I am going to be traveling to South Africa next summer form Los Angeles. I am going to test the Timeshifter app that allegedly fights jet lag. They suggest the use of Melatonin which I know you do not recommend. I was wondering if it might be wise to substitute your sleep cocktail of Magnesium Threonate, Apigenin and Theanine? I hope you can answer this as it would be nice to feel somewhat normal and rested after a day of traveling.
Having read Anna Lembke’s book and listened to many of your podcasts regarding the dopamine system, i could not find any information or practical protocols about the desensitization from multiple dopamine-evoking activities and stimulants. Examples may include browsing the internet, fast food, social media, refined sugar, adult movies, listening to music, binging netflix etc... If one were to do a self-directed dopamine detox, should one really quit all substances/behaviors at once for e.g. 30 days for a full reset, or is there a more long term way, that is not so radical, but with the same outcome? And all that is also leading to the higher question above everything else: Is there a way to truly give the dopamine system a complete „factory reset“? Is this even practical in today's world, where everything is always available to us in unlimited quantity? Thank you so much, Andrew!
Hey Dr. Huberman. I have trouble talking to my doctors about diet, supplementation, or other protocols that have been discovered fairly recently - it seems that most of the ones I come into contact with dismiss anything/everything about it. I've tried bringing in copies of research, but that seems to frustrate them more. Do you have any advice for finding a doc that is open-minded?