Recommended dose of 5htp?

[raverbaby1988]

SWIM wants to start taking 5htp after quitting doing Es. The packet doesn't have a recommended dose. Each tab is 50mg. How often should SWIM take 5htp and what is the recommended does.
Also do 5htp have side effects because SWIM took a tablet and fel panicky after(of course this could be in SWIMS head)
Thanks

[illume.]

Swim is just going by what he has read on numerous experience reports. But 1-200mg daily seems to be a safe dose. Swim has read of some poeple taking much higher doses of 5htp with x to try to regain the MAGIC". These people only experienced some confusion and nausea.

IF swiy sticks to 1-2 tabs per day he/she will be fine

[Panthers007]

Bongo Pharmaceuticals would suggest a monkey take one per day. Once the maximum amount of 5-Hydroxytryptamine has been reached - more is simply excreted. More important is eating good food, sleeping well, and taking a multi-vitamin(with meals). SWIM will feel better.

If one tablet causes no problem, then a second pill could be taken. But it's not likely needed. Who knows? If it helps SWIM feel better - okay. 5-HT isn't like taking 2, or 3, or 6, or 10.....tabs of XTC. It will just be pissed and shit out.

[KyleM]

What should be considered (which isn't by most users) is that a very large amount of 5-HTP (most) will be converted to serotonin outside the brain making it useless as serotonin it cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. This fact is part of what irritates SWIM when users say 5-HTP can't enhance the effects of MDMA because they take a couple small doses, most is wasted outside the brain so the net gain in serotonin is so insignificant when trying to fuel a massive release of serotonin with MDMA. Then they say the 5-HTP didn't work for them... Taking L-tryptophan doesn't seem to have this problem because much of the 5-HTP is created in the brain which is then converted to serotonin. While SWIM thinks it should not be used long term, doses higher than the 50mg may be necessary as the product instructions/doses will be intended to help people's moods, not replenish an ecstasy user's depleted serotonin levels. Since SWIY said he/she is quitting using ecstasy, then SWIM would recommend either 200mg/day or higher (depending on how well SWIY tolerates it) of 5-HTP divided in 2 doses or to take L-tryptophan instead. The panicky feelings are not abnormal when initially using this product, but the body should adapt in short time.

[meep]

Swim normally takes 100mg when he comes down and then 50mg for the net 3-4 nights.

any other swims find they have dreams so vivid they wake up after taking 5-htp? Swim will wake up 6-7 times a night after a 50mg dose.

[RaverHippie]

This dosage question is more for daily use without any use of MDMA. 50mg/day should be fine.

[KyleM]

The dosage question is also implying that the user is attempting to recover from previous MDMA-induced serotonin depletion, which could be potentially significant. Small daily doses are better for those who haven't been using MDMA at all. Someone who is attempting this type of recovery may not benefit significantly with insignificant increases in serotonin such as would be achieved with 50mg/day, but MDMA-naive people may benefit just fine from small doses like that if trying to slightly boost serotonin levels to help with general well-being.

[VashYsk]

I wouldn't take more than about 400mg of 5htp a day. Because the serotonin not in sent to the brain goes to the blood and too much 5htp in your blood can make you sick similar to an extremely bad stomach virus but only lasts about 5 ish hours.