How Addiction Happens

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Adderall: Uses, Abuses & Side Effects
Chronic abuse is marked by severe rash, insomnia, irritability and personality changes. The most severe symptom of abuse is psychosis, which is often clinically indistinguishable from schizophrenia. There is a rising trend of college students abusing …
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Drugs courier is jailed for his part in consiracy
Alan Bentley, of Eton Court, was sentenced to four years behind bars after being caught in March 2012 with two kilos of cocaine wedged into the engine block of the hire car he was driving. The 44-year-old … “The drugs they supplied, with the help of …
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Derren Brown still steals the TV magic show
The coincidence of a real life 'meth chef' who shares the name of Breaking Bad's anti-hero is nice hook for this 17-minute VICE documentary on how meth amphetamine has impacted one American family. Presenter Gianna Toboni visits the working class town …
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Question by Mark: What are the side effects of steroids?
I’m wanting to start taking steroids but I’ve heard stuff like you get spots on your back etc.. What’s the safest one? I’m just wanting to take a few just to get me abit bigger to start me off then i’ll carry on without them, I know I should just go to the gym naturaly but I just wanna give myself that boost. So yeah help please guys.

Best answer:

Answer by the_oracle
I’d imagine the big one is the fact that they will make your balls shrink. That would be enough for most guys not to bother.

Answer by sbdfhs
They definitely pep you up but the problem is they will make you think you are fitter than you are and you can harm yourself by over exertion. they can also cause bone wastage and extreme addiction with serious side effects when you stop taking them. The ones used for body building can cause severe personality change and also physical and sexual aggression.    Read more...

Question by oldweirdhoss: Do benzos cause serious depression and/or personality changes?
Can this be a bad side effect of taking anxiety medications? The doctor who invented Valium couldn’t take it because it made him depressed. Is this common?

Also, is it common to have paradoxical reactions to Xanax, like severe personality changes and mental instability?

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Answer by Go_Know_Thyself
They are very addictive….

Anything that causes dependency and drug seeking behavior should be made illegal… I have never known anyone to take any benzo without having to be abruptly taken off of it eventually. So why start them to begin with.

Opiates are one thing, because they are usually for pain management and many cancer patients need them… Benzo’s are an outdated means of controlling anxiety.

I think they should have come up with something better by now…    Read more...

How does addiction happen?

Generally, and addictions happen when a person starts to escape or run away from their stressful and emotional issues and thus, find a distractor to cope. Furthermore, people who have been addicted to one negative habit are more susceptible to become addicted to another. For example, when a person manages to stop smoking, he or she may turn to eating to fill the emotional void left behind.

For some, the addiction happens very quickly while for others, it happens slowly over the years. Usually when that happens, it leads the person to a sense of euphoria, subsequently leading the person to keep searching for the same feeling of euphoria. This “high” feeling sends biochemicals to the brain which in turn sends signals to other parts of the body giving the illusion of happiness.    Read more...