5htp?

[sadie147]

Originally Posted by Miss Phode

Awwww...I missed LadyinRed.

ME TOOO!!!!!!

Luckily however i'm taking 5htp, so i wont be as depressed over it as you will

i'm going to have to search the board and try and find her!

oh and LIR, thanks for the input, i'm actually glad that i've gone down to just once a day...i might stick with that. that 'spacy' feeling might be part of the tired feeling i have, i swear i couldn't keep my eyes open, which is not good at 2 in the afternoon!...now that i'm taking it at night it's a bit better, though i took last nights kind of late (9:30) and i slept form 11 p.m. untill 9 a.m. this morning, which is not like me!

[ladyinred]

Well, I'm not taking 5HTP and all week I've been a bobble-head in the afternoon. Maybe it's the time of year. Maybe we are all ready to go into hibernation mode. And no, it's not induction flu....that's coming next week.

[Miss Phode]

I would LOVE to hibernate. I'm sooooo tired right now. zzzzzzzzzzz

[theredhead]

I tend to be a sleepy person who sleeps well at night no matter what I do. I was thinking that the 5HTP was making it worse, but when I stopped, it didn't make any difference. (I was always sleepy before I started it, too.) I probably wouldn't take more than my 50 mg in the morning, though. I buy mine at WalMart for less than $8 for 90 pills.

My doctor is an osteopathic MD who is really into homeopathic stuff. She's treating my menopause symptoms with natural bio-identical hormones and I'm very happy with that, too. No more hot flashes & night sweats! And my fingernails! I never could grow them before, but now they're quite nice and strong.

[Evermind]

I tried it for 4 months. It did nothing for me except make me sleepier than usual.

However, I have been taking GABA, 750 mg in the morning,and 750 in the evening, and it is great. I'm sleeping thru the night and my anxiety is evening out.

[sadie147]

Just an update:

Reviving this thread as I'm giving 5HTP another go due to a bit of winter blues i've been having lately. They don't recommend it for it but i figure if it boosts your mood it can't hurt, plus i already had it in the cupboard!

Last time I took it I found it made me far too tired after I had taken it for a while. As directed on the bottle, I was taking 3 per day with meals (they're 100 mgs). This time, I decided to try something different. I started with one a day at dinnertime, so if it made me tired at least it would be at bedtime! I did this for a week, without issue, then last week I started taking them once at lunch and once at dinner. So far so good! I feel better, though not sure if the fact that we've had a couple of sunny days has helped along with the 5htp..but my mood is good enough i can keep taking them.

I was having issues getting up in the morning before I started taking it (part of my depression)..now i'm fine.

One thing i did notice: I forgot to take it with dinner last night, so i ended up taking one at 11 before i went to bed, i did have a problem waking up this a.m so it does seems to make you sleep (supposed to boost melatonin as well as seratonin production).

[jimmie 48]

sadie, i was do some reading about melatonin just 2 nights ago. i'll be the first one to say i know virtually nothing about hormones and such. my book is being helpful.
melatonin is a hormone in our brain that gets depleted as we age. one cause, as
we age, we sleep for 2 hours, then we wake up for 1/2 hour, sleep for 2 hours, up to 1 hour and so on.

maybe the actually "boost of melatonin" is what is helping you.

[sadie147]

Originally Posted by jimmie 48

sadie, i was do some reading about melatonin just 2 nights ago. i'll be the first one to say i know virtually nothing about hormones and such. my book is being helpful.
melatonin is a hormone in our brain that gets depleted as we age. one cause, as
we age, we sleep for 2 hours, then we wake up for 1/2 hour, sleep for 2 hours, up to 1 hour and so on.

maybe the actually "boost of melatonin" is what is helping you.

Yes it diffinately is Jo, the problem is when i take it..if i take it too close to bedtime i can't get out of bed in the morning for anything! LOL. I find that taking melatonin suppliments do this as well if i don't take them early enough..i find i cant take them too close to bedtime or i can't wake up.

i find it interesting the 5htp boosts both seratonin and melatonin, since they are opposite hormones...like you though..i know nothing really about how either works.

[hollyanna]

I love this supplement. It has helped me tremedously with sadness and depression. I take 300mg at bedtime. I tried it during the day, but it caused drowsiness.

[theredhead]

That's a pretty big dose, Hollyanna. No wonder it makes you sleepy! I'm glad it's helping you, though. I can tell a huge difference when I take it, too.