If chemicals like oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin are so crucial to our mental health, why can’t we monitor them the same way diabetics monitor insulin?

Question

If chemicals like oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin are so crucial to our mental health, why can’t we monitor them the same way diabetics monitor insulin?

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Answer 1

Neurotransmitters inside the brain and spinal cord act differently outside. These neurotransmitters and their action are so complicated, the best you can do is make sure you have enough of their precursors in your diet.

Also insulin is rarely measured in diabetes, blood sugar is which is the result of poor control caused by diabetes.

You can simulate this (measuring the outcome) by regular mood assessments.