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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Paperback – January 3, 2023

by Dr. Anna Lembke (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 9,245 ratings
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“Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick

This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting . . . The increased numbers, variety, and potency is staggering. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. As such we’ve all become vulnerable to compulsive overconsumption.
 
In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain . . . and what to do about it. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives. In essence, Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery.
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  6. Publication date
    January 3, 2023
  7. ISBN-10
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Good tool, you should read it from time to time
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Good tool, you should read it from time to time
Really good book, I read dopamine by Daniel and was a good one but if I'm not mistaken, I didn't found tools or instructions like I did with this one, all the info, the stories from her patients are really good for us to see that we might (most likely) have some kind of addiction or over-consumption behavior that we should work on and she is giving us some ways to do so, I really liked they way she is sharing all that wisdom we may use to improve some aspects of our lives
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Ryan T
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book for education and awareness
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2024
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I bought this book after seeing a Mark Rober post where he referenced it while giving an explanation on his health and lifestyle. I recently decided to change my lifestyle. I hired a personal trainer, altered my diet, planned to spend more time with family and less with work, and I started taking ADHD medicine (but had no idea why I needed it or what it was doing to me). The medicine has helped me slow down my thoughts and gave me an ability to focus that I never had before. Reading this book provided a valuable insight on what goes on in your head to make you want, crave, and reject things/thoughts/feelings in ways that you don’t typically notice. And it also gives you the sense of realization that regardless of what your vices are, you should pay more attention because it could very well be a type of addiction that may be unhealthy to you or the people around you. I shared this book and even gifted a copy to friends and family, not that they have problems with addiction, but because it has helped me in so many ways and I felt that it could help them as well.
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Robert Whitehead
5.0 out of 5 stars Great! Scary! One correction
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2024
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This is a great book. She is a psychiatrist: her patient stories are true and very scary. Because of dopamine one can essentially get addicted to almost anything.

One correction however. She references a book entitled "Llstening to Prozac"' saying that one can become addicted to antidepressants. This is absolutely false as proven by multiple tests on Prozac, other SSRIs and SNRIs.

The book was published right after Prozac came out and was on the cover of Time and Newsweek. The author reported that Prozac could make you feel "better than good." I'd doesn't. Also, like ALL antidepressants except the rarely prescribed MAOIs (the first antidepressant which have a success rate of about 90%) they work only 40% of the time.

The popularity of Prozac (and the other SSRIs and SNRIs that followed) was in part because of this: what psychiatrists previously used an antidepressants, TCAs, were lethal in very small does (5 pills); fear of suicide w/depression. So GPs, internists would not prescribe them and refer them to psychiatrists (no potentially liability.) But w/SSRis and SNRIs, with which you can't kill yourself, GPs and interneests went to town.

But benzodiazepines, Ambien, and meds for ADHD and ADH highly addictive-dopamine. The book is a wonderful discourse on this neurobiological chemical and a scary one and true. Easy to understand, too.
The sad case of Jacob's life long sex addiction is, frankly, sick and depressing
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Igo Hummaan
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Primer on the Dopamine Effect, Pain-Pleasure Balance
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2021
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This is a nicely condensed, well-writtten book that explains some of the reasons behind and the power of addiction, viewed through the lens of our brain's' dopamine regulation system. A fast reader will probably get through it in a weekend. Took me a few extra days but definitely worth it.

There are many compelling real-world examples of how people get hooked into destructive behaviors, as well as the highlights of the author's therapeutic interactions with a few of them, in each case showing a path (potentially one the reader could take if applicable) of how the person was able to free themselves from the problem. Quite a few insights into how AA and other legitimate 12 step programs can help people / why it works as well.

Definitely more aimed at helping the reader understand what is happening (with typical addiction scenarios) at a physiological and practical level, than a "in the weeds" neuroscience book, or typical inch deep "self-help" book. Helps that the author is a medical doctor / psychiatrist, so you know she has a pretty good idea what she's talking about, and is even honest with some of her own shortcomings and mistakes she had to deal with as a child, parent, therapist. If all this sounds like something that might help you start to get out of a bad situation, buy the book. You won't regret it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life in good way !
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2024
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Amazing what a helpful book.
No more often podcast, chocolates and I end with my daily masturbation.

Cold shower and exercise every other day now I look for pain instead of the pleased.
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Dustin S
5.0 out of 5 stars great read on addiction from a brain chemistry perspective
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2024
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well worth the read in understanding addiction and the brain.
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Aaron
5.0 out of 5 stars Good challenging read for addiction/habits.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2024
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This book helped me understand my attachments to habits/addictions. Understanding dopamine helped with the steps needed for rehabilitation. I plan on re-reading it again. Good read/
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K Stan
3.0 out of 5 stars This book is basic
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024
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Perhaps if you don’t know much about the topic this would be okay. It’s very basic and not very in-depth. No new info.
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Julien P.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book about our brain's reward and pain mechanisms
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2024
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Enjoyable book which describes very well our reward and pain mechanisms. I recommend
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DiegoCh
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in Mexico on September 19, 2024
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This book clearly shows us the state of addiction we have to so many things in our modern lives, and how to retake control over it. A must read!
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Sara
5.0 out of 5 stars helped me quit smoking
Reviewed in Canada on September 3, 2024
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great book
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Marina Marquiori Alves de Souza
5.0 out of 5 stars Muito bom
Reviewed in Brazil on June 25, 2024
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Ansiosa pela leitura
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fabio
5.0 out of 5 stars libro
Reviewed in Italy on October 26, 2024
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come descritto, okok
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Philippe Wartenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Germany on October 4, 2024
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Ein großartiges Buch über die Sucht und die Rolle von Dopamin. Obwohl es ein Sachbuch ist, liest es sich gut und schnell und ist mit einigen Geschichten durchspickt, die das Thema - sogar spannend - veranschaulichen.
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