Pheromones and dopamine

[RisenAlpha]

I want to speak up because this is not a new question. I asked a similar question on the impact of pheromone use for long periods in 2010. It’s also one of the reasons I took a 4 year break.

Long term pheromone use

So I have been reading, and reading, and reading posts. There is one question that comes into mind when I think about synthetic pheromones. Your body believes that the pheromones that you created come from you right? Over time does the body begin to decrease natural pheormone production in response to the synthetic pheromones? I know that if you continue to use certain hormones, the body may reduce or even stop the production of those same hormones in an attempt to maintain balance. This is why …

A similar question was asked about how pheromones affect your own pheromone production.

Effects of Synthetic Pheromones on production of Natural Pheromones

Topic: Will excessive pheromone use impair one’s body to produce pheromones naturally? **Discussion: In drugs like Crystal Meth, a chemical that is normally made by the body naturally (serotonin, I believe) is taken in excessive amounts. Knowing that the body does not need to make these chemicals itself, it simply stops. This creates an addiction: a necessary bodily function stops working because a synthetic chemical was temporarily doing the work for the body. The drug then becomes NECESSARY t…

Do pheromones impact hormones? Yes. Why wouldn’t they? They are byproducts of hormones. The ‘hits’ we are often looking for are changes in hormones in the targets we are actually after. Dopamine is a hormone.

Here is an article that talks about the hormonal effects of pheromones: Human Pheromones

I agree GorchFock, this forum has seen better days.