We love the way our hormones make us feel sometimes! The really happy ones, of course, make us feel like we're on top of the world! Drugs just latch on to this feeling, in fact, they have the capability to instigate such reactions! It's awesome to observe and research about but of course, not healthy. They interfere with normal processes. The way your brain works to allow stability of thoughts and create an equilibrium with your way of life is heavily impacted by drugs.
Drugs of any sort, in fact, even antibiotics. People avoid taking them for this reason. Although a balance is quite good in fact, it's hard for some people to maintain it. Painkillers too are quite addictive. It seems to me as if we've turned everything that's been created to treat us and help us, make us worse when taken in large amounts or too frequently and unnecessarily.
Now, it's effect on your brain.
As I love saying, your brain is magnificent but under your control. The smallest of things in your environment and the things you consume can impact the way it functions. It's quite wonderful to notice and study! Hence, here we are.
The cool thing about neurons and drugs as a combination is the way drugs have a chemical structure that allows them to mimic the structure of a neurotransmitter, a neuron in your brain. Unfortunately, your brain cannot create more neurons; it only creates more connections between existing neurons, which are called synapses. Some drugs, such as marijuana and heroin mimic and control the way neurons send, receive, and process the signals sent in your brain! Unique and extremely harmful.
In extreme cases, it is known to cause dangers such as seizures and cognitive disorders that lead to permanent brain damage, an overdose, and multiple other scary medical terms.
Let's shift this a bit.
Some drugs, still having the ability to get you addicted to them, are quite helpful for psychological disorders such as depression. You must've heard of antidepressants. They affect the way your neurotransmitters function, in layman's terms, and decrease brain activity to help you manage your emotions better. There are stimulant drugs too, that engage in increasing brain activity and impulses to allow you to get out of bed without dealing with the truckload of depression symptoms. Of course, the dosage needs to be prescribed and taken as ordered by a doctor, otherwise, most patients are prone to becoming addicts.
let's not notice this duo as often as we'd want to know more about them!
Interesting!