Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
The last week i have been having burning anxiety the symptoms go from internal nervousness to head symptoms like light headed dizzy type feeling and off balance feeling. I never fall or faint but awful feeling. Does anyone have any good suggestions. I need someones help thanks
Because 5-HTP has not been thoroughly studied in a clinical setting, possible side effects and interactions with other drugs are not well known. However, it is noteworthy that no published reports of serious side effects (from non-contaminated 5-HTP) exist, despite that 5-HTP is freely available as a nutraceutical.[19][20][21] This could indicate that serious side effects are relatively rare with 5-HTP, at least in moderate doses. On the other hand, acute moderate gastrointestinal effects, such as diarrhea and vomiting, are common upon administration of 5-HTP, probably due to rapid formation of serotonin in the upper intestinal tract.[19][22][23]
Oral 5-HTP results in an increase in urinary 5-HIAA, a serotonin metabolite, indicating that 5-HTP is peripherally metabolized to serotonin, which is then metabolized. This might cause a false positive test in tests looking for carcinoid syndrome.[24]
Known drug interactions:
When combined with antidepressants of the MAOI or SSRI class, 5-HTP can cause acute serotonin syndrome.[25][26]
When combined with carbidopa (as a treatment for symptoms of Parkinson's disease), 5-HTP causes nausea and vomiting; however this can be alleviated via administration of granisetron.[27] As mentioned above under pharmacology, cases of scleroderma-like illness have been reported in patients using carbidopa and 5-HTP.[28]
It has been suggested that 5-HTP may cause eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS), a serious condition which results in extreme muscle tenderness, myalgia, and blood abnormalities. However, there is evidence to show that EMS was caused by a contaminant in early 5-HTP supplements, before the introduction of the current Good Manufacturing Practices by the United States FDA in 2007. Many countries now employ similar regulation.[29]
Do not take 5-HTP with a MAOI inhibitor or any SSRI based antidepressant, due to the possibility of serotonin syndrome. Take one 20 mg pill a day, as directed and by the third-fourth day you start to feel the increase of serotonin truly helping you, with no side effects, because it's all natural, so other natural substance should be no problem. because that's how nature works. So keep it natural, and you keep it safe.