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A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains
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This could help with more than just Parkinson's. ADHD, schizophrenia, depression, OCD, restless leg syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome... these are all linked to abnormal dopamine levels.
I'm excited to see how this goes. The article makes it sound like their results have been just barely higher than what they might expect from a placebo, but hopefully that won't be the end of it.
Yea. I have ADHD. Gimme dem dopamine cells. I'm tired of people talking shit because I take a prescribed stimulant.
Caffeine and Alcohol are a bit weird, since they don't have the stigma that other drugs do.
If you say "Oh, I need a litre of coffee to function in the mornings", people would just laugh and agree, whereas if you said that you had to take your stimulant medication/dextroamphetamine to function/took the caffeine in pill form, people might judge you for it.
You see it a bit with social media, where people say that ADHD is merely an excuse for laziness, and that medication does more harm than it helps, but will happily excuse people needing a coffee to start up in the morning.