HOW HOMEOPATHIC SEROTONIN CAN HELP YOUR HEALTH

First of all: what is serotonin and why is it important?

Serotonin, also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), is a monoamine neurotransmitter. It also acts as a hormone.

Serotonin plays several roles in your body, including influencing learning, memory, happiness as well as regulating body temperature, sleep, sexual behavior and hunger. Lack of enough serotonin is thought to play a role in depression, anxiety, mania and other health conditions.

What does serotonin do for me?

Mood: Serotonin in your brain regulates your mood. It’s often called your body’s natural “feel good” chemical. When serotonin is at normal levels, you feel more focused, emotionally stable, happier and calmer. Low levels of serotonin are associated with depression. Many medications used to treat anxiety, depression and other mood disorders often target ways to increase the level of serotonin in your brain.

Digestion: Most of your body’s serotonin is in your GI tract where it helps control your bowel function and plays a role in protecting your gut. Your gut can increase serotonin release to speed digestion to rid your body of irritating foods or toxic products. Serotonin also plays a part in reducing your appetite while eating.

Nausea: Nausea is triggered when serotonin is released into your gut faster than it can be digested. The chemical message is received by your brain, which you perceive as nausea. Many drugs used to reduce feelings of nausea and vomiting target specific serotonin receptors in your brain.

Sleep: Serotonin, together with another neurotransmitter dopamine, plays a role in the quality of your sleep (how well and how long you sleep). Your brain also needs serotonin to make melatonin, a hormone that regulates your sleep-wake cycle.

So, what happens if we have low levels of serotonin in our body?

Low levels of serotonin may be associated with many health conditions including:

• Depression and other mood problems.
• Anxiety.
• Sleep problems.
• Digestive problems.
• Suicidal behavior.
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Panic disorders.

Serotonin levels are typically balanced with anti-depressant pharmaceutical drugs. While these can work for many people, they don’t work for everyone and some people do not tolerate the side effects very well.

This is where homeopathy comes in. In particular, what is called homo-chord remedy, which means a combination of many different potencies of the same remedy.

This remedy has been very effective in cases of severe depression, mania and OCD, where other well chosen remedies failed.