> Real-To: Muriel Hykes <[log in to unmask]>
>
> >considerably, so I agree that both these components are important. I
> >have also just started using 5-HTP (the new serotonin precursor) and
> >it seems to help me more than melatonin.
>
> (Sound of my jaw dropping.) 5-htp is hydroxytryptophan. You mean you are
> able to get trytophan in the US again?!!! Where? I had to stock up on it
> last time I was in Italy. But since my husband has been on the Atkins
> diet, he has not had any panic or depression spells. (And he needs less
> sleep.)
>
Bought it in my regular health food store... This is *not*
L-Tryptophan, btw, it's further along the chemical chain to the
brain. There are at least two companies producing it - they one I
bought is by TriMedica, Scottsdale, AZ. A 50 mg capsule is
considered roughly equivalent to 500 mg L-Tryptophan.
Molly Ni/Da/na
San Francisco, California
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