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Brain damage after one time ecstasy and cocaine use
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Is this true?
djbudslinger
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Has anyone heard of anyone recovering from a LTC through shrooms or LSD? I am going to Europe in a week and am tempted to try truffles with my friends who I am going with. Is it possible that the experience from the truffles (shrooms) can give me a different outlook and maybe help me snap out of this cloud that I am in? Does anyone know someone that has cured their LTC from psychadelics?
It's possible. But it's also possible that your current LTC mindset actually causes a really bad trip which would probably worsen your psychological well-being. It would all come down to the set/setting during the trip. If you used it properly and didn't spiral into a bad trip it could provide a break-through experience with long-lasting benefits. I think it would be key to be in an extremely comfortable setting with people you're extremely comfortable with and which are there for you should you need them. Psychedelics are powerful drugs which demand respect.
Sertraline starts work about in 1 month, then you notice changes, but you wont see "CHANGES" you will be just normal as you were before. Dont take XANAX, dont smoke POT. Try zoloft for 3 months, and then consult with doctor. physical exercise are the TOP cure.
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From what I read, cocaine is a norepinephrine/dopamine reuptake inhibitor, and MDMA is a norepinephrine/dopamine/serotonin releaser. It would seem to me like not such a good idea to mix the two. I'd tend to think that the reuptake inhibition, combined to the release, could bring dangerous concentrations of the amines in the synaptic cleft. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I'd just stop doing any drugs until I feel better, as a principle of precaution, including SSRI's, adderall too. If i was in your case, taking a psychedelic would probably make me bad trip, so I would avoid. I would just take a benzo once in a while if I feel really shitty. I'd drink lots of green tea and do sports. Sport will make you feel good and increase your self-confidence (even if it doesn't increase your self-confidence related to cognitive performance, it's still good to take).
I'd just stop doing any drugs until I feel better, as a principle of precaution, including SSRI's, adderall too. If i was in your case, taking a psychedelic would probably make me bad trip, so I would avoid. I would just take a benzo once in a while if I feel really shitty. I'd drink lots of green tea and do sports. Sport will make you feel good and increase your self-confidence (even if it doesn't increase your self-confidence related to cognitive performance, it's still good to take).
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djbudslinger
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I have taken xanax the past 6 or 7 days and i honestly feel so much better. When I am on 1 mg of xanax, a lot of my symptoms are gone (besides still blurry vision), and I feel like myself again. I think a lot of what is affecting me is anxiety, which is why i honestly believe that xanax is helping me. I am thinking of trying to get prescribed.
What do you guys think?
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It's anxiety, pure and simple.
Yes, you did a shitload of drugs and you basically followed no HR principles. I still don't think that's the entire problem here.
I've abused the fuck out of my mind and body during the last four years and I feel I have some experience in this area. Far worse than the after-effects of any drug are the effects of: anxiety, neurotic fixation on perceived deficits, depression, and sleep deprivation. The brain is far, far, far more plastic and resilient than you think.
My recommendation is therapy and counseling FOR ANXIETY. Stop doing *ANY* other drugs. This means no weed, no psychedelics, no Xanax, and no Adderall if you can help it. Start working out as well. You won't want to and you'll hate it, but do it. You can take the SSRI if you want, but either take it and stick with it or don't do it at all. Hopping on and off of an SSRI is no good for anyone.
You need to start reading about different anxiety management techniques and find some that work for you. A lot of PTSD therapy involves coping with intrusive / invasive thoughts and those strategies can help you with the fixation on your perceived deficits, even if you aren't suffering from PTSD.
I have a good friend who is convinced that his brain was damaged because one time he took two Etizolam at once. There's no chance he's suffering a cognitive defect from that, but because he's fixated on this idea that he's not as sharp as he once was he's finding "evidence" of his brain damage all over the place. It's pure confirmation bias, plain and simple, and I guarantee that's what you're dealing with as well.
Yes, you did a shitload of drugs and you basically followed no HR principles. I still don't think that's the entire problem here.
I've abused the fuck out of my mind and body during the last four years and I feel I have some experience in this area. Far worse than the after-effects of any drug are the effects of: anxiety, neurotic fixation on perceived deficits, depression, and sleep deprivation. The brain is far, far, far more plastic and resilient than you think.
My recommendation is therapy and counseling FOR ANXIETY. Stop doing *ANY* other drugs. This means no weed, no psychedelics, no Xanax, and no Adderall if you can help it. Start working out as well. You won't want to and you'll hate it, but do it. You can take the SSRI if you want, but either take it and stick with it or don't do it at all. Hopping on and off of an SSRI is no good for anyone.
You need to start reading about different anxiety management techniques and find some that work for you. A lot of PTSD therapy involves coping with intrusive / invasive thoughts and those strategies can help you with the fixation on your perceived deficits, even if you aren't suffering from PTSD.
I have a good friend who is convinced that his brain was damaged because one time he took two Etizolam at once. There's no chance he's suffering a cognitive defect from that, but because he's fixated on this idea that he's not as sharp as he once was he's finding "evidence" of his brain damage all over the place. It's pure confirmation bias, plain and simple, and I guarantee that's what you're dealing with as well.
questforstarfish
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Whoever told you that marijuana should have accelerated your healing- I'm not sure where you got this from, but from what I know this is completely untrue? Why on earth would taking MORE drugs help the situation?
It's good you stopped the weed, man. I work in a psychiatric ward at a hospital and can promise you that about 90% of the people admitted to our unit smoke marijuana all day, most days, and it has NOT helped them. We get as many people in the hospital from pot psychosis as meth psychosis, so please give yourself a long break from all drugs, if possible. The more you can limit all drugs (including alcohol and caffeine), the faster your recovery will be. Search "long-term comedown" on this forum and you will find lots of people who have been through what you're going through, and they do get better!! But maintaining an extra-healthy lifestyle with exercise, healthy foods and less mind-altering substances will be better. If you go off your Zoloft, make sure your doctor knows about it, because sometimes initially you feel better and then suddenly feel much worse- a doctor needs to be monitoring your condition in case your depression increases to the point of feeling suicidal!
It's good you stopped the weed, man. I work in a psychiatric ward at a hospital and can promise you that about 90% of the people admitted to our unit smoke marijuana all day, most days, and it has NOT helped them. We get as many people in the hospital from pot psychosis as meth psychosis, so please give yourself a long break from all drugs, if possible. The more you can limit all drugs (including alcohol and caffeine), the faster your recovery will be. Search "long-term comedown" on this forum and you will find lots of people who have been through what you're going through, and they do get better!! But maintaining an extra-healthy lifestyle with exercise, healthy foods and less mind-altering substances will be better. If you go off your Zoloft, make sure your doctor knows about it, because sometimes initially you feel better and then suddenly feel much worse- a doctor needs to be monitoring your condition in case your depression increases to the point of feeling suicidal!