5HTP

[clevermanka]

Last night, after going for drinks with shrijani and pamelonian, I went to look in on the guinea pigs of some folks who are out of town. Fed them, watered them, tried to put them (I had only a 25% success rate on that).

Coming home, I drove past the Merc and I remembered a couple people on the Yahoo! Fructose Malabsorption list talk about using 5HTP for their fruc-mal* depression issues. Wiki article on it here. I popped in and bought a bottle ($15/30 pills--yikes). I don't know if it's psychological, but I do feel better today. Of course, the fact that I'm leaving early for a three-day weekend doesn't hurt. What does hurt is my stomach. The directions on the 5HTP say that it can cause stomach upset and nausea which I can vouch for. I woke up around 5:00 this morning with some stomach pain (no nausea yet), but was able to fall back asleep. Tummy still feels a little delicate. I think I'll only take this on my big eating days Su-T-R-Sa. The stomach discomfort certainly discourages me from eating on my light food days, so there's at least one benefit.

I washed my hair this morning. Big mistake. I did it so I wouldn't be tempted to wash it this weekend with the shampoo at the hotel (I love using the little sample bottles of 'poo), but now it is totally out of control. I should have worn a head scarf.

I think I shall leave at 10:00 a.m. instead of noon. I've wrapped up all my loose ends here at the office and if I go home earlier I can squeeze in a couple loads of laundry and a trip downtown to Weaver's for some new underwear and peds. I have only two pairs of peds left (that I can find). WTF?

* I don't know if this is an actual abbreviation, but I'm getting tired of writing out "Fructose Malabsorption" over and over.

Comments

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

Have a nice weekend.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It should be a good time.

I love spending time with the girl I'm rooming with and we never get to hang out (she has a kid and we're both so busy). So this is about the only time of the year we get to spend more than an hour in each other's company. Yay!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I think Target also has peds -- gee, in the 1950's they were everywhere. I still need to pack and do all my stuff. Did nothing yesterday.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

They do, but Weaver's is closer...and locally owned. =)

I haven't packed a thing yet, either! I'm still trying to figure out if I'm going to bother bringing a dress and lookin' all purty for Saturday night since I'm not participating in the Masquerade.

EDIT: sigh. OK, well never mind. Weaver's doesn't have any in stock. Off to Target I go!

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

have a great weekend. I SO wish I was getting out early today!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I decided against the dress. I just gave it some thought and decided that there was no particular reason for me to bring one, especially when I am trying to pack very light.

[ngundarain.livejournal.com]

My hair was out of control today as well, I totally feel the pain :(

[ngundarain.livejournal.com]

By the way, I am in love with planetfabulon.com. It's so ridiculously fabulous I had to make it my homepage!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

oh well, at least Target gives 5% to the local community in contributions, eh?

I hve lovely curl girl hair info now. Gawd bless our darker sisters.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yay!!! I'm so glad you like it.

[bestill.livejournal.com]

I think you are back now and I hope you had a good time.

I tried taking 5HTP for depression quite a few years ago, and didn't notice a difference. But maybe I was more depressed because it was expensive. It's supposed to be kind of a fix-all for all kinds of things, including sleeping better for people with narcolepsy. I wish it had done something for me!