E141: How Your Hormones Affect Mood & Depression with Dr Heather Rhodes

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Hey, gals! I'm back with a new episode with my co-host Dr. Heather Rhodes. We're starting this week off talking about one of the most requested topics: Mood Swings & Depression. In this episode we dive into what factors affect our neurotransmitters, affect our hormones and also about medications for depression and how those can affect our stress hormones and our sex hormones. Let's dive in!

In this episode:

• [00:58] Intro to Leisha's co-host Heather Rhodes and her background
• [03:07] Holistic view of depression, looking at the gut
• [07:50] How your "gut brain" affect your neurotransmitters
• [11:70] How depression medicine actually works
• [15:33] My experience & observations in psych facilities
• [17:55] Genetics & Depression
• [20:30] Factors to Look at to help us with antidepressants

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