Do You Have a Dopamine Imbalance? | Dr. Daniel Amen
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- Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a major role in supporting our mood. However, with dopamine, the trick is to maintain a proper balance. Too much dopamine wears out your pleasure centers, while too little can leave you feeling down. If you're curious where your dopamine levels lie, there are certain things you need to look for. In this video chat, Dr. Daniel Amen discusses the role dopamine plays in your body, how to tell if you have an imbalance, and how to optimize your dopamine level to keep you feeling at your best.
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Thank you SO much for sharing your wisdom for free. I finally figured out whats wrong with me by listening to your videos. God bless you for helping me and so many others.
Your book Healing ADD changed my life. Thank you. I no longer have to take anti depressants, Xanax for anxiety, or ADD meds. I do well on the supplements. Thank you!!!
I just bought that book for my daughter. I hope it will help her too.
Hello. Can you please tell what kind of supplements? I also do have ADD
@@warrior0168 well what I used was L-tyrosine and DLPA. But it depends on the type of ADD you have. You would have to read the book or go to his website to determine that according to your symptoms. We aren’t all the same
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Thank you so much. Happy to be taking your course. As soon as I get certified I need my brain scanned. Then I want to support others. I feel my Dopamine is low because my concentration is not the best.
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Fantastic, it’s nice that people are willing to share these helpful truths. Thank you 🙏
You have helped me become more aware of my decisions in life in terms of physical help. Thank you my good man.
I would love it if you would begin each episode with one cycle of the breath you recommend for activating the parasympathetic nervous system. It would help to form a healthy habit. Thank you!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🧬 Introduction to Dopamine
05:07 💡 Environmental Toxins and Dopamine
10:08 🔄 Breaking the Addiction Cycle
12:31 🚫 Activities that Dump Dopamine
14:01 💪 Boosting Dopamine Naturally
16:42 🧠 Protecting Your Dopamine
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I appreciate this video because it's so informative without interruption. The podcast is too much for my brain. Thank you!
Miso is such a cute name for a cat ❤️
Dr. Amen You are just invaluable to our society today! We so need more of you!
Now this was peaceful. Thanks Doc
Thank you for taking the time to talk to us, and for sharing the rich nuggets of your knowledge of the brain. I now know how to help my daughter whom I believe has low dopamine and serotonin levels. Looking back on her behaviours I from childhood.
I will be buying your books. You are a God-send. Thank you.
I strongly suspect the same of my husband who refuses to take antidepressants right now. If you don’t mind, can you share what supplements or medications helped her?
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Thank you for sharing this information.
Thank you very much sir. You impart wisdom.
Seems like more people have dopamine defeciency these days and Amen makes a great point about our smart phone and other devices constantly hijacking away our dopamine.
So dope I mean:) I definitely have low dopamine! Thankyou so helpful..so hopeful!
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then we have the famous neuro transmitter sisters Sarah Tonin, and her Dopey Mean sister. get it? all rights reserved to this by Gary York who invented the saying.
If you don’t understand medicine the way this doc explains it then you need a face to face with him. Thank you 🙏🏼 doctor 🙏🏼
Great message .
Eat very healthy nutritional foods . I have also Moringa , collagen , genmaicha tea and dandelion tea . I have not been sick once with Covid and I am no vaccinated. I listen to music , practise meditation and go to nature . I exercise , do walking and strength train. All of these things help my dopamine .
Ty doctor amen for making this important self-care not so convoluted. Ur advice helps me stay calm as well as ur demeanor. 😁
I always feel love from this doctor and it seems so rare from the medical "industry"
and....heas a CAT DAD! I knew it! dog gone it..
When I first started taking vitamin d3 in larger doses it made a massive difference. My attention problems disappeared instantly. I had 3 very good days, then on day 3 I felt it all go down the drain again in a few hours. It was like dying. I'm guessing my brain just started compensating for the higher d3 levels.
I've had similar experiences with iodine and quitting caffeine. It helps but only for a short time, then it becomes the new normal and the effects disappear.
oddly I'm feeling low today and have backed off D3 after being in the sun a lot but now I'm back on high dose D3. I'm old and get way less D from the sun now.
