Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction | Episode 39

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode serves as a sort of “Dopamine Masterclass”. I discuss the immensely powerful chemical that we all make in our brain and body: dopamine. I describe what it does and the neural circuits involved. I explain dopamine peaks and baselines, and the cell biology of dopamine depletion. I include 14 tools for how to control your dopamine release for sake of motivation, focus, avoiding and combating addiction and depression, and I explain why dopamine stacking with chemicals and behaviors inevitably leads to states of underwhelm and poor performance. I explain how to achieve sustained increases in baseline dopamine, compounds that injure and protect dopamine neurons including caffeine from specific sources. I describe non-prescription supplements for increasing dopamine—both their benefits and risks—and synergy of pro-dopamine supplements with those that increase acetylcholine. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you to our sponsors:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">ROKA - <a href= "https://www.roka.com">https://www.roka.com</a> -- code "huberman"</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">InsideTracker - <a href= "https://www.insidetracker.com/huberman">https://www.insidetracker.com/huberman</a> </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Headspace - <a href= "https://www.headspace.com/specialoffer">https://www.headspace.com/specialoffer</a> </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Logitech Event - Rethink Education: The Biology of Learning</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thursday, Sept. 30 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sign up here: <a href= "https://info.logitech.com/ReThink-Education.html">https://info.logitech.com/ReThink-Education.html</a> </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support Research in Huberman Lab at Stanford:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://hubermanlab.stanford.ed