan and 5-htp would make sense if there was some evidence of decreased serotonin synthesis.
The problem is that the studies on serotonin levels in depression are not conclusive. Some studies indicate elevated levels of serotonin in depression. In some studies SSRIs actually lower serotonin in certain brain regions.
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