A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains::The experiment to treat Parkinson’s is a critical early test of stem cells’ potential to tackle serious disease.
If we can get to a point where I am retired and can get a Joywire like in Rimworld, I am definitely doing it.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 1 year ago
This could help with more than just Parkinson’s. ADHD, schizophrenia, depression, OCD, restless leg syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome… these are all linked to abnormal dopamine levels.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yea. I have ADHD. Gimme dem dopamine cells. I’m tired of people talking shit because I take a prescribed stimulant.
ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
People say negative things about that? That’s crazy, people are judgmental about stupid shit.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have adhd and you know what’s worse than taking stims every day? Not taking them! I sooo wish we had another solution
GravityAce@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I personally would prefer more testing of psychedelics, like psilocybin. While that acts on the 5HT2A receptors causing more serotonin to be available (similar to SSRIs) it could potentially help with all of those conditions you listed as well. It absolutely helps my depression and anxiety and seems to have helped others.
Oh. You can’t patent a widely available mushroom. I grow and give them out for free.
Peanutbjelly@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
i hate giving anecdotal evidence, but i was expecting it to be such a black and white change for me personally.
i can draw a clear line between the previous twenty years of my life, and a few years ago.
it’s just weirdly amazing to able to have a small thing go wrong and just be like “ah dangit.” rather than having a depressive spiral and mourning my own existence for the rest of the day.
not that i don’t have pessimistic views or bad days, it’s just not overwhelmingly defining of my every moment.
at the very least, i’m eager to see a lot more research being done. if it is legitimate, and others can have the same change in life experience that i’ve had, then it’s a damn tragedy it hasn’t been studied more thoroughly ages ago.