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sunshine
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Will Seratonin get you high?
#5097512 - 12/23/05 11:07 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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I mean, exactly like si already in your brain?
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: sunshine]
#5097530 - 12/23/05 11:13 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Serotonin taken orally does not pass into the serotonergic pathways of the central nervous system (CNS). This is due to the blood-brain barrier's preventing serotonin in the blood stream from affecting serotonin levels in the brain. So, no.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: sunshine]
#5097536 - 12/23/05 11:15 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nope, sorry man.
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sunshine
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: dblaney]
#5097538 - 12/23/05 11:16 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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WHat if it somehow got into the brain?
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safe
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: sunshine]
#5097553 - 12/23/05 11:21 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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then it would make you high, as long as it can perform the same functin taht seratonin normally does when released by mdma
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sunshine
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: safe]
#5097565 - 12/23/05 11:25 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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But i thought that's not how drugs acted?
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: sunshine]
#5097572 - 12/23/05 11:29 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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what do you mean?
im just saying if seratonin an get in yuor brain from an outside source and do exactley what seratonin does normally when realsead due to mdma why wouldn't it get you high
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sunshine
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: safe]
#5097573 - 12/23/05 11:31 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mj shroomer posted an old study that stated drugs plug into your seratonin receptors.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: safe]
#5097578 - 12/23/05 11:33 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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It wouldn't though. The body has enzymes and other safeguards to ensure that levels of bio and neurochemicals don't go too low or too high. You would need a drug that releases the serotonin quickly, maybe even going up through the way serotonin goes out, and temporarily preventing the reabsorption of it, like MDMA.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: sunshine]
#5097585 - 12/23/05 11:35 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yes, most hallucinogens bind to receptors. However, the effects that occur AFTER the drug binds are what's important (second messenger effects). Also, MDMA does more than simply release serotonin it's mechanism of action s relatively complex.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: badchad]
#5097605 - 12/23/05 11:42 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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ah rite, sorry then
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: sunshine]
#5097610 - 12/23/05 11:44 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
sunshine said: Mj shroomer posted an old study that stated drugs plug into your seratonin receptors.
and yet it's allready been proven that it'd be a sticky wicket trying to actually get seratonin to these receptors.
So unless you become a neurosurgeon between now and whenever you want to use seratonin, I advise you to call this impossible
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: Konnrade]
#5098253 - 12/23/05 02:56 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Large amounts of extra Serotonin alone will probably just put you in a very happy but drowsy state, as it is also the chemical that regulates sleep and anxiety/calmness. Serotonin release may be the principal chemical involved in the the MDMA experience, but dopamine and norephinephrine (is that spelt right?) are also involved.
Secondly there would still be a risk of Serotonin syndrome and the receptors would still shrink with heavy/frequent from being bombarded with Serotonin cells, even though there probably wouldn't be any toxicity due to the fact that once the extra Serotonin had been used up, your brain would return to it's normal Serotonin activity level. As no Serotonin would have been depleted, there would not be an issue with Dopamine entering Serotonin receptors therefore no Dopamine to breakdown into the toxic Hydrogen Peroxide (H202) which happens once dopamine enters Serotonin cells after MDMA use I believe.
I don't beleive that pure Serotonin has ever been made. I may be wrong but I think that it is a chemical that can only be manufactured in the body. We can take 5-HTP to increase our Serotonin levels but our bodies will probably break down any excess so I very much doubt that you could get high from just taking excess amounts of 5-HTP.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: cubeladd]
#5100667 - 12/24/05 03:11 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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As other people have said, taking serotonin will not get you high, it won't pass into your brain, it won't make you happy, it won't make you drowsy, and it won't cause serotonin syndrome. Serotonin is 5-HO-tryptamine. It's easy as cake to synthesize.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: ChuangTzu]
#5101399 - 12/24/05 11:04 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks everybody for answering my thingy. Now I know I will probably never get high from Seratonin.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: sunshine]
#5101878 - 12/24/05 12:52 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Would it make it to your brain if you injested it with an MAOI? I'm thinking of an ayahuasca type cocktail, but serotonin instead of DMT. On second thought, this sounds like Serotonin-Syndrome-In-A-Glass...
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Quote:
some1whoisntme said: ...On second thought, this sounds like Serotonin-Syndrome-In-A-Glass...
Perhaps you could market the idea.
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Edited by cubeladd (12/24/05 01:02 PM)
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: cubeladd]
#5103054 - 12/24/05 08:24 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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very useful knowledge i have read here tonight.
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useful like a wet dog in a room where youre not allowed to shake your dog.
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Re: Will Seratonin get you high? [Re: Todcasil]
#5103247 - 12/24/05 09:46 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Not onl that but most drugs are 5-hydroxytryptamine site specific meaning they effect all sites differently, just 5-hydroxytryptamine would affect all sites equally and you would end up with serotonin syndrome.
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