(Potentially NSFW) Would you take a "love pill" to improve your relationship?

I believe MDMA was used for couples therapy before they discovered how bad it is for you. This situation wouldn’t be much different. I would take a love pill, and throw in some viagra to make it feel like that day you just met. :)

I would, yes.

No. If your marriage/relationship is on the rocks there is likely a reason that goes beyond needing a pill to replicate the euphoria of the honeymoon phase. I would rather fix the problems that exist or move on than mask the problems with a pill.

Sure!

No. True love comes from the heart. It’s pure and clean and sweet. It’s a high like no other. There is no way any drug is ever going to be able to reproduce that.

And, adding to @Adirondackwannabe‘s and my previous comment, I wouldn’t want to have to take a drug for life possibly so I can feel in love with someone.

As long as it doesn’t come with feelings of suicide, heart attacks, bankruptcy, unwanted pregnancy and lunacy as potential side-effects, I WILL! : )

“Love” is a series of biochemical responses that trigger an emotional cascade, impairing normal functioning.
If there is a pill that cures that condition, it should be mandatory.

Hah! I don’t need a love pill. I need @ragingloli‘s anti-love pill.

Although I suppose I could use some help, at times, with my marriage. I love my wife, but I don’t know when I last felt that “in-love” feeling for her.

I’m not such a pedant about feelings being natural, since I have had my emotions changed by pills and that saved my life. I think it could save your life to fall in love again, too. And I know that the actions follow the feelings. People like to think they are in charge, but I don’t know what we’re in charge of. Our brain chemistry is not under volitional control, and I guess I think if you really believe in having a choice about how you feel, then you’d take a pill.

But I guess people want to be at the mercy of their brain chemistry because somehow that feels natural. That’s fine if you want to take that risk.

1. MDMA isn’t that bad for you. It got a bad reputation after a paper was published that was either an honest mistake or deliberate scientific fraud.

2. The article is speculative, and not describing an actual pill in development. Until the imaginary pill exists, it will be hard to evaluate its costs and benefits.

3. Sure, I’d take it. Out of curiosity, mostly. If it fixes some problem, great! If not, no big surprise there.

Hell no. I could get rid of the bad relationship and eat a Happy Brownie and be in love with the world all by myself. lol
I wouldn’t want manufactured chemical love simulation. What a crock of insanity!

I believe that my wife and I continue to build on our relationship and intimacy even though we are force to be apart most of the time by US and Canadian immigration officers even though we have been married for over eight years.

If we were rich, we would be able to overcome this problem.

Substitute Love Potion No. Nine.

@Dr_Lawrence: I thought that if, as a US citizen, you were married to a Canadian, you could live in Canada?

@gailcalled She is eligible if I am able to sponsor her. As a disabled person with a modest fixed income, this has been a problem.

No, no… isn’t that like a roofie for the heart and love?? No, thanks!

Absolutely not, a placebo to mimic deep emotions…...sounds almost Orwellian in it’s hideousy, not for me.

It depends. I might do it if I felt we were in a serious slump, and that a little bump could get us over the hump. I feel like Dr. Seuss. I’m talking about a temporary lift in our feelings for one another, in order to reconnect. Kind of like a romantic weekend trip is often used now. I wouldn’t do it as a permanent solution, though.

I would not be sure if I knew the truth. The pill might be a placebo and would deceive people, if you know what I mean.