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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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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As of right now, we don’t have a good, non-invasive, relatively long lasting sensor for these molecules, especially for measuring these in the brain rather than peripheral tissues.

I’m working on a doctorate in this field so would be open to discussing more if you want to DM me.

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