Hello, i am a student researching about the effects of dopamine. i currently have two questions which are; how do doctors identify dopamine levels of patients, and what kind of foods increase, decrease, or regulate dopamine? thank you?

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There are no tests to accurately measure the level of dopamine in your brain. Dopamine is an essential neurotransmitter which is involved in feeling pleasure and motivating your behavior. Psychotropic drugs carelessly prescribed by psychiatrists which cause dopamine blockade can cause seizures, blackouts, lack of pleasure & motivation & Irreversible Tardive Dyskinesia, which is like Parkinson's.