Serotonin is the hormone what makes us happy, so why aren’t we just injecting it into our body/taking it as tablets to get out of misery on command?

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Serotonin is the hormone what makes us happy, so why aren’t we just injecting it into our body/taking it as tablets to get out of misery on command?

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One thing to add that others haven’t mentioned yet it’s that hormones like seratonin have multiple roles, this is why depression and antidepressant meds have such a wide range of symptoms and side effects. Seratonin is also involved in aggression and hunger as well. Adding extra to or bodies could meet with these other functions just as easily as happiness.

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