so I've been taking 5-htp for about a year at this point. I started taking it for good sleep. I noticed a couple weeks ago when I stopped taking it, that I got a little depressed so I started taking it again. What's the best way to come off 5-htp...is there any other serotonin boosters i could take briefly to help me stop taking 5-htp? I take 400mg a night.
Hamid
I am takin st john wort, I take it 10 months out of 12, when I stop, the first 2 weeks I feel a little bit off, but then I feel normal again. So I would suggest you to just stop taking it and those depressed days will pass. Also if you want you could try st john wort.
cyn
You become dopamine deficient after using 5-htp for so long. Get some DL-Phenylalanine and add that to your mornings and your mood should improve. Other than that, kanna (Zembrin is the patented extract if you want that) could be a good temporary measure to cut your usage of the 5-htp without getting depressed.
miro
Switch to low dose of trypthophan then taper trypthophan and add Tyrosine/dl phenylalanine maybe Aswagandha. Or do it like me I was on prozac for more than year and I quit it cold turkey (was lazy in bad mood and had beain zaps) but after 10 days I was Ok and after month completwly recovered. Good luck mate

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