Solgar 5-HTP Complex - 90 Veg Capsules

Always good quality supplements from Solgar. Certainly promotes better sleep when taken before bedtime. 5HTP is a great alternative to pharmaceutical sleep medication which just knocks you out.

I started taking Solgar 5HTP on the advice of my naturopath. I'm 45 and started experiencing severe perimenopausal anxiety and low mood. I'm a psychotherapist with over 20 years in the profession and my anxiety and low mood did not make sense to me; I'm happy with life, my relationship, with work and I have no worries or concerns. It was only after speaking to my naturopath that I realised I was experiencing a host of other perimenopausal symptoms too (insomnia, the occasional hot flash etc).Taking 3 x 5HTP every day had a significant impact on my mood and I soon felt like me again. I felt like I could cope with life again and everything looked brighter and sharper.I took the Solgar 5HTP for about 6 months and then started dropping them off from 3 a day, to 2 a day, to 1 a day and finally none. The perimenopausal anxiety and low mood hasn't come back but I would certainly take 5HTP again if I needed to.Prior to taking the Solgar 5HTP I took a cheaper brand of 5HTP that did absolutely nothing. My naturopath recommended the Solgar brand of 5HTP which really does work.I cannot recommend this enough.UPDATE JANUARY 2018Well, as expected, the perimenopause anxiety did come back and I’m now back on three 5HTP a day. I can see me being on this throughout the perimenopause as it’s such a life changer. My mood feel stable, I feel calmer and more emotionally resilient. This really does work and I highly recommend it.Please remember that you should NOT take 5HTP if you also take antidepressants.

This has actually helped me sleep, so I would recommend it

This is a good product but for anyone looking to use these for mood/anxiety during the day time I wouldn't recommend since these include valerian and caused me too much fatigue/brain fog. So I'd definitely opt for a brand without valerian included.

This keeps me happy, and stable. It has improved the quality of my life with seemingly no limits. Reduced stress, therefore my blood pressure is down. The magnesium has given me the best sleep in the last 15 years, I've gone from 4 to 6 hours a night to 8. I'm taking one at 06:00 and one at 14:00... If I miss one I'm a raging mess lol. Have this one subscription - it's a life saver for me :)

Excelent

I usually only buy two brands of supplements and this is one. I found I slept slightly better and mood was also slightly better (I do get mood swings so that could be it). But there were too many added ingredients in this brand, two being maltodextrin and bulking agents - the other brand I normally get only has three added natural ingredients. Also these capsules upset my stomach (the direction do say take with food if this happens). So when the bottle is finished, I think I will stick to my other brand.

I don’t normally write reviews, but felt it was important given 5-htp may help people manage their mental health. I am peri-menopausal and been suffering with very bad anxiety and low mood, which in turn has lead to very horrific insomnia (night after night of no sleep). Never suffered with anxiety or insomnia until I hit peri-menopause. I have started HRT (Bioidentical due to family history of cancer) but is not the silver bullet I had hoped for and been told it could take six to nine months for my body to adjust. I did try an SSRI antidepressant, but I had a very bad reaction so now all SSRIs are not an option. So I started looking at alternatives tried many natural supplements, but none have worked like 5-HTTP.I started on 50ml 3 times a day (different brand at first). I saw some improvement, but it was small. After two weeks I moved up to 2 x 50ml and 1 x 100ml a day and this is when my sleep started to improve. It didn’t get better over night, but slowly it is improving. I am definitely more positive and smiling more. Then last week I move up to 1x50ml and 2x100ml and suddenly I was sleeping up to five hours solid. My anxiety is also reduced. It is not gone completely, but much more manageable.The challenge with 5-htp is they don’t last as long in your system as pharmaceutical ADs do and they are expensive compared to a prescribed meds by your GP. However, I have had no nasty side effects at all.It is still early days (on week 4) but I am so happy with the results as I was in a horrible place.

I bought this for my husband because it raises seratonin levels in the brain (one of the feel good chemicals in the brain, and one of the most commonly deficient in people). As he was getting older, he was getting crabbier and crabbier, grouchy, negative, and would bark at me for no reason. I was so fed up! Then I read an article that talked about how men express depression different than women, they get angry and even aggressive. So I found a quiz on line and asked him the questions about his feelings in various areas. The quiz results tell you which feel good brain chemical is low, or lowest (it ranks them). For him, his seratonin was very low. I bought this and waited for a grouchy spell (didn't take long) so I asked him to take one (fortunately he was open to taking it) in 20 minutes, he was like a different person! He was smiling and joking around! The effect lasts 3-4 hours, so he now takes them with breakfast, lunch and dinner. The man I married was back! Thank God because I didn't like the other guy at all! Highly, Highly, Highly recommend! (P.S. some people need to take 2 pills at a time, depends on the person, if that's too much, you just get sleepy, so then you back off to 1 again. Mine hubby only needs 1 pill three times per day. This stuff can save a marriage!

Happy with the expiry date , helps avoiding any possible anxiety due to stress , its not addictive i take it only if i feel i need

Classic 5-HTP supplement from a well-regarded naturalist brand. It can help with occasional sleeplessness.

I take one of these before bed with a little bit of chocolate to help activate it. It helps me sleep more quickly. I've noticed a slightly better mood during the day but can't say if it's because of extra serotonin, or from a better night sleep or just placebo effect. But this stuff definitely makes me a bit more drowsy in about 20 minutes, without the weird feeling that sleeping pills have.

I usually get it as some other stuff here for an old friend of mine, who doesn't use Internet. She says it does work.For us we use it sometimes as sleep aid and in the end of a stressful day.I'd say it is a very effective supplement, but also gives some vivid dreams. For that reason we don't use it so often as others.But we do love "Solgar" and trust them.