Norepinephrine

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is caused by Psychological Changes in the Brain People who have been in combat overseas and have been involved in a traumatic or life threatening event often come home with some form of PTSD. Most soldiers will lie and tell people they do not have PTSD that they are fine. For those people who fear the stigma of PTSD following them the rest of their career. Scientific research will show Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is caused by psychological changes in the brain…

These thoughts of sadness are best represented by the acronym SAD IMAGES. (Timby & Smith, 2014) The “S” can be remembered as sad mood, A is for appetite changes, D is the symptom of disturbed sleep indicating an imbalance in norepinephrine. “I” is the inability to concentrate; such as concentrating on everyday tasks. M is a marked decrease in pleasure; A is apathy; including a decreased libido, G is feelings of guilt, E is energy changes due to neurotransmitter dysregulation, and…

Mental illness are different types of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. Depression and manic depression are two out of many mental illnesses. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a feeling of sadness, affects how you think, and also cause loss of interest. Manic depression are mood changes that go from rare highs and lows. Depression is a very typical mental disorder. About 350 million people of all ages around the world suffer from it. Women are more likely to have it…

“A mental illness is a condition that impacts a person’s thinking, feeling, or mood…,” (“Mental Health Conditions”). Adults and children alike are susceptible to mental illness, yet it is an issue that many people subconsciously sweep under the rug. The stigma around mental illness, that it is an affliction for which one is to be shamed, is a strong one. Many people often do not know that, in all likelihood, they know at least one person who is mentally ill. As of 2014, one in twenty-five…

An agonistic drug can interfere with the re-uptake of neurotransmitter substances, this has the effect of the drug being forced to linger longer than usual in the synapse and interact with receptors. An example is this is how cocaine affects norepinephrine and dopamine. An agonistic drug can fully avoid the neurotransmitter, flow into the synapse, bind with, and stimulate the neurotransmitter's receptors. Most that are abused are agonists of numerous neurotransmitters (American Psychiatric…

Drugs are chemicals that affect the brain by tapping into its communication system and interfering with the way neurons normally send, receive, and process information. Some drugs, such as marijuana and heroin, can activate neurons because their chemical structure mimics that of a natural neurotransmitter. Drugs that enter the blood stream have faster and definitely more intense effects. The more directly the drug enters the bloodstream determines how fast and intense the drug will take effect.…

the skill causing the knowledge to go through the neuron and into your dendrites causing them to grow. Some days are harder than others to grow our dendrites because we may have encountered a situation causing stress, stress is going to create norepinephrine which would basically be like replacing the gas in our car to water which makes our synapse not fire correctly. Although just because we had encountered this stressful event does not mean that our brain is not working, it just becomes harder…

Acupuncture has a long history in human medicine. Its use can be traced back to ancient time. The rise in opioids use and because of its addictive effects, the medical community is looking into alternate therapy for opioids and acupuncture is on top of the list (MacPherson et al., 2016). In 1998 National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health came into existence within National Institutes of Health to conduct research for acupuncture effectiveness (MacPherson et al., 2016). Research had…

1. After long term exposure to altitude, the body makes several adjustments in order to perform physical activity in the hypoxic condition. A) What chronic adaptations are most beneficial for performance at altitude? When one goes into high altitudes their immediate response are somewhat negative the increase in ventilation, decrease in carbon dioxide, respiratory alkalosis, being in a hypoxic state and many more. However, when having an exercise performance such as the winter Olympics one…

As with most things in life, depression treatment and its effectiveness, really depends on the individual. Having said that, it is widely regarded in the medical industry that the best treatment for depression includes psychological treatment AND medication. Whatever the cause of depression, both psychological treatments and medications help to relieve the main symptoms. It is best if a person with depression works together with their doctor or mental health professional, to find the…