Addiction Explained, Rises & Falls in Dopamine | Dr. Andrew Huberman 

This clip is from the Huberman Lab episode "Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort.” The full episode can be found on RU-vid here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K-TW2Chpz4k.html

I started drinking alcohol years ago as a teenage, spent my whole life fighting alcohol addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder, got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

I think these short videos are great. They are pretty short and convenient to watch, while still giving good education

My best dopamine hits are when I finish a project, get in a good workout (whether cycling or strength training, even on bad days where I don't feel like it or don't feel like I have the energy to). My worst dopamine hits are reaching for a beer or a glass of wine when I finish a project or chore at home or reaching for a cigarette (I know, need to just quit) after a hard workout or ride. But am learning (again) to do better and be better. Much thanks.

My cocaine use tale, in 81 I spent my entire paycheck one evening..having to borrow 20 dollars to buy gas just to make it home.The next day I experienced the Huge Drop the Dr. described I totally experienced the logic in suicide feeling the worst I remember ever feeling. The insanity of trying to re-experience that first rush...but Never achieving it. I havent done any since.

Im studying neuronscience in my letures at university and this video came up at the perfect time! Thank you.

Thank you very much Professor Huberman for this video. The truth is that the healthy management of dopamines in our body is a compendium of enormous relevance for life. Best regards from Chile!

The real question is how we can heal the brain from years of heavy artificial dopamine hits. I've been away from addiction for 3 months and still have symptoms

Obviously, TikTok, Facebook, etc., are using dopamine peaks, but I don't feel a craving for it. Maybe some do, but in my case, I simply stumble upon it and get hooked. Does it disrupt this natural system if there is no comparison between craving and experience? Does the drop below baseline get bigger or smaller? I'd really like to know what Dr Huberman is thinking about this.

Does caffeine help or hinder the recovery process? I'm currently in recovery, experiencing anhedonia. No pleasure from anything which sucks. A cup of black coffee gives me a little boost and helps me get some work done and get through the day. However, I don't want to disrupt/extend the recovery process. Any advice from those of you that have been through this would be appreciated.

I think it would be very beneficial if you did an episode deep diving on the science behind ibogaine. It's incredible what it's done for people with severe addictions and ptsd. And the potential for safer microdoses of it is also very interesting although the science so far as been limited.

Would love to learn more about iboga/ibogaine’s effects on the dopamine system in relation to addiction and ptsd. An interview with Dr. Deborah Mash about ibogaine and the brain would be sick!

Addictions are bad. Especially commenting on every Huberman video for dopamine hits. Oooops.

Thank you ❤

my first real big dopamine rush was in high school when a friend gave me a tiny little plastic tube to suck on that had nicotine in it, never since that moment have i ever had a nicotine buzz quite like it.

Excellent... and so i guess this is what makes sugar addictive. I remember Layne Norton scoffing at people that were saying it was addictive but given this... like so so so so so many other addictive things... the substance itself might not be addictive in itself.. BUT the dopamine hit people get become addictive.... So when someone says sugar is not addictive.. well neither is phone scrolling or social media or cocaine. Guess we have to be pragmatic and say.. yes - sugar is addictive like social media and cocaine and phone scrolling.

makes sense.

excellent presentation - I will share with my counseling colleagues;-)

If you're looking for answers after addiction for how to.heal/time expectations, this video doesn't focus on that. In case you need to save 7 min of your time.

Probably a silly question, but where can I find the citations? Specifically for the first stat you mentioned pertaining to alcohol use disorder.

We have to learn how to enhance dopamine in a healthy wayv

That video triggers extremely, if u had an coca adic. Im imagine some addict who has memories of his pipe (and/or) hits. And than that talk about the high intense dopamine rush. That could give the memories that feeling back which maybe was forgotten or ignored. I am appreciate A Hubermans explanation and his podcas generally, but his description of cocain dopamine causes, are very imaginable and may leading back into those memories, because u want to remember "just" the effect (in a scientific way) but with bad luck this purely scientific curiosity comes with more feelings, more memory and leaves the Science pathway. But you can come back I just wanted to mention that.

