I used to have much anxiety--I say use cause for about 3 weeks to a month, I'm doing so much better, and also for those who have seen my post on other boards on low sex drive, this is now a thing of the past, since as it is very obvious anxiety can totally kill one's sex drive. So since my anxiety has lowered noticeably, and that I feel more cheerful, motivated and active, my sex drive has made a strong come back, which further relieved anxiety connected with it being absent.
Now, I used mainly 5-HTP to control my anxiety and it's worked very well, at least so far. I'm conservative as far as dosing, and do not think megadosing in anything is a good thing. So I've used nothing in excess of 50 mg/day. 5-HTP is known to be about 10 times more potent than L-Tryptophan, so that is one of the reasons why I kept it low. Normally, I even do 25 mg a day to good result--Placebo effect ? Surely to some extent.
Years ago I stumbled across a post made by Steeven Harris, M.D. raising a red flag about the use of 5HTP as being hazardous and which could potentially cause heart valves damage in a manner similar to the former drug Fenfluramine.
Here's the post by Steeven Harris : http://72.14.205.104...lnk&cd=18&gl=ca
I think L-tryptophan would still be safer, given that it doesn't bypass the rate limiting factor for serotonin production. Also there's still *some* concern over peak-X contamination in either 5HTP or L-Tryptophan, although this doesn't appear to be a significant concern when bought from a reliable manufacturer who is willing to provide C of A for the substance.
Be that as it may, I'd like to hear what those most documented here thing about my using low does of 5-HTP or whether I should either stop, find a replacement or switch to L-Tryptophan ?
Thanks