I love this setting! I feel as you are chatting with me personally! I love how relaxed it feels, what wonderful information! Can you tell me if Zinc does anything to affect our dopamine levels?
Yes zinc. B6 and b vitamins are important!!!
What a great diagnosis for hie beloved 🐱.I love it.
Thankyou so much😄
Loved this content, tried most of it which was manning the faucet drip all...the...time...Lost the battle and went back on ritalin realizing I wasted 15 yrs in a fog exhausting myself trying to focus to function; but I got by, thank goodness for these options
This is so me!!!! I have zero motivation unless it's mandatory!! 😭😭🙄. I truly believe chemotherapy and the years of drug therapies have left me empty! Ayurveda has me on the healing path now!
I am sorry...Right me
I think chemotherapy used for treat cancer...
What are you using as aryuveda treatments
I use Ashwaghanda and have for years off and on. Its amazing for mood energy and just feeling great but no jitters etc. Its an adaptogen like Ginseng
🙏 thank you.
the cat is so cute. So adorable.
Great video Dr Amen
Love Miso
Thank you !
The best therapist so far are my cats , I love Miso
me too! and music ..playing playing along to what I love but not loud as cats ears are very sensitive.
Watching this almost four years later..Excellent vid/info..
Thank you so much ❤😊
An interesting helpful talk..
Beautiful Miso !!!!🥰
So interesting to see you when you are thinking, you look up. I did that as a child and I remember being yelled at and humiliated in front of my class when I was in second grade. The teacher said the answer isn’t in the sky … but for me it was. That embarrassed me and made me feel a lack of confidence in my own intelligence. It’s just wild the moronic, ignorant things that others can say that may effect your confidence & behavior. I worked hard not to look up when thinking or answering questions which I’m sure I was unnecessarily distracting my brain. I do see many of the most intelligent thinkers look up as they talk.
P.s. is praise an acceptable dopamine hit. I think so.
Wow Dr.Amen
This is so helpfu! And to echo what you said about vitamin D and appetite, for years, I was getting the winter blues every winter late in the season. And I would find that that’s the time of year I tend to gain weight and be hungry.
When he said PHONE I was actually on my phone damn it.
Love those points on your furrbaby.
I think Miso is a Flame Point Siamese and maybe Himalayan mix- Siamese live the longest and I NEVER see them in shelters for adoption. hmmmm
@@yarygork2334 its the coloration. People are drawn to it. I just adopted out a foster I had been fostering since November. She is some kind of siamese but gorgeous floofy cashmere silky type of hair. I honestly think shes a ragdoll. People were not reading her bio. She is a raw food eater. 14 applications for this little kitty. People are smitten by the color. I actually have a pointed siamese mix for adoption im shocked nobody has shown interest. These types literally fly out withing the hour at a shelter or rescue.
Dopamine is also modulated in the hypothalamus and this involves gaba; relates to general physiological regulation (homeostasis), including brain activity auto-regulation/ autonomic NS & 'emotional regulation' (eg in ASD).
Thank you for "sunshine Vit D raises DA". Now I know why I have always been dependent on sunshine and why cloudy/rainy days make me feel miserable and weak (not seasonal sad).
I know the food thermogenesis effect and wonder if the connection of DA to appetite-for-energy-foods [rather than nourishing foods] lies also in the hypothalamic homeostatic regulation (a form of regulatory compensation for low metabolic energy).
"general physiological regulation (homeostasis)" This is regulated by CBD endogenous or exogenous. I'm on it now and it helz wit my speallling
@Dr. Marika Bouchon how can we lower dopamine? I don’t have addictions but at times I feel irritable..
Hi @Lola C
Irritability is not from high DA but from adrenaline which kind of steals the DA (both are catecholamines, as NE - all 3 in sympathetic
N.S. ). DA is used up in >making Norepinephrine NE which is used up> in making adrenaline. To not be irritable, reduce Adr: 1 increase NE (focus, think, problem solve) or 2 better reduce also NE to keep more DA, which controls muscle tension. Sun & move physically, breathe, and you won't be tense, won't need to entrain the "highest" survival mechanism - adrenaline.
Note: seeking the highs of DA in the brain's "reward center"
is a common behaviour in large societies, but based on inadequate understanding of physiology.
