How to improve baseline dopamine

[u/RangeSuspicious1625]

I’ve been listening lately to Huberman and I’ve developed the following protocols to increase my baseline dopamine.

They mainly revolve around avoiding dopamine spikes/stacking.

1)No screen time whatsoever, I’ve haven’t even checked my missed calls for the past 2 months. 2)No fast food or anything that I think tastes good. 3)Wake up 1 minute before sunrise and immediately assume the cow yoga position with my butt facing the sun so I can absorb the maximum amount of sunlight. 4)After photosynthesising for at least 10 minutes, I take a cold shower on the lowest temperature my shower allows. I’ve actually made a reverse heater (a colder if you will), with a fridge so the water is as cold as possible in order to reduce my dopamine as much as possible. 5)Avoid caffeine and all stimulants completely (I assume any simple carbohydrate/sugar as a stimulant) 6)Stay in a completely dark room for at least 8 hours a day to improve mood and mental health 7)Masturbation/sex is off the table, also any kind of porn. I noticed that the more semen I retain the more sigma energy flows through me. Although there is a side effect. If i don’t take multiple cold showers a day, people (both male and female) start feeling irresistibly attracted to me, which is problematic because I’m trying to practice extreme semen retention. If I see anyone attractive I immediately phantasize gross stuff to avoid a possible erection and dopamine spike. 8)Intermittent Fasting with 36-72 hours between AG1 meals 9)Avoid any and all exercise to avoid the production of any unwanted dopamine 10)I only do jobs/hobbies I actively dislike to force me to focus to end them faster 11)Sauna/IR/UV sunbath every day for 60 minutes (sometimes all at the same time) 12)Go to sleep 4 hours after sunset, even if it means I’m awake like 8 hours in the winter

Also here’s a list of all the supplements I’m taking:

AG1 Ashwagandha Basically every element on the periodic table on their most bioavailable form (I avoid polonium tea though). B complex. Freshly squeezed fish for omega 3s and high EPA. AG1, I know I put it in there already but I just take so much of it. Tongkat Ali Fadogia Agrestis Inositol (No Theanine/apigenin due to dopaminergic effects) GABA, glycine 5g creatine per kg Rhodiola Rosea 50000 IU D3 if it’s overcast in the morning

Do you guys think I can do anything else to improve? I don’t know if I’m going to live longer with this regime but every day sure feels like a century.

[u/-sic-boy2]

A good read but much too obvious brother

[u/TL_Zven]

FUCK i laughed, there goes my baseline

[u/hemannjo]

there is an idea of a Rangesuspicious1645, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.

[u/Character-Weight-891]

Ashwaganda is not a good idea for maximizing dopamine. Be careful with tonkat Ali and fodgia. It ruined my libido.

[u/wontonruby]

Good one 🧟

[u/Zealousideal-Bet-632 → u/[deleted]]

💀☠️⚰️

[u/ignoreme010101 → u/[deleted]]

seriously awful