Long term abuse changes other brain chemicals as well. Now, you take larger amounts of the drug to get the high. Gradually, the brain adapts to the dopamine surges, it produces less dopamine thus decreasing dopamine s impact. The drugs cause a surge in dopamine action in your brain triggering feelings of pleasure. All psychoactive drugs alter the way your brain functions. If you are using drugs to escape from problems in your life, know that you are not only making the existing problems worse but creating more problems for yourself.
Sudden mood swings or angry outbursts are often a symptom of drug abuse. Substance abuse and side effect of certain medication Counselling and psychotherapy also helps.Ģ. Your doctor will prescribe medicines based on your symptoms. Mood swings due to hormonal changes are easily treatable. Yet another theory propounds that you may experience mood swings when hormones (dopamine, serotonin) that regulate your mood and emotions are thrown off balance because of low levels of oestrogen. Another theory supports the view that mood swings are a response to altered roles and relationships associated with age-related life changes. One theory indicates that low levels of oestrogen cause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats that lead to sleep disturbance, hence, the daytime mood changes. Decreased oestrogen levels is the culprit here. Menopause is another reason why you may experience mood swings. It s a life changing event that brings with it emotional and physical changes that can cause physical stress, fatigue, excitement of being pregnant along with hormonal changes that affect the neurotransmitters that regulate mood. It is very common to have mood swings when you are pregnant, especially in the first and third trimester. PMS is also a known cause of mood swings in teenage girls and adult women, and can be attributed to fluctuating levels of oestrogen and progesterone at the time of periods. Mood swings during teenage can be attributed to rapidly rising sex hormone levels. You may remember having mood swings when you were a teenager, that aggression and then depression, being irritable most of the time, and being angry at your parents. It is then that we suffer from mood disorder. The mood swings are so rapid, they affect the quality of life. The problem arises when we have an extreme response to events around us or within us. There is nothing wrong with mood swings, there is nothing wrong with going from one state of mind to another during the course of the day. When we are happy we ignore the negative events and when we are sad we can t find anything positive in our life.
Mood is a state of mind, an emotion, and it is natural to have different moods depending on what s going on in our life. Obviously, Plath is talking about mood swings here and its dangerous consequences. Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between. I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Too many of us are familiar with this wavering of feelings. Happy one moment, and extremely sad the next. Written by Mita Majumdar | Updated : J8:20 PM IST Not just stress and depression there are a host of health conditions that can lead to mood swings.
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