Story
ME/CFS
No benefit
Moderate Independent (blog, forum, news)
Sleep problems none
ME/CFS · Moderate · forums.phoenixrising.me · Jul 2021
ME/CFS
Moderate → no benefit
Metabolic Trap//Who got worse on l-tryptophan?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Jul 2021
Summary
L-tryptophan made Wishful's ME symptoms worse, by her own account on a forum thread comparing reactions to tryptophan and 5-HTP. Dose, illness duration and severity were not given. She contrasted this with 5-HTP, which she found about as effective as melatonin for her insomnia but otherwise without noticeable effect. No relapse or maintenance applies since she reported no benefit from tryptophan itself. No follow-up on whether she retried it at a different dose was given.