576. The Relationship Between Dopamine, Estrogen and Your Cycle

Let's talk about Dopamine and Estrogen! Neurotransmitters like dopamine influence your memory, movement, motivation and pleasure/happiness. Estrogen is the most dominant at in the first half of your cycle, and has an interesting relationship to dopamine. Without estrogen, dopamine is much less present in the brain. And you need these chemical signals to influence your mood, cortisol, heart rate, appetite, muscle contraction, sleep, etc. This episode covers why dopamine is important, how it relates to your cycle and ways to optimize it in your body.  DUTCH Test: https://drbethwestie.com/dutch-hormone-testing/