Dopamine is about expectation coding.
When you take a bite of that steak and it is better than expected, you will get a little positive blip of dopamine that programs into you "hey, that was better than expected".
The next steak you have, you will expect it to be better than you expected the last steak to be because of that last positive blip.
When it is not very good, you will have dopamine pull back and it will program into you "hey, that was worse than expected".
This is for navigation.
Perhaps a steak is always serving you well, but perhaps the place that always serves bad steaks is not—so you can navigate away from that place.
To extend the analogy beyond steaks, you could navigate away from that person, that behaviour, that thing . . .
Dopaminergic drugs like amphetamines are unideal because everything you do on them will be coded for as "better than expected".
A lot better than expected.
You will automatically navigate towards things that are coded this way.
Dopaminergic drugs like methamphetamine, amphetamine (speed), dexamphetamine, methylphenidate (ritalin), cocaine, and "geary pingers" that contain MDMA as well as amphetamine, highjack your expectation coding system and this new, non-accurate program persists.
It is prudent to keep this in mind as you consider getting sent this weekend, or as you consider commencing a typical ADHD medication like dexamphetamine.
It is more tricky to navigate through life when you mess with dopamine in this way.
"Of course it's your own trip, so be my guest. But be advised that there is a warning on that one, okay?" #woodstockbrownacidwarning
#drugs #speed #meth #dexamphetamine #adhd
#dopamine #brain #CNS #party
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