Re: transitioning off prescription meds with 5-HTP

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- since I am working in the center of " drugdom " I have worked with

many patients on getting off Pazil, Effexor, etc. etc. What I have found

most helpful is Neuroscience urine testing - finding out their levels of

serotonin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, GABA, dopamine. Early on I had too

many patients who were mixing all the supplements etc. with their drugs and

this concerned me. With the results I am better able to see what is going

on, i.e. do they have enough inhibitory neurotransmitters so that anxiety is

not a problem when they go off meds, and what about their adrenal support

etc. I don't always use Neuroscience's supplements - costly for patients,

but I have had great results in many areas including anxiety -because I

think anxiety is tricky. First the inhibitory support needs to be adressed,

and then the excitatory support. When I do take them off their medications I

go very slowly- many times decreasing doses on one day per week, then two

per week etc. because not only will they actually have 1/3 the amount of

neurotransmitters found on the lab - falsely high because of the drugs, but

the receptors for these neurotransmitters have been either up regulated or

down regulated depending on the individual drug and person. I have had

patients who once they were balanced in this way were then ready to do the

dietary changes and other BTG's that I find are extremely important to

" remove the cause " and start to help with the healing path of the patient.

I hope this helps.

Judy Fulop, ND

Chicago

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>Subject: transitioning off prescription meds with 5-HTP

>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:05:34 -0000

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>Hi All,

>I am wondering if anyone has had experience with helping patients

>transition off of anti-anxiety or anti-depressant agents by using 5-

>HTP? I have a complex patient who is on a long list of prescription

>meds and really wants to stop the progression of her RA while

>decreasing her meds. We have been able to significantly decrease the

>prednisone and cut out Prevacid all together. She is fabulous with

>the BTGs and is feeling overall much better after three UNDA and gemno

>rounds. I am wondering if it would be reasonable to decrease her dose

>of Effexor (anti-anxiety and antidepressant), while starting with a

>low dose of 5-HTP (50mg qd) while we are working on deeper levels of

>healing with the UNDAs and gemnos. She is also on Trazadone for sleep

>at night which is also an antidepressant/SRAI that I thought we might

>be able to transition in a similar way. I realize that the 5-HTP is

>not addressing the cause, but I am trying to reduce the toxicity load

>in her body in the meantime. Any experience that you have to share

>would be appreciated!

> Brush, ND

>Lake Oswego, OR

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