Not true. It is more important to go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time everyday. Not everyone needs eight hours. In fact, if I get eight hours sleep I usually feel tired and groggy for the entire day.
Many drugs affect the release, arrest and efficacy of serotonin, including antidepressants, psychedelic hallucinogens, synthetic opiates, dissociatives, drugs for treating migraines, antihistamines, and stimulants such as MDMA.
1 Serotonin is a brain chemical that helps regulate mood and behavior, and increasing serotonin is one way of treating depression. 2  But if you're taking depression medication that increases serotonin too much, you could be at risk for a dangerous drug reaction called serotonin syndrome.arly reports of serotonin overload occurred in the 1950s with antidepressant drugs called monoamine oxidase inhibitors. When new drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) became widely used to fight depression, reports of serotonin syndrome increased.