Posted by blueberry on October 2, 2005, at 16:49:13 [reposted on October 5, 2005, at 13:50:36 | original URL]
In reply to neurological effects of long term marijuana use, posted by iforgotmypassword on October 2, 2005, at 14:49:48
I often wonder the same thing from previous years of chronic usage. But honestly, I don't think it did any damage from the pot, but maybe from holding it in and starving the brain for oxygen could have killed off some brain cells. But why that would only affect mood and nothing else kind of dampens that theory.
I think chronic use of pot is maybe a good indicator that there is a dopamine deficient brain chemistry. The dopamine release from smoking pot fixes it, temporarily. Or possibly a GABA deficient chemistry. And then when we are treated with serotonin meds, we wonder why we don't get better. I think it's a dopamine thing. Just my own theories though.
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