Dopamine, an essential and the influential derivative of the amino acid tyrosine is positive and pleasurable mood enhancer. The deficiency of dopamine can result into anxiety disorders, acute depression. The best feature of dopamine is that it is both the inhibitory and the excitatory neurotransmitter and its two different functions depend on the receptor it gets bind with.

Dopamine plays the most important role in pleasure enhancement and mood elevation (thrills and addictions), memory sharpening and motor control of brain. It’s stored in the vesicles present in axon terminal and is released when in excited state.

Low dopamine levels can lead to anxiety disorders, stress, depression, alcohol and drugs addiction, lack of appetite, lack of memory, compulsions, cravings, and degraded motor control. High level of dopamine secretion may result into hypertension, hyperactivity, paranoia, and anxiety.

Symptoms that project the deficiency of dopamine in body:

  • Depression, anxiety, both physical and mental stress
  • Get easily tired and exhausted of  body energy
  • You feel less motivated and unenthusiastic
  • Lack of concentration and memory loss
  • Your body gets cold too often  and you feel chilled
  • Your body weight increases very often
  • You  have started taking or feel an urge to take mood enhancers or coffee all the time

If you spot any of the aforementioned symptoms in you, it is advisable that you consult a good doctor or psychiatrist and get yourself diagnosed for the problem. In such case, neurotransmitter tests tend to become mandatory so as to check out the deficiency of dopamine content.