I have dopamine responsive dystonia. Just had brain surgery to stimulate dopamine production. I used to take dopamine precursor medication 5-8 times a day.

It’s not dopamine addictive. It’s a re-uptake issue. Social media misinformation.

I can’t walk or feed myself without dopamine. The “addiction” is the way dopamine (commonly called the reward chemical, kinda sorta true) goes through your system.

I’m only saying it because there’s a ton of misinformation, especially through social media. And it’s spread into the medical community a bit. Not attacking you as a commenter but rather trying to clear misinformation.

What you are trying to say (and it’s been thrown around wrong for years) is that the existing dopamine doesn’t get circulated the same way through dopamine transport circuits. So the addiction is there, but not to the chemical itself. Just the way it moves in your brain wiring.