Fred Von Stieff - Brain in Balance

04/02/2017

"Open your eyes, look around in the room and say, ‘what’s the threat?'” https://goo.gl/lF27RZ

Almost infallibly, the source of a strong surge of cravings is a deep-seated fear or anxiety triggered by some memory. When this happens, learn what to do.

02/17/2017

Addiction treatment is often seen as purely psychological. While there is a psychological element to addiction treatment that must be addressed; the psychology behind addiction does NOT need to be the focus.

Why not?

An addiction treatment program that takes both the psychological and more importantly, the physiological aspect of addiction into consideration reaps far more benefits, greatly increasing chances of long-term sobriety.

Understanding the physiological element of addiction makes addiction treatment easier to administer. The brain of an addicted individual has physical damage done to its neurotransmitter systems. This damage is for the most part reversible.

Substance abuse upsets the brain’s natural balance of neurotransmitters and neuroreceptors. Using the right medications that stimulate certain neurotransmitter production, while curbing other anxiety-causing neurotransmitter production, makes detoxification a smooth and painless process.

Beyond Detoxification

After completing detoxification, follow-up treatment should be considered to better ensure success. Many people in need of addiction treatment began abusing alcohol or other drugs because of inherited imbalances within their brain’s neurotransmitters. BRAIN IN BALANCE: Understanding the Genetics and Neurochemistry behind Addiction and Sobriety explains this phenomenon, as well as what can be done to treat these imbalances without the use of addictive substances.

12/28/2016

Learn more about drug addiction and alcoholism and the science behind ti all: http://ow.ly/Z4Em307aYkl

12/24/2016

Medical professionals and patients alike all can benefit from the science behind overcoming addiction! Learn more: http://ow.ly/4JXW307aY6G

12/20/2016

Understanding how neurotransmitters act based on drugs or medication plays a part in understanding addiction: http://ow.ly/6cPZ307aXRG

12/17/2016

Addiction is complicated and confusing, learn more about the science behind it all: http://ow.ly/y6Cg307aXNP

10/31/2016

Addiction isn't easy. Understanding why it happens can better help us how to understand how to deal with it or protect ourselves from it. Learn how even genetics play a part: http://ow.ly/nGXe305lVbH

10/29/2016

Do you know where addiction stems from? More importantly, what can be done about it? Learn: http://ow.ly/60EY305lUZG

10/26/2016

Did you know that children of parents who suffer from addiction have a higher likilihood of suffering from addiction themselves. Learn more: http://ow.ly/SSJ8305lULo

10/25/2016

Many don't realize the effect genetics can play when it comes to addiction and to alcoholism. Learn more here: http://ow.ly/hPUm305lUB1

10/01/2016

There are a few different ways to look at neurotransmitters and their functions. Most sources take a finite approach, looking at the micro science of the nerve, its neurotransmitters, and their functions.

I take a more global approach, explaining each neurotransmitter system, what they react to, and how each neurotransmitter system reacts to each other. This is the best approach if you want to really understand the neurotransmitters and their functions, and how they affect our daily life.

Neurotransmitters and their functions are dynamic, having a huge impact on our thinking, our feelings, and our perceptions.

Our brain has individual neurotransmitter systems that are interdependent, actually communicating with one another. When people use illicit drugs or medications that affect one system, inevitably the other systems that are connected will adjust themselves in some reactionary balance to the change.

Most of the information and literature available on neurotransmitters and their functions are tremendously vast, complex, and difficult to grasp. Unfortunately, popular science often gets so stuck on the details, that they end up missing the big picture. By doing this, they complicate the way we understand the brain.

Though my methods of explanation provide a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of how the brain functions (especially in reaction to medications and illicit drugs), there are caveats to this approach. One must remember that there is more complexity underneath this new conceptual approach to the study of the brain, as revealed in Brain in Balance: Understanding the Genetics and Neurochemistry behind Addiction and Sobriety.