Saying dopamine is responsible for hallucinations and racing thoughts is like saying gas is responsible for a car going really fast and spinning out of control. Of course, if you take away the gas - the car won't go really fast and spin out of control.
Neuroleptics don't take away voices and hallucinations, but rather they drastically slow down the human brain resulting in a reduction of everything the brain is doing, hallucinations and delusions included. People still relapse on neuroleptics all the time although they surely do not have excess dopamine.
Hallucinations and delusions could be caused by a number of things, and if it is biological it is more likely to be the wiring in the brain (which we can't observe).
This is why they say they don't know what causes severe mental illness. The dopamine hypothesis is used as a justification for forcing people with serious mental illness to take neuroleptics (which keeps them under control).
The core confusion, the neurological pathways that have been improperly formed to reinforce delusions and hallucinations, is what has to be dealt with. More importantly, the cause of the confusion has to be removed (and if that cause is spiritual, looking for a biological solution will be an endless race).
After going through this, I feel terrible for people who are court-ordered or kids who are forced to take neuroleptics. What is even more concerning is that I have come to the realization that the people profiting off of this are fully aware that the studies in peer reviewed medical journals are rigged. I saw one that showed that less than 5% of children given what I was given even developed a little anxiety. That's when it hit me. They know better. Akathisia is nothing to play with. It is so bad that a lot of people kill themselves. Of course, the suicide is attributed to the illness and not the neuroleptic.
Hey buddy let me know if/when you get a liver test done what it looks like. I will have mine done in a few months . You might want to get your kidneys checked to since tianeptine is mostly cleaned out of the body by the kidneys not the liver . When I get my test done I will be happy to share my results with you to . Remember I was/still am taking over a gram a day of tianeptine. My girlfriend has gained control over my stash ,and I am now being given 200 mg every three hours to lower my tolerance . I snuck last night ,and got caught taking 650mg to catch a nice buzz, but don't have plans on doing it again ;because I truly want my tolerance to be lowered so I can once again catch a buzz on 200mg ,and not really a buzz that intoxicates me ,but more a a real feel good . The reason I don't want to get my liver ,and such tested is ;because what if something is wrong with my liver? I would have to tell them about tianeptine ,and then this may get it put in the spot light. Something I don't want but it may also save lives if it is truly bad for us because a lot of people are taking it .
I will also be getting some of the Prolintane you told me about to at the first of the month . BTW I am glad the tianeptine mega thread is gone.
EDIT: Also I am taking this stuff for similar reasons you are . All my life of growing up my parents couldn't or didn't want to deal with me so they had me at a doctors getting doped on seroquel ,celexa and many many more ;before stopping on seroquel and celexa that I took for 8+ years . I have been told now by my doctors that the dose i was given of seroquel everyday was a godly amount 300mg aday . I think this is why I feel so sluggish/tired/bored/and hugh brain fog ever since quitting those other drugs that I think are the devil in them selves . This is why I ever started heroin ,and all other opiates ;because it made me feel what I thought/think normal should feel like. It fixed a life long problem I had form taking all the psychotic medicines I have been on while young. All I want to really do is look at my real mom ,and ram all this shit down here throat . She doped me so she didn't have to deal with me ,and the sad thing is this is the case with a lot of kids in the USA today, but because of this its why I started opiates . It seems they feel a empty spot in my brain. Thats the best way to describe it .
To me ever since getting off all this crap my mom had me on I have never been social at all in fact I would hide from everyone. People wanted to tell me its because I am shy, but I think not . All this crap messed my brain up. I get tired of getting out ,and seeing everyone having a normal life playing running around sports people talking everyone having fun ,and getting along ,and me at the same time thinking why can this not me me. Opiates fixed this for me I talk a lot I am social . I play ,and move about much more like a normal person. My dad and fiancée say its only because I am high is why I am like this ,but once again I think not . I live on disability AKA SSI IF YOUR IN THE USA So I could in fact just stay hidden in my apartment ,and never come out ,and be social have friends , but I don't because I want to be a normal social human .
I think god put the poppy on earth for a reason .
