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Could fibromyalgia or depression cause a change in leptin levels?
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Pain, Sleep,Leptin: Leptin is a hormone that regulates metabolism and body weight. Fibromyalgia may cause sleep deprivation which in turn may lower or raise leptin levels. Leptin levels are inversely related to depression and stress.
Answered 9/28/2016
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