Nature's Way Supplement for Healthy Mood & Sleep Support: 5-HTP, L-5-Hydroxytryptophan, Vitamin B6 & C

S.S.: My provider suggested this to me, and it has been a great help!

United States on Nov 12, 2023

IamAzonGuru101: I take 2 tablets (100 mg) nightly. It's a must for sleep. It's important to take it on an empty stomach or its expensive urine. Unless it's taken with something that only has carbs but not any protein. Tryptophan is an amino acid which competes with all other amino acids for metabolism. So I take mine with a small serving of a simple carb. (simple carbs are faster acting than complex carbs like in bread or potatoes). I take it with a small glass of apple juice or other fruit juice on an empty stomach. This helps the efficiency of the metabolism. When taken on an empty stomach with a small simple carb serving without protein, is like a guided missile from your stomach to your brain. It gives it the best chance at crossing the BBB- blood brain barrier. Tryptophan is the precursor for serotonin. Serotonin is the precursor for melatonin. Melatonin is the hormone that is secreted by the pineal gland and is known to regulate the sleep cycle by controlling the circadian rhythm. Tryptophan is broken down in your body to 5HTP so this supplement has already taken that step for you. 5HTP must be enteric coated or it won't survive your stomach acid for brain metabolism. Also, it is known that...

United States on Sep 21, 2023

Mary Ann Mokar: I have fibro and I have used this before, stared to take it again because i wasn't sleeping well. It helped me alot again.

United States on Aug 12, 2023

Laone08: As someone who has had a serious pain condition since I was 8 years old which also causes a metabolism imbalance making insomnia something I have faced every night of my life, I have been pleasantly surprised by 5-HTP. I'm sleeping.

I did studies on the supplement before purchasing to assure it didn't have adverse side effects to the many narcotics I live on. I had no conflicts w/ any meds I'm on so I gave it a go. I read that it can cause vivid dreaming and nightmares, anxiety and upset stomach but for me it has been wonderful. I have always been a vivid dreamer as well as lucid dreamer when I have been able to sleep, so for me, I dream more than normal but I haven't experienced any nightmares... though I am dreaming of people that I haven't thought about in 20+ years, so it must be where and how it acts on the brain. I haven't had the horrific nightmares so many people warned about but honestly, what are nightmares for some aren't nightmares for all. One thing I have realized that could be a concern for some people similar to me that have suffered from insomnia for 30+ years is I have become almost addicted to sleep and so fascinated by the dreams that I have become a...

United States on Sep 15, 2011