Reviewer: Chris, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Consumer)

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I take a 100mg pill in the morning every 4-7 days and its very good for treating depression. Effects usually hit 2-4 hours after taking it: general boost in mood, difficult to think negative thoughts, warm fuzzy feeling, sometimes even euphoria. Feelings of love, from loving what you're doing, to feeling better about people around you. Similar feeling to MDMA. I don't know why, it might ju ... Show Full Comment

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I take a 100mg pill in the morning every 4-7 days and its very good for treating depression. Effects usually hit 2-4 hours after taking it: general boost in mood, difficult to think negative thoughts, warm fuzzy feeling, sometimes even euphoria. Feelings of love, from loving what you're doing, to feeling better about people around you. Similar feeling to MDMA. I don't know why, it might just be my experience, but the effects seriously last 3 days or so. Then for about 3-4 more days just a general content feeling. After about a week you're back at baseline but I swear that's better than before when I never took any anti-depressants. BTW, messing with serotonin is dangerous, why I've never sought to get prescribed SSRIs or anything. That's why I only take 1 100mg pill every few days, it only takes a small amount to change the balance of serotonin in your brain. It takes other chemicals in your brain to work....so too much, and you might not even feel the desired effects, just the bad side effects. 100mg/day to me would be crazy. Side effects include a stiff jaw/temples, headaches, stomachache, vomiting, and can last as long it takes for your body to clear all the serotonin. I also don't take it at night as jaw clenching can be bad at night, sometimes even at my low dosage.
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Reviewer: Jake, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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I have high functioning autism and was prescribed anti depressants. When mentioning 5HTP to my psychiatrist, was told that Zoloft more accurately focused on the neurological problem. This was even after taking it for over 6 months and telling her that I experienced tardive Dykinesis type facial tics (I have been prone to tic side effects from many medications before). I continued on the Zoloft f ... Show Full Comment

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I have high functioning autism and was prescribed anti depressants. When mentioning 5HTP to my psychiatrist, was told that Zoloft more accurately focused on the neurological problem. This was even after taking it for over 6 months and telling her that I experienced tardive Dykinesis type facial tics (I have been prone to tic side effects from many medications before). I continued on the Zoloft for 2 more months and the tics worsened. Now I am taking 200mg.5HTP (time released)and it is helping. I increased to 400mg and it worked even better.
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Reviewer: jessm19, 19-24 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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I am surprised to have experienced immediate elevation in mood in the first week of dosing 100mg of 5-HTP a day. I have been struggling with depression and anxiety lately and decided to go back to taking this after losing all motivation for things and needed a "pick me up". My previous experience I used the recommended dose of 100 3x a day and it caused me to have more anxiety and letha ... Show Full Comment

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I am surprised to have experienced immediate elevation in mood in the first week of dosing 100mg of 5-HTP a day. I have been struggling with depression and anxiety lately and decided to go back to taking this after losing all motivation for things and needed a "pick me up". My previous experience I used the recommended dose of 100 3x a day and it caused me to have more anxiety and lethargic feelings which I cannot surely say it was from the 5-HTP. However, this time taking it I have found a sweet spot in dosing and it has kick started a incredibly productive time full of optimism and positivity. I am pretty impressed to say the least. That one little pill a day has caused me to completely turn my mood around into something so positive so that I could go about my day with productivity again. I can also note that my sleep schedule and problems with insomnia have completely dissolved allowing me to have peaceful yet deep slumber every single night. I go to sleep and wake up in the same spot! I wake up feeling ready to start the day instead of wishing I had a few more hours to sleep. A side effect to take into consideration before trying out 5HTP is increased dreaming. It caused my first full blown lucid dream and has made my dreams more lucid and intense. To me it was a good side effect but it may be bothersome for others. Overall, I will continue to take one a day and see how far this goes.
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Reviewer: SALTP1, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Consumer)

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Reviewer: hide, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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good for light depression. works for me.

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good for light depression. works for me.
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