A couple of years ago, my functional medicine doctor ran a lot of labs, one of which was serotonin. It came back elevated, and I thought little of it. I do not take any meds that would affect serotonin.
A year or so later, I decided to look into it again. I realized foods that increase serotonin are foods that I had naturally been avoiding because I found over the years they make me feel bad(so many varied symptoms).
Lately I have been having super fatigue/malaise and the idea of that serotonin popped in my head again. I did a Pubmed search of elevated serotonin and fatigue, and I kept seeing articles about physical exertion causing elevated serotonin. That makes me think of the PEM part of ME/CFS.
I was listening to a podcast of two guys discussing natural ways to decrease serotonin naturally, and they mentioned that hibernation involves a number of factors, but increased serotonin was one of them! There are days I could swear my body would love to go into hibernation!
So, has anyone else had their serotonin levels tested? Were yours elevated? Do you react to high serotonin foods also?
If anyone knows of what kind of physician to see that can figure out WHY my serotonin levels are elevated, I would appreciate it. Bonus points for anyone who can name a physician who could do telemed to handle this!
A year or so later, I decided to look into it again. I realized foods that increase serotonin are foods that I had naturally been avoiding because I found over the years they make me feel bad(so many varied symptoms).
Lately I have been having super fatigue/malaise and the idea of that serotonin popped in my head again. I did a Pubmed search of elevated serotonin and fatigue, and I kept seeing articles about physical exertion causing elevated serotonin. That makes me think of the PEM part of ME/CFS.
I was listening to a podcast of two guys discussing natural ways to decrease serotonin naturally, and they mentioned that hibernation involves a number of factors, but increased serotonin was one of them! There are days I could swear my body would love to go into hibernation!
So, has anyone else had their serotonin levels tested? Were yours elevated? Do you react to high serotonin foods also?
If anyone knows of what kind of physician to see that can figure out WHY my serotonin levels are elevated, I would appreciate it. Bonus points for anyone who can name a physician who could do telemed to handle this!