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***nandm*** · 12-22-2008, 12:07 PM

One of the dangers with 5-HTP is what happened to me. I thought I just had depression and never dreamed I was bi-polar. I started taking 5-HTP to relieve my depression and went into a manic phase of bi-polar. It felt like insanity. It still took my doctors a year or two to diagnose the bi-polar after that. But of course I did not tell them of my experience with 5-HTP as I did not think it was relevant I thought I was just having a bad reaction to it.

12-22-2008, 12:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
*nandm* Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is Posts: 6,580	One of the dangers with 5-HTP is what happened to me. I thought I just had depression and never dreamed I was bi-polar. I started taking 5-HTP to relieve my depression and went into a manic phase of bi-polar. It felt like insanity. It still took my doctors a year or two to diagnose the bi-polar after that. But of course I did not tell them of my experience with 5-HTP as I did not think it was relevant I thought I was just having a bad reaction to it. __________________ NOTE: All BB quotes are from the 1st Edition of the Big Book Depression is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of being too strong for too long.