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Anybody know of a good brand of 5-HTP?
5-htp
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makaveli25
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I use that stuff If I start to feel myself slump back into a depression. I feel like I got through times when I feel great and times when I get depressed for a couple of weeks. This helps when I'm not feeling so well. Go to whole foods if you have one around you they have a good vitamen selection.
No. There isn't any around here. I don't even know where there is one. How much were you taking? And at what time? What brand was it? What were the signs of depression you were getting?
Roxy722
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Not sure this will help because I'm in a different country. I take a brand by Nature's Bounty. They are 100 mg capsules and I take one in the morning and one about an hour before bed.
I'm one of those people who has genetic loading up the wazoo for depression and spent a good 12 years jumping from pill to pill (and got fat in the process). Training and diet has kept me off medication for 3 years but I supplement with 5 HTP because it just keeps me a little bit more regulated. Especially this time of year, where we have so much cold and darkness.
Signs for me are usually when I start losing interest in things like the gym, I isolate myself more and don't socialize at much and just a general feeling of blah. Sex drives drops a bit, I crave more sweets..that type of thing. I really had to pay attention to myself though over a period of time to find out what I needed to watch for.
Hope that might help a bit.
