Originally Posted by
Deno
Yeah, I tried 5-HTP and it did work as a mood enhancer. But I've been suffering from anxiety and panic attacks lately for no reason and everything is just fine in my lifestyle. For example, when I get heart palpitations and I can clearly feel my heart beat, right away I think the worse. My brain is telling me and the body that I'm sick, that I have a heart disease, all kinds of psychiatric nonsense and this triggers my panic attacks. I sometimes have a bad dream, only to wake up with panic attacks thinking I will have a heart attack, this and that it's scary.
Last night I woke up because I felt my heart pounding and pounding for no reason so as I started to worry really bad heartburn kicked in. Right away my brain signal sends me a warning thinking I'm about to have a heart attack. I got dressed up, wanted to go to E.R but somehow calmed myself down, watched tv and went back to bed around 1:30AM. That's why 5-HTP might not do the trick. I think my seratonin levels are fine, maybe dopamine is a little messed up but whatever. I was hoping that my doctor will give me some low dose of xanax or clorazpam but all of them are benzos and could be addictive. Apparently PRAXIL treats anxiety/panick attacks, it's also an anti-depressant, helps people with ED, COD, and other disorders. So we'll see how I respond.