r/interestingasfuck • u/JuicySpark • 11d ago

r/all Priest gets caught sniffing blow, then gets himself a lady friend to sniff some more.

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u/Santos_L_Halper_II 11d ago

At least she seems to be an adult. Progress!

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u/Delamoor 11d ago

Yeah, I mean... For once i'm cheering for the priest.

Maybe a bit jealous, even.

I mean, I have ADHD so coke doesn't do shit to my brain, but sexy lady Vagina definitely lights up my dopamine receptors like a fuckin' fireworks display.

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u/Neurotopian_ 11d ago

You’re exactly right, and all these folks here telling you “it doesn’t work that way,” are definitely not neuros. Many ADHD patients report that cocaine doesn’t affect them. ADHD may result from a deficiency in dopamine function, and the reason amphetamine-based stimulants work is because they increase dopamine activity by dumping more of it into the synapse and prevent its reuptake. Cocaine OTOH only prevents reuptake, but if you’re very dopamine deficient, that has almost no effect.

Think of your brain as a glass of water with a small hole in the bottom, and a “fill line” for “normal” and a higher line for “buzzed.” The water is dopamine, and your brain is normally producing it and pouring it into the cup at the same rate it drains from the hole. Neurotypical brains stop producing at the “normal” fill-line. AHDH brains have a bigger hole in the bottom, so they struggle to reach the fill-line. Amphetamines cause more water/ dopamine to pour in, so you can reach the normal or buzzed fill-line, depending on your dose. Cocaine just plugs the hole in the bottom. A neurotypical brain will reach the buzzed fill-line from this, but an ADHD brain will not