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by ravenspeed 1297 days ago
Consider fact checking, I might be wrong, but here are some correlations:

Neurotransmitters:

- Dopamine (movement, working memory) ~ Tyrosine ~ Protein

- Noradrenaline (alertness) ~ Tyrosine ~ Protein ~ Cold Showers

- Serotonin (mood stabilization) ~ Tryptophan ~ Protein

- Acetylcholine (memory and learning) ~ Choline

- Glutamate (neuronal "on switch") ~ Protein

- GABA (a neuronal "off switch") ~ Dopamine/Noradrenaline Downregulation ~ Lithium Orotate ~ Anxiety

Inside your cells

- Adenosine ~ GABA Release ~ Caffeine (blocks it)

- Adenosine-Di/Tri-Phosphate ~ ADP + phosphate <-> ATP + Energy ~ Creatine (brain cells are cells too)

- DHA/EPA ~ "machine oil for your brain" ~ https://presse.inserm.fr/en/lipids-serving-the-brain/14416/

So with these, you can look up how medications like LDX (dopamine, noradrenaline) and MPH (dopamine) work and start your research from there with these simplistic pointers/correlations in mind.

The human body has way too many variables f(x1, ..., xn) --> ? ? ? yi ? ? ?

You can only see some output (i.e., yi), but you likely cannot see all outputs (i.e., all y's).

Keep in mind: those correlations stem from a layman's simplistic point of view.

Experts (i.e., medical doctors, biologists) can interpret the correlations better (and also might see more outputs/y's).

I therefore, suggest: Gabor Mate (ADHD ~ trauma ~ modern society), Robert Sapolsky (noradrenaline ~ anxiety ~ amygdala).