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If you take any given drug which periodically spikes dopamine or serotonin or GABA or generally any neurotransmitter, your body adapts by lowering the baseline.
by emerged 5y ago
If you take any given drug which periodically spikes dopamine or serotonin or GABA or generally any neurotransmitter, your body adapts by lowering the baseline. Isn’t the point of fasting to allow the body to upregulate, thereby increasing your baseline? It sure sounds like a good thing to me.
- oblak 5y agoI know about serotonin releasing drugs but dopamine? All I can think of is gambling and having your HN comments upvoted
- emerged 5y agoCocaine? Often drugs don’t directly produce the neurotransmitter, they inhibit reuptake or otherwise have an indirect effect.
- krageon 5y agoThere are some dopamine reuptake inhibitors you can take. IIRC the amphetamine class of drugs also stimulates release when some is already released due to environmental factors.