It’s just a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Brain cells have branches like trees that extend from both ends of the cell. These branches end in neurons that attach to neurons in neighbouring nerve cells the space between the neurons is called a synapse. Neurotransmitters send signals between the neurons. Some of these neurotransmitters include: dopamine; if you don’t get enough of this you will lack inspiration and struggle to get motivated or solve problems. I get too much so my thoughts rush, I get crazy ideas and lose sleep. There are medications that block the dopamine receptors. Serotonin; this is feel good stuff. In flight or fight the neurons reabsorb this neurotransmitter from the synapse. There are medications that stop this from happening. Gabba; this is peaceful easy feeling stuff, good for study. It is released by meditation and tea has thenine that is a precursor to gabba. Noradrenaline; is produced by the adrenal glands and passes through the blood brain barrier. It switches on the parasympathetic pathway; a pathway of neurotransmitters that puts the brain on alert. The liver also plays a big role in how we think as does the thyroid and pancreas. A significant portion of our nervous system is in the guts. This is ten enteric nervous system also known as the second brain. So what we eat has a huge effect on our thinking.
There are three main causes of insanity: you are born with it, it is caused by substances or circumstances drove you insane. For this born with it is simple. They know lots of people who have been through the same thing. There family know the signs and how to deal with the issues that come up, they tend to take their medication. For those for whom substances is the cause the solution is simple. Difficult to achieve, but simple; stop using the problem substances. For those driven insane by circumstances it is not so simple. Soldiers, police and emergency workers get specialist recognition of their condition and very good insurance. But those driven insane by abuse or trauma out side of these kinds of organisations are very much on their own. They need to self diagnose and may struggle to get recognition of the diagnosis they claim. The professionals are reluctant to confirm a situation may have caused the condition. Doing so could cause them all sorts of legal problems and in the end they don’t know what causes this kind of thing. If the patient is using problem substances like alcohol it gets complicated. Is the patient using to deal with the condition. Or is the condition caused by the using. For the professional it is a chicken or the egg enigma. For the patient it is a question they have to answer for them selves. But either way the treatment remains the same.
For treatment there is: antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilisers, beta blockers, and sedatives. Electro shock therapy is still used for difficult to treat depression, it is not as bad as it sounds and those who use it scare by it. Short term hospital, long term rehab, counselling, support groups, prayer and meditation. It needs to be taken into account that mental health issues affect the whole person and their surrounds. A holistic approach needs to be taken to treatment. The whole person and their living conditions need to be healed. It is not just a chemical imbalance in the brain.
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