Posts Tagged ‘brain chemicals’
I Am Immune to Addiction?
Question by Gag: I am immune to addiction?
I can smoke as many cigs as I want. Then stop. Pop 6 vicoden a day for 2 weeks and just stop. Do heroin for a week. Smoke crack for about two weeks, and use coke for 3 more. Than I stopped and have been clean for a year now. Whatup
Best answer:
Answer by Spencer
You’ve literally done heroin for a week without withdrawal? That surprises me above all.
Answer by Eric
Are you a robot? Doing heroin for a week and cutting it cold turkey should be hard for anyone. Perhaps you’re replacing one drug with another – most drugs work on a lot of the same brain chemicals and could prevent withdrawals from other drugs.
Addiction to Drugs Physical or Mental?
Question by Omar: addiction to drugs physical or mental?
Is addiction to stimulant drugs a physical or mental addiction?
Best answer:
Answer by .
Depends. And is probably a mixture of both. With a drug like cocaine, if you have been taking it a lot, and then you don’t have any, you get a itchy desperate feeling like you’ve got to have some more. Same with cigarettes or alcohol, your body gets used to having it and when it doesn’t, it starts to withdraw and you want mor to stop the feeling of discomfort. But then I’d say that the onset of the addiction comes from a mental perspective. Say with a drug like weed, the physical withdraw isn’t uncomfortable, you just rely on it mentally.
Optogenetics to Treat Addiction, Brain Diseases, Mental Illness
Optogenetics to Treat Addiction, Brain Diseases, Mental Illness
“We can induce release and see if it actually causes a behaviour.” According to the pharmacology and toxicology expert, it is difficult to know which area of the brain is responsible for which behaviour. “Optogenetics allows us to parse this out,” says …
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We know it can kill us: Why people still smoke
Their stories involve strong addictions, passionate defiance — and billions spent to make people act against their own best interest. How bad is it? In 1965, 42 percent of the population … 1 cause of preventable death in the United States, and has …
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Sexual Addiction: Symptom, Sign and Treatment
No one is completely sure what causes sexual addiction. High levels of the brain chemicals serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine might contribute, as might elevated levels of certain sex hormones. Some diseases that damage the brain can also alter …
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For Which of the Following Reasons Is Drug Addiction Considered a Complex Brain Disease?
Question by Devin: For which of the following reasons is drug addiction considered a complex brain disease?
3. For which of the following reasons is drug addiction considered a complex brain disease?
(Points : 1)
Those who are addicted usually have a mental illness.
Use of drugs over time creates a disease in sections of the brain.
Drugs change the way the brain functions.
With drugs, brain chemicals increase and burn the brain.
Does abybody know?
Best answer:
Answer by J B
Drugs change the way the brain functions.
Answer by Ms Mad Scientist
Except for the first one about mental illness, it sees like the other two seem correct.
– Using drugs can develop the disease of addiction, which is based in the brain.
– Drugs do change the way the brain functions.
– Drugs stimulate the creation of chemicals like dopamine, which can damage the brain.
Online Shopping Addiction
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Depression Linked With Shorter Telomeres, A Sign Of Cell Aging
This may explain the addictive nature of the drug, and the mood swings that come with withdrawal, as well as why depression is associated with smoking cessation. Avoiding cigarettes — and staying smoke free — could help balance your brain chemicals.
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Courier Times Community Calendar for October 28
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Stop My Self Harm Cycle.?
Question by Incognito: Stop my self harm cycle.?
I am a self harmer.I try not to do it but its really hard not to because sometimes I dont even notice im doing it.
I was diagnosed with clinical depression a little over a year ago and have been harming myself for over 2 years.
With clinical depression I just have a chemical imbalance so hurting myself feels good to me (I REALLLYY wish it didnt because I hate the scars and the way people look at them)
I try my best to cover them up espicially when I have a open one on my arms or something but lately I have been peeling away the skin on my fingers until they bleed (Don’t ask me why Im not even sure myself) and I cant really do anything about it.