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Serotonin Follow-Up/Explanation for breast growth!

Ok after doing more research and already purchasing st john's wort (yeah it was an impulse buy because I wanted to use a $5 off coupon online lol) I discovered exactly why (or why I think) breasts enlarge from serotonin!

TL;DR Serotonin increases prolactin levels which causes an increase in breast size

These studies (albeit the first was a study in rats) show that serotonin directly increases prolactin serum levels:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2467272

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376090/

So I guess that does explain why fenugreek is touted for breast growth so much -- increases prolactin because of the tryptophan in it.

And it made me realize why taking too much vitex can actually cause breasts to shrink like Ella and I experienced -- vitex decreases prolactin levels! So maybe combining the balancing effect of vitex with the prolactin-increasing effect of st john's will be good for me

I could just take fenugreek but I don't want to develop that maple syrup smell! And I like trying new things.
Not sure if I want to take st john's daily or cycle the st john's since I know that prolactin levels have different peaks throughout the cycle... hmmmm..

Will you keep taking vitex?

Yeh that's why I mentioned it, but how much vitex did they mention?
I'd love to take St. John's. I have some but won't take it yet.
And he test was positive too. I have excess bad bugs in my system, wine and probiotics have just fed the bugs so now I have a good herbal regime that will sort me out and Defo no probiotics till the bad bacteria is out.

So did you have the h pylori thing? Or was it some other bugs? Lucky you sorta! At least now you know how to treat it. I hope you have a really quick recovery since I know how much these symptoms suck.

I want to take the vitex still. I have read that low doses (120mg) of vitex can stimulate prolactin while higher doses (240-480mg) decrease prolactin.
So I am still tinkering with the dose for now. It's so hard because there are so many different recommended doses online. And some don't clarify if it's _ _ mg of the berry or an extract. It's confusing For now I am taking 20 drops a day which is about 670-700mg of vitex (about what I was taking before and I felt fine on that). But definitely considering taking between 120mg-200mg and see if it has a prolactin stimulating effect I'd have to do that before taking the st john's though.