Keyword: prolactin

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When Love Turns Into Irritability December 17, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Stephanie D'Ambra
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Love & Romantic Relationships

Why do people treat their closest partners with more contempt than strangers? Armand DiMele and co-host Stephanie D’Ambra, LCSW examine the hormonal roots of relational irritability, tracing how shifts in dopamine, prolactin, and testosterone erode compassion, and offer practical steps for breaking the cycle.

Hormones Running Your Life September 4, 2007

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Prolactin, dopamine, and serotonin shape your mood, sex drive, and sleep far more than your conscious choices do. Armand DiMele explains how post-orgasmic prolactin surge explains the sleep-after-sex dynamic, why falling asleep to a flashing TV rewires your brain, and how sugar sabotages rest. Caller Adam’s relationship tension brings the biochemistry home.