Whats going on with me?

[gearfiend]

so i have had this problem recently. i dont understand why, and thats why im asking here, but any psychoactive substance i use now has ZERO euphoria to it. Every other effect is there, but there is not euphoria or good feelings of any kind. This happens with alcohol, nicotine, adderall (d-amp and l-amp), oxycodone, poppy seed tea (yes its potent stuff, no reason it shouldnt work), dxm, and ritalin (methylphenidate). All other effects apply, e.g. with the stimulants increased heart rate, blood pressure, vasoconstriction, etc. But nothing feels GOOD anymore. the strange thing is that i feel normal and not depressed or anything when im not on anything, and i still get pleasure/enjoyment out of natural triggers such as winning a game, completing a difficult task, love, sex, etc. All of those still feel good for the most part. So that leads to the dopamine, as that is what causes the pleasure/good feelings/euphoria. Because natural pleasures are the same and i dont feel depressed or really shitty when im not on anything, receptors probably werent downregulated. if i was low on the supply of dopamine, why the hell would i still feel the pleasure of anything natural, so thats probably out too. the only options that leave for me that i can see are tolerance (which seems illogical since the dose is irrelevant. a strong dose that would normally cause large amounts of euphoria does nothing for euphoria when taken 1-2 weeks apart), and the other option that i can see is that my brain somehow knows exactly the normal level of dopamine in my brain and will not allow it to fluctuate for any reason, which doesnt seem logical because i still feel normal pleasures, just not from drugs. so ultimately my question is, what do i have to do to get the euphoria back, or is that possible?

 

[Tripman]

Your brain is clearly broken and your genetic profile has mutated irreversibly into what can only be described as super human.

All bullshit aside... Honestly the ONLY possible answer I have for you is tolerance.

If you used to feel euphoria from drugs and no longer do. It's tolerance.

 

[gearfiend]

could it be short term tolerance related to low dopamine levels then? because the strange thing is i thought that at first too but literally a week ago 40mg of adderall would have me feeling something, and now 90mg of adderall and 30mg of methylphenidate (only used once before about 4 weeks prior) and a fair amount of dxm somewhat beforehand gave me nothing more than uncomfortably high heart rate etc. same thing with opiates. one week 25mg oxycodone had me buzzed, 40 was a good nod. the next week, after using 40, tried it again at 50 with dxm to reduce any lingering tolerance and felt almost nothing. bumped it up to 80mg and still felt nothing. how the fuck does that work unless i build tolerance insanely quickly and never lose it?