Posts Tagged ‘brain’

Discovery Science: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Addiction, Autism, Depression

Now Brain Treatment Center (www.braintreatmentcenter.com), repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS rTMS) for addiction and use in other disorders such as autism, anxiety, depression and more is explained. For more information on application in autism, anxiety, addiction and other disorders, please see the website. PopSci’s Future Of : Pleasure. rTMS – brain stimulation that changes how [...]

what is more dangerous steriods or long term use of psychiatric drugs?

how can a doctor tell if there are permanate changes in the brain because of use of psychiatric drugs?

Do You Increase Smoking as you Age?

At the Wikipedia entry on Drug Rehabilitation it says the following: "With regular use of many drugs, legal or otherwise, the brain gradually adapts to the presence of the drug so that the desired effect is minimal. Apparently normal functioning of the user may be observed, despite being under the influence of the drug. This [...]

How do you fight a drug addiction?

I have really bad allergies this time of year and live next to a country club. They cut the grass there on the golf course about twice a week and it kills me. My nose closes like a vault and I can’t breath at all through it while sleeping. I have been using afrin constantly [...]

Question about drug long term effects?

I dont know if what happens to me a lot is from the drugs i’ve done or is normal. (throughtout my life so far i’ve done acid, coke many times, weed many times, coricidin cough&cold many times, vicodin, adderal,dramamine-taken enough causes hallucinations- drank etc.) I’m usually shaking, I flinch a lot, i twitch, i’m paranoid [...]

Addiction: Is addiction really a disease? (DVD Trailer)

Dr. Kevin McCauley asks the question, “Is addiction really a disease?” Dr. McCauley discusses the importance of this question then introduces viewers to the concepts that will be covered in this soon to be released DVD.

Have I fallen into a long term drug withdrawal?

I will give you a little history on the past few months of my life. I go to raves, not as much as I use to. I went to a rave on April 20, 2008 and took ecstasy and adderall. I found out the ecstasy was loaded with meth, I felt brain dead for half [...]

What are the long term effects of drug abuse?

Can you ever gain back what was lost? How long does it take for the brain to start to heal?

What are the chances of a JRT surviving treatment for heartworms?

We got a JRT from a shelter 6 months ago. They said she was heartworm negative. (Although she had ringworm and a host of other problems at the time.) She has been ill lately and the vet found her positive for heartworms when he ran bloodwork. They’ told me that when she regains the weight [...]

How does long term drug use cause mental retardation?

What do drugs do to the brain that causes mental retardation?