Stimulants
Define a stimulant.
Something that keeps you alert and awake at small doses, and at bigger doses can increase energy or anxiety.
What does it mean to hallucinate?
Seeing, hearing, or experiencing something that is not there.
How do depressants affect the body?
Slow down the nervous system and our thoughts.
This is something that changes a person's mood or feelings.
Mood-altering drugs
This is a medication that is commonly prescribed for ADHD but is categorized as a stimulant.
Adderall
What is an example of a hallucinogen?
LSD, PCP, MDMA, ecstasy, beans
What is an example of an opioid?
Heroin, oxy, percocets, fentanyl
What is the most dangerous type of withdrawal?
Sedatives
Peaking at four days after use and lasting up to two weeks, this is when a person feels depressed, tired, and anxious after stopping use of stimulants.
Stimulant withdrawal
What are some of the lasting effects of long-term MDMA use?
Memory issues, sleep and mood problems, anxiety
What are some of the symptoms of opioid/sedative withdrawal?
Rapid heart rate and breathing rate, sweating, irritability, anxiety, sweating, insomnia, nausea, tremors, delirium, psychosis, seizures, death
What can make somebody have a 'bad trip'?
Panic, your emotional state, mood, or thinking before a trip.
What are the negative effects of stimulants at high doses?
Paranoia, anxiety, violence, delirum, psychosis, overdose
Hallucinogens or psychedelics primarily affect what?
A user's thinking and senses, distorting or heightening them.
What is an example of a sedative?
This can happen at high doses of stimulants, where there is a break from reality.
Psychosis
What happens to the level of neurotransmitters in the brain when you stop use of stimulants?
They lower
Where is marijuana and PCP stored in the body?
Fat cells
What are the effects of opioids?
Slow down nerve messages going to the brain, reduce anxiety, stop pain, surge of pleasure.
This is a state of severe confusion, sometimes with hallucinations.
Delirium