Why can’t you just inject serotonin to feel happy?
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Serotonin doesn’t just make you happy. I think dopamine is more correlated with feelings of happiness. But anyway the brain is complicated and it’s not simply one chemical makes you happy.
SSRI’s which do increase serotonin, will come with “suicide” at the top line side effect.
Then, maybe we kind of can. People take MDMA which acts on the serotonin receptors to make themselves happy. It has lots of potential benefits and is being studies and used in therapy.
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