I'm also gluten intolerant, but am still working on removing it 100% from my
diet. I'm
seeing a nutritionist next week to help make sense of all this and have stopped
experimenting with different supplements until I talk to her.

How long have you been gluten-free? I'm sorry the B-complex didn't make you
feel any
better.

Cheryl

--- In FailsafeNT@yahoogroups.com, Renee Cyr <rmcyr@...> wrote:
>
> I think this is also interesting from
> http://www.dogtorj.net/id100.html
>
> "In people with food intolerance (e.g. celiac disease), the normal rise
> in serotonin to match the increasing daylight is impeded by their
> condition. They are malabsorbing the nutrients (e.g. B complex) needed
> to make more serotonin. Celiacs/gluten intolerants (such as myself) when
> uncontrolled are notoriously low in serotonin, depressed, and have REAL
> difficulty in spring, when the depression turns to ANXIETY. "
>
> In other words, perhaps I'm behind the 8 ball serotonin wise, (I'm
> gluten intolerant) and then during the low estrogen phase it gets even
> lower. Perhaps over time I'll catch up on my B's...Tried a b-complex
> vit last week and it made me feel terrible.
>
> -Ren
>
> Renee Cyr wrote:
> > I found this here: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/406718_2
> >
> >> "Like pharmaceutical monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, estrogen
> >> reduces MAO activity, resulting in higher levels of both catecholamines
> >> and serotonin in the brain.[40] Estrogen also increases opioid and
> >> endorphin production by the hypothalamus.[41]"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Sorry, forgot the pointer. ren
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