Guest guest Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Diane - I have never found 5-htp to help with sleep. GABA is better (relaxing) for this but I personally use Liquid Melatonin. If I wake up again, I take 2 more droppersful. Source naturals makes this. 5HTP is for moods but I find that it stops working after a few weeks. It helped when I changed brands but then it stopped giving me that happy, uplifted feeling after a few weeks. ~ Lynn Koiner - Boonight Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:36 AM << >> 5-HTP Has anyone used 5-HTP. Is it better then Melantonin for inducing sleep. I sometimes have hard time going to sleep. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 I use it and yes it is better (for me) than melatonin. In a message dated 8/9/2009 11:18:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Boonight writes: Has anyone used 5-HTP. Is it better then Melantonin for inducing sleep. I sometimes have hard time going to sleep. Diane [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 I find that a couple of cups of fresh brewed German Chamomile works fast and easy for sleep. With summer and all you can even make it into 'ice tea' so that you can have it in the refrigerator and you can just drink some in the evening if it's too hot out. It works just the same when it's cold so that's not a problem. If you drink enough of it like a few glasses you will be looking for your bed to climb into because it really does make you tired. It works so good for me that I keep wondering why big pharma hasn't lobbied for it to be illegal yet! Also, I would like to add that I grow my own in the summer and then cut the flowers every week and then I have it for winter. If not, then I buy the flowers in bulk at the health food store. Fresh Chamomile is always better. ________________________________ Lynn Koiner <koiner Monday, 10 August, 2009 8:05:52 Re: << >> 5-HTP Diane - I have never found 5-htp to help with sleep. GABA is better (relaxing) for this but I personally use Liquid Melatonin. If I wake up again, I take 2 more droppersful. Source naturals makes this. 5HTP is for moods but I find that it stops working after a few weeks. It helped when I changed brands but then it stopped giving me that happy, uplifted feeling after a few weeks. ~ Lynn Koiner - Boonight (AT) aol (DOT) com Alternative- Medicine- Forum@ s.com Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:36 AM << Alternative- Medicine- Forum >> 5-HTP Has anyone used 5-HTP. Is it better then Melantonin for inducing sleep. I sometimes have hard time going to sleep. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Is there a preferred brand for 5-htp that you use and in what amounts. The actor/comedian, Jim Cary, said that he now takes 5-htp and tyrosine for his bi-polar. I understand that tyrosine produces dopamine and 5htp produces serotonin///Lynn Koiner - jinxie1945 Monday, August 10, 2009 8:29 PM Re: << >> 5-HTP I use it and yes it is better (for me) than melatonin. In a message dated 8/9/2009 11:18:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Boonight writes: Has anyone used 5-HTP. Is it better then Melantonin for inducing sleep. I sometimes have hard time going to sleep. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 I never have trouble sleeping since I started taking my daily calcium at bedtime. Puts me out within a half hour and I sleep straight through. I started this because I couldn't sleep because of ringing in the ears, and I have told many people about it who have the same problem and other problems, and it works for them, too. My mom won't listen to me about it. She takes her calcium after breakfast and usually needs a morning nap. Maria - " Lynn Koiner " <koiner Monday, August 10, 2009 8:05:52 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Re: << >> 5-HTP  Diane - I have never found 5-htp to help with sleep. GABA is better (relaxing) for this but I personally use Liquid Melatonin. If I wake up again, I take 2 more droppersful. Source naturals makes this. 5HTP is for moods but I find that it stops working after a few weeks. It helped when I changed brands but then it stopped giving me that happy, uplifted feeling after a few weeks. ~ Lynn Koiner - Boonight Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:36 AM << >> 5-HTP Has anyone used 5-HTP. Is it better then Melantonin for inducing sleep. I sometimes have hard time going to sleep. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I take it but I find it loses that initial punch after awhile...but I do still take it. Dr. Oz and a DC doctor both say that it can be taken in large quantities, depending upon weight. I weigh about 170 and I take about 400 mgs a day or when I need it. It stimulates Serotonin and this makes you feel like moving and moving is exercise too. I know that Jim Cary, bipolar, now takes Tyrosine and 5HTP....but probably not at the same time since Tyrosine promotes Dopamine. There is a great book, THE EDGE EFFECT, that discusses all of this. It is great....Lynn - Brenda Lu Friday, October 23, 2009 12:10 PM << >> 5-htp Anyone have any luck with this? I got off my depression/anxiety meds. on my own. Also trying to lose weight with 5-htp. Seems to be working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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