Re:Tobacco and Psychosis: not quite a smoking gun
by neverknowsbest on Monday October 26, 2015 @01:58PM
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They didn't address the confounding variable that these disorders are caused by dopaminergic issues, which are present even before becoming floridly psychotic.
High levels of dopamine = low levels of arousal, so the slight elevation caused by tobacco smoking is probably pretty appealing.
Only first person experience, here, but I can say antipsychotics (which are dopamine-receptor antagonists... hence the "thorazine shuffle") cause these bouts of sedation that are made much less uncomfortable by simply having a smoke.
Only first person experience, here, but I can say antipsychotics (which are dopamine-receptor antagonists... hence the "thorazine shuffle") cause these bouts of sedation that are made much less uncomfortable by simply having a smoke.