Posted by blueberry on January 7, 2006, at 14:54:02
In reply to Why do stimulants make me feel better?, posted by TrishP on January 7, 2006, at 10:00:46
Perhaps, and it's just a personal guess, some of us have symptoms of weak electricity at the spark plugs...it's not a matter of how much or how little neurotransmitters we have, but rather how vigorously they are firing or flowing. For some us, it could be that our neuros are stagnant and lacking firing power. Stimulants kind of turn up the electricity and allow them to fire with enthusiasm the same way a normal healthy person's would. And that would be why you feel more normal instead of high. A normal healthy person's brain would feel high on a stimulant because the spark would be too much.
Just a crude theory of mine. Some people can only remain depression free on stimulants. And for them, it seems to me there is electrical underactivity as their underlying chemical problem, not lack of serotonin or anything else.
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