Having a hard time remembering where you put that damn pipe/lighter/keys/remote/weed?

[MacWQ33]

That's funny shit. More so that you are still in contact with her.

[yankeesgirl83]

i've used 5htp for months at a time as an alternative to prescription anti-depressants. it does work. at least i feel happier and more motivated when i take it. i feel like it stops working as well as it does in the beginning after about two or three months though. then again perhaps it's in my head.

[birdgirl73]

I used it for several months about 6 years ago and had that same experience, Yankeesgirl--it didn't seem to be as effective after several months as it did in the beginning. That caused me to wonder whether, in me, the initial mood boost might have simply been a placebo effect.

I have a new neurologist I'm about to see about some problems I'm having, several of which are making me feel lower than I normally do, and I'm going to ask him what he thinks about 5-HTP. I also want to know if it interacts with other meds in any way.

[MacWQ33]

Probably be a good idea to move this to Medical now I guess...might have more of any effect there.

[slipknotpsycho]

until yankee and bird's post i was about to get some.... but the last thing i need is an anti depressant that works ok for a few months and then sends me crashing and burning back down to where i was before hand...

getting off an anti-depressant when it even slightly worked is like 10x worse then never of having it to begin with.... cuz there you are 'normal' and all of a sudden you take a huge plunge back down into that depressing darkness.... but instead of already benig used to it since you've managed to escape awhile, you slam back into it like a space ship slamming into the atmosphere.... it's a severely horrible ride and all you can do is hope you make it out of it.

[Andrew Nguyen]

To be honest, I have a hard time remembering anything. I don't even know what I did yesterday.

[Skink]

Probably be a good idea to move this to Medical now I guess...might have more of any effect there.

Granted,,,looks like this def belongs here now...

[MacWQ33]

until yankee and bird's post i was about to get some.... but the last thing i need is an anti depressant that works ok for a few months and then sends me crashing and burning back down to where i was before hand...

getting off an anti-depressant when it even slightly worked is like 10x worse then never of having it to begin with.... cuz there you are 'normal' and all of a sudden you take a huge plunge back down into that depressing darkness.... but instead of already benig used to it since you've managed to escape awhile, you slam back into it like a space ship slamming into the atmosphere.... it's a severely horrible ride and all you can do is hope you make it out of it.

It's natural...no withdrawal of any kind. The reason they made those comments was probably due to the fact that the stuff had done it's job by a few months...thus them not 'noticing' it anymore. Even if it was placebo (obviously not)...it would still help.

The thing with this though...it's not an anti-depressant. It restores serotonin. When serotonin is restored...that helps with depression, anxiety, memory problems, sleep problems among many things.

[420marijuana420]

would this help you in the middle of a panic atack?

[Maverick15963]

I'd agree with Mac. They probably just got used to it and didn't even notice it after a while.