12-05-2013, 05:13 PM
5 htp (5 Hydroxy-Tryptophan) is the precursor to either melatonin or serotonin.
It helps with my anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
Two of the wonderful side effects of prescription proton pump inhibitors are depression and insomnia.
This is due to the fact that you don’t digest as much of the nutrients from the food you eat because of the reduction in stomach acid, so you don’t get enough of the vitals you need to produce enough of these very important neurotransmitters.
You could take Zoloft or Paxil or any of the other drugs to even it out, but these are reuptake inhibitors and they don’t help to produce more (deficiency is the problem here, not reuptake!)
Also, they have their own series of side effects; it’s like swallowing the spider to eat the fly… where does it stop? Zoloft causes a whole list of new problems… no thank you.
I started taking it for the insomnia, and it helped with the other stuff, too. The sleep is great and I have no trouble getting going in the morning.
Web MD doesn't like 5 Hydroxy-Tryptophan, but there are a lot of other reputable sites with good things to say. Plus, I think WebMD is in the pocket of big Pharma. Meh.
Here is a good link: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/5-hydroxytryptophan-000283.htm
It helps with my anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
Two of the wonderful side effects of prescription proton pump inhibitors are depression and insomnia.
This is due to the fact that you don’t digest as much of the nutrients from the food you eat because of the reduction in stomach acid, so you don’t get enough of the vitals you need to produce enough of these very important neurotransmitters.
You could take Zoloft or Paxil or any of the other drugs to even it out, but these are reuptake inhibitors and they don’t help to produce more (deficiency is the problem here, not reuptake!)
Also, they have their own series of side effects; it’s like swallowing the spider to eat the fly… where does it stop? Zoloft causes a whole list of new problems… no thank you.
I started taking it for the insomnia, and it helped with the other stuff, too. The sleep is great and I have no trouble getting going in the morning.
Web MD doesn't like 5 Hydroxy-Tryptophan, but there are a lot of other reputable sites with good things to say. Plus, I think WebMD is in the pocket of big Pharma. Meh.
Here is a good link: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/5-hydroxytryptophan-000283.htm