Fri, May-03-02, 08:12
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Senior Member
Posts: 203
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Plan: Atkins & Hypnosis
Stats: 229/229/150
BF:not a clue!
Progress: 0%
Location: Syracuse, NY
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5htp user
I also suffered from moderate to sever depression, and 5htp helped me tremendously. In my husbands words " I have the person I married back". 5htp gave me my life back, it helped me get to a place where I could actually work on the problems in my life. 5htp restored the serotonin deficiency in my brain with only a mild side effect of being tired, and just in the beginning. I took a high dose 500 mg per day. 250 mg in the morning and 250 mg in the afternoon. I also talked to a therapist, read many books about depression, prayed, meditated, exercised, increased my vitamins, and listened to uplifting music. I did NOT loose weight on 5htp, it is suppose to cut carbohydrate carvings, which I think it does, but I am an emotional/compulsive eater. After 2 years of that regimen, I can say I am depression free. Now it's time to loose the weight!! I have read that LC can cause depression in some people so I am watching out for that, and have my 5htp near. I have noticed that I am more irritable, but I think that will subside once I get use to this way of life.
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