Ok, I don't know too much about hormones and am often confused when reading threads on this site, so am putting this here to check I have got this right. so after some digging through the web I've found some information about some causes of high prolactin and it's relationship to other hormones and neurotransmitters
Estrogen upregulates prolactin so high estrogen could heighten prolactin
Dopamine downregulates prolactin so low dopamine could heighten prolactin. Low dopamine can occur with some forms of depression (often causing tiredness, low motivation, and low emotional responses)
High prolactin can decrease testosterone
I have suffered from depression in the past, but it was the "normal" form cause by low serotonin, not low dopamine.
The past couple of weeks I've found myself very tired, struggling to get up in the morning and feeling very low motivation to do things (eg search/apply for jobs, go out, or do things I would normally enjoy like knitting, video games etc)
I am wondering if my dopamine might be low.
It has previously been theorised by a few people on these forums that I have gone through an estrogen spike after coming off BC
If high estrogen + low dopamine = high prolactin, would this explain the last few weeks of changes in my breasts?
Estrogen upregulates prolactin so high estrogen could heighten prolactin
Dopamine downregulates prolactin so low dopamine could heighten prolactin. Low dopamine can occur with some forms of depression (often causing tiredness, low motivation, and low emotional responses)
High prolactin can decrease testosterone
I have suffered from depression in the past, but it was the "normal" form cause by low serotonin, not low dopamine.
The past couple of weeks I've found myself very tired, struggling to get up in the morning and feeling very low motivation to do things (eg search/apply for jobs, go out, or do things I would normally enjoy like knitting, video games etc)
I am wondering if my dopamine might be low.
It has previously been theorised by a few people on these forums that I have gone through an estrogen spike after coming off BC
If high estrogen + low dopamine = high prolactin, would this explain the last few weeks of changes in my breasts?