Posted by desolationrower on March 12, 2009, at 12:51:25
In reply to Addicted to Dopamine, posted by Garnet71 on March 12, 2009, at 1:52:46
Well, people are supposed to fall in love. its normal. in fact being socially withdrawn f*cks with your head because you don't get those dopamine rushes as much (something i was thinking about for myself). its not dopamine that one is addicted to, exactly. dopamine seems to be the way the brain signals when something good will happen, and this helps you associate whatever sensory input was around with the good thing (food, hot hookup, etc). so next time you see the person, or next time you start laying out a line of coke, you get focused on that because the dopamine shaped your memory.
so, i guess i'm not saying you don't need a dopaminergic, but i don't think your brain is messed up just based on that. extinction learning works better if the reward is shifted, not just nonreinforced, so i guess i'm not really saying anything new that meeting someone new is the best way to get the old person out of your head, and maybe dopaminergic would help that when things are complicated.
well that wasn't helpful, i'll read the other thread you made and maybe have something more useful.
-d/r
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