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[–] FrenziedFelidFanatic@pawb.social 78 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Dopamine does a lot of things. It does not cross the blood-brain barrier.

So taking this would be all side effects and no benefits

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just inject it straight into your brain

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to try it.

Edit: smmmfrrrr grreendch ferrrmenspolendllllllllll

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago

This made me laugh way more than it should have rofl

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So taking this would be all side effects and no benefits

So it's basically the same as Prozac? 😩

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I realize this isn't serious but holy shit Prozac might have saved my life. Well, technically Prizma which is the same stuff. I went through so many unsuccessful depression treatments, Prizma is the only one that seems to be sticking. Sometimes the old stuff is just the best.

Worth noting that all treatments were in conjunction with psychotherapy, I don't think pills alone would have helped. And I also tried going without medication at all for a while, it wasn't good either. Prizma really is the only thing that works for me.

Edit: apparently the Prizma brand might only be sold in my country, but as I said it's just a different brand of Prozac.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

You say the old stuff but fluoxetine was released in 1986 and citalopram in 1989 - before that you were boned. A few antidepressants existed and they were even worse than what we have today.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Maybe they can offer a two for one deal with lobotomy?

They remove the "problematic" part and install a new, dopamine rich part.