kineticz
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Peata said:kineticz said:Studies have shown lysine can inhibit serotonin in the brain and gut. It's providing great anxiety relief for me
on the topic of serotonin, i was interested in your remark to someone on another thread: You have very prolactin and noradrenaline colour to your eyes. I notice when my serotonin and dopamine are high, when I'm happy, my eyes turn blue. When I'm chronically depleted, defensive, pessimistic, let down by people to do the simplest of tasks (which is common in business), my eye colour seems to turn hazel/green.
just interested in the idea that serotonin (or is it dopamine, or both) affects eye color. when i took cyproheptadine in the fall, i thought i noticed something different. this was before i had the idea it could affect eye color in any way. it was after i noticed that i tried to find something about it online. and when i stopped taking it, also thought i noticed a difference (back to how they looked before). now that i've been on it two weeks again, i feel it is causing the same subtle effect to my eyes.
So i was interested that you noticed it in yourself as well. Although did you mean when serotonin is low and dopamine is high?
Hi Peata.
When my dopamine is high, my eyes turn blue. When my dopamine is depleted, prolactin and noradrenaline are raised, my eyes turn hazel green. When my serotonin is high, my pupils dilate and colour is not noticeable as much as the other two types.
I find that serotonin dosing CAN influence dopamine levels, because dopamine is converted downstream into stress hormones, and if serotonin counteracts this it can also lead to blue eyes and good mood. But this is very tricky. I have managed rarely in the past to increase this blueness and mood with 5HTP trying to help my sleep, before I came across Ray Peat. We all want to maximise our vitality via dopamine, but the problems arise when it gets beta-hydroxylased downstream.