5-HTP Maximum Strength 400mg Griffonia Seed Extract 240 Vegan Tablets

Please, note that I'm not a doctor nor an advisor of any kind, this is my consumer review after trying more products and trying to keep my body healthy in the past 2 years, in order to sleep. I got sleeping problems since a teenager.I have been taking these pills for around 2 months. At first during the night, 2 hours before my desired sleeping time, then with my main meal at noon. I find the second option better for me.It does help to sleep, when there was a good weather I used to exercise and that activity helped me to sleep. Then I stopped exercising and couldn't sleep at all until it was 3am and I had to wake up at 6am. With my body (33, Male, 76kg or 167lbs) one pill with the main meal makes me sleep as well as if I exercised.This helped me to sleep 6-9 hours per day, but still my deep sleep is low while my REM is fine. Before this supplement my deep sleep was bad as well, so this just helped me to go to bed tired and to sleep almost when I put my head on the pillow.But they are not miraculous, you need to stop taking caffeine after noon and stop eating unhealthy food. If you have problems sleeping this was already a must. Combining these pills with exercising might be the best thing to do, I'll do this when the good weather comes.As a side effect, I eat way less than before. The pills make me wake up not hungry at all and food satiates me way faster. I have to force myself to have a dinner. I never had my stomach closed to food before.This induced me on a heavy fasting without even noticing it.As a male, this nutritional problem interfered with my sexual activity, I noticed that I was having worse erections and less frequently, which came with the fast weight loss (late October my weight was 79kg or 174lbs), the lack of fats and proteins affected me.Since I tried to eat more quality foods, my sexual activity improved and I would say better than before taking the supplement (maybe due to a better sleep).It took me one month to battle with the fasting side effects (I still need to force myself to eat sometimes), but now I believe I'm better taking this supplement as described before. I think taking this tablet during the main meal helped me to battle the not being hungry issue.

Tried all sort of things over the last couple of years and I can honestly say that these tablets have made a significant improvement to my sleep. I now (on average) wake up only once to go to the loo (Diab type 2) and fall happily back for another 'session' afterwards. Could be cheaper but as they seem to work with me, I'm not complaining.

Really pleased with this - for myself. Always ask your doctor first especially if you are on other medications as there can be interactions. Also ref alcohol - don’t take this within 6 hours of consuming alcohol - whatever time of day is “five o’clock for you!” Time it accordingly. So, after only 2 weeks I have gone from 3/10 to about 8/10 in terms of the way I feel - so a really good result. Of course if you feel better during the the day you will be less stressed and will sleep better at night. I really recommend this (if your doctor is agreeable) and I think it is meant only for temporary use - not continuous. So I will keep it up for a few more weeks now that the sun is shining and probably start it back again in late October to beat the winter blues! This is a great way to boost your body’s natural process but remember that the body has a very fine chemical balance so dont over do it and proceed with caution.

I just want to say - anyone suffering from depression should give these a try. I’ve had depression for the good part of my existence and I tried numerous treatments over the years. Therapy, SSRIs, SNRIs, exercise, Bach herb drops, meditation, ... you name it. Everything helped to an extent apart from the medication. But after using these, I realised that my depression is most probably caused by a chemical imbalance in my brain which the previous medication (dangerous one btw) did a lousy job at fixing. Now you can argue it’s a placebo effect and I’m not going to argue, because I don’t have a scientific proof. But if placebo is the answer, I’m in!!! I have a pretty bad memory (seems to be an aftermath of depression) and I sometimes forget to take these. And it’s usually after a bad day that I realise I forgot to take them. I urge you, give these a try, you have nothing to lose. You can even try another brand or strength and they may not turn out to help your specific condition. But having depression as a life companion I’m telling you anything that even remotely promises to help is worth trying. This happens to be the thing that helps me and it may very well be that for you as well. GL

I've struggled with high-functioning anxiety and depression for 10+ years. I've been prescribed SSRIs, benzos, etc and was never comfortable taking them for long periods of time, or at all. I told myself "enough is enough" and built up a self-care arsenal of natural supplements -- including this one (it was the first one I started taking).All I can say is: it WORKS. I took my first dose in the morning and felt calmer quite instantly, to the point where I even felt a little bit sleepy (not fatigued, just pleasantly tired). I then switched to taking it in the evening a couple of hours before bed, and it has helped me a lot. I wake up the next morning feeling more balanced, less anxious, and happier.I will also add that despite panic-ridden and hard-hitting anxiety, I don't suffer from insomnia. It's like my nervous system is constantly on overdrive, but I can fall asleep and stay asleep (partially because I trained myself into it). Since taking 5-HTP, I fall into even deeper and more sound sleep. This makes me think it could really help people that have sleep issues.