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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 27579" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jbrain</div><div class="ubbcode-body"></p><p></p><p>I think I had my blinders off the moment when I realized that maybe deep down inside my difficult child was just as she appeared on the surface--not a nice person! </p><p></p><p>Maybe there was no nice person deep down inside!</p><p></p><p></div></div></p><p></p><p>HI, jbrain (cool name!) ~ Back when we admitted that what we were seeing had to do with the drugs difficult child was using, I went into this whole research thing on the physiology of addiction and recovery. I learned which chemicals in the brain are depleted when cocaine is used, or methadone, for instance, and which protein supplements, hormonal precursors, or vitamin supplements would help re-establish the brain's chemical balance.</p><p></p><p>The point being (and I do have one here somewhere!) that drug use causes chemical imbalances in the brain which don't just go away once the high is over.</p><p></p><p>Once the high is over, people who use drugs to the point that even the chemical precursors are used up suffer depressions the likes of which we cannot even imagine.</p><p></p><p>That is how drugs work.</p><p></p><p>They access all the good chemicals at once, leaving a deficit, an imbalance, the next day. If the person continues to use, even the precursors for the good things, for the things the drug uses to create the high, are used up. Then, other chemicals are drawn on to create the high, leaving the addicted person trying to cope in the world with a brain shot through and going redline.</p><p></p><p>So, I think your daughter, your good girl, IS still in there somewhere.</p><p></p><p>Drug use creates chemical imbalance in the brain. Sort of like antidepressants prevent the destruction of the feel good chemicals, only illicit drugs blow all the feel good chemicals at once.</p><p></p><p>I don't know where I was going with this, except to say that I believe it when they say those of us dealing with kids using drugs are not interacting with our kids anymore at all ~ we are interactiing with the drugs.</p><p></p><p>And they are such crappy things.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 27579, member: 3353"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jbrain</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I think I had my blinders off the moment when I realized that maybe deep down inside my difficult child was just as she appeared on the surface--not a nice person! Maybe there was no nice person deep down inside! </div></div> HI, jbrain (cool name!) ~ Back when we admitted that what we were seeing had to do with the drugs difficult child was using, I went into this whole research thing on the physiology of addiction and recovery. I learned which chemicals in the brain are depleted when cocaine is used, or methadone, for instance, and which protein supplements, hormonal precursors, or vitamin supplements would help re-establish the brain's chemical balance. The point being (and I do have one here somewhere!) that drug use causes chemical imbalances in the brain which don't just go away once the high is over. Once the high is over, people who use drugs to the point that even the chemical precursors are used up suffer depressions the likes of which we cannot even imagine. That is how drugs work. They access all the good chemicals at once, leaving a deficit, an imbalance, the next day. If the person continues to use, even the precursors for the good things, for the things the drug uses to create the high, are used up. Then, other chemicals are drawn on to create the high, leaving the addicted person trying to cope in the world with a brain shot through and going redline. So, I think your daughter, your good girl, IS still in there somewhere. Drug use creates chemical imbalance in the brain. Sort of like antidepressants prevent the destruction of the feel good chemicals, only illicit drugs blow all the feel good chemicals at once. I don't know where I was going with this, except to say that I believe it when they say those of us dealing with kids using drugs are not interacting with our kids anymore at all ~ we are interactiing with the drugs. And they are such crappy things. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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