As America continues to develop technologically each year, social media platforms have become increasingly accessible to a large portion of teenagers and young adults. Constant interaction with these platforms can cause social media addiction that, consequently, interferes with a variety of aspects in a user's life, including their perception of academic performance. Therefore, to address this problem, the dopamine detox method was formed. This method aims to regain behavioral flexibility when accessing a social media platform by restricting access of that platform to specific periods of time, therefore recalibrating reward pathways. This study specifically focuses on TikTok usage during Hampton High School hours as the detoxed addictive behavior or stimuli. While the correlation of social media addiction and its negative effects on academic performance exist, a gap in knowledge remains pertaining to how the application of the dopamine detox method will perform when wanting to increase a Hampton High Schooler’s perception of their academic performance. This study utilizes a quasi experimental research method, using a questionnaire in order to test participants on how they perceive their academic performance specifically pertaining to the environment of a high school school day. This produced findings that indicate that the dopamine detox method is a reliable method when wanting to achieve this cause and effect relationship between variables, as the majority of participants displayed a positive perception when undergoing the dopamine detox during their school day for five consecutive school days. 

Keywords: Dopamine detox method,  Social media addiction, Perception of academic performance, TikTok