Guest guest Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Kaivey: Were you taking an SSRI/SNRI when you took 5HTP, or was it post-SSRI/SNRI? Do you take an anxiolytic for your GAD, like Clonazepam or some other benzo? Ann >> > > My apologies Saladin, but I re-read your posts and I have no expertise (or experince) in chinese herbs or 5HTP. All I can say is that when I took 5 HTP it killed my sex drive even further although it took about 4 or 5 days to start to have this effect. I found 5 HTP to be unpleasant and it put me in a dream world for a few days. After that it stopped working and my body seemed to completely adapt to it so I stopped taking it. ,,,> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 No, I took an SSRI for a few months and then I swapped to nefaxodone for a few months and then PSSD struck. Years later I tried 5 HTP which gave me raging tinitus and then after that I took Triptophan for week which was quite effective at first but then it stopped working after about a week. I would never take anxiolytic, or anything for my GAD. If you read Whitaker's book, you will find that tranquilisers only work for 4 weeks and then they make anxiety worse for most people. After 6 weeks on these drugs some people start develping depression, and panic disorder, things they never had before. See, the brain is neuroplastic and will try to oppose any change that is being forced on it so people taking thse meds will satrt getting anxious again, and sometimes it will be worse than ever. People carrying on taking these meds, though, believing that they help, but all they are doing is fighting off withdrawal symptoms which will be terryfying. In the Xanax trails, after 8 weeks most people were suffering more anxiety than those in the placebo group. And many developped panic disorder or depression for the first time. Worse still, 42% were never able to come off these drugs and remained addictd for life. Upjophn, who make Zanax, hid the data for the last for weeks of the trail and only published the first four weeks. This drug went on to cause widespread addiction and misey for millions of people. You might have good experiences with these meds, but the odds are, for most people, these drugs will only make things worse. Kaivey > > > > > > > > My apologies Saladin, but I re-read your posts and I have no expertise > (or experince) in chinese herbs or 5HTP. All I can say is that when I > took 5 HTP it killed my sex drive even further although it took about 4 > or 5 days to start to have this effect. I found 5 HTP to be unpleasant > and it put me in a dream world for a few days. After that it stopped > working and my body seemed to completely adapt to it so I stopped taking > it. > > ,,, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I read that tryptophan itself won't cross the blood-brain barrier. I've taken Clonazepam for 13 years. It's helped make me a more normal person. (And now that I seem to be done with withdrawal symptoms from getting off Effexor, I'm beginning to think it was the Clonazepam that was heping me all those 13 years, and the Effexor was doing nothing.) I don't belittle myself, I don't feel that I'm unworthy to be on this earth, the way I felt before I started taking Clonazepam. And I've been a lot less suicidal. I must be one of Whitaker's exceptions. I don't think my brain is faking how I feel. Xanax, however, is a different story. I started on it before the Clonazepam, but the half-life is so short, it's like needing a fix after it wears off. I forgot to take 2 in a row once and had a very interesting psychotic reaction. I think they should take Xanax off the market. Ann > > > > > > > > > > > > My apologies Saladin, but I re-read your posts and I have no expertise > > (or experince) in chinese herbs or 5HTP. All I can say is that when I > > took 5 HTP it killed my sex drive even further although it took about 4 > > or 5 days to start to have this effect. I found 5 HTP to be unpleasant > > and it put me in a dream world for a few days. After that it stopped > > working and my body seemed to completely adapt to it so I stopped taking > > it. > > > > ,,, > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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