Posted by stjames on March 26, 2001, at 13:49:48
In reply to 5htp - is it a farce?, posted by zarathustra on March 26, 2001, at 12:29:09
> I recently procured a bottle of 5htp for depression.
> There is very little reliable information on it, and I am wondering if it actually boosts levels of seratonin.Not really. Provided you eat meat you are getting lots of aminos. The body has a feed back loop so adding more 5htp does not increase seratonin past a point. Depression is not caused by a lack of seratonin, it is the regulation of seratonin that
improves mood.
>
> I took my first dose before bed last night and had the strangest night of sleep in my life: I woke up several times in a semi dream-like state (lucid?) and had paralysis! I couldn't move, it was really odd. I had the strangest dreams, in all of them I was flying.
>This is called sleep paralysis. The body is paralized during some dream states and if you
wake up during one of these you will get "sleep paralysis". It is normal.James
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