Re: 5 htp

[Guest guest]

The " tp " part of 5-htp stands for tryptophan. They are almost the

same thing. I've been taking 50mg every night for a few weeks with

wellbutrin xl 300 and im a little more relaxed. The crazy aggression

and irritation that the Wellbutrin was giving me seems to have gone

away. Then again so has the crazy horniness that wellbutrin

originally gave me.

>

> you might look into tryptophan it breaks the blood brain barrier

better

> then 5 htp

> which ever you choose make sure you take it right for example if

taking

> tryp be sure to get the proper amount of vit b's with an extra dose

of naicin

> if not it will not convert into seritonin its funny tryp did

wonders for

> many people till 1989 where there was a bad patch of it made in

japan the fda

> took it off the market four days later time magazine had the cover

story of

> the miricle drug Prozac huh? good timing for eli lilly prozc now

had no

> competition the ssri revolution thus began

> many people got very rich and many people who took these meds got

sick to say

> the least the facts are out there each of us pretty much have to

almost be

> our own doctors it seems there r good docs out there but they r the

> minority

>

> in my humble opinion peace

>

> shannon

>

[Guest guest]

its good to see it has helped you as we all know everybodys chem is different one thing about 5htp is it does raise seritonin in the body but little of it gets to the brain unless used with carbidopa in europe i hear they only use 5htp in conjunction with carbidopa to get the maximum benifet its crazy how all of these things work

how r u doing on wellbutrin? i took it a while ago and could'nt sleep nor eat and was pretty much wired one good thing about wellbutrin is if u smoke it may help cuz its the same thing as zyban funny how these drug makers market these things

peace

shannon

[Guest guest]

Hi joeyjojo

What antidepressant were you on ? would you say wellbutrin reversed

your sexual function back to normal 100% ? or maybe like 75%? how

long are you on it ?

thanks

> >

> > you might look into tryptophan it breaks the blood brain

barrier

> better

> > then 5 htp

> > which ever you choose make sure you take it right for

example if

> taking

> > tryp be sure to get the proper amount of vit b's with an extra

dose

> of naicin

> > if not it will not convert into seritonin its funny tryp did

> wonders for

> > many people till 1989 where there was a bad patch of it made in

> japan the fda

> > took it off the market four days later time magazine had the

cover

> story of

> > the miricle drug Prozac huh? good timing for eli lilly prozc

now

> had no

> > competition the ssri revolution thus began

> > many people got very rich and many people who took these meds got

> sick to say

> > the least the facts are out there each of us pretty much have

to

> almost be

> > our own doctors it seems there r good docs out there but they

r the

> > minority

> >

> > in my humble opinion peace

> >

> > shannon

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I've been on several different SSRIs over the past 8 years, but my

most recent was lexapro for about a year and a half. I've been off

lexapro for 7 weeks and have been on wellbutrin for about 4 weeks now.

My sexual function is not back to where it should be but seems to be

getting better. I've also recently started taking tribulus every day

and feel like i have slightly more testosterone.

> > >

> > > you might look into tryptophan it breaks the blood brain

> barrier

> > better

> > > then 5 htp

> > > which ever you choose make sure you take it right for

> example if

> > taking

> > > tryp be sure to get the proper amount of vit b's with an extra

> dose

> > of naicin

> > > if not it will not convert into seritonin its funny tryp did

> > wonders for

> > > many people till 1989 where there was a bad patch of it made in

> > japan the fda

> > > took it off the market four days later time magazine had the

> cover

> > story of

> > > the miricle drug Prozac huh? good timing for eli lilly prozc

> now

> > had no

> > > competition the ssri revolution thus began

> > > many people got very rich and many people who took these meds got

> > sick to say

> > > the least the facts are out there each of us pretty much have

> to

> > almost be

> > > our own doctors it seems there r good docs out there but they

> r the

> > > minority

> > >

> > > in my humble opinion peace

> > >

> > > shannon

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I'm doing pretty well on wellbutrin. Ive been on for 4 weeks now and

I'm not really bothered by the side effects anymore. I'm not as

" happy " as I was on SSRIs but I'm doing ok. I think you have to give

every drug at least a month to see how you'll adjust to it.

