Fat gain and antideppresants

[SonnyBlack]

Hey wats up bros....Around ! month ago, I started taking 5-HTP (L-Tryptophan) to help me out with my mood swings and battle my occasional bouts with deppression. Well recently (like 1 wk and a half after starting the 5HTP) I started noticing that for no reason at all I went up in weight on the scale (its not muscle, since i took measurements). Now I've heard that antideppresant medications are notorious for causing people to gain fat.....as a matter of fact, I was witness to this2 yrs ago when I took Prozac for 2 months and right away, like in the first month for no reason at all ( i ate and trained just the same) i went up like 10 pds of fat. Now since 5HTP increases seratonin in the brain and overall improves mood, I was wondering if it would have the same effect on makin me gain fat weight. Does it slow down your metabolism and make you gain weight...or does it make u retain water or something, such as is the case with antideppresants. What do u all think...any experiences or info on this??

 

[Zyglamail]

L-Tryptophan is actually an amino acid, commonly found in turkey. 5-htp L-Tryptophan is apparently a slightly modified form of L-Tryptophan but derived from plant sources.

I was under the impression a serotonin deficiency is associated with the brains perception of hunger and therefor raising serotonin levels should have the opposite effect you are getting.

 

[21inch_arms]

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[GaryWary]

No No No No nonononononon

5HTP is the next step in the chain from tryptophan... that is to say, tryptophan is the pre-cursor to 5HTP. It is correct only to say that supplemental 5HTP is from plant (griffonia seed) origin.

It (the conversion) goes: tryptophan -to- 5HTP -to- Tryptamine (serotonin).

The 5HTP is not causing your fat gain.. for reasons that I cannot be arsed to go into. It's a fantastic supplement actually - very succesful in allowing people to avoid or reduce anti-depressants. 5HTP was developed to get around the ridiculous tryptophan ban (that I cannot be bothered to go into).

But no... 5HTP is not causing your fat gain.

 

[VTAT]

go to www.uspto.gov and go to the patents database and click on patent number and enter 5,795,895

this patent is directed at the use of an anti-depressant in combination with another drug (Bill Romanowski's demise) for weight LOSS.

 

[solidspine]

Hi, I don’t know what the heck you are talking about, but I will add my 2 cents.


I have taken prozac for 10 years, did not make me gain or lose weight,


Started Paxil about 5 months ago, weight gain was one of the many side affects of this worthless chemical,

I also take xanax, has no affect on me in anyway, unless I don’t take it, but it does not affect my weight.

 

[GaryWary]

to all those using anti-depressants. Buy some Inositol (a b vitamin). Take between 4g and 15g a day (it isn't toxic). Also take a good quality b-complex.

See if you can reduce your anti-deps. You may be able to. Inositol helps serotonin and other neurotransmitters function. It is proven. Check out www.biosychiatry.com/inositol.

Also lots of information regarding 5htp at this site...

 

[diamonddiceclay]

ONLY THE HARD DRUGS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS CAN CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN WHICH REVERSES IF YOU GO OFF THE MED

 

[notpuff]

l-trypptophan is better than 5-htp and it shouldmt cause fat gain tryotpophan supplaments boost fat gain and hgh production