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Yes, after quitting opiates, the brain can eventually begin to produce dopamine again, although this process can take time. Opiates artificially elevate dopamine levels, leading to a decrease in the brain's natural production during use. After cessation, individuals may experience a period of withdrawal and low mood as the brain readjusts. With time, healthy lifestyle choices, and possibly support or therapy, dopamine production can normalize.
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After quitting smoking how long until the dopamine is regulated again?
It can take about 2-4 weeks for dopamine levels to start regulating again after quitting smoking. However, the timeline can vary for each individual based on factors such as the duration and intensity of smoking habits. Engaging in healthy lifestyle habits such as regular exercise and a balanced diet can help support the process of dopamine regulation.
Opiates relieve pain and can induce euphoria by mimicking the brain's own painkilling substances called?
Endorphins, the natural chemical in your brain that produces pain relief. It also effects the dopamine levels of the brain, which control how happy and euphoric you feel. If you take enough opiates over a long period of time, the brain stops naturally producing these two chemicals, because it gets used to the boost the opiates given to it. That's why it's so difficult to come off of opiates. You feel depressed and in pain, because your brain is not used to producing these chemicals on their own anymore. It takes time for the brain to heal and to eventually produce these chemicals normally again.
If you stop using boxen can you ever take opiates again after?
yes.. assuming you mean suboxone. you probably should be off it for about a week before you try opiates again
Would it be ok for Sarah palin to seek public office again after quitting her job?
no
After extra dopamine from a drug such as weed is gone does the body correct itself and produce the correct amount of dopamine again?
No, that's the whole point of addiction. But first of all, only recently has marijuana been shown to increase levels of dopamine, but only if taken in high enough doses. But if you assume marijuana is not addictive, then it shouldn't be affecting dopamine levels to begin with. Constant use of addictive drugs, however, can cause the brain to lose its ability to produce high levels of dopamine. When this happens, a drug user feels a greater need for the drug, or for even stronger drugs.
If a quitter quits quitting is he still a quitter?
Technically, he is no longer a quitter, but he did a final quit. Since he quit quitting (and since they are double negatives, which make a positive), he no longer is a quitter. This is only on technical terms. Yes. Quitting is a genetic problem, so even if a quitter quits quitting, their own biology will demand they keep quitting. Quitters who quit quitting have formed a support group called Quitters Anonymous as it is very difficult to quit quitting and almost assured a quitter who has quit quitting will fall of the wagon and start quitting again. This is why QA has grown in recent years. Many quitters are turning to QA for help. I know because I am a quitaholic. He may have quit quitting, but he is still a quitter. It doesn't matter if he quit quitting or not.
How does cocaine affect the transmission of nerve impulses?
Cocaine blocks the removal of Dopamine from the synaptic cleft, causing the existing Dopamine to bind again and again, overstimulating the cell. At first the cell just fritzes out- producing the high. But then, to counteract the extra stimulus, the body starts to remove Dopamine receptors. That's why it takes an ever increasing amount of cocaine (or meth or whatever stimulant you choose) to produce a similar high.
Is quitting cold turkey usually effective?
It depends on the person. For most people quitting cold turkey is not effective. The person tends to go through withdrawls from this sudden stop which then gives them the urge to start back up again.
Is it true or false that when dopamine levels are elevated this reward pathway reinforces the use of the drug?
True. Elevated dopamine levels are associated with the brain's reward pathway, which reinforces behaviors that lead to pleasurable experiences, including drug use. When drugs increase dopamine release, they create feelings of euphoria, making individuals more likely to seek out the drug again to replicate that experience. This reinforcement can contribute to the development of substance use disorders.
How long after quitTING smoking will you be fertile again?
Smoking has varying effects on fertility, so there is no accurate way to answer your question. We cannot even say if smoking was the cause of an initial problem.
If lungs don't turn pink after quitting smoking what color do they turn?
After quitting smoking, lungs may not turn pink. Instead, they may gradually improve in color, becoming less discolored and clearing up as the body works to repair the damage caused by smoking.
What is the relationship between dopamine and cocaine use?
The drug cocaine is a neuromodulator that causes abnormally large amounts of neurotransmitter to remain in the synapses for long periods of time. Cocaine affects nerve cells in the brain's pleasure pathways (the limbic system). These cells transmit pleasure messages using the neurotransmitter dopamine. Using radioactively labeled cocaine molecules, investigators found that cocaine binds tightly to the transporter proteins in the gaps between nerves. These proteins normally remove the dopamine after it has acted. Like a game of musical chairs in which all the chairs become occupied, there are no unoccupied carrier proteins available to the dopamine molecules, so the dopamine stays in the gap, firing the receptors again and again. As new signals arrive, more and more dopamine is added, firing the pleasure pathway more and more often. When receptor proteins on limbic system nerve cells are exposed to high levels of dopamine molecules for prolonged periods of time, the nerve cells "turn down the volume" of the signal by lowering the number of receptor proteins on their surfaces. They respond to the greater number of dopamine molecules by simply reducing the number of targets available for these molecules to hit. The cocaine user is now addicted. With so few receptors, the user needs the drug to maintain even normal levels of limbic activity.
