How to increase serotonin in the human brain without drugs (2007)
So many people (including doctors) seem to be set on the idea that serotonin makes you happy and therefore is the solution to depression. This is only half true, and not in the way that most think. Serotonin (if high) makes you numb [1]. But that might be the lesser of two evils when it comes to depression [2], which is why it’s become popular as a mechanism to treat it. It not a solution, it’s just masking the underlying problem by replacing one set of symptoms with another.<p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC2989833&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC2989833&#x2F;</a><p>[2] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.health.harvard.edu&#x2F;depression&#x2F;is-your-antidepressant-making-life-a-little-too-blah" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.health.harvard.edu&#x2F;depression&#x2F;is-your-antidepres...</a>