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Posted by laurie_lu on January 7, 2005, at 8:37:03
I've been taking 5-HTP for 2 weeks now. 100mg at night and 100mg at breakfast. Within a couple days I felt the depression and anxiety decrease and I was very optimistic and excited. Over the last two weeks my vision has become blurred and I have dull nauseating headache in the front of my head and my eyes ache. I am willing to put up with this if I knew it was temporary and will go away. But I figure at two weeks it should be going away and am concerned that my dose is too high or I shouldn't be taking 5-HTP at all. I'm not taking any other medication at this time. I do take magnesium, calcium, and B Complex 50. I am worried if I drop my 5-HTP dosage to 50mg twice a day, the wonderful antidepressant effects will go away and I will be feeling very depressed and anxious again. I'm not sure what to do.
Posted by Larry Hoover on January 7, 2005, at 10:46:42
In reply to Help....5-HTP Causing Headaches Blurred Vision., posted by laurie_lu on January 7, 2005, at 8:37:03
> I've been taking 5-HTP for 2 weeks now. 100mg at night and 100mg at breakfast. Within a couple days I felt the depression and anxiety decrease and I was very optimistic and excited. Over the last two weeks my vision has become blurred and I have dull nauseating headache in the front of my head and my eyes ache. I am willing to put up with this if I knew it was temporary and will go away. But I figure at two weeks it should be going away and am concerned that my dose is too high or I shouldn't be taking 5-HTP at all. I'm not taking any other medication at this time. I do take magnesium, calcium, and B Complex 50. I am worried if I drop my 5-HTP dosage to 50mg twice a day, the wonderful antidepressant effects will go away and I will be feeling very depressed and anxious again. I'm not sure what to do.
I think it's very important that you determine if the 5-HTP is linked to these symptoms, or not. I would recommend a complete discontinuation of the 5-HTP, a waiting period to see if the symptoms remit, and if they do, a retrial of the 5-HTP. That is called a challenge/rechallenge trial.
If it turns out to be the 5-HTP, all is not lost. You can try another brand. Or, you can just take it, on and off, on and off.
If that, too, is a problem, then we can discuss tryptophan.
Your body is speaking to you. You can learn something about the language it's using.
Lar
Posted by laurie_lu on January 7, 2005, at 13:23:04
In reply to Re: Help....5-HTP Causing Headaches Blurred Vision. » laurie_lu, posted by Larry Hoover on January 7, 2005, at 10:46:42
Thanks Larry, I'll follow your suggestion.
Posted by laurie_lu on January 16, 2005, at 10:18:09
In reply to Re: Help....5-HTP Causing Headaches Blurred Visio, posted by laurie_lu on January 7, 2005, at 13:23:04
Update...About a day after writing this original post, the headaches went away. I'm not sure if it was a period of adjusting to the 5-HTP or if I was ill at the time with a virus(I also have been coughing alot). Therefore I've decided to finish this bottle I've been using. When it runs out I am going to switch to a different brand of 5-HTP. I am 10 days from my next menstrual period and suffer from PMS. The positive effects of the 5-HTP don't feel so positive like they did when I first started taking it 3 weeks ago. I'm not sure if this is because of my monthly PMS or if I need to increase my dose of 5-HTP. I've even read that sometimes too high of a dose of 5-HTP can make you feel worse and that you should reduce it to feel better. So now I'm wondering if I should reduce my dose to 100mg once a day at bedtime? Or just wait till I get past my period.
Posted by laurie_lu on January 16, 2005, at 10:36:05
In reply to Re: Help....5-HTP Causing Headaches Blurred Visio, posted by laurie_lu on January 16, 2005, at 10:18:09
I just wanted to clarify that I never stopped taking the 5-HTP when I was complaining of the headaches and the headaches/blurred vision went away while I continued to take it at 100mg twice a day.
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