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Dopamine Fasting: Some MDs Are Prescribing It. Should You?

Julie StewartIt’s an appealing concept: Stop addictive behaviors for a while — think social media, video games, gambling, porn, junk food, drugs, alcohol (dry January, anyone?) — to reset your brain’s reward circuitry, so you can feel great minus the bad habits. People call it dopamine fasting, abstinence sampling, or dopamine detox. But is shutting...

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Dopamine Fasting: Some MDs Are Prescribing It. Should You?

Julie StewartIt’s an appealing concept: Stop addictive behaviors for a while — think social media, video games, gambling, porn, junk food, drugs, alcohol (dry January, anyone?) — to reset your brain’s reward circuitry, so you can feel great minus the bad habits. People call it dopamine fasting, abstinence sampling, or dopamine detox. But is shutting...