Sorry I meant to mention this as well, in rat models of loneliness and social isolation, opioids are consumed in large quantities.
In healthy rats, while they may become addicted, they don’t consume as much because they don’t desire it to cover up loneliness or social isolation.
Opioids, contrary to popular belief, are more the “happiness chemical” than serotonin or dopamine, as endogenous opioids are released for pain relief (during and especially after exercise, you noted that you feel better after exercising) and when parents cuddle their babies, for example.
So you likely feel lonely or, just misunderstood and alienated by society, that’s why opioids work for you, they make you feel happy despite whatever problems you may have.
On heroin, you can wake up in a studio apartment, alone, it’s raining outside, you drive to work in your old barely running car, to your job you hate, but that doesn’t bother you, because you find beauty in every single raindrop sliding down your windscreen.
In healthy rats, while they may become addicted, they don’t consume as much because they don’t desire it to cover up loneliness or social isolation.
Opioids, contrary to popular belief, are more the “happiness chemical” than serotonin or dopamine, as endogenous opioids are released for pain relief (during and especially after exercise, you noted that you feel better after exercising) and when parents cuddle their babies, for example.
So you likely feel lonely or, just misunderstood and alienated by society, that’s why opioids work for you, they make you feel happy despite whatever problems you may have.
On heroin, you can wake up in a studio apartment, alone, it’s raining outside, you drive to work in your old barely running car, to your job you hate, but that doesn’t bother you, because you find beauty in every single raindrop sliding down your windscreen.