5-htp - Panic Disorders Message Board

summer42 · 06-19-2003, 02:04 PM

Taking 5-htp may help with panic disorder. It helps raise serotonin levels in the brain. Can be bought at health food stores or over the internet. Also pantathentic acid which is vitamin b-5 can help with the adrenal glands that become over stressed due to anxiety. Do not take 5-htp if you on any anti-depressents without checking with your doctor first. I've had panic disorder for 18 years and it seems like the 5-htp is helping. Start out on low dose. I am currently taking 100mg. If it causes heartburn can take with lemon juice mixed with water also you should take it at least 90 minutes after a meal with protein since 5-htp is an amino acid. Inositol is also used to treat anxiety. Take with choline.

hry33 · 06-19-2003, 02:27 PM

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Janik · 06-19-2003, 05:29 PM

It's always a good idea to do a quackwatch search whenever you want to check if a remedy is useful or safe (http://www.quackwatch.org/).

The 5-htp scare was linked to a particular brand that is now out of the market. If 5-htp is not synthetized but extracted from natural sources it should be safe, though not necessarily effective. Just remember that these remedies reach the market without any research on their usefulness or safety.