Tryptophan is the gentle, natural alternative, when you can not fall asleep. And in contrast to things like valerian it also works really ;-) Because both the happiness hormone serotonin, as well as the sleep hormone melatonin are produced in the body from the amino acid tryptophan. This one finds in virtually any protein-rich food, such as in milk. Therefore, the way is also the tip to drink in the evening a glass of milk! But in the food are always also many other amino acids that compete for absorption into the body. Taking tryptophan by itself, so it can be recorded correctly and will help in the evening in forming the sleep hormone.
The result: After about 35-45 minutes, depending on the dosage felt an incipient fatigue and can then sleep like a baby, but it will be by no means blown away. If you do not really goes to bed and did not want to sleep, so you will not either. Therefore tryptophan for example can also be used for easy sentiment a day. At higher doses it can cause noticeable pleasant "feelings of happiness" because of the short term significantly increased serotonin levels, it says also serotonin Flash. Asleep then goes really very simple. Overdosing may be the way tryptophan hardly because an excess causes again more tryptophan is degraded. Everyone has to find the right dosage for him so yourself. As a rule, but should 1-3 capsules work well.
!!! But one thing is essentially important: tryptophan affects almost exclusively only if it is taken as possible on an empty stomach so. Immediately after a meal, the effect would be zero. So you should at best the last 2 hours (better even longer) have not eaten, so that it can act properly. However, this advice is quite good anyway before bedtime.
Tryptophan can incidentally also be taken without any problems when you wake up at night and can not fall asleep. Because unlike "real" sleeping pills, there is no hangover or other negative effect on the next day. So you will not wake up KO, even if after sleeping only a few hours. Because the sleep by tryptophan is a completely natural, not artificially induced.
DISCLAIMER: I as a precaution out that this is only subjective experiences. Each person reacts differently, even if this is only one amino acid. Those who suffer from long-lasting sleep problems, this should be also clarify professionally prefer. But acute tryptophan helps correctly applied in any case!
