Dope on Dopamine

Dopamine has a popular reputation for inducing a sense of ease or pleasure in the body chemistry system.

Sounds great say researchers. But even there they find a two edged sword.

People can benefit from Dopamine at times. The drawback found is simply

relying too much on it. Like so many chemistries, there are conditions for

not using or continuing with it always. For those who rely on its affects, then

it becomes a problem. It has been actually tested in trials that having too much

or too often rather than deriving ease, it is a source of irritable reaction due to

the desire to keep it. Thus it may contribute to a behavior problem with those

who do want to rely on its affect a lot rather than once in a while. It seems at first innocuous but it is the habit forming that should be watched. It's like the problem of

too much sugar in the system or wanting to perpetually watch videos or TV.

Fortunately, in the trials, they found breaking free from the habit is fairly easy.

One just stays away from instances for getting dopamine for a few hours or days 

and the affect is diminished. Erratic behavioral risks factors arise less often without 

sustained Dopamine. 

The material herein is not necessarily a reflection of the entropy of current societies.