Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood?

Re:Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood? by msbroadf on Sunday June 28, 2015 @07:17AM (#9793114)

I had my entire large intestine removed over several operations, and i felt no difference in my mood

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Re:Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood? by jliptzin on Sunday June 28, 2015 @07:34AM (#9793135)

Wow, usually the first step is to prescribe antidepressants

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Re:Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood? by msbroadf on Sunday June 28, 2015 @10:31AM (#9793607)

No, it was removed for ulcerative colitis. If gut bacteria affected mood I would have noticed now I have a lot less but there wasn't any change.

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Re:Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood? by Fomite on Sunday June 28, 2015 @03:29PM (#9794718)

The usual issue is not the overall amount of gut bacteria, but the composition. While bowel surgery can disrupt the composition of your gut flora, it need not have to, and if there was no major accompanying lifestyle changes, it's possible it eventually returned to equilibrium.

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Re:Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood? by jliptzin on Sunday June 28, 2015 @10:56AM (#9793735)

Sorry to hear that. My friend has UC and it's a really tough thing to have to deal with. Best of luck to you.

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