Posted by Gravedust on December 29, 2010, at 22:49:05
In reply to 5-HTP, posted by Buckeye Fan on November 30, 2010, at 13:03:34
ATM I'm taking 200 milligrams 5-HTP on top of two SSRI's. Worked up to that over a month cautiously.
Not a safe combo at all, but since the combo works while the two SSRI's by themselves are like waving a dead chicken at my depression these days-well, guess what?
If I end up in the hospital getting shot up with Thorazine? well, my own fault, no?Doctor Bob, if you float by and read this, how likely is serotonin poisoning? I'm keeping my eyes peeled, the symptoms printed out. My own docs are county psych docs, and I described their style as "ghetto drive-by psychiatry." I don't feel effectively heard or psychiatrically managed well there-I just get cheap drugs and out the door. Moo. Po'folks get what they can.
So far I experienced grogginess when I went up to 200 milligrams of 5HTP-I mean grogginess the next day, as I take it at nighttime. Since my agitation was in the process of wrecking my marriage, I will take being calm.
I'm calmer than I think I've been since '02. I'm extremely okay with that.
I also take L-theanine 200 milligrams around my spouse, so that I don't get in arguments. It lasts for a few hours only.
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