Dysphoric milk ejection reflex sense of depression and this feeling can range from mild homesickness or wistfulness to more intense feelings of hopelessness and self-loathing. Similarly, anxiety may range from restlessness to more intense panic and dread. Anger, the least likely of the three, may range from tension and agitation to more intense feelings of hostility and aggression. The mechanism is not clear. In a mother with D-MER, dopamine may fall inappropriately with milk release, causing the negative feelings. Among the hormones involved in milk production and release are oxytocin, prolactin, and dopamine. Oxytocin, released in pulsatile "spikes" from the posterior pituitary in response
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex widely known and accepted condition with ongoing study being pursued by healthcare professionals. D-MER has been mentioned in several breastfeeding texts and self-help books since 2010 and awareness of this anomaly is steadily growing across the internet and within the medical community. References to D-MER can be found in the news , on blogs, Twitter and even Reddit. However, as of March 2014, there has been no scientific research studies involving mothers who experience D-MER to support the hypothesis that it is caused by the drop in dopamine just prior to the milk ejection reflex. There is a strong argument