Has anyone tried 5-HTP for anxiety,depression or ocd?

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I've just started taking herbal 5-HTP capsules for my anxiety and OCD a friend said they worked great for her and really helped with her anxiety. Has anyone on here tried them and if so what was your experience? did they help in any way.

I tried this for about a year and I don't feel it made any difference whatsoever.

Now taking Sertraline and this definitely works

I take them as I suffer from dreadful PMT and they really helped me . I noticed when I stopped taking them that the symptoms came back so went back on them. I only take a very low dose though as I was too sleepy on anything over 150mg .

ok thanks for replying. I'm only on day 2 of taking them I thought I'd give them a go I'm not expecting them to help a great deal either to be honest. I suppose if herbal meds were wonder drugs they'd be no need for actual prescription meds.

I tried them and they did nothing....actually I'd go as far as to say they were dangerous for me as it delayed me getting proper medical help whilst I 'waited for them to kick in'. Having said that, they were life changing for a friend of mine (which is why I stuck with them). I think it probably depends on the cause and severity of your anxiety