Serotonin (5-HT)
☆ WatchMood, sleep, appetite, digestion, pain, sexual function
Too little may be associated with
Depression, anxiety, migraines
Too much may be associated with
Serotonin syndrome (usually from medications), agitation
Informational only — not medical advice.
Stimuli that influence it
- 5-HTP (substance)
- Aerobic exercise (behavior)
- Ashwagandha (substance)
- Bacopa monnieri (substance)
- CBD (substance)
- Chocolate (dark) (substance)
- Cocaine (substance)
- Curcumin (substance)
- Cycling (behavior)
- Fermented foods (substance)
- Fish oil (substance)
- Folate (substance)
- Gratitude journaling (behavior)
- Helping others (behavior)
- L-theanine (substance)
- LSD (substance)
- Massage (behavior)
- MDMA (substance)
- Meditation (behavior)
- Mindfulness practice (behavior)
- Morning bright light (behavior)
- Nature exposure (behavior)
- Omega-3 fatty acids (substance)
- Orgasm (behavior)
- Petting a dog or cat (behavior)
- Prayer (behavior)
- Probiotics (substance)
- Psilocybin (substance)
- Quality sleep (behavior)
- Receiving praise (behavior)
- Rhodiola rosea (substance)
- Running (behavior)
- Saffron (substance)
- Sexual activity (behavior)
- Social bonding (behavior)
- Sunlight exposure (behavior)
- Swimming (behavior)
- Tai Chi (behavior)
- Tryptophan (substance)
- Vitamin B12 (substance)
- Vitamin B6 (substance)
- Vitamin D (substance)
- Volunteering (behavior)
- Walking outdoors (behavior)
- Yoga (behavior)
Materials
- A First-Rate Madness (book)
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (book)
- Brain Food (book)
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (book)
- Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain (book)
- Grain Brain (book)
- Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health (book)
- How Emotions Are Made (book)
- In Search of Memory (book)
- Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (book)
- Mapping the Mind (book)
- Neuroscience (textbook) (book)
- Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain (book)
- Projections: A Story of Human Emotions (book)
- Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology (book)
- The Body Keeps the Score (book)
- The Idiot Brain (book)