I welcome the help Sharon. I'm not criticising your decisions, just truthfully confessing that the subject of serotonin makes me feel uncomfortable. I'd actually like to learn more about its true place holistically in the body, rather than what the drug companies say. At the moment so much of the info out there about serotonin is not rooted in facts and comes from that propaganda. I don't know what to believe to be honest. Maybe in a way that actually would prevent me from getting treatment, because I'd feel overly cautious.

Testing is something I've had very little of and I hope Dr. Peatfield can get me some that will be beneficial. It is an important diagnostic tool but somehow our GPs never seem to do the ones that really matter -- or they rely on them too much and believe there is no problem because it doesn't show up on the tests.

A lot of the guesswork in treating ourselves can be eliminated through good testing. I hope I can start making use of this myself soon; it will be nice to see some concrete facts and figures and stop relying so much on symptoms alone to guide me in treatment.