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Medical Forum / General / General / June 2005Testing oxytocin levels of prospective spouse?
When I read the article in Discover about the experiments regarding oxytocin and voles in the waiting room of my therapist,who was helping me deal with my divorce and walk away wife, it seemed clear what that their was a real opportunity here. Now that the role of oxytocin has jumped into the media spotlight over the past few weeks with the advent of the inhaled form, I've been wondering again: is there a test that can determine someone's natural level of oxytocin? IT would seem to be prudent to conduct such a test before entering into marriage. > When I read the article in Discover about the experiments regarding > oxytocin and voles in the waiting room of my therapist,who was helping me [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > oxytocin? IT would seem to be prudent to conduct such a test before > entering into marriage. Why? If someone doesn't have enough oxytocin, she wouldn't be interested in entering into a marriage in the first place. It seems prudent not to measure oxytocin. Why would want to turn someone away on the basis of a lab test that is not 100% accurate. Jeff > It seems prudent not to measure oxytocin. Why would want to turn someone > away on the basis of a lab test that is not 100% accurate. > > Jeff Not 100% accurate at what? Measing the level of oxytocin or predicting outcomes? If you mean the latter, then of course no single factor is determinative. However there's no reason it shouldn't factor into the decision to wed. We intuitively evaluate all sorts of factors about our prospective spouse, why not clinicaly determine the levels of a hormone that plays a signifigant role in forming life long relationships? >> It seems prudent not to measure oxytocin. Why would want to turn someone >> away on the basis of a lab test that is not 100% accurate. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Not 100% accurate at what? Measing the level of oxytocin or predicting > outcomes? Both, actually. Especially because this has never been tested in humans to determine female bonding based on oxytocin levels. > If you mean the latter, then of course no single factor is determinative. > However there's no reason it shouldn't factor into the decision to wed. We > intuitively evaluate all sorts of factors about our prospective spouse, > why not clinicaly determine the levels of a hormone that plays a > signifigant role in forming life long relationships? Because you already are in a long-term relationships. So you really need to evaluate the usefulness of using the levels of the hormones to predict whether or not a relationship that is already long-term will break up later. I think you are barking up the wrong tree. Jeff > When I read the article in Discover about the experiments regarding oxytocin > and voles in the waiting room of my therapist,who was helping me deal with [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > oxytocin? IT would seem to be prudent to conduct such a test before entering > into marriage. I don't advise you or anyone else to do it. It could get a marriage off to a rocky start. How would you feel if the lady that you planned to marry asked you to have your level of oxytocin tested?  SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. |
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