Solgar Griffonia 5-HTP Complex – Sleep and Mood Support with Valerian Root, Magnesium, and Vitamin B6 - Vegan & Gluten Free - Pack of 30

I started taking 5-HTP during a really difficult time and it definitely helped me. After a couple weeks or so I started noticing that my mood has improved. Overall, I was feeling much happier. This particular product also includes valerian root. I suspect this is what instantly made me sleep easier and made my dreams super vivid! Although this product isn’t the cheapest, I would definitely say it is worth every penny.

Good product

I gave them four stars because, although they defently work for sleep, depression, anxiety etc, they do give stomach pains and cause very vivid dreams! These dreams (which are every night, even he past week In which I have not taken 5htp) were enjoyable at first but are sometimes a little intense and in a way go against the reason I started taking them-which was to calm down in general, and these dreams, although not nightmares, are not calming. And as for the stomach pains, well it's just about worth it for me however as a note don't go for a walk straight after ingestion because the pain can be very bad then! As for the good side, although I haven't tried other anti depressant pills, they seem to work well; I recently compared all my problems to a friend as once similar to a train crash, and now they seem more like a toy train crash.All in all good, and I'll be buying them in again because I see them as more natural than pills that block out emotions, as these almost just improve them

Hydroxytryptophan is serotonin. If like me you have been clinically depressed on and off for seven years and on SSRIs from the docs (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) i.e. citalopram; escitalopram, etc - then do what I did sooner than I did and get off them. It took me a whole year of cutting down bit by bit - that's how addictive they are. I tried cold turkey and ended up worse off than when i started. Then get these. No side effects. No downside (except the cost). They work. You sleep better, feel better and can think better. Google serotonin to find out what happens when your brain doesn't produce enough. Not fun. In fact debilitating to the extreme. How do I know they work and it's not just a placebo? because i stopped taking them, thinking they were just another health shop rip-off (50% more expensive than here for exactly same product). My wife bought me some more - at least I thought she did, she just got vitamins and put them in the old bottle. After a week i felt awful. Could not understand it. After a month I was as bad as I used to be. So back on the genuine item, unknown to me three weeks later. After a week I felt better. I did not know what my amateur scientist wife had done but was very grateful she had as she effectively cancelled any placebo effect. For me they work. Can't guarantee they will for you of course as your illness may be due to causes other than lack of serotonin. But the simple fact is, they are safe and have none of the horrific sideeffects of the drugs. What were they? Three stone on in weight in two years. It took me six months to get that off after i stopped the drugs. Depression. What's the point of antidepressants that depress you? Dizzy. Lack of concentration. Didn't care if i lived or died. Listlessness. Horrific nightmares. Need I go on? I would be interested to hear what other users of this think.

I took these for a month and my normal menopause anxiety, depression and short temper at everything was feeling much better. I thought it wasmaybe the sunnier weather, more time in the garden or just less things annoying me but then ran out. I thought i'd better order some more but was in no rush really but then the last two days without them i have feel angry and sad all day, anxiety in my stomach again, no patience and realised they must have had so much more effect than i thought. I think because i didn't suddenly feel better or 'fixed' i didn't notice the cumulative improvement in my mood until i am without. These are now out of stock so had to reorder exact same ones on Amazon but 90 insread of 30 pills. Will always have these now.

I'd like to be more generous and I really wanted them to work, but after religiously taking them every night for two months I have noticed absolutely zero improvement to my mood, energy or most importantly to the quality of my sleep. Total waste of money.

Going through the peri-menopause these have been great for anxious feelings and insomnia.I took them only when I was getting the symptoms, and then started taking them every night. However, taking one every night made my tummy feel bloated and I was getting awful cramps.So I just take them infrequently now when I get anxious feelings.My partner takes them on odd occasions too and he says it’s helped him

I am a notoriously bad sleeper. Thought I would give these a go. Inexplicably these seemed to keep me totally awake! So a wasted bottle as I am not going to have any more. Of course, may well work well for others.