Those brain highs cannot compensate the irritability & sense that it's all to hard, even if they produce "joy". They only hide the problem of tension in the body, disconnecting head from it, and do not resolve the issue - why is it so hard. (Plus, in ageing this strategy causes a lot of structural deterioration in the body and brain).
Other example: The inadequate understanding leads an anxious woman treated medically into becoming bipolar: worse agitation, not less agitation. DA highs are agitation in the brain, excitement. 2 sides if the same thing, nothing like calm unaffected by irritation.
@@drmarikabouchon7361 thank you very much! This makes so much sense. I was told that in my case DA is not being converted to NE and epinephrine.. based on OAT results. I’m not sure if this is possible and what causes this lack of conversion but you are definitely right about adrenaline I think as my hr goes up in stressful circumstances. I’ll take your advice, thank you!!!
This is great information as I attempt to work through some things. Dopamine is DEFINITELY a major factor. I did quit drinking but am probably NAFLD . Add burn out and moral distress from working in ICU during a pandemic I'm a mess but learning things like this helps me return to some discipline/ goal setting dopamine trickle 👍😄
Bless you for your work! 🙏
Late to this party. But when I read comments that hit me, even if it's a year later, I have to acknowledge the commentor. So - thank you so much for your service as a medical professional. Alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs to make a habit / dependency out of. (from my own experience and observations of people close to me) its Too sneaky, not hard enough on the body to engage with the reality that it poisons us, it's normalized and way too accessible for those of us who are at risk for becoming addicted to altering our mental state. I hope you are less of a mess now!
@@Tukayo69 So true about the alcohol. Thankfully I am no longer a fan. Quit my job 😂🙌 But going back casual so more freedom and money so I can get out altogether soon. 😂
You go lassy!
I have low dopamine diagnosed 3 day ago ic can't think I don't have mood for sex and things that I have enjoyed previously
Oh my goodness I most certainly need dopamine
This is very prominent for me. I have been diagnosed with C-PTSD from 28 years of emotional abuse. He abandoned 2 years ago and the house is full of behind the walls mold. I have been diagnosed with Lyme and Mold CIRS.
So, emotional abuse C-PTSD, mold illness, Lyme, chagas disease, leaves me totally unworthy of any relationship at all.
Every time I try to get money together to get a scan, something happens to make me broke again.
Life is just coming at me from all sides.
Don't worry life gets like that sometimes for some of us, but just never give up and never stop praying for strenghth.
A scan is not likely to give you much information that you don't already have. Put your money into a detoxing high fiber whole foods diet: root vegetables like sweet potatoes, rutabagas, turnips, parsnips, carrots; cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, arugula; dark leafy greens. Do what you can to get protected from the mold (home insurance?). If you used different personalities to survive the abuse, let them talk when they are ready. Praying for you.
Good evening sir,
Am Baron an occupational therapist from Nigeria, I appreciate your teachings on neurophysiology, my question, why my family suffer schizophrenia and affective disorder thanks.
Hello Dr. Amen,
I watched one your TEDTalk video form 2016 in which you talk about 83000 brain images you and your collegues have studied, the interesting part for me was where you give example of your nephew, now with that said, my 6 years old son has the same mentality. He tends to aggresivenss and violence. I was wondering if there is any of your collegues or if you know a doctor or a clinic in Texas that can help us with my child treatment.
Thank you
What supplement do you have to help with ADD?
Great video!!!! Anything to lower dopamine levels?
you mean raise?
@ Joaquin I’m wondering the same thing
Jesus I’ve been cramming my face with terrible food and I constantly look for fun things to do and excitement. I need help in this.
It is true !
I like Miso. So cute. Hello Dr. Amen and Miso
It is not about feelingof hunger or satiety, it is about not able to stop thinking of food
@Mary Carroll I had gastric sleeve six months ago, things so much better these days
We went to the store yesterday to get some snack foods.
would taking L-dopa help someone who has low dopamine but not parkinsons symptoms?
What Multivitamin would you suggest - I preferably prefer a drink but I am already doing that. I am a woman over 55 with an auto immune disease and lots of stress but I don't want to take tons of different tablets... just something simple..... is anything simple?? lol
Tangy Tangerine 2.0 Youngevity.
