Re:How to know if you’re addicted
by rmbyrro on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:38AM
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I wonder if the dopamine doses associated with the activity is what causes the addiction on the area.
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My ancedotal evidence says yes. I've never had a porn problem (I'm a homosexual female, I'm not sure there's enough material for me to sustain a porn problem...), but I've had other psychological addictions and one interesting thing I've noticed is that if I take modafinil when I'm trying to break one that my cravings/desires are much less.
I think it's dopamine (as opposed to the other nts modafinil is theorized to work on) because a changing short half-life SNRI dose does nothing (so it's not serotonin or norepinephrine making the change), caffeine does nothing (so not adenosine), and histamine modifiers also do nothing.
Re:How to know if you’re addicted
by beaconstudios on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:03AM
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That's interesting because that's the opposite effect to me - I used to smoke (still do rarely but try to avoid it) and when I took modafinil I often had a strong urge to chain-smoke, just like after a few drinks.
Nicotine?
God, modafinil + other stimulants is a bad time for me.
Makes sense. It's certainly a blessing not having enough material. My impression is this kind of addiction can get particularly depressing if you can look at yourself from the outside...