Quote (pms5025 @ Wed, Aug 5 2009, 07:19pm)
I believe you say here that L-DOPA decreases Dopamine levels and that at high levels you have parkinson's like symptoms and schizophrenic symptoms
"During High Dopamine levels, a drug known as L-Dopa which is basically an isomer(similar molecule different structure) of the Dopamine neurotransmitter which DECREASES your brain Dopamine levels. This reduces the effect of Parkinson's-like symptoms and the schizophrenic symptoms talked about above, (Jazz)."
I'm arguing that it doesn't decrease dopamine levels, that it raises dopamine levels, and it's not the decrease that reduces the effect of parkinson's-like symptoms, it's the increase in dopamine that does... So i'm not agreeing with you
And i keep spamming this thread cause i like the convo we are having
Yeah I think I mixed some words up but basically L-Dopa is a multipurpose drug that normalizes brain dopamine through a reuptake process, I should have been more specific.
Its rare you get into an argument like this on this forum. I meant to say that low dopamine causes Parkinsons Disease and high dopamine causes anxiety and paranoid schizophrenic behavior.
Here is a brief article that explains that even L-Dopa has a minor antipsychotic effect on schizophrenic patients.
This post was edited by Jazz_Thing on Aug 5 2009 01:29pm