Kellsee
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Finally we have someone with Tourette here who can confirm that opioids help against that condition. That's exactly what the author of opioids in mental illness wrote but it sounded rather hypothetical to me. We have the first anecdotal evidence now.
I was just being silly to help yall laugh lol but I should have read more of the thread first. That was rude of me. I’m sorry. I need to remember that this is serious stuff sometimes.
I’ve not read all 11 pages but I’ve read enough now to know some of the factors involved and the issues you’re having.
I don’t wanna repeat things yall have already talked about. But has anyone mentioned how opioids affect your dopamine base line and the receive/ reward circuitry in your brain? Or anhedonia? That and the effects from having low dopamine can mimic the same symptoms of depression.
Our brains begin to down-regulate our own dopamine production and transmission in order to compensate for how the opiates are affecting our brain's reward pathway to ease our pain by making us feel pleasure. Pleasure and pain are processed in the same part of the brain and work on opposite sides of that balance. This means there is a cost for pleasure. That cost is pain aka depression….anhedonia
Supplements can be helpful for some people
L phenylalanine which is a precursor to dopamine and l tyrosine
Magnesium…. magnesium threonate is more for cognitive health….. magnesium glycinate for relaxation and muscle support but both are beneficial for dopamine replenish
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