Tools to Manage Dopamine and Improve Motivation & Drive

Dopamine isn't just about pleasure, according to Dr. Andrew Huberman. It's about motivation, cravings, and the pursuit of things outside of our immediate experience or possession. In order to maximize dopamine production, the following tools can be used: sunlight, caffeine, tyrosine, mucuna pruriens, L-tyrosine, phenylethylamine, cold exposure, and... See more

Dopamine is the pleasure and reward neurotransmitter. It is responsible for attention and focusing. It motivates you and stimulates you to engage in life. Its close cousins are the stimulating and energy-giving neurotransmitters epinephrine and norepinephrine. All three are built from the amino acid tyrosine, which in turn comes from the essential

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DOPAMINE Begin a novel exercise routine. Learn to play a new instrument. Get out of your social comfort zone. Begin a side entrepreneurial project. Start a new blog, newsletter, or Meetup group. Break from the “tranquility of repetition.” Take alternate routes to work and travel more frequently. NOREPINEPHRINE Halt chronic consumption of news, whic

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Acetylcholine can be optimized with a lot of tools, like foods that are high in choline, nicotine (you don't need to smoke cigarettes), alpha-GPC, huperzine, and narrow vision fields. It's easy to optimize your serotonin levels with physical touch, gratitude, tryptophan, Cissus quadrangularis, 5-HTP, and Myo-inositol. In order to effectively use an... See more

Neuromodulators are produced from amino-acids. Especially l-thyroxine is a building block of dopamine. This can be used to motivate activities leading to the intake of l-thyroxine. It makes us feel in pursuit and alert.