Dallas BraggFormer crystal methamphetamine user, I help men who have sex with men break free from the addictive patterns associated with Chemsex. Currently expanding my expertise by seeking to become a Certified

Chemsex Recovery #addictiontreatment

25 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker explains how psychoactive drugs disrupt brain chemistry, prompting the brain to immediately initiate homeostatic mechanisms that release opposite-acting chemicals. When an upper (stimulant) is taken, the body releases depressant substances; conversely, a downer (depressant) triggers the release of stimulants. This counter‑response creates an intense high followed by a strong drive to restore balance, leading users to consume more of the drug to chase the high. Repeated use results in a state where both stimulating and depressive neurochemicals are elevated simultaneously, producing the severe comedown characteristic of addiction cycles.

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The drugs change your brain chemistry in a way that gives you the high, and your brain immediately launches a process of returning to homeostasis by releasing chemicals that cause the opposite effect of whatever the drug's doing to you. So if it's an upper, your body will release depressants. If it's a downer, your body will release stimulants. And what that, what that means is you take the drug, you get really high because it's, everything's completely out of balance. Your body works very hard to bring you back down to homeostasis because it sees the drug as a poison. And that's why you need to put more drug in. So you take more drug and your body releases more of the opposite thing. And what you end up is in a state where you've got, you know, you're hyperstimulated, but also there's massive depressive amounts of depressive chemicals in your body as well, which is the terrible comedown that you experience.