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Old 06-03-2010, 12:46 AM   #86
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Originally Posted by FlamesPuck12 View Post
Technically it wouldn't be "permanent" but when the baseline of dopamine level drops low enough to cause schizophrenia, the chances are, you're dependent on the drug (your brain is expecting you to supply dopamine through cocaine). To get your baseline of your dopamine back up to average level, you would have to go through withdrawals and chances are you probably can't break the dependency on the drug and since you need more cocaine to get the same effect you got when you first started, it just keeps spiraling down.

So basically, you could get to a point where you're not "officially" schizophrenic, but your body would basically be mimicing that of a schizophrenic?
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