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Hi everyone. Does anybody know a good balance dosage of 5-htp and L-dopa? I have been taking 5-htp 200 mg for quite sometime now due to serotonin deficiency that showed on my organic acid test. My naturopath advised me to start taking 5-htp. After several months of taking it, i started experiencing dopamine deficiency symptoms so i started reading more about it and i found this clinical study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415362/ Basically, i just learned that 5-htp was not meant to be taken long term and that it also depletes dopamine levels. According to the clinical study, if I am going to take these precursors, I have to take both 5-htp and L-dopa at the same time and it has to be balanced. Unfortunately, they did not provide any info on the dosage. I have 5-htp 200 mg extended release and dopaboost which has N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine 750 mg and Macuna (Macuna pruriens) [standardized to contain 60% L-dopa (3, 4 Dihydroxy-L-Phenylalanine)] 425 mg. Any advise will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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- Re: Balanced Dosage of 5-HTP and Tyr... joegrane
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This is a reply to # 2,367,127Maybe there is is something useful in that study but maybe it is whitewash from Big Pharma that wants you to use their psych meds long term instead of what mother nature uses every day in every human who ever lived!
The Abstract makes me wonder if the study is just Pharma BS. That has to be the most ridiculous abstract I've ever read.
"Abstract
L-5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is the immediate precursor of serotonin. It is readily synthesized into serotonin without biochemical feedback. This nutrient has a large and strong following who advocate exaggerated and inaccurate claims relating to its effectiveness in the treatment of Depression and a number of other serotonin-related diseases. These assertions are not supported by the science. Under close examination, 5-HTP may be contraindicated for Depression in some of the very patients for whom promoters of 5-HTP advocate its use."
Maybe you need some catecholamine support too--tyrosine, iron, B6, etc.
What doses of 5htp were you taking and how many times per day?
What are your symptoms?
If you are not familiar with fraud in medical studies, check out the articles and book by M. Angell a 20 yr editor of the NE Journal of Medicine. She saw both the studies they published and those they rejected.
https://ethicalnag.org/2009/11/09/nejm-editor/
BOOK REVIEW The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200410073511522#t=article
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