sinsboldly
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05 Jan 2010, 9:18 pm
05 Jan 2010, 10:00 pm
Endorphins
The self-centered molecule
You belong to the class of neuropeptides known as endorphins - the body's self-made painkillers/pleasure chemicals! Spacey, blissfully unaware, and a definite hedonist at times. You may be good at soothing cells that are going through a tough time, but you're bad at just about everything else. Irresponsible, cluttered, and haphazard describes your lifestyle.
You have a propensity to contribute to addictions. As well, when others get too much of you, they tend to become itchy - make sure you give them space.
EDIT: Just realised I got the one I'm addicted to right now though. That's the one you get when you hurt yourself right?
I guess it's really true then 
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DemonAbyss10
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05 Jan 2010, 10:16 pm
ilivinamushroom
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05 Jan 2010, 10:31 pm
Douglas_MacNeill
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05 Jan 2010, 10:45 pm
06 Jan 2010, 2:26 am
richie
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06 Jan 2010, 4:35 am
Your result for Which neurotransmitter are you? ...
Serotonin
The quiet, organized multi-tasker!
5-hydroxytryptophan, otherwise known as serotonin. You can do a little bit of everything, but you are not a true master - a "jack-of-all-trades" type. You calm and level the mood, but GABA does it better; you are involved in the psychological experience of pain, but endorphins can ease it better; you are involved in the reinforcement of behavior, but dopamine is the true master; you are involved in attention and stress, but noradrenaline is your daddy; you can inhibit some cells retroactively, but the endocannabinoids are the experts.
Really, what you are best at is organization: you know when to tell certain areas of the brain to turn off, and you know when to tell these same places to turn on. With you around, everything runs efficiently.
People really only notice you when you're gone. They may become sad, irritable, or stressed. They may find it difficult to get out of bed. Hell, they may even hallucinate! Thus, although you tend to be quiet and introspective, the gang just wouldn't be the same without you!
You should consider an executive career.
Yeah right 
06 Jan 2010, 4:55 pm
γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Calm, collected facilitator
γ-Aminobutyric acid, also known as GABA (has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?)
You are the inhibiting workhorse of the brain. Everywhere and anywhere, you're always there to keep the other neurons calm and collected. Without you, your cousin NMDA would be running amok, eventually killing the cells with excitoxic overstimulation!
You can be counted on to keep things running smoothly. However, you can't hold your liqour! Once you get drinking, you bear down too hard on the other cells, which makes it difficult for them to do their jobs! Ease back on the beers, kiddo.
lol@picture
06 Jan 2010, 5:06 pm
06 Jan 2010, 6:38 pm
Noradrenaline
STRESS STRESS STRESS!
The "fight-or-flight" transmitter, noradrenaline. You're constantly on-edge, full of energy, and dumb. You can only think with gut reactions and instinct. People might find you difficult to deal with. You overreact to the slightest provocation. After you blaze through a conversation, the other cells are tired of dealing with you and need time to recuperate.
Although the other cells may not appreciate you, you keep them out of danger! You are the lone soldier in the watchtower, surrounded by the enemy on all sides. When everyone is sleeping, you will be the one to wake them, and you will be ready to kick some ass!.. or run screaming in the other direction.
Yep, this is so true. 
One-Winged-Angel
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20 Jan 2010, 10:05 pm
Endocannabinoids
Far out and groovy!
Whooaa dude, you're anandamide, the close cousin of THC, which is the chemical in marijuana that gets you stoned! You must be totally stoked to hear this right now. Chill, dulled, and bad with math. But you tend to be good with creative things, like playing guitar. And you have a very confident and relaxed presence - others feel more at-ease when you are around.
You also have an unconventional view of life, just as you are one of the few unconventional neurotransmitters: you communicate retroactively - that is, you communicate backwards instead of forwards.
20 Jan 2010, 10:35 pm
23 Jan 2010, 1:29 am
Noradrenaline
STRESS STRESS STRESS!
The "fight-or-flight" transmitter, noradrenaline. You're constantly on-edge, full of energy, and dumb. You can only think with gut reactions and instinct. People might find you difficult to deal with. You overreact to the slightest provocation. After you blaze through a conversation, the other cells are tired of dealing with you and need time to recuperate.
Although the other cells may not appreciate you, you keep them out of danger! You are the lone soldier in the watchtower, surrounded by the enemy on all sides. When everyone is sleeping, you will be the one to wake them, and you will be ready to kick some ass!.. or run screaming in the other direction.
Picture is scary 
23 Jan 2010, 5:23 am
Serotonin
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I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man ! Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.
