Posted by SLS on October 19, 2014, at 6:26:55
In reply to Re: PLEASE HELP: Is there some kind of dopamine issue?, posted by Joe Rogan on October 16, 2014, at 20:13:37
Hi Joe.
I agree with Tomatheus.
It is important for you to work closely with a psychiatrist. I think that you need to be screened for mania / hypomania. If these diagnoses can be ruled-out, you could then start working on revising or confirming your diagnosis. This should help to determine which treatments to try next.
As far as your attempting to produce a biological theory to explain your symptoms - forget it. Neuroscientists cannot yet do this with precision. It is therefore important to choose treatments based upon clinical presentation - symptomatology and reactions to previous drug exposures. Psychiatrists can do this right now.
Dopamine? Perhaps. However, I should think that you have "too much" rather than "too little" based upon your writings.
Things are not so simple as to conceptualize the brain as a sack of neurotransmitters. Circuitry is perhaps more important.
Good luck.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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