Nobody explained me that before that good.

Tapering clonazepam is hell😢

Would using the addiction of choice prior to engaging in a behavior that promotes limbic friction, prime those neural pathways to receive the adjacent prolactin increase, and therefore the significant dopamine increase that follows? Staving off additional cravings for the addicted behavior?

So weed is Safe at all ?

What drops after a peak is the DOPAMINE level baseline OR the DOPAMINE RECEPTORS? Or both? I'm kinda confused with this. For example, if there's like a dopamine generating activity, and you constantly keep doing it. Does the ammount of dopamine that your body produces start to decrease, or the number of dopamine receptors start to decrease? Or both?

How does the dopamine high from illegal drugs compare to comfort foods (eg sugar)? Just in general terms. For instance 10 times more powerful (or more). I’m trying to have an illustration to help non-addicts to understand the addictive properties that drugs hold, building empathy.

My mom tried to have sex with me when i was late in high school. Ive blamed her for my 20 years of addiction to drugs and alcohol. You sir, just spit some words that completely understand.

The best words ever zero is better than any

I've tried cocaïne several times, but it really didn't do much for me. I didn't get more energy, all what happened is that i didn't want to engage in contact with others. I find speed way more addictive as it helps me to work more and harder and makes me more talkative.

Everything pleasurable in moderation. Candy, drugs, and even sex.

I know it’s hard to stop, but one day you will overcome the addiction of reading comments after watching a video. I know you are reading this one too 😂😂😂

I was in the army for 11 years... my nickname was HOOVER ... I snorted coke a gram at a time... I've been addicted to dopamine ever since...

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

Talk about Masturbation Addiction too. you never had about this topic

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Daddy hubes is the best ^.^

Let's just think about dopamine what is it and how to get it without being an addict. Get to the point.

Hube might not be who you think he is. In fact, I have reason to believe Huberman is a viral alien entity. Think about it: If you live your life fully according to the Huberman doctrine, and that includes all the supplements, exercise routines, sunlight in your retina, cold plunges, sauna, etc. etc., then you basically get to a point where the molecular composition of your body is being finely tuned to some desired configuration. What is this configuration, you may ask? It should be obvious: It’s Huberman himself. Under the guise of “health optimization”, Hube is secretly COPYING HIMSELF into his podcast audience (think of agent smith in matrix 2). Moreover, this is not only happening on a physiological level. If you’ve listened to a lot of his podcast, you must have gone through the experience of having a little Huberman in your head commenting on your life choices, saying things like “you should avoid these starchy carbohydrates” when looking at a pizza, or “zero drinks would be better” when your friend invites you to a bar. At this point, you might still identify these thoughts as “that’s what huberman would say”, but it’s only a question of time until his thoughts become your thoughts. So what is Huberman’s plan once he has converted half of humanity into replicas of himself? Is he building an army? Is it pure madness? I’m still trying to figure this out, but I believe it might be a completely passive process, like a virus infecting its host and replicating mindlessly. In that case, Huberman is but a host to what I would like to term the “Guberman” virus. Of course, all of this is just conjecture, but I want you guys to be careful with this podcast🙏

did you have a part in making Riseguide Dopamine Reset?

Damn... just 2 beers at week

Alcohol is the worst

Cause vampires troll them and alcohol stops the brain terror.

No wonder cocaine makes me feel so terrible coming down.

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Can't afford cocaine

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Thank you. Are you a Christian?

I don’t understand why sex addiction is bad, we are human beings and it’s in our nature to feel sexual, some people find it pleasurable and some don’t I do , same way we like music and food it should be the same with sex, why certain good things bad? I don’t believe it I think if we are happy and comfortable with our sexuality why not express it? Sex should be experienced more we shouldn’t be ashamed of sex

2 drinks?? Lol

Thank you ❤