Have some questions about drugs but don't know who to ask? Dr. Era Dutta explains everything you need to know about them...
Dr Era Dutta's Mind Wellness - Psychiatrist Kolkata
Dr Era Dutta's Mind Wellness - Psychiatrist Kolkata
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00:00Today we want to talk about drugs.
00:09Anything that you put in your body that changes your physiological makeup,
00:12that changes your behavioral makeup,
00:14that causes changes in your body, mind and being is a drug.
00:18So practically a doctor is also writing drugs but those are prescription drugs.
00:26Here's a simple checklist that I want you to do.
00:29Think of a certain drug that you've been taking for a while now.
00:32Do you have a craving for this drug? Do you have an urge?
00:35Sometimes when you're at work are you thinking about when do I get my next hit?
00:39When you suddenly stop or reduce the quantity of the drug,
00:43you have certain physiological and psychological changes.
00:46Any drug is an addiction when it starts impacting your work,
00:50social life and your basic fabric of being.
00:59Intoxication comprises of changes in behavioral science and changes in physical science.
01:03The changes in behavioral science could be in the form of impaired judgment,
01:06could be in the form of impaired reaction time.
01:09So you may not react at the right time, react too fast or react too slow
01:12and hence common accidents happen when people are high on drugs.
01:15They could be illusions, they could be hallucinations, imagining things which aren't real.
01:20People can also have interference in their personal functioning
01:23which means they stop taking care of themselves and their basic responsibilities.
01:27Changes in your heart rate. There may be changes in the appetite pattern.
01:31A lot of drugs also cause changes in the vision.
01:33Cases of cardiac arrhythmias have also been reported on certain drugs during the phase of intoxication.
01:44There could be a change in your cardiopulmonary status.
01:46You could age much faster.
01:48Brain size will start to become smaller than compared to others.
01:51You could start losing your memory much faster so dementia can present itself really early.
01:56Your exposure to cancer becomes much higher.
01:59And in general, your vessels of the body can constrict a lot more.
02:03Your liver can get impacted.
02:09There are individuals who crave for a lot more novelty.
02:12We call this novelty seeking.
02:14Who have less harm avoidance.
02:16Who don't really care and wear danger on their sleeve
02:19and are impulsive and reckless in their decision making.
02:23Yes, such personalities may have a higher tendency to fall prey to drugs.
02:27The groups that you hang out with.
02:29That's why they say choose your friends carefully, right?
02:31A stressor. So losing a loved one, losing a job or having a hard time in your life
02:36may make you want to numb out the pain by using the coping strategy of drugs.