Medscape February 13, 2023
Pounding heart, sweating, insomnia. Surges of dopamine, norepinephrine, and adrenaline. All symptoms of a very common yet frustrating condition: Falling in love.
The prognosis is vague. A prescription pad and knowledge of biochemistry aren’t helpful when it comes to relationships.
Medical training can consume decades when others are exploring relationships and starting families. There are few recent data on this, but a 2012 longitudinal study of more than 20,000 physicians by the UK Medical Careers Research Group found that by age 25, the rate of doctors who were in partnerships was far lower than in the general population.
But there is hope! By age 36, the number of doctors in long-term relationships had overtaken everyone else by more than 10%...
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