Today we live in a world that seems to be saturated with drugs. If you have a headache, you take a pill. If you have a stomachache, you take another pill. You cannot sleep very well? Well, there is a pill for that, too. Do you want to lose some weight or just relax? You can take pills for all these things. Everywhere you turn, on the television and in the newspapers and magazines, you see advertisements that urge us to take some kind of drug for the least complex illnesses. So it should not be too surprising that, in addiction to using legal drugs, people turn to illegal drugs or they abuse legal drugs to try to solve their problems. There is a variety of causes of drug abuse that range from depression, anxiety, and Bipolar disorder. All three can lead to drug abuse and addiction: Which can ultimately lead to fatal effects on the human body.
One familiar cause of drug abuse is depression. Depression is a brain illness, and is really similar to having a heart illness, hypertension or diabetes. We don't have control over depression just as we don't have control over hypertension. Since we can't control the condition by ourselves we seem to look for other sources to control for us. Depression can affect any and all organs in the human body. (Drug Effects on the Brain) People tend to turn to drugs to take their mind off what makes them fall into a state of depression. When the drugs wear off, the depression comes back and they use more drugs. This is the first step to drug abuse.
A less popular cause of drug abuse is Bipolar Disorder which is also known as manic- depressive illness. This is mental illness involving episodes of serious mania and depression. The person's mood usually swings from overly "high" and irritable to sad and hopeless. The cycle continues on and on, with periods of normal mood in between. Bipolar disorder typically begins in adolescence or early adulthood and continues throughout life.
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