Dopamine, Marijuana & Resstless Legs

[paulbassen]

Does anybody know if marijuana use by a grownup can increase or produce restless

legs by permanent damage to dopamine centers?

[Hidden]

Cannabis is used to treat RLS and increases dopamine. The prescribed drugs are much harder on our systems and ACT LIKE DOPAMINE whereas the Cannabis stimulates more dopamine to be released.

A 2012 study set out to investigate this and concluded that unlike users of other common drugs, frequent cannabis users do not suffer from lasting changes in dopamine levels:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/222...

Hope this helps

[paulbassen in reply to Hidden]

Thanks. I checked the study and found this sentence: "However, earlier or longer duration of use is related to lower DA release in the associative striatum." Seems to say longer duration of use may lower dopamine release (I'm 80). That isn't inconsistent with Cannabis helping on specific occasions of use. Short-term help, long-term augmentation. Is that wrong?

[LoisTonya in reply to Hidden]

Raffs - what is the dose?

[Hidden in reply to LoisTonya]

Be hard to dose imho. Smoke a little see what it does then try a little more until symptoms dissapear.