• Last updated 10/31/12 by Cynthia Mosher

A few days after our son was born he caught a cold.  His nose was totally stuffed up, and he was wheezing.  I remember sitting anxiously hunched over his bassinet watching him sleep, when I thought he stopped breathing for a second.  I picked him up more abrubtly than I meant to, and, of course, woke him up in the process.  He started wailing.  And that was the second time in my life that tears of relief slipped out of the corners of my eyes at the sound of my baby crying. When I called the pediatrician and told her about this (my third call that day), she told me that... read more

• Last updated 6/27/11 by Cynthia Mosher

A place to collect all those little tidbits about the various mood neurotransmitters, and which ones do what.  Very VERY much a work in progress!  Sources linked at the bottom    not summarized yet: http://www.teachhealth.com/chemmess.html Norepinephrine and dopamine and concentration/focus http://www.integrativepsychiatry.net/neurotransmitter.html     Serotonin inhibitory neurotransmitter regulates many other processes such as carbohydrate cravings, sleep cycle, pain control and appropriate digestion. decreased immune... read more