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Subject:
Brain "Tingles"?
Category: Science Asked by: sunofagund-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
12 Jul 2004 11:00 PDT
Expires: 15 Jul 2004 10:59 PDT Question ID: 373087 |
Ive been experiencing now for about 7 years what i like to reffer to as brain tingles. Now while what I have to say might make me sound like a parinoid dillusional i would rather not focus in on that aspect. Back seven years ago i had taken 8 tabs of LSD unknowningly of the dosage. I had what was commonlly reffered to most as a bad "trip" to sum it all up, this was a life altering event that led to my unevitable stoppage of ilegal drug usage. I'm now suffering from consipiracy issues and what the docotors say is to be schizo effective disorder. I, happen to beilieve that this is all just a government coverup, regardless. I have made several attempts to find out what kind of experiments where done with lsd by the government back in the 60s and 70s but ran into many roadblocks during my research, my father worked for the governemnt and as he knows of my condition i do believe he had played a role in all of this. I now suffer from these mind tingles, they happen all over my brain including the stem and all lobes. they seem to be either triggered by certain Pictures or intuitive feelings, almost like a "spidey sense" and are to so degree of a fair warning to pay attention to whats at hand. I don't know why this has happened, nor if the LSD has anything to do with it, I did follow the "path" into the United State Military as i "saw the night of my trip the next 4 years of my life unfold in my eyes" including the departure into the United States Marine Corps. I was only there for a week and was discharged with many weird detailes to offer. since then my life has been bound by rules and regualtions that "supposedly only exsist in my mind" and these brain tingles that no doctor nor any reasearch i can conduct leads me to any kind answer. Does anyone know this to be a typical side effect, or when i was younger that scare on my forhead that was me supposedly cracking my skull ...... that i dont recall doing, was it something more to do with ....well, you know use your imagination.. |
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Re: Brain "Tingles"?
From: dr_bob-ga on 12 Jul 2004 13:19 PDT |
Zyprexa defficiency? |
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Re: Brain "Tingles"?
From: sunofagund-ga on 12 Jul 2004 14:24 PDT |
no, not zyprexa dyficency, but thanks for the moronic comment. Zyprexa is actually a shitty drug with a low success rate in treating schizophrenia, and on behalf of myself and anyone else who has been prescribed this horrible drug, having it banned for its horrible side effects would truely be a Godsend. |
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Re: Brain "Tingles"?
From: purkinje-ga on 12 Jul 2004 14:54 PDT |
Yeah, that amount of LSD screwed you up. LSD causes significant psychedelic effects with as little as 25 micrograms (less than what you would get licking a laced postage stamp). (LSD is 3000 times more potent than mescaline.) Your feelings of conspiracy, etc., are classic signs of schizophrenia, most assuredly not caused from hitting your head, but rather from the LSD, since LDS has been shown to lead to psychotic disorders. I'm not really sure WHAT you think is a conspiracy though. The government, just like everyone else, knew that LSD was not good. It's not like the government forced you to take LSD or anything. If you want to know what research has been done on lsd, just look at old NIH grants, or look up on medline: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi where you will find 132 pages of research abstracts (quite technical though). The effects of lsd include hallucinations, mood changes such as elation, paranoia, and depression, intense arousal, sometimes even a feeling of panic. Pupils dilate, bp and heart rate increase, flushing, salivation, lacrimation, hyperreflexia, etc. The panic, anxiety, and depression are all included in the "bad trip." LSD is known to bind to all types of serotonin receptors on neurons in the brain (also called 5-HT receptors). This includes the type 2 serotonin receptor, which is the same type of receptor that has been found to be abnormal in schizophrenics. Serotonin receptors are also the target of antidepressant drugs, as well as other things. LSD, unlike pretty much any other drug, is actually well tolerated by the body (in terms of metabolism, etc.). There have been no documented fatalities from lsd overdose (although many cases of suicide and accidental deaths from doing crazy things), which explains why you didn't die from that much lsd. However, the effects of lsd are known to last a lifetime, including paranoia, flashbacks, and visual disorders, all of which can be triggered by mere stress, fatigue, darkness, marijuana, other neuroleptics, and anxiety. So, what I have to say to you is that you messed yourself up, but don't stress about it. What's done is done. You may feel like there's some conspiracy or something, but I promise you there's not. Your mind is just going nuts. But try to get a grip on things. You can still live a good life. |
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Re: Brain "Tingles"?
From: nvachro-ga on 12 Jul 2004 14:57 PDT |
I'm not a doctor, nor am I a google answers researcher. The answer below is information obtained from web searches. That being said - From your post, it seems that you have already consulted with doctors about the symptoms that you've described. Your description of brain tingles is similar to how some people describe seizures. However, there are other things that can cause similar sensations, including side effects from medication. More information on epilepsy and seizures is available on this site: http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/main_epilepsy.html Such symptoms do *not* appear to be a common long term side effect of LSD usage, however. There does appear to be a link between LSD usage and schizophrenia, in people with a predisposition to it in the first place. Please see this article for a more detailed answer on the connection between the two: http://www.mhsource.com/expert/exp1121498a.html Also, this article http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=8832 details some studies done on the matter. Some more information on LSD accelerating the onset of schizophrenia is available on this page, under "DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS" - http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/psychiatry/CPS/28.html For more information on other possible causes of schizophrenia, please see this article: http://mentalhealthcare.org.uk/schizophrenia/causes/ If this isn't the information that you're looking for, please clarify the kinds of information / sources that you're seeking. No one, even a doctor, is going to be able to diagnose you online. You're going to need to see a neurologist in person for that. We can provide you with more information on Schizoaffective Disorder, treatments, and support groups; more information on (publicly available) studies on the effects of LSD; and / or information on how to file for documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Would any of these be considered an acceptable answer to your question? |
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Re: Brain "Tingles"?
From: purkinje-ga on 12 Jul 2004 15:06 PDT |
I also wanted to mention from up above that yes, zyprexa will have many side effects because it not only targets serotonin receptors, but also muscarin, dopmine, and histamine receptors in the brain. Also, more importantly, I forgot to actually answer your question. The brain has no sensory receptors. This means that the brain itself cannot feel touch, pain, etc. (which is why they can do open brain surgeries without anesthesia). So the tingles you feel either come from the meninges which surround the brain, or from the skin, or it may be a type of parasthesia, where your brain thinks it's feeling something there, but there's really no sensory info coming from that area of the body. I'm trying to remember which drug it is-- cocaine I believe-- that can make you feel like there are bugs crawling on you. This is that sort of thing. Anyway, it is likely an extension of the effects that I wrote of above. Hope that helps. |
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Re: Brain "Tingles"?
From: purkinje-ga on 12 Jul 2004 15:13 PDT |
Sorry, I forgot to document my source-- all the info I put up above can be found in Goodman and Gilman's "The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics," and can be confirmed by the medline "lsd" search I mentioned (or search for lysergic acid diethylamide), as well as many other on-line resources. |
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