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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

Mad in America

Mom continued to struggle to overcome depression until her death in 2002. No one helped us to understand how the sleep disturbances we experienced could play havoc with our moods. I help them to understand how the drastic drop in pregnancy hormones back to pre-pregnancy levels can affect their moods.

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

2, 3, 4 Lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep exert epigenetic changes on DNA that influence how strongly or weakly ADHD genes are expressed. Levels of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin also increase with exercise, thus improving focus, working memory, and mood to enable better learning. 2022, March 8).