>

> its good to see it has helped you as we all know everybodys chem is

> different

> one thing about 5htp is it does raise seritonin in the body but

little of it

> gets to the brain unless used with carbidopa in europe i hear

they only use

> 5htp in conjunction

> with carbidopa to get the maximum benifet its crazy how all of

these things

> work

> how r u doing on wellbutrin? i took it a while ago and could'nt

sleep nor

> eat and was pretty much wired one good thing about wellbutrin is

if u smoke it

> may help cuz its the same thing as zyban funny how these drug makers

> market these things

>

> peace

>

> shannon

>

[Guest guest]

Ive heard 5htp is a lot safer over tryphotan. I have both, right now,

have heard tryhotan is made from a fungus? so it more likey to be

infected while making them while 5 htp is made from a seed and whole

lot cheaper and easier to get than tryphotan. But Ive also read

tryphotan is safer because it doesnt overly convert into serotonin like

5htp avoiding too much serotonin. I read all this on the internet, so

any of this info can be false.

I just wanted to share some experience with tryphton and 5htp that I

tried recently. I " THINK " Ive noticed boost in my mood/libido. Has

anyone tried trypothan or 5htp on an empty stomach ? The thing is, this

effect seems to die off pretty quickly. I really dont understand why

5htp/trypthon would " seems " to have this effect, it feels as if there

is a butterfly in my stomach when taken or is it just a possible

placebo effect?

Can anyone try this if any of you guys have 5htp sitting around in your

house bored, once on an empty stomach to see if you guys notice any

boost that I just described ?

[Guest guest]

this is interesting because I believe I had the same experience with

tryptophan but it wasnt constant like you said. But one thing I know

is that it definetly helped my orgasm plesurable but somtimes it

worked and sometimes it didnt work. You know its really wierd, its

sure is coincendence but I took tryptophan I think for 3 -4 days and

this effect last around until the 3rd day and I stopped on 4th. One

more thing I noticed was that my body temp dropped to a point where

my balls started shrivel up again.

>

> So has anyone in here tried 5 htp or know if its okay to take? I

> tried taking it and immeditaley got sensation and more of a

> connection with my brain and penis. It was the best sex I had in 6

> months since the problem. But then, get this, out of the blue,

after

> three days of that great sex, BAM it goes away. How is this

> possible? ANyone? Vornan?

>

> I mean is it as though the 5htp did something, but that only lasted

> for 2 days? What gives? Man thats frustrating.

>

> Anyway , Im still taking the 5htp becauses it has given me more

> feeling where as before I experienced to much emotional numbness

> from the medications I used to take. My depression also feels so

> much better, as well as my mood. I smile and laugh alot more.

>

> Is this 5htp okay to keep taking? any long term side effects or

side

> effects at all?

>

> I originally decided to try the 5htp because I read how people who

> used exctasy, and other street drugs that deplete your serontonin,

> take this natural 5htp (if it is indeed natural) to gain back

> serontonin and balance it out in there brain.

>

> Well while I have never taken any street drugs like that I heard

the

> ssris that we all have taken work in the same way as extascy and

> these street drugs, depelting our serontonin. If thats the case,

> than surely this stuff would make us feel better.

>

> Anyway I recommened everybody try a couple of doses see how it does.

> I dont know much about this 5htp or how the ssris work even, or if

> this could even help chemically, so please anyone with knowledge

> chime in, Vornan, the smart guys, this means you, =)

>

[Guest guest]

Hmm this is very interesting because my testicles

after taking 5htp have become normal again when

shriveling up also like yours it seems. Coincidence? I

dunno, perhaps there is something related to these

drugs and the meds we took..

--- zoloftscrwd4life

wrote:

> this is interesting because I believe I had the same

> experience with

> tryptophan but it wasnt constant like you said. But

> one thing I know

> is that it definetly helped my orgasm plesurable but

> somtimes it

> worked and sometimes it didnt work. You know its

> really wierd, its

> sure is coincendence but I took tryptophan I think

> for 3 -4 days and

> this effect last around until the 3rd day and I

> stopped on 4th. One

> more thing I noticed was that my body temp dropped

> to a point where

> my balls started shrivel up again.

