Posted by dancingstar on November 3, 2004, at 22:10:06
In reply to Re: doctors and prescriptions Effexor XR » MKB, posted by corafree on November 3, 2004, at 21:57:08
The L-Trytophane (sp?) helps to increase your natural seratonin levels. It also makes people a little tired or in some cases, just more relaxed. Turkey as a lot of it. Lately it has been thought to be a somewhat better option to raise seratonin levels by taking 5-HTP, which is kind of the same thing. I don't really know what the difference is or the reason for that recommendation. I think that the two chemical compounds are processed slightly differently. They are both health-food-store products, and they both work.
As a tool from the more painful aspects of withdrawing from Effexor, for those of you that trust my judgment on this and don't think that I am exaggerating, 5-HTP is a wee bit helpful, but it's going to take an awful lot of it to really do much in the way of relieving sysmptoms; in other words, I don't really feel anything from it. I take it anyway so that my body isn't on "empty" when it comes to seratonin depletion.
Hope that helps to answer your question....
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