"The catecholamines, epinephrine (the other name is adrenalin), norepinephrine (noradrenalin), and dopamine, are the stress hormones which get your body ready for fight-or-flight emergencies. In normal humans (and other mammals), MAO-A and MAO-B deactivate these hormones so that the body can return to a calm state. When the animal is frightened by a primary or conditioned response stimulus, these hormones are squirted into circulation to increase heartrate, breathing rate, and blood pressure to ready the animal for fighting or running away."
So high levels of MAO are related to a calm effect.
Histaminase (an anti-histamine) leads to sedation, and may be moderated by serotonin level.
Therefore, a blood test testing for MAO and histamine level may indicate a higher level for me than normal.
I am predominately calm - a "cool cucumber" - and feel mostly sedated.
The experience with pseudoephedrine was generally no abreaction due to epinephrine.
All it did was make me feel slightly giddy.
And the reason is the raised levels of MAO and histaminase.
I am a natural tranquilizer.
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