Posted by jasmineneroli on February 11, 2005, at 0:17:29
In reply to Re: 5htp or tryptophan cause SSRI type apathy? » KaraS, posted by cherylann on February 3, 2005, at 20:22:38
Hi Kara:
Just noticed your post.
Yes, when I was up to 3.5 gr per day of tryptophan, I began to feel somewhat apathetic.
This seemed to happen just as the sleep benefit of that dose wore-off. So there may be a connection(????). After a while the great sleeps I got at the beginning, just stopped, and I reverted to my regular night time awakenings. Then I began to feel a general apathy, and lack of motivation.
After reducing the dose again (now on 1 gr. per day and maintaining that dose), I feel back to the pre-tryptophan state of mental energy, but am still not sleeping well.
I've been on SSRI's too, and the apathy feeling is similar.
I never once felt drowsy on any dose of tryptophan.
Regards,
Jas
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