5-HTP

Pros

• In the evening, I use 5-HTP (200 mg) with KSM-66 Ashwagandha (600 mg) and Melatonin (5 mg) and these put me to sleep like …
• Today the 3rd day of taking it I woke up and feel better than I have in literal years. I have so much energy I wokeup feeling amazing it just feels like natural dopamine. I feel so good I almost feel “high” .
• I have and it does work! I keep hearing about heart valve complications with 5htp so I decided to switch just to be safe. But never experienced any issues myself when i was on it.
• Parent context: can you give some informations about 5-htp, i saw this last times so much Reply: It’s amazing but don’t take if your on SSRI and take it at night you’ll sleep amazing. It’s like a natural antidepressant it’s been life cha...
• I actually got my depression fully under control by quitting nicotine and taking 5-htp & L-tyrosine. This is the first time in life I’ve felt ok.

Cons

• 5-HTP - Helped initially but after 3 weeks I felt depressed and irritable.
• Administration of 5-HTP alone depletes catecholamines (dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine).
• 5htp? 200mg is what I've taken, it never felt right and never took it longer than a week.
• There's no scientific evidence to back up 5htp claims at all - marketing spin I think.
• 5-hpt is not something that comes to mind for insomnia. It actually seems somewhat stimulating to me.