This is how your cycle constantly changes your brain

“Testosterone does not have a menstrual cycle, but rather a daily cycle. This hormone peaks immediately after waking up and declines during the day. Testosterone is particularly sensitive to external factors, which makes it very variable. According to Dornoerd, hormones are closely linked to women. “If you are a human, you are naturally The condition is hormonal. Your entire body is regulated by your hormones. The fact that a value judgment has been made on this matter, especially for women, is not justified.

PMDD

For example, there is a select group, three to eight percent of menstruating women, who suffer from premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). “These are premenstrual symptoms that appear in the last week of the cycle that this group of women react to very strongly. The depressive symptoms associated with this can be compared to mild to severe depression,” Dornoerd explains.

“This is an abnormal response of your brain to hormones, but there is no difference in hormonal values.” For example, there are several hypotheses about why women with postmenstrual dysphoric disorder react so strongly to a drop in hormones at the end of their cycle. “There is evidence that serotonin function in the brain in women with postmenstrual dysphoric disorder varies in the week before menstruation.” Serotonin, also known as the happy hormone, affects your mood, appetite, energy, and sleep rhythm. “So that could be linked to those extreme mood swings.”

complicated

However, there is still little information about these topics. “Hormones and the interaction with your mental state is a very complex story. When we look at the cycle, nothing is the same. One cycle is not the same as the other. That makes it very complicated.”

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