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Syl re: Seratonin/Melatonin       01/10/10 09:46 AM Edit Reply Quote PMartin Reged: 08/05/08 Posts: 140 Loc: Niagara Region I'm surprised that you are IBS-D but have issues with pain. Most posters who have issues with pain/gas seem to be IBS-C. Anyway, some questions... " Oral ingestion of 5-ht and 5-htp are known to effect the levels of melatonin in the GI tract. Do you mean effect them by increasing it? " The levels of melatonin in the GI tract increase with food intake particularly with high intake of dietary tryptophan. " Other than turkey, what are the best tryptophan containing foods (I'll look into this myself too)? Are there non-food souces of tryptophan (i know there is some in the protein I take) that you would recommend? "Oral administration of melatonin is known to affect colonic transit time in IBS & healthy individuals and reduce pain in IBS individuals." How does it affect transit time? Slowing it down or speeding it up? Obviously this is important depending on your symptoms. What is the source of Melatonin you use; OTC or is a prescription required? Would 5-htp work? "For the first time in more than 20 years after trying a variety of drugs I have been relatively pain free for over 2 months using melatonin" Have you enjoyed any other benefits like a decrease in urgency and frequency of BM's (typical D symptoms)? Thanks Syl and I'll be checking out the links you provided! -------------------- IBS-D. Or so a doctor says. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator

Entire thread Seratonin & 5-htp PMartin 01/08/10 08:35 AM For PMartin Windchimes 01/09/10 10:20 AM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp Syl 01/08/10 10:08 AM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp shawneric 01/08/10 11:56 AM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp Syl 01/08/10 12:13 PM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp shawneric 01/08/10 12:30 PM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp syl 01/08/10 12:26 PM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp syl shawneric 01/08/10 12:32 PM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp syl 01/08/10 12:33 PM Re: Seratonin & 5-htp shawneric 01/08/10 09:20 AM Very helpful and accurate explanation! -nt- Windchimes 01/09/10 10:13 AM Seratonin follow-up PMartin 01/09/10 09:00 AM Re: Seratonin follow-up Syl 01/10/10 05:44 AM Syl re: Seratonin/Melatonin PMartin 01/10/10 09:46 AM Re: Syl re: Seratonin/Melatonin Syl 01/10/10 11:11 AM Re: Syl re: Seratonin/Melatonin shawneric 01/10/10 10:34 AM Re: Syl re: Seratonin/Melatonin Syl 01/10/10 11:21 AM Re: Syl re: Seratonin/Melatonin shawneric 01/10/10 11:31 AM Shawneric re: Seratonin/Melatonin PMartin 01/10/10 10:59 AM Re: Shawneric re: Seratonin/Melatonin shawneric 01/10/10 11:27 AM Re: Seratonin follow-up shawneric 01/09/10 11:00 AM Re: Seratonin follow-up/Shawneric mrae 01/11/10 02:09 PM Re: Seratonin follow-up/Shawneric shawneric 01/11/10 02:33 PM Re: Seratonin follow-up/Shawneric mrae 01/11/10 02:42 PM Re: Seratonin follow-up/Shawneric shawneric 01/11/10 03:32 PM

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