What psychological effects does heroin have on someone?

Question

I'm writing a book featuring a heroin addicts, and I was wondering how she would react in daily conversations and such. What exactly would be off about her?

Side Note: Some people have mentioned this isn't very good research (asking on yahoo). I am doing other research; here I was just looking to see if anyone has talked to a heroin addict and knows what their conversations are like. Or just knows...

Answer 1

she would see things differently, only people she can really talk with semi-honestly are those that are addicted as well. Every thought and action she would have would be related to getting high. It is the only reason she gets out of bed. And should she not use then she is sick so sick worse than you could hopefully imagine. That is for startes....

Answer 2

Heroin Psychological Effects

Answer 3

Psychological Effects Of Heroin

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Heroin causes both psychological and physical addiction. Primary psychological addiction basically is the desire for the rewarding properties of heroin, such as the intense wave of euphoria an addict gets when he/she takes a "hit." Physical addiction is when an addict depends on heroin to function normally. Because the addicts body has adapted to counter the drug so that the person would function closer to normal with the drug, when the person withdraws from the drug, there will be withdrawal symptoms (that are close to the opposite effect of the drug) because the body still counters the drug for a while.

Heroin slows down the mind. It is an opioid, so it has analgesic and euphoric effects. Thus, if the person is high during the conversation, they will seem intensely happy and have slower reactions. Psychologically, addicts will crave the drug constantly if they don't have it with them. Thus, an addict may constantly try to get a drug and that would be apparent in the conversation. Also, the addict may suffer from withdrawal symptoms without the drug, so the withdrawal symptoms might be apparent in daily life. Secondary psychological dependence is when the person is motivated to take the drug to remove the withdrawal symptoms.

I suggest doing some actual research and actually talking to drug addicts before you write a book.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

First of all, all addicts (be it food, nicotine, heroin) display certain common behaviours - where addiction itself has a changing psychological effect.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/addictions/effectsaddiction_psychological.shtml

Heroin users in particular go thru this:

"...Heroin users generally experience certain psychological effects immediately after injection. These include a feeling of euphoria: relief from withdrawal symptoms: and, relief from pain..."

http://www.sayno.com/opiates.html

and...

"...Physical Effects - "nodding off" (at high doses), itchy, dry skin, constricted pupils/droopy eyelids, constipation.

Psychological Effects - addiction, restlessness, insomnia, depression...."

http://wrighttownshippolice.org/drug%20facts.htm

Finally:
http://www.heroinaddiction2.com/heroin-effects.htm
and
http://www.focusas.com/Heroin.html

Answer 8

euphoria, nausea, contstricted pupils, restlessness, constipation, sedation, decreased heart rate, and breathing, respiratory failure and death. Heroin affects the central nervous system as a depressant and pain killer.

Answer 9

this is your research? ya, this will be a great book.

Answer 10

TALK TO HER