Posted by BarbaraCat on May 8, 2004, at 2:33:42
In reply to Re: Jury's In: GABA » GabaGirl, posted by LOOPS on May 5, 2004, at 17:15:24
Hi,
You can get it from 'pet vitamin' sources. Here's one I use:http://www.biochemicals.com/productinfo.php3?id=22
I don't take it all the time, but L-tryp works pretty well for my muscle pain associated with fibromyalgia and sometimes for depressed anxiety and helps me sleep when I'm going through a wired phase. More prophylactic than an actual antidepressant. 5-HTP didn't do a thing except make me more depressed. Apparently, 5-HTP goes directly to the brain bypassing l-tryptophan's preliminary step which acts on serotonin receptor sites in the muscles and gut. So much anxiety is associtiated with gut/vagus nerve constriction so there might be an important clue here.
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