Any O's out there taking 5-HTP with good results for depression?

can't give you lots of references here, some of my clients tried it, but it was not with really big results,
I went for O's with Sam-e, an amino acid , a higher B-complex, magnesium and Enada NADH, this takes people almost very quick out of their *hole-feeling* or just the feeling in having nearly 0- energies, this works very well also together with antidepressants, because here we can't use any aminoacids.

and of course...exercise and walking just do their very best in such a case for O's

http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archived/config.pl?read=125059

http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archivea/config.pl?read=79465

read the whole thread......good info

and this one, too
http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archiveb/config.pl?read=91952

another point of view
http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archiveb/config.pl?read=96833

http://www.dadamo.com/protocols/4.html
ANTI-INFLAMMATION PROTOCOLS
NON-SECRETORS Add:

5-HTP (5-Hydroxytryptophan), 150 mg: 1 capsule, twice daily (non-secretors)
Lectin-blocking formula (“Deflect”) specific for ABO group:
Deflect A | Deflect O | Deflect B | Deflect AB

GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS USABLE BY ALL GROUPS

interesting........

What is this 'ER' that this post below talks about?



<<<<Psst, Rose....it gets even better....

Posted By: Karen Faye(O+, Secretor)
Date: Thursday, 15 March 2001, at 7:19 p.m.

...when I first stared ER, I started taking 5htp, which I *swear* by (LOVE. LOVE, LOVE it!). I would take one in the morning, then could feel when I needed to take another capsule, I could feel the depression beastie and the cravings setting in. Sometimes it was only after 2 or 3 hours. So in the beginning, I was taking several capsules a day. Well, I stuck with the taking it in the morning (10ish) then wait to see when I need it again. Well, I'm on month six of ER and I've found I only really need that one in the morning, and sometimes not even that. I think Eating Right has normalized things in my little head and it is MUCH, MUCH better!!!!

I'm thinking one day I won't need it at all, as Edna says, my compass will point true North and yours will too! >>>>

Also, this is what my NP put me on:

50mg of 5Htp twice a day
200 mg of L-Theanine twice a day

so far i have a mild headache from it.

anyone else have these types of reactions?  And will they go away?

thank you!

Quoted from funkymuse

What is this 'ER' that this post below talks about?

ER = Eat Right 4 Your Type

HAAA!!! I thought it was some kind of supplement the way they all were describing it in the threads!  ha... what a joke on me!!!

all i can say about it is i tried it and didnt notice anything except that i thought it exacerbated my digestion..constipation..

It's given me a headache.  Anybody else?

I didn't notice much effect at all, to be honest. I suspect Dr. D is right as usual and 5-HTP is better suited to nonnies.

B vitamins do help tremendously with depression for me. You might want to look into getting a good B complex. I also take lots of Rhodiola which seems to help as well, probably by easing the effects of stress. Nettle leaf and magnesium are also helpful.

I've taken a good B-complex for over 2 years now.  They don't seem to give me the big boost that everyone talks about.  I get no effect at all from them.    What about this SAM-e I've read about????  I can't remember which thread had it....