Posted by Simian on November 22, 2003, at 18:56:20
In reply to Re: Tryptophan in the UK » Simian, posted by Ron Hill on November 22, 2003, at 15:33:38
> > Does anyone know if theres any way I could get some tryptophan in the UK? It can't be bought as a supplement here and can only be precribed if you have already tried antidepressants for two years with no help from them and even then you have to take it with an antidepressant.
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> At the risk of sounding cynical, if this is a law in the UK, I wonder if the drug companies lobbied for the legislation?
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> -- RonWouldn't surprise me at all.
I asked a psychiatrist if I could try some the other day and he was like "Absolutely not, we only give that to people with severe mental illness that nothing else will help, it would give you a horrible serious blood disease!".
But then when I said I didn't want antidepressants because of the nasty side effects and withdrawal symptoms they gave me he said "No, those never happen, the only thing antidepressants do very occasionally is make you feel slightly nauseas and thats only when you first start taking them."
Methinks someones been brainwashed.
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