How Does Meth Affect Brain Chemistry

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How Does Meth Affect Brain Chemistry?
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Just the word methamphetamine brings to mind
images from across the Internet showing the
physical effects of the drug on long-term
addicts. The news is replete with the stories of
how meth destroys lives and relationships. Less
noticeable, yet more damaging, are the ways that
meth affects and changes brain chemistry. Study
after study shows that prolonged use of meth can
lead to very severe and debilitating changes in
brain function that can affect every part of a
persons life.
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Memory

• Meth destroys the areas of the brain responsible
  for long- and short-term memory functions.
• Recent information reinforces the concept that
  meth actually causes physical changes to the
  memory centers in the brain.
• Users often report losing long stretches of time
  in their memory as well as not being able to
  remember recent events.

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Chemical changes

• Meth, like other drugs, causes changes in the
  naturally occurring chemicals in the brain,
  specifically dopamine.
• Using meth results in a flood of dopamine that
  causes a pleasant euphoria.
• The problem, however, is that the dopamine never
  quite returns to its original levels, which in
  turn causes the user to need more and more meth
  to achieve the same results and convinces the
  brain that meth is necessary in order to feel
  good.

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Mental health issues

• Chronic meth users become much more susceptible
  to co-occurring mental health issues.
• Meth has a profound effect on the emotion
  regulation areas of the brain.
• While using meth, individuals often experience
  tactile, visual and auditory hallucinations,
  paranoia, psychosis and obsessive behavior.
• All of these effects are markers for illnesses
  such as OCD and schizophrenia.
• In addition, as a person withdraws from meth,
  depression and suicidal ideation are common.

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Judgment impairment

• Meth attacks the frontal lobe, the area of the
  brain responsible for logic and reasoning.
• This area of the brain, not fully formed until
  the age of 25, controls an individuals ability
  to make clear, well thought-out decisions and
  judgments.
• This can lead to poor choices that are often
  risky, impulsive and dangerous.

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