'Let's Talk Health' Liposomal Cellmunity Plus. The brain is a symphony...all 64 need some of all...
These two supplements cover the basics.
Thank you, Dr. Amen! This describes my son, but he won’t listen to me and doesn’t take supplements that I know he needs according to his blood work.
Question: How do you keep dopamine at a steady level?
I am having problems with my son as well 😔
I don’t think there’s a simple answer for this.. it’s many strategies and avoiding overstimulation and supplements. Sometimes the medication is needed
In Seattle and my d level is 109.
Thoughts?
I heard you say that caffeine is not a good choice but then had dave asprey on and he was promoting his bulletproff coffee that has caffeine , my question do you think we can perform better without it or with it. thanks.
There seems to be a lot of similarities between low seratonin and low dopamine from listening to your YT vids. Both feel blaw... both need activity and sun light. Trying to track causes of waking up at night , if neurotansmittors or histamine or hormones (epinephrine..). Interesting ideas.
Professor Huberman on Mark Hyman's U tube hacking the brain said that is due to running out of melatonin at night. I take 12 mg most nights and it helps. Sleeping with cats...not so much help for good sleep. Somthin about nocturnal beasts...
Hello dear Dr. Amen 🌹🌹🌹
What about taking antipsychotics for many years and have symptoms of dopamine deficiency
What about gaba? I’ve read it has a lot to do with dopamine.
How do you feel about cannabinoids and supporting the endocannabinoid system to support, detox and balance our bodies and brains?
Dr Amen do you know how to treat catatonia? I'm wondering if maybe benzo or antipsychotic meds withdrawals can cause catatonia?
most likely. Get yourself checked for severe depression or - if not already - schizophrenia too though
@@MS-il3ht Im sure you know benzos cause brain damage
@@yarygork2334 Yes, but a primary illness is still worth checking. Only very heavy abusers have such impairments.
Does depression from the loss of a spouse of 57 years lower dopamine?
Any blood test for dopamine
I feel low and agitated currently. Is this low dopamine?
Hi dr amen how to stop overthinking at night causing me insomnia please help i am exhausted i look so tired i follow all the sleep rituals but my mind is still thinking my body is very relaxed but my mind doesnot stop thinking because of anxiety i take magnesium bisglycinate but how to stop worrying about tomorrow please help thank you
What should I do now
HPHPA clostridia caused my son to regress into autism and his neurotransmitters are so imbalanced.
Especially dopamine doesn't transfer into norepinephrine
I m 21, My VIT D is 8 😭 n i procastinate alot and i am always distracted and always have lowww energy levels. N have lack of motivation. N omg I AM VERY FORGETFUL!!
I'm high (or at a good level) of Dopamine.
how do you find that out
the hypothalamus is smaller in childhood abuse victims. how does that affect dopamine as an adult.
I can’t help but comment on the Title of the video “Dopamine imbalance “
Fun fact taking adhd stimulant medication is a dopamine imbalance especially the short acting tablets, I can’t help but feel this can not be good for my brain long term, there is no worse feeling than the wear down on the drug which is feels like your 10 time worse than before you even start taking them.
Is this something we have to put up with or can something be done about it???
I have mild ADHD. Does low dopamine cause anxiety and insomnia?
I am thorn between trying L theanine (green tea) and tyrosine
Should always be detoxing. Detoxifying vegetables broccoli kale cabbage. Positive and Meaning
If you don’t a psychiatrist can give you one. I know from gut wrenching experience. Massive SSRI adverse reaction (Lexapro) burning out all my dopamine receptors in 09. Surprised I am still here.
How do you know it did that? One 25 mg dose of Zoloft made me suicidal in 20 minutes. I want to know how that happened.
The “Freak” (psychiatrist) told me what happened.
I obviously had too much dopamine by taking a choline supplement which made me unable to control binge eating abd felt immobilized and crabby. I had no clue choline raised dopamine. Finding that was my issue I cut back to the former amount I was taking of the choline 500 mg- where worrying over memory I had raised it to 1000mg...big mistake! Too much dopamine is dangerous! Only realized that was my issue as the choline caused insomnia so I cut back and then discovered choline raised dopamine causing the other issues..
