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mr715

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3. I voted for serotonin

Reply to mr715 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2025, 12:39 PM

May 20

Because it is involved in basically everything that goes on upstairs of your neck and downstairs of your stomach.

It is ancient, universal, and hella cool

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Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide [View all] mr715 May 20 OP

Gotta love Anandamide. PuraVidaDreamin May 20 #1

Takes the edge off the sharper sides of a dopamine high mr715 May 20 #2

I voted for serotonin mr715 May 20 #3

You're an expert in love -- what's your favorite? Ponietz May 20 #4

Serotonin for the science mr715 May 20 #5

Does this mean you take these at times as supplements? Bernardo de La Paz May 20 #11

Supplements, no mr715 May 20 #12

None of us would be here if not for norepinephrine (sympathetic nervous system activation--Fight or Flight) hlthe2b May 20 #6

As an insomniac, tryptophan is my favorite amino acid, so if I voted, which I won't, I'd go with serotonin. NNadir May 20 #7

Point Taken mr715 May 20 #9

Endocannabinoids? EYESORE 9001 May 20 #8

Those would be anandamide mr715 May 20 #10