The Effects of Too Much Carbon Dioxide in the Blood. Excess CO2 can affect you just like a physical obstruction to breathing. Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Goodshoot/Getty Images. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a gas that's always present in your blood. It is the waste product generated as your body uses up oxygen, and it is expelled from the lungs when you exhale.
Many neuropsychological conditions such as anxiety and depression are directly related to the imbalance of neurotransmitters. Common neurotransmitters include acetylcholine, dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin etc.
Dopamine acts on the pituitary as an inhibitor of prolactin secretion. Blockade of dopamine D2 receptors by typical antipsychotics and risperidone can cause hyperprolactinaemia in males and females. Other atypical antipsychotics do not cause sustained hyperprolactinaemia because of their lower affinity for D2 receptors.