>

>

>

> >

> > So has anyone in here tried 5 htp or know if its

> okay to take? I

> > tried taking it and immeditaley got sensation and

> more of a

> > connection with my brain and penis. It was the

> best sex I had in 6

> > months since the problem. But then, get this, out

> of the blue,

> after

> > three days of that great sex, BAM it goes away.

> How is this

> > possible? ANyone? Vornan?

> >

> > I mean is it as though the 5htp did something, but

> that only lasted

> > for 2 days? What gives? Man thats frustrating.

> >

> > Anyway , Im still taking the 5htp becauses it has

> given me more

> > feeling where as before I experienced to much

> emotional numbness

> > from the medications I used to take. My

> depression also feels so

> > much better, as well as my mood. I smile and laugh

> alot more.

> >

> > Is this 5htp okay to keep taking? any long term

> side effects or

> side

> > effects at all?

> >

> > I originally decided to try the 5htp because I

> read how people who

> > used exctasy, and other street drugs that deplete

> your serontonin,

> > take this natural 5htp (if it is indeed natural)

> to gain back

> > serontonin and balance it out in there brain.

> >

> > Well while I have never taken any street drugs

> like that I heard

> the

> > ssris that we all have taken work in the same way

> as extascy and

> > these street drugs, depelting our serontonin. If

> thats the case,

> > than surely this stuff would make us feel better.

> >

> > Anyway I recommened everybody try a couple of

> doses see how it does.

> > I dont know much about this 5htp or how the ssris

> work even, or if

> > this could even help chemically, so please anyone

> with knowledge

> > chime in, Vornan, the smart guys, this means you,

> =)

> >

>

>

>

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Ive been thinking maybe one of the possible reason is that it stops

working is because just by taking 5htp alone might cause some sort of

imbalance and body is responding to it. As far as I know is that

serotonin cools and dopamine warms the body in theory. And Ive

noticed when I took tyrosine or l-phenylalanine, it made the testicle

saggin even worse. and from my common knowledge I know that testicles

sag in order to be fertile when it feel the body is hot or something

like that. Anyways since you are taking 5htp already try taking

combo with tyrosine/l-phenylalanine in the morning and 5htp at night.

This is known combo that Ive seen around the forum to have a nice

effect for depression since serotonin is needed at night and

dopamine/norephidrine is needed in the morning. I have had sometimes

promising and sometime not promising results with aminos. One of the

wierd experience with amino was that when I took tyrosine and

tryptopahn at the same time to see what might happen. Couple minutes

later for some reason I got very sleepy and fell a sleep for like 30

minutes and I woke up with a very hard erections but not with libido

though

> > >

> > > So has anyone in here tried 5 htp or know if its

> > okay to take? I

> > > tried taking it and immeditaley got sensation and

> > more of a

> > > connection with my brain and penis. It was the

> > best sex I had in 6

> > > months since the problem. But then, get this, out

> > of the blue,

> > after

> > > three days of that great sex, BAM it goes away.

> > How is this

> > > possible? ANyone? Vornan?

> > >

> > > I mean is it as though the 5htp did something, but

> > that only lasted

> > > for 2 days? What gives? Man thats frustrating.

> > >

> > > Anyway , Im still taking the 5htp becauses it has

> > given me more

> > > feeling where as before I experienced to much

> > emotional numbness

> > > from the medications I used to take. My

> > depression also feels so

> > > much better, as well as my mood. I smile and laugh

> > alot more.

> > >

> > > Is this 5htp okay to keep taking? any long term

> > side effects or

> > side

> > > effects at all?

> > >

> > > I originally decided to try the 5htp because I

> > read how people who

> > > used exctasy, and other street drugs that deplete

> > your serontonin,

> > > take this natural 5htp (if it is indeed natural)

> > to gain back

> > > serontonin and balance it out in there brain.

> > >

> > > Well while I have never taken any street drugs

> > like that I heard

> > the

> > > ssris that we all have taken work in the same way

> > as extascy and

> > > these street drugs, depelting our serontonin. If

> > thats the case,

> > > than surely this stuff would make us feel better.

> > >

> > > Anyway I recommened everybody try a couple of

> > doses see how it does.

> > > I dont know much about this 5htp or how the ssris

> > work even, or if

> > > this could even help chemically, so please anyone

> > with knowledge

> > > chime in, Vornan, the smart guys, this means you,

> > =)

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

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