5-HTP...the ultimate high-enhancer?

I've been getting a little bored with my usual substances lately. I've been smoking waaaaayyy too much and hardly noticing the difference between high and sober...it's all kinda been this burnt-out in between deal. I've become a hypersomniac...so I upped my adderall dosage, but no avail...I could sleep like a baby on 3 grams of blow if I wanted to.

Anyway, I read on erowid about melatonin and st. john's wort and 5-HTP and all these other "herbal supplements"...and apparently if you take 5-HTP before you smoke, you get WAYYY fucked up because it floods your brain with seretonin...I've heard of some people taking a ton of this stuff before or after rolling to replenish seretonin.

Has anyone heard of this/tried it personally? I took the 5-HTP about 2 hours ago, and I'm about to toke up now...I'll report back hahah, but I'm still curious if anyone else knows about this...or similar things...

 

good luck?

 

Heard about the St John's Wort, never about 5-HTP though. Interesting to see your results however, and would think it might have some effect. I wish the best to you and otherwise I would say take a long break, but that would be hypocritical as I don't take breaks.

 

i've never heard of it

 

I tried it with a roll, but I dunno about weed, you might want to take it for a few days before and then test it out, but I also read that taking 5-htp all the time can be detrimental to your natural formulation of serotonin, so yea maybe take breaks, smoke every other day or every two days, you may just not be appreciating the smoke which you inhale.

EDIT: by the way I didn't notice anything with the thuntun and 5-htp combo either.

 

5HT is serotonin, I'm not sure what difference the P makes. Let us know if it works!

 

so if these are 'herbal supplements' does that mean you can get them at your local vitamin shop?

 

you can buy 5htp where ever vitamins are sold.
I take it regularly. Many weekends for me involve LSD and/or MDMA on Friday and Saturday evening. I typically take 100mg on Sunday nights and 50mg on Monday and usually feel pretty good.

taking it to improve a high, I dunno about that.

 

i must try.

 

i'd heard the same thing, and tried it a few days ago. it seems to make the high a little bit more trippy- i definitely got more stoned off of 5 hits than i should have.

it also pretty much saved me during the "next day depression" i got the only time i ever did MDMA.

 

ha

you must be getting some shit coke, ya know baking powder doesn't keep me up either, or your picture is deceiving and you are actually like 400lbs

lol @ 17 year old girl who thinks she can take 3gs of coke

been snortin since you were 12 or something?

 

5-htp is a precursor to serotonin. weed has nothing to do with serotonin. i doubt you are gonna get what you're looking for.

take some acid.

 

haha actually i really just don't like coke...and no, i've never done anywhere near three grams at once...or total probably. i did 3 fat lines of this really pure stuff from eastern europe or something and i got kinda zooted (i was smoking though too), i had the worst tasting drip sinus shit going down my throat, and my entire left sinus cavity from my eyebrow to ear to my neck felt like it was being doused in acid (not LSD, the other kind hahah)

needless to say, that's the last time i touched the stuff haha.

seriously though, i've slept on 40 mgs of adderall, 5 hour energy shits, those 3 lines of coke haha - i could hibernate.
but i digress...


MY FINDINGS:

so i definately did get a lot higher...however, i think the effects would have been more intense had that not been my 5th time smoking that day...and if i had not been smoking nonstop everyday for like, months. i'm gonna need to take at least two weeks off before i can give accurate results.

but we're definately on to something here guys... 8)

 

and no, i am not 400 pounds hahaha

 

didnt look like it, just sayin, you'd have to be to take 3gs and still be awake

drip is pretty nasty, even worse when you add blood to the equation usually makes me puke

is this 5-htp stuff labeled "5-htp" as in, if i go into the store and ask for that, they'll know what im talking about?

btw my post was meant in a joking manner so dont take offense to it (im told i come off like a dick sometimes)

 

thank you show, i sense the "duh" sentiment coming through your post but i appreciate it anyway

 

all i'll say about 5-htp is firstly, be careful. i was taking this for anxiety & depression. if you are on any kind of antidepressent or SSRI's do not take 5-htp because they both up Seritonin in the brain, having too much seritonin is just as bad as having too little. having too much can cause Serotonin syndrome which is not nice. i had a mild form of serotonin syndrome & it aint nice, i only took a low dose too.

a little bit of info on SS
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin_syndrome

 

is this information accurate?
ive read from online sources that long term use of 5-HTP causes overproduction of serotonin which leads to increased serotonin release.


"5-HTP crosses the blood-brain barrier, while 5-HT does not. Excess 5-HTP, especially when administered with Vitamin B6, is thought to be metabolized and excreted.

The psychoactive action of 5-HTP is thought to derive from its effect on serotonin synthesis in central nervous system tissue. It is believed that an artificially high supply of 5-HTP causes the brain's serotonin-producing neurons to increase production. Increased serotonin production then leads to increased serotonin release."

 

Drugs like MDMA inhibit the reuptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin). 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is a natural percursor to neurotransmitter serotonin, thus it causes the brains neurons to produce more serotonin. This has nothing to do with feeling more high, and everything to do with balancing out your mood regulator.