tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post8851864122587002815..comments2023-04-02T07:30:36.643-04:00Comments on Traumatized By Truth: The Neuroscience of ADHD - Dopamine Abnormality in ADHDDuWayne Braytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-50753923848687015832007-09-14T21:20:00.000-04:002007-09-14T21:20:00.000-04:00Hey Dirk - thanks for stopping.I am more and more ...Hey Dirk - thanks for stopping.<BR/><BR/>I am more and more amazed by the notion that these are all treated on a separate basis. The more I learn, the more I am blown away by it. Even the addiction aside, people with multiple neuro disorders are treated as though they are all separate. <BR/><BR/>I assumed, back when I had coverage, that all doctors were more like mine. He treated me as a DuWayne Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-47461576101167254052007-09-14T11:25:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:25:00.000-04:00duwayne, you are right to note that there is still...duwayne, you are right to note that there is still a strong tendency to overlook or ignore the many ways in which substance abuse dovetails with a whole cluster of serotonin- and dopamine-mediated behaviorial and psychological disorders.<BR/><BR/>While some of us see a self-evident connection between, say, Tourette's syndrome and drug abuse, or poor impulse control and alcoholism, there is still Dirk Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-74165630615256634762007-08-14T01:07:00.000-04:002007-08-14T01:07:00.000-04:00Hi Drugmonkey, thanks for stopping by.Actually, Di...Hi Drugmonkey, thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>Actually, Dirk, proprietor of <A HREF="http://addiction-dirkh.blogspot.com/search/label/marijuana" REL="nofollow">Addiction Inbox</A>, mentioned that in comments, at Corpus Collosum. What made Joseph's mention of it jump out at me, was that the correlation seems obvious to me. I was aware of Nora Volkow's position when I wrote the post, because ofDuWayne Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-49227704437328568092007-08-14T00:46:00.000-04:002007-08-14T00:46:00.000-04:00with respect to why random comments on drug abuse ...with respect to why random comments on drug abuse might pop up you need look no farther than the first author. Nora Volkow is the current director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and, unsurprisingly, these issues are a major focus of her prior and continuing scientific work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com