Switching to 5htp from Zoloft, but side effects?

Posted by geno on June 27, 2002, at 19:41:24

Im currenty been titrating down from 50mg to 25mg for the last 2 weeks. I also started 50mg of 5htp in the morning with 25mg of zoloft. It seems a day or 2 later, after stopping the zoloft, i get these "electrical shock sensations". I figured 5htp would help such, but guess not. Someone posted to take the 25mg of zoloft every other day. How much and when should i take the 5htp? say 50mg for now, then up to 100mg day/night when i finally get off zoloft?
I under stand sssri blocks the reuptake of seratonin, or presynaptic antangonist which allows more seratonin to be inside the synapse and unable to reuptake back to the first pre nerve cell. 5thp, on the other hand, releases more seratonin or makes more. So what is better> reuptake or more seratonin release? im confused.
geno

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Switching to 5htp from Zoloft, but side effects? geno 6/27/02
Re: Switching to 5htp from Zoloft, but side effects? bookgurl99 6/27/02
Re: Switching to 5htp from Zoloft, but side effects? hildi 6/30/02
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