Tag: 5-HT

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SSRI drugs cause depression/anxiety, blocking serotonin rapidly reverses the latter

It is hard to come up with a more controversial statement in psychiatry than to say that…

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Blocking serotonin may treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

While the meta-study only reviewed studies about blocking the 5-HT3 receptor, other studies listed below directly implicate…

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Inhibiting dopamine breakdown reverses obesity WITHOUT caloric restriction

Yet another study showing that the dogma we have been fed for decades – eat less and…

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Blocking serotonin (5-HT) stops withdrawal symptoms in addicts

The role of 5-HT and other stress mediators such as cortisol, adrenaline, estrogen, prolactin, histamine, etc has…

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Serotonin (5-HT) drives diabetes and liver disease, blocking it is therapeutic

After more than a decade of doing research in bioenergetics, I have come to the conclusion that…

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High serotonin linked to poor aging trajectory (brain atrophy and depression)

This is one of the studies that Big Pharma will probably spend a lot of money on…

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Serotonin (5-HT) may drive both schizophrenia and Alzheimer Disease (AD)

Unbeknownst to most people, psychiatry has started to make a quiet “paradigm shift” in regards to psychotic…

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Atherosclerosis linked to high estrogen/cortisol/serotonin, low androgens

The findings of the study are not surprising, but I wanted to post it on the blog…

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SSRI/serotonin cause heart damage/failure

The role of serotonin in fibrotic conditions is well-known in research circles but is a taboo topic…

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Elevated serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) drive nightmares in PTSD

More than a quarter of all military/veteran personnel are estimated to have some form/level of PTSD, regardless…