Hi all,
I've started on a new "sleep aid" supplement that I bought off of amazon which has had the opposite effect... containing the following ingredients:
Magnesium (112mg)
5-HTP (90mg)
L-Tryptophan (100mg)
and some other ingredients in smaller doses:
Montmorency Cherry
Grape Skin Extract
Watermelon extract
Chamomile
L-Taurine
Biotin
The problem is, before taking the supplement I had been sleeping really well for months. I only bought this supplement because I wanted to start taking L-Tyrosine and 5-htp for anxiety/irritability and general mood balance and this supplement supplied a lower dose compared to other supplements.
I take the L-Tyrosine supplement during the day with no negative effects, however I take the "neuro rest" supplement 30 minutes before I go to bed and it does make me sleepy, and generally I can get to sleep (although not as easy), the main problem is it wakes me up in the middle of the night and I struggle to get a full night sleep, so it's having an adverse effect on my sleep. I have only been taking this supplement for 4 or 5 nights now, but I had been sleeping well for months now and this is the only thing that I've changed.
I take a couple of other supplements, probiotics, vit b complex and N-Acetyl Glucosamine and i'm also on low dose of beta blockers, not sure if that would have an effect on 5htp?
Any opinions or anyone else had a similar effect?
