> a quick dopamine kick

I believe you misunderstand how dopamine works.[1] What you're talking about is called self-discipline in English and has value but doesn't need pseudoscience to support it.

1. https://neuwritesd.org/2017/09/28/dopamine-is-not-your-brain...

This response is like so many others on this topic.

"Dopamine fasting" is not a literal or scientific term, its not pseudoscientific either. It merely describes the process (perhaps incorrectly) of imposing some challenge to impulsive behaviours which is a perfectly acceptable way to help break these habitual behaviors, neurologically speaking that is perfectly sound, and consistent with scientific insight into this area. People often misunderstand and apply the overly simplistic "dopamine bad" mentality and think it's somehow about volume of dopamine which is laughably incorrrect for such a complex and nuanced process.

But critics can't see the woods for the trees with this one.

You missed the point. The person I'm responding to believes dopamine is the brain's reward chemical. It's not.

Oh, my bad.

My brain disagrees that it feels good to be dopamine deprived in some areas already and then taking away most of the rest too. I'd say if you manage to pull that off for a few days, let alone weeks as I've seen suggested for dopamine fasting, you didn't have a problem with it in the first place.