The trough in dopamine following a peak is a period where pain and effort are linked, and this trough will resolve over time, returning dopamine levels to baseline.

“What you will quickly find is that the extent to which your dopamine peaks also dictates the extent to which your dopamine will drop after that peak.”

“the depth of the trough after a dopamine Peak is proportional to how high that Peak was and how steep it was how quickly that Peak occurred it turns out that not only is the depth of the trough proportional to that but the rate at which you get out of that trough is proportional to how steep that trough is”

“if however you find yourself in that trough you now have the knowledge to understand that that trough will resolve if you wait enough time that Baseline level of dopamine that you were at prior to the peak will come back you will feel better”

“the higher the peak and the faster the rise to Peak then the more drop below Baseline and the more time it takes to return to Baseline”