Re: 5htp - safe from sexual issues or...

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I juat took 5 htp last night. OH MY GOD!!!

I restarted 5htp, having first tried it about 4 years ago and not feloing much

benefit.

When i took it about 2005 time i took at night about 200mg. It had vit b6 and

magnesium in it. I slept so shit, i felt awake, happy, content and alert and

then awoke after 4 hours. This happened every time. It did not work for sleep

which was why i took it. So i stopped.

Fast forward to last night. I took one 50mg 5htp from the health aid company. It

has no other vitamins, just 5htp. After half an hour i felt calm and happy and

content. Then i felt a libido increase as my thoughts landed on women. Then an

hour later i felt sleepy and went to bed. I fell asleep calmly after taking care

of needs, i was so ****ing horny. I awoke i was able to feel slightly horny and

had morning wood that would not subside (manily cos i started to think about

sex).

As i type this i feel relaxed, good and almost how i used to be 8 years ago.

However my libido and sexual drive is not yet the same (although there is

improvement but i have only took one pill), but the mood is.

My thoughts:

Since i last took 5 htp, i have cleansed my liver in the hope of cracking my

condition and this has inadvertenetly meant that my liver metabolises 5htp

properly causing me sleepiness as it should whereas before i had a bad liver.

My issues are with neurotransmitters - mainly serotonin, a lack of which has

contributed to poor sleep - overthinking, stress, depression - hence adrenal

issues. I took anithistamines for 2 years straight for allergies before i fell

ill 8 years ago, i now know antihistamines reduce serotonin. As a 19 year old i

also smoked cannabis for a year, on a weekly basis with my buddies. I then

abused steroids as a 20 year old. I read both these drugs reduce serotonin. I

then did a depression herb called jei wei xiao yao wan used in TCM. This killed

everything sexually.

When i took 5 htp on an empty stomach a few hours before bed time, my body was

craving serotonin because my depression, overthinking, negative thinking was

keeping my serotnin down. It boosted it and brought on all feelings that i have

been lacking, libido, relaxation, contentment, happiness and sleepiness so i

went to bed earlier than normal.

I did feel, maybe its me but the erections could have been harder, but maybe

not, i dont know. I will wait and see if it affects erection quality. It did

make me feel i lasted longer than i have lately, then again i dont know. Any

comments or expereinces from you guys on these areas would be appreciated. I had

snippets where felt like i did sexually, almost like i did, when i first fell

ill 8 years ago as a healthy, fit strong 28 year old. This means to me that my

issues are serotnin based and once this neurotransmitter issues is fixed i will

revert back to my old self after 8 long years! Hormonally, my test levels should

go up as my adrenal issues sort themselves out and as i start to get my deep

sleep to restore and recover.

So what i will do is take 50mg 5htp everyday. But is there safety issues with

this, i read it can cause heart valve issues? Furthermore, would taking 5 htp

everyday cause a reduction in dopamine? do i start tyrosine? when? how much?

More importantly, would these affects go away once i come off 5htp? I know when

i took it back in late 2005, i felt content, relaxed then as well but the

feeling went as i stopped, so i assume the serotonin levels fell again. This

points it to be a temporary boost. What do you guys think?

I am also going to take up regular aerobic excersize as i read it helps boost

serotonin and balance neurotransmitters, i had been wanting to start but had no

energy or drive, today i feel good and once i have more enrgy through more sleep

i intend to start running 3- 5 times a week. Hopefully coupled with 5htp and

running i will balances neurotransmitters on a permenent basis, thereafter no

longer requiring 5 htp and apparentlt regular excersize remodells the brain and

permenently gets rid of depression? is this true?

Thanks for reading guys. I am confident with 5 htp, healthy living, good diet

and isocort and other adrenal support i will resolve my issues which are :

Depressions, anxiety, OCD, lack of libido and fatigue. I have battled all this

for 8 years and usually have survived on 4 hours sleep a night. I can now see

the light at end of tunnel.

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> will it cause PSSD as well. I dontmind temporary sexual issues that go away

when i stop. I am worried about permenent issues as i still have issues after

taking a tcm herbal remedy called jei wei xiao yao wan

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I think if 5-htp is helping and then you get your self healthier by doing

exercise etc you could definitely improve your ability to sleep and libido more

permanently. I don't know much about 5-htp but I recently started taking St.

s Wart and I think it is helping with the mood (not with the sexual

dysfunction though).

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> > will it cause PSSD as well. I dontmind temporary sexual issues that go away

when i stop. I am worried about permenent issues as i still have issues after

taking a tcm herbal remedy called jei wei xiao yao wan

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I remember reading a post from someone who said 5-htp caused gynecomastia or however thats spelled as. Basically, he seemed to imply that 5-htp could, in some cases, cause similar damage, if not to the same degree. So, I would be really really watch what I'm taking. For increasing the libido, Vitamin D, fish oil and L-Tyrosine seem pretty safe supplements. I tried Fever Few to cure my PSSD and it back fired and it took me a month to get back to normal. Subject: Re: 5htp - safe from sexual issues or...To: SSRIsex Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 2:18 AM

I think if 5-htp is helping and then you get your self healthier by doing exercise etc you could definitely improve your ability to sleep and libido more permanently. I don't know much about 5-htp but I recently started taking St. s Wart and I think it is helping with the mood (not with the sexual dysfunction though).

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> > will it cause PSSD as well. I dontmind temporary sexual issues that go away when i stop. I am worried about permenent issues as i still have issues after taking a tcm herbal remedy called jei wei xiao yao wan

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