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I took it for a couple years for depression issues (which I now believe

were thyroid related). Anyway, it worked well for the depression type

issues, but did nothing for sleep. In fact if I took it at bedtime or

late in the day, it significantly worsened my sleep (no sleep at all).

sol

Rhonda Connelly wrote:

> I have heard one person sleep really well on 5HTP. Is there anyone else who

has had good luck with it for depression and anxiety, sleep. I tried it today

and wonder if anyone else has had success? I would appreciate your experiences.

Thanks

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Some people have paradoxical reactions to 5-HTP and/or tryptophan.

Normally it should be somewhat sedating, but with some people it has

the opposite effect and makes them wired.

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> I took it for a couple years for depression issues (which I now believe

> were thyroid related). Anyway, it worked well for the depression type

> issues, but did nothing for sleep. In fact if I took it at bedtime or

> late in the day, it significantly worsened my sleep (no sleep at all).

> sol

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I used to take 200 mg every morning. For sleep I've seen doses higher

than that recommended to be taken at bedtime. But for me, the bedtime

doses were a disaster, and the higher the dose the worse the disaster.

Eventually, after much unintended experimentation, I found that if I

didn't take my dose in the early am, I had to skip that days dose.

Something else--on an empty stomach 5HTP gives me horrible stomach pain

and nausea. I felt like I needed a bit of 5HTP recently, and got a sharp

reminder of how it can hurt my stomach, as I forgot and took a morning

dose on an empty stomach, it actually sent me back to bed with awful

pain and nausea. I always had to take it with a meal (not just a snack

but a real good breakfast with protein and fat) or use an enteric coated

version.

HTH,

sol

Rhonda Connelly wrote:

> It is funny how it works so differently for everyone. I can't take Tylenol

p.m. it keeps me awake. Do you remember what dose you took? Thanks. I need

something. I haven't been able to increase my T3 only to 5 mcg raise since

September of 2007.

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I have heard one person sleep really well on 5HTP. Is there anyone else who has

had good luck with it for depression and anxiety, sleep. I tried it today and

wonder if anyone else has had success? I would appreciate your experiences.

Thanks

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It is funny how it works so differently for everyone. I can't take Tylenol

p.m. it keeps me awake. Do you remember what dose you took? Thanks. I need

something. I haven't been able to increase my T3 only to 5 mcg raise since

September of 2007. Appreciate your post...

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I took it for a couple years for depression issues (which I now believe

were thyroid related). Anyway, it worked well for the depression type

issues, but did nothing for sleep. In fact if I took it at bedtime or

late in the day, it significantly worsened my sleep (no sleep at all).

sol

Rhonda Connelly wrote:

> I have heard one person sleep really well on 5HTP. Is there anyone else

who has had good luck with it for depression and anxiety, sleep. I tried it

today and wonder if anyone else has had success? I would appreciate your

experiences. Thanks

>

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>

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