Is there a thread here or perhaps a link elsewhere that someone can provide which will help me understand how cannabis affects the dopamine levels in our bodies? I've searched the threads here and can't find what I am looking for but that doesn't always mean it's not here...

I'm currently reading these threads but I am reading a book that discusses fibromyalgia, dopamine, adrenaline, and our fight or flight response. If cannabis is doing what I think it is doing in my body (when eaten), it is the absolute perfect medicine for fibromyalgia.

I'm stumbling through this on my own and I'm not a doctor but I want to understand this well enough to explain it to my doctor.

http://boards.cannabis.com/growing-i...-part-2-a.html

Cannabinoids are powerful brain-changers because they influence release and uptake of the brain's most important neurotransmitters, including dopamine...
http://boards.cannabis.com/growing-i...you-smoke.html

According to the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, research over the last 10 years has proved that marijuana has no effect on dopamine-related brain systems...
http://boards.cannabis.com/medicinal...edication.html

...mj works on dopamine not seritonin
http://boards.cannabis.com/medicinal...arkinsons.html

...it will regulate your dopamine receptors
http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-...epression.html

Smoking mj causes release of dopamine and seratonin
I know for a fact that if you increase your dopamine levels, the pain from fibromyalgia (FM) will decrease. Many people who suffer from FM are in a constant fight or flight mode. Their adrenaline is high and the brain burns through its pain-blocking supply of dopamine in the limbic system. Dr. Satish Raj shows that patients with FM have abnormalities in their of the autonomic nervous as measured by an increase in adrenaline.

Cannabis Report: Kubby Kicked Out of Cananda

...Kubby says he is alive because he uses medical cannabis to help control the levels of adrenaline in his blood stream.
http://boards.cannabis.com/medicinal...a-anxiety.html

Delta9 has a significant effect on the brain and adrenaline release.
Effects of cannabinoids on adrenaline release from adrenal medullary cells

In conclusion, cannabinoids lowered the electrically evoked adrenaline release in rabbit isolated adrenal glands
So, (IMHO) if Cannabis chemically helps curb this fight or flight feeling that can cause and perpetuate FM, it should be given as a first choice "drug" to anyone with symptoms of FM. I know that it works for me because of my financial situation, I have not been able to consume cannabis for a few months and my symptoms have worsened several times over!
mackey33 Reviewed by mackey33 on . Adrenaline, Dopamine, Fibromyalgia & Cannabis Is there a thread here or perhaps a link elsewhere that someone can provide which will help me understand how cannabis affects the dopamine levels in our bodies? I've searched the threads here and can't find what I am looking for but that doesn't always mean it's not here... I'm currently reading these threads but I am reading a book that discusses fibromyalgia, dopamine, adrenaline, and our fight or flight response. If cannabis is doing what I think it is doing in my body (when eaten), it Rating: 5