Mood & Mood Disorders

Description

Mood is the state of mind or state of feeling or emotion at a particular moment.

Alkaloids

 Caffeine may bolster Mood:

 However some scientific reports contradict this effect.

Amino Acids

 5-HTP (5-Hydroxytryptophan) may improve Mood (by increasing the Brain’s Serotonin levels).  ^[1]

 Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) may improve Mood (in approximately 53% of healthy subjects). 

 Glutamine may improve Mood.  ^[2]

 Phenylalanine (2,000 mg per day or more) may improve Mood.  ^[3]

 Taurine may improve Mood.  ^[4]

 Tryptophan may improve Mood (by increasing Brain Serotonin levels).  ^[5]

 Tyrosine may improve Mood.  ^[6]

Hormones

 Androstenedione may improve Mood (by increasing the body’s endogenous Testosterone levels).  ^[7]

 Cortisol may be involved in the maintenance of positive Moods (however excessive Cortisol production or release interferes with Mood).

 DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) may improve Mood.  ^[8]

 Human Growth Hormone (hGH) may improve Mood (especially in people with hGH deficiency).  ^[9]

 Melatonin may improve Mood in a significant number of persons (probably due to the “sounder” Sleep produced during the night by Melatonin).  ^[10]

 Supplemental Pregnenolone (50 - 100 mg per day) may improve Mood.

 Testosterone may improve Mood (in men with low endogenous Testosterone levels).  ^[11]

 Thyroid Hormones may improve Mood in Hypothyroidism patients:  ^[12]

 Triiodothyronine (T3) may improve Mood in Hypothyroidism patients.  ^[13]

Lipids

 Phosphatidylserine (300 mg per day for at least sixty days) may improve Mood in elderly people with mild cognitive decline.