Date:   1/29/2013 2:05:43 PM ( 11 y ago)
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heres an anecdoctal report from another forum...sorry couldn't find anything scientific

""serotonin taken orally does not pass into the serotonergic pathways of the central nervous system because it does not cross the blood-brain barrier. However, tryptophan and its metabolite 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), from which serotonin is synthesized, can and do cross the blood-brain barrier. These agents are available as dietary supplements and may be effective serotonergic agents."

"Tryptophan and Serotonin : An urban legend states that the dried skin of the banana fruit contains the fictitious substance "bananadine", and is hallucinogenic when smoked. Unlike many such legends, the origin of this one has been traced. It dates back to an article in the underground newspaper Berkeley Barb in March 1967, and became widespread after William Powell, believing it to be true, included it in The Anarchist Cookbook in 1970.This legend is not entirely without merit: bananas contain tryptophan which, when ingested, increases levels of serotonin in the body (the same effect as Prozac). This can lead to various mood-altering effects (Leathwood and Pollet, 1982) including a reduction in Depression (Sainio et al., 1996). As well, Xiao et al. (1998) found that eating just two bananas a day for three days increased levels of serotonin in the blood by 16%. However, there is no mention in the literature of tryptophan having any hallucinogenic effects; it has, in fact, been used to reduce hallucinations in patients with mental disorders (Sainio et al., 1996). It is also debatable whether smoking tryptophan would be successful as a method of administration."

maybe the peels are high in 5HTP. Im suspecting that the dopamine, serotonin or NE arent the only mood enhancing or euphoric agent in the peels -- it could be that multiple psychoactive alkaloids are syngergizing together..so as of yet the mechanism remains unresolved.
but boy do i have a story to share!

i took the peel tea yesterday and felt really really happy but that i dismissed as total placebo effect.
today i yet again took the tea (this time i drank the entire damned pot -- i wanted results )oh boy i sure did get em!.After 3 big mugs i left for class.

after about 30 mins or so i went really "trip happy" - i was giggling and had a lot of problem staying composed , In my radiology class i was busy distinguishing cartoons characters in the HRCTs ended up laughing out loud and was consequently sent out.(yeah for a normal person that wouldve been hint enough ).Not me.
I got online and asked a few of my friends and if theyd be interested in group-experimentation (no details sorry -im still cringing from shame) while i was typing out my offcolored questions i was clapping preiodically and laughing hard at my own jokes.After a while i got bored and decided it was time for a late lunch -- called up a friend who said i was too perked up (probably too much coffee) , at lunch i talked non-stop !! i mean my temples were throbbing... my friend just laughed mostly -- didnt say anything was out of the blue much.

I just got back and seem to have calmed off a bit -- sorry this report isnt as composed as it should be but im not entirely in my element yet.
Im going to take half a valium and lie down -- my bp seems to be up a bit i still feel pressure in my head.

.I made a detailed mood and temperament chart before i consumed the tea and added motor coordination and movement finesse to it too will do a follow up later -- thanks for reading "

http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/28786-banana-peels-for-depression/

 

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