5-HTP what do you know?
Hey all!
Since my recent bout with anxiety, I've been on a non stop mission to educate myself about natural ways of healing. I truly don't believe the doctors have the best awnsers when it comes to prescription/synthetic chemicals. That's just my opinion though.
Anyways, I ran across a natural supplement called 5-htp. I've been educating myself on it all day. I'm coming here to ask if any of you have ever used this for depression/anxiety.
5 htp can be picked up at as an OTC natural supplement. I've read some pretty powerful testimonies talking nothing but good things. How ts changed their life etc. I've also read it should not be taken with SSRIs due to the possibility of serotonin syndrome. That's what 5-HTP is. It's a trptophan that is converted into serotonin. What SSRIs do is allow serotonin to latch onto the brain receptors long, and increase mood. Ultimately fooling the brain into thinking it has more serotonin than it really does. 5-HTP actually creates more. I won't go into much more detail than that, but you can look into it yourself.
I'm really just wondering if any of you have experience with this. Maybe you could share your likes or dislikes about it. I'm just trying to educated myself to the best of my ability, and peer review is always helpful.
-Ryan