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In a big way! The whole rush u get is from the levels of dopamine in your brain... think of it this way.. your brain is the Hoover dam with a tiny hole in it that lets just the right amount of water or dopamine thru to keep things balanced. Meth takes that same hole and rips it open into a huge hole. Now u have dopamine levels flooding thru creating over exaggerated feelings of happiness and euphoria. The problem is when u start coming down, the dam, aka your brain rapidly works on fixing this. It goes from that gaping hole to back to small again thus creating overwhelming feelings of sadness, depression, etc. Hope my analogy was helpful!

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