Posted by Larry Hoover on July 18, 2004, at 9:29:58
In reply to Re: 5-htp: How to make it work well » Larry Hoover, posted by Marty mc Fly on July 18, 2004, at 9:03:45
> Your concern is greatly appreciated. The use of 5-htp was approved by my pdoc after he explained the dangers of serotonin syndrome and made sure I would stop using 5-htp whenever I felt a symptome of the syndrome such as euphoria, drowsiness, overreaction of the reflexes etc, but I never did, except for experiencing nausea in the stomach.
All right. I'm relieved. It's just that too many people don't have the proper medical supervision.
> I should have mentioned my use of clomipramine in this posting. The thing is clomipramine didn't do much anymore and my pdoc didn't want to change meds, so augmentation was an option.
Absolutely. It's always an option.....when properly supervised. Why don't you consider asking about being supervised on an augmentative trial of low dose St. John's wort?
> I was curious, are you using any other supplements except for tryptophan for your condition ?I'm a complex case. Multiple dysfunctions. Multiple diagnoses. If I could simplify how I got there, it would be that I was simply too stubborn and strong-willed for my own good. Once I came to my senses (so to speak), my body was seriously over-whelmed. Humpty-Dumpty is an excellent allegory, although I probably ran into the wall, rather than falling off of it.
Right this moment, I am using only taurine. I want to focus entirely on its effects. I generally use a great variety of supplements. Currently, I am also rather heavily medicated (for me). Zoloft (I went psychotic on the last SSRI I used, but we're running out of options), trimipramine, and temazepam.
Lar
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