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Why do anti psychotics block dopamine receptors? dosent dopamine make you feel relaxed? seems like they do more harm than good.
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Balance: For optimal mental health, Dopamine needs to be in balance with other neurotransmitters and be able to respond to physiologic changes. In many psychotic people, this balance is lost, and Dopamine becomes too active or "too much." so, antipsychotics are created to antagonize or "block" Dopamine receptors. You're correct that when used chronically, problems can come of this. Monitoring necessary.
Answered 6/25/2014
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Good question: Its true but theoretically, they are meant to be used only for patients who have abnormally high Dopamine activity so that it can be normalized.
Answered 4/4/2018
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