5-Hydroxytryptophan

Discussion in 'Fitness, Health & Nutrition' started by speechless, Jan 26, 2011.

  1. have any of you had experience with it? it's a natural amino acid that supposedly increases serotonin production, to help depression and such. i just read about it and am strongly considering getting some, but i was curious to hear other's experiences.
     

  2. I've heard mix reviews about it... some of my mates at school are neuro majors and they said it can cause more harm than assistance.. I didn't ask for specifics because I would have gotten a fifteen minute lecture on neurotransmission.
     
  3. haha i think i know what thread you're talking about, i was interested in it too.

    saint john's wort seems to be the better alternative, mostly because people praise it for being a 'natural' remedy. i think i'll give the wort a try, i'm not one for fucking with brain chemistry though
     
  4. Yup, have tried this numerous times. Depends what you want to take it for though. For depression, it's effects are minimal. Insomnia, it works okay for, but what it is really the best for is getting you higher. I don't see any other use for it other than getting even more blazed. If you take 100mg-200mg depending on your weight and smoke an hour later you will get very high. Most of this is opinion, but it does come with a lot of experience. It's not harmful even in large amounts so it might be worth trying for you.
     
  5. I used it once for a month straight and didn't really notice anything.. although I had some wild dreams.
     
  6. this has intrigued me.is this a research chem er what?
     

  7. not at all. it's a widely available serotonin precursor sold in vitamin stores and whatnot. I really haven't heard any concensus on it for depression usage, but for increasing a high it seems to work for the people that have tried it.
     

  8. It's meant to bring your serotonin levels back to equilibrium after use of substances not permissible to discuss on these forums.
     

  9. Yup... I was the one who wrote that post that got deleted. That's what I used it for. I'm gonna stop talking about it lest this gets deleted too.
     

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