I tried dopamine fasting, the latest trend in Silicon Valley, and it was way more difficult than I expected

Shutterstock Dr. Cameron Sepah wrote about dopamine fasting, or abstaining from over-stimulation for a period of time. I interviewed him and learned how it works, and how some people are taking it to extremes. My editor asked me to test dopamine fasting for five days, so I gave it a try. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. In his viral LinkedIn article, Dr. Cameron Sepah proposed dopamine fasting as an "antidote to our overstimulated age." To practice this method, the faster abst...