one’s body to changing one’s judgment. Likewise, Goldstein implies exclusive drugs trigger deviant behavior from being in the individual's system. By all means, there are some psychoactive drugs that have distinctive effects; they possible can be depressants…
cases it becomes so severe that it affects your everyday life. A trip to the store for example becomes a first class ticket to a panic attack. A doctor or therapist is most the time your only option but sadly all they can do is put you on anti-depressants; which is not only bad for you, but they are also highly addictive. I’ve seen, what I thought was silly at the time, ads on TV or blogs saying, “Meditation saved my life” or “Becoming a Zen person has made me a new person”. I began to think…
Central nervous system disease that cause vertigo include disease of the brainstem. vascular nervous system causes malformations, tumor of the brainstem and cerebellum ,multiple sclerosis, , vertebrobasilar migraine. Vertigo of central origin often becomes disabling. The associated nystagmus is often non fatigable, the orientation of this type of vertigo is vertical rather than horizontal, without latency, and unsuppressed by visual fixation. ENG is useful in documenting these characteristics.…
Narcotics and stimulants are types of psychoactive drugs that are often abused by substance users. Abusing these drugs can lead to physical and behavioral issues. Narcotics are drugs that relieve pain, but when overdosed and abused, they can become very addictive. Stimulants are a classified as drugs that increase activity in the central nervous system. Stimulants are often highly addictive and can lead to changes in mood and behavior as well as health problems. People who take narcotics, such…
started a non-profit after my own battles with mental health including depression. My mother suffered from clinical depression and my uncle, one of her closest brothers, did as well. He shot himself in the mouth because he chose to take his anti-depressants with alcohol, and eight months later, my mother died of an unrelated illness, but I truly believe that her lack of desire to live apart from her favorite brother has a great deal to do with why she died as well. According…
Depression is a mental health illness that involves the body, mind, and thoughts and affects the way a person goes about their day to day life. It includes being extremely sad and having lessened interest in activities, excessive weight loss or gain, and even thoughts of death. Depression is defined as: a clinical syndrome of at least five symptoms clustered together for at least 2 weeks causing impairment in functioning. There are mood symptoms, cognitive symptoms, and physical symptoms. These…
Every day at school, Veronica peers bullied her because she was different. Veronica knew that they did not understand what she went through, except for one boy. That one boy, also suffered from depression and knew how hard her life was. Waking up was a struggle for her because she took Prozac, a medication used to treat a mental illness, and it made her feel like she was not alive (“Suicide and Antidepressants”). She would walk to the bathroom and just stare at her wrist. Veronica did not tell…
Effects of alcohol on the body Alcohol is described as a depressant, it is everywhere, at parties, in restaurants and in millions of citizen’s homes. Financial struggles, family disputes and even just the desire of a “good time” are all reasons why 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes each year (“Alcohol Facts and Statistics”). Those who consume alcohol do not understand that the long-term effects of alcohol on the body are far worse than the symptoms that drove the victim to consume…
This essay will focus on a lady named Lilly who is only 45 years old and has been in hospital for several weeks so far after having a stroke. Lilly had a stroke which is known as and Ischaemic Stroke, which according to The Stroke Association, ‘’is caused by a blockage cutting off blood supply to the brain.’’ According to healthcare practitioners Lilly’s stroke was the result of high blood pressure, which according to the Stroke Association, ‘’is a contributing factor in around half of all…
system). The main thing that I learned about Xanax is its contribution to death. Xanax's contribution to death are mostly due to overdose (EX: accidental mistake in dosage, individuals consuming Xanax in conjunction with other drugs—respiratory depressants). On top of overdosing, Xanax impacts the CNS, invoking confusion, clumsiness, and disorientation. If combined with daily activities (EX:driving, operating of a heavy machine), it can cause death not specifically because of Xanax's direct…