How to Change Your Mood

It starts with a conversation with your gut

It is a curious fact that antidepressants are a common treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. But why give Prozac to someone with abdominal discomfort?

Antidepressants work because what happens in the gut does not stay in the gut — it travels to the brain. More than half of all patients with IBS are affected by a mood disorder.

The gut and brain are conn…