Hello Dr. Amen, I really enjoy your videos. I am a psychotherapist for children and youth from Berlin. Do you have a job for me?
No motivation is no t3 working. T3 has helped me and I wish I could sue the Dr's who refused to put me on thyroid meds 20 years ago just because I had in range labs. My heel pain is also almost gone after losing my career and life ar age 32 15 years ago.
Yep thyroid hormones definitely involved 😊
So what’s the take away.? I’m still not sure. If you’re not producing dopamine and you’re eliminating all the toxins and you still have a dopamine deficiency -- what do you do?
Everything you talk about is based on the premise of toxins to the brain yet there are many people out there that suffer depression out of the womb. How do you treat the percentage of people with depression? I’m not talking about situational depression I’m talking about chronic depression?
He prescribes meds in that case. He'd said it many times, when meds are needed he believes in prescribing them.
Can I take samE if I have mild Parkinson’s?
Nutritionfacts.org has a section of research on natural approaches to Parkinsons
Hi Doctor Amen, in 2008/2009 Doctor Sponaugle and I did a ABC Documentary and he sent me to your Herndon Clinic for Brain Scans. As a result it showed I am ADHD, OCD. Have Anxiety and Chronic Insomnia. My Brain makes too much Dopamine and too little Serotonin.
I was put on Adderal, Zanex, Ambien, Seroquel. I want to know why Adderal works for me. Increase focus, motivation etc when I have such a over active Brain. I also need to figure out what I should take for sleep. Ambien doesn’t work by itself. I literally can go weeks without sleep and this is not healthy!! Help, Deborah Wade
Look into 5htp
@Deborah I have high dopamine but I sleep well.. I think I have add and ocd but haven’t been diagnosed.. I was wondering how to lower dopamine?
So, your words indicate there's a difference between dopamine imbalance & ADD? I thought "dopamine challenged" was a key symptom of ADD?
Could you please clarify & elaborate? Thnx.
What if your d is very low from having chronic fatigue but you can’t tolerate sunlight or supplements?
Try different forms of d 3 plus. K 2. It works. A good veggie diet is essential with yogurt and. Also neuro. Mag supements.
Thanks for the good content.
Just to help to increase the audience: sent this to a friend and got the answer:“Sorry, the constant smacking in each and every small break is so off putting and annoying, can’t listen to that.“
Maybe you‘d like to check on that.
All the best.
Someone needed to tell you
I liked for the cat 🐈
off the wall thought but bloodflow is crucial to the brain to heal it and feel well. what about flipping yourself upside down for a few minutes each day to rush blood to your head lol
Do you do this? Thought about doing it recently!
I am scared to do that...what if I have a brain aneurism under control but ready to blow? Imagine the blood pressure spike as we go upside down
I have both ocd and ADHD
That sounds terrible.
Same, I use coffee and it helps
This Doctor is like God to me ,so much informative video .
I found out that I have very low dopamine, serotonin and GABA.
Hi Jan just curious what sort of measurable test was done for this? Thank you
Jan, there is no magic bullet...
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I tried to focus but my dopamine’s you low.
I am like the cat 😢
If Miso has no motivation, this means he has no stress and his life is perfect. That's why he has no reason to fight for his life, food and so on. Why should he be motivated and for what? That's a normal result of a good life
I've heard different things about vitamin D. I've heard that the only reliable source is sunlight for at least 20 minutes. I've also heard that most vitamin D supplements do little if any good. Can anyone suggest a quality D3 supplement ?
Whatever brand you get, take it with K2 which will help you adsirb the D.
@@simmiedavissimmiesings8185 didn’t know this. Nsg over 30 Yrs😳🙄
and also K2 directs calcium to bones and teeth and out of arteries. Daniel can I work as assistant? he he he I work for
scans. Some people in the sun all the time have very low D so its no guarantee.
Dr. Amen, I have a cat that looks like yours', although mine is female:)
OMG this is me sugar and fall in love even if I don’t like the person cant give it up. Just cannot give it up.
Causes me so much distress in my life
EVERYTHING you have said resonates scarily