readin into dopamine - serotonin interactions
its very complex but basically high dopamine can indirectly cause less serotonin to be synthesised. the high dopamine release of being online alll day everyday then stopping could explain why some great results from dopamine detoxes
also high chronic stress from being online too much leads to less serotonin
anyone got any info that taking breaks from internet influence brain chemistry or vice versa too much internet changes brain chemistry
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It's real but it takes a very long time. A month or two doesn't cut it. It takes like half a year to feel what normal is like again. According to neurology textbooks I've read full turnover takes roughly 3 years. I've done it before but I came back like a moron
why did you come back like a moron
Originally for utility but then I delved back into shitposting and now I'm online for hours at a time again
Serotonin receptors are present on most dopamine producing neurons but generally not the other way around. Excessive or deficient serotonin will frick with dopamine production but excessive or deficient dopamine will have little effect on serotonin. Excess serotonin leads to low dopamine production and deficient serotonin leads to the opposite. Dopamine production itself is very, very externally driven, even compared to serotonin though. Serotonin production really just limits or expands the ceiling of your dopamine production.
but high dopamine causes anxiety, depression other symptoms of low serotonin
Low serotonin increases the ceiling for dopamine production, which leads to more instances of high dopamine. I said that in my reply my man. They're going to have similar symptoms because that's how they interact. More instances of low serotonin end up giving you more people with excessive dopamine. If I injected your brain with lots of dopamine but didn't decrease serotonin production you wouldn't see strong symptoms of anxiety or depression because that mostly hinges on serotonin itself which affects dopamine like a domino falling into place.
So high dopamine doesn't cause anxiety it's low serotonin? I've read so many accounts about dopamine being excited and too much will overstimulate the brain and reward circuit
Tell us more from your textbook research i find it hard to find any info on this.
some sources confirm high dopamine indirectly causes low serotonin, others deny this
I feel normal after a day away from the screen
idk man
You don't need to even see it on a neurotransmitter level, but simply changing your life so that you stop endless pointless scrolling, jacking off, etc. will improve it a lot.
Personally I changed most of my internet use for books and I'm way happier, also in this way you avoid all the negative demoralization content that affects you even if you don't realize it
Would be based but you're contradicting yourself by posting here
how long does it take to feel ok after stopping adderall
yes it works, I mean you can try it for a week and see for yourself. the issue is most people are just going to go back to how they were beforehand. using tech and being online etc is fine but just work on reducing it overall so you don't have this yoyo between addiction and detox.
The times I actually did this it felt so fricking weird like you’ll start enjoying everything. There were so many times I enjoyed pissing idk like it was super enjoyable
sounds blissful lmao
dark times when enjoying feels fricking weird lol. i know what you mean though everything is just deeper
How long does it take to get to that point?
My reward circuits are definitely fried from decades of porn, vidya, and scrolling. I can maintain discipline and avoid those vices for months but I always find myself dreaming of bailing on all responsibilities and just binging on escapism.
you go months without scrolling or watching movies and avoiding screens best you can?
Basically; I spend summers at my parents' homestead doing chores. While it's satisfying to a degree, my subconscious is just waiting to get that 'alone time' again .
well if you arent using screens at all for months thats a significant dopamine detox. ive heard it can take a long time to repair but for most life changing mental issues that is more than enough of a break to see benefits with things like adhd, anxiety, depression, social skills ect
Please give a non technical tl dr formula for best balance. I must suffer from low serotonin at times (I get migraines and sadness when it happens, and I freezemax my body with ice packs to get better)
hard to give formula since its so under researched
just take a few weeks off and see if symptoms improve, and ease back into screens and try not use them for pointless things
when will morons just stop talking about neuroscience
do you have knowledge that can improve this discourse itt?
are people actually believing all this nofap garbage in this thread?
enjoying pissing? really?
being terminally online drastically changes your brain chemistry i dont know whats so unbelievable about it
the fact that you don't even know what brain chemistry is and you are citing studies that don't know either
dopamine is not an addictive substance
you dont understand what im saying, when have i said dopamine is addictive what a dumb thing to say