Serotonin is the hormone what makes us happy, so why aren’t we just injecting it into our body/taking it as tablets to get out of misery on command?

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Serotonin is the hormone what makes us happy, so why aren’t we just injecting it into our body/taking it as tablets to get out of misery on command?

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Serotonin does not directly cause pleasure, and neither does dopamine for that matter. If any neurotransmitter is established to cause pleasure in the normal sense of the word, it would be endorphins (endogenous opioids).

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