Guest guest Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Steve, I think it is cool you are doing the testing since it is available, but also that you aren't going to hang every decision on the results. That seems like a good balance. And you already have a good working idea of what your son's serotonin response is. Serotonin issues and I go back a looooong way, so I feel the same way about it. Maybe some day a test will come along that takes all the trial and error out of it, but it isn't here yet. Sounds like that is what the study is trying to work on. I tried to look up tests for serotonin about a year ago, but the info said that although they can test for serotonin quantity in various places in the body, these to not correlate to other parts. So serotonin levels in the blood do not say how much is in the brain. And there are serotonin receptors in the gut, in the brain, and maybe other places. There is redundancy in the body so one person may have problem with it in one location, but another person has it somewhere else. A really good book on serotonin in the gut is the The Second Brain by Gershon. About 1/3 of it is lab techniques where he details how they they tested for certain things. A little dry if you aren't into that sort of thing but important if you are. Please post how the tests come out...even if they don't amount to anything useful...and particularly the gut permeability one. Are they doing the lactose/mannotose type test for that? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 We were in a serotonin synthesis PET Scan study at Children's Hospital in Detroit last year under Dr. Chugani that measured the levels of serotonin in the brain. We received all of the test results and know where his serotonin is low in the brain. I'm not sure if the study is still going on or done at this time. Very interesting experience. Carla Re: Serotonin testing Steve, I think it is cool you are doing the testing since it is available, but also that you aren't going to hang every decision on the results. That seems like a good balance. And you already have a good working idea of what your son's serotonin response is. Serotonin issues and I go back a looooong way, so I feel the same way about it. Maybe some day a test will come along that takes all the trial and error out of it, but it isn't here yet. Sounds like that is what the study is trying to work on. I tried to look up tests for serotonin about a year ago, but the info said that although they can test for serotonin quantity in various places in the body, these to not correlate to other parts. So serotonin levels in the blood do not say how much is in the brain. And there are serotonin receptors in the gut, in the brain, and maybe other places. There is redundancy in the body so one person may have problem with it in one location, but another person has it somewhere else. A really good book on serotonin in the gut is the The Second Brain by Gershon. About 1/3 of it is lab techniques where he details how they they tested for certain things. A little dry if you aren't into that sort of thing but important if you are. Please post how the tests come out...even if they don't amount to anything useful...and particularly the gut permeability one. Are they doing the lactose/mannotose type test for that? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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