What causes some mothers to have D-MER and not others?
This is currently unknown and we may never know. It could be that some mothers may be physiologically predisposed to an inappropriate drop in dopamine, that some mothers have dopamine receptor mutation, or that a D-MER mother is just more sensitive to the drop in dopamine. Right now it seems like it is just a form of hormonal “russian roulette” with no common link from one mother to a next that would explain this particular dopamine behavior.Can D-MER “Rebound?” Rebounding D-MER is different then a relapse with D-MER. Mothers with self corrected or even treated D-MER may have relapses, time when for a single letdown, feeding or even day or two, their D-MER is more prevalent. But this is short lived and seems to be due to the natural flux in hormones. Rebound would be a mother with self corrected D-MER that has a re onset of symptoms that persist for several days or more. There have been only a few reports on this, and so it seems that it can, though it’s rare. Possible triggers of rebo
