Why is pure dopamine not a recreational drug? And if it was...

Let’s say you can smoke it, snort it, inject it etc. when your brain releases dopamine, if we simplify it, you feel happiness and satisfaction. Which is cause of all addictions in the world, such as sugar, nicotine, caffeine and other drugs. So yes, pure dopamine would be the most addictive of them all, since it’s the sole cause of all the addictions.

Now side effects. Since it would make you feel very good, nothing would bring you pleasure anymore, because nothing would release more dopamine than the use of the drug. So your life would suddenly have no purpose at all. Nothing would satisfy you. Not sex, not porn, not tiktok,not food, not films, not hobbies, not time with friends and not even other drugs. So you would just lie on the couch, inject dopamine every few minutes and when it wears off, feel no happiness at all.

It’s like the worst drug ever, with the biggest addition of all, short term satisfaction, worst ever withdrawal, and most destructive side effects, disabling you from feeling any other joy of life.

Ive been pretending to be okay and acting as normal as possible, but Im actually completely heartbroken after a recent breakup. Its painful and really affecting me, to the point where I cant concentrate at work, Ive lost my appetite, I cant sleep, and It feels as if my whole world has been turned upside down. I loved him so much. He said so many cruel things to me and it made me realize he must not have loved me the way I loved him, or he wouldnt have said such horrible things. How do I handle the heartbreak and why cant I accept that he didnt love me and just forget about him?

Dopamine doesn’t work that way, but let’s put that on hold and imagine it does, so I can focus on the „side effects free drug”.

Why is pure dopamine not a recreational drug? And if it was wouldn’t it be the most addictive and fairly side effect free?

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