5HTP and Appetite

[emma1]

My daughter has been taking 50 mg of 5HTP for about 4 weeks. It is the last supplement that I have added. Before that I added SAMe about 6-7 weeks ago. And about two weeks ago I reduced her inositol from 2 grams to 500 mgs. (She also takes zithromax, magnesium taurate, zyrtec and probiotics, but has been taking those for quite a while.)

 

I am dealing with strep induced symptoms, with mostly only OCD "thoughts."

 

About two weeks ago, her appetite dropped off dramatically. She says she feels sick to her stomach (mildly) and not hungry. Otherwise, she seems fine. I stopped the 5HTP for a couple of days and the appetite returned. I started it again, and with four days, the appetite was gone again.

 

I *think* the 5HTP is helping with the OCD, but this appetite loss is concerning to me, as none of the other supplements were causing any side effects. Also, she is already slim, and I do not want her thinner.

 

Anyone else experiencing anything like this with 5HTP? Do you think it is the 5HTP or its combo with something else I am giving? I guess it could also be the zithromax that is causing upset because of its long-term use (500 mgs every 5 days)?

[faith]

How do you think its helping with the ocd? Does she say she is obsessing less while on it? Did those thoughts return when you didn't give the 5-htp for those days? any other side effects from that, ie. sleepy, listless.

 

 

Faith

[Chemar]

Hi Emma

my son no longer takes 5HTP for his OCD (only inositol and methionine now) but I cant say I recall any appetite suppressant effect from before and he was on it for about 4 yrs at 50 mg per night...

 

however

 

I just found a note on weight reduction-serotonin increase on iHerb's Natural Library that could explain this

5HTP Info

[emma1]

Cheri, I started with your link and kept going. 5HTP can be used to lose weight, so I am thinking that is our issue. Just don't know what to do now. She is naturally slim, but she needs to eat to keep healthy or she will be *too* slim. She is sometimes barely touching dinner, and I never see her with snacks anymore.

 

I think the 5HTP is helping her OCD thoughts because she started telling me that she wasn't having the problems with the thoughts after we started it up. What do you all think? The SAMe helped but didn't really cut it on its own with the inositol (even at higher inositol doses). Should I try 5HTP every other day? I was thinking about adding St. John's Wort -- do you think that with the SAMe might work? Any other ideas?

 

I hate to give up the benefit of the 5HTP, but she does need to eat!