Bipolar Depression Caused by Drug Abuse?
Question by xdorax: Bipolar Depression caused by Drug Abuse?
What are your thoughts about the link between drug abuse and psychiatric conditions?
Best answer:
Answer by prince uranus
i’ve often wondered this myself.
i’m sure there is a connection—but where to find out more?
Answer by Amie
Drug abuse can cause severe abnormalities in the brain chemicals that are responsible for normal cognition and perception.
I have known people who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder because they mimicked the symptoms from taking drugs . . . although I think in this case the person’s problems resolved when they got off the drugs permanently.
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