Breathing, brain damage and GHB

[bit_pattern]

I remember years ago being on a lot of meth and taking a dose of GHB to get some rest. I vividly remember lying in bed, not being able to breathe properly, every so often I could get a massive inhalation but every other breath I tried to take just wouldn't happen. I was alone and have no idea how long I was like that nor the period between breaths was. I kind of felt like if I hadn't have been so pinged on the ice that I probably would have died.

Do you think such an event could have damaged my brain and how would one go about finding out?

 

[zebrafish]

Are you currently having any symptoms of brain damage?

 

[bit_pattern]

I have certain symptoms that that have a lot in common with some forms of ABI, yes. Cognitively, I'm high functioning but am seriously fucked up emotionally. I'm trying to better understand things that have happened to me. I also suspect I was shaken as a baby, I underwent a radical change at a quite early age that my mother was never able to put her finger on. I'm trying to identify areas where I might have acquired a brain injury so that I can take that information with me to speak to a neurocognitive assessment. I guess I just want to know if people think it's likely/unlikely that GHB (actually, I think it was 1,4,B but that's neither here nor there) could have caused brain damage in that situation.

 

[nAON]

You would have fell unconscious from oxygen deprivation before any serious brain damage occurred - if this didn't happen you're probably fine.

 

[Transform]

Possible long-term effects of γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) due to neurotoxicity and overdose. Full text.

If you were awake and had not combined with other depressants then it's likely that you sustained little or no damage.

 

[endotropic]

I remember years ago being on a lot of meth and taking a dose of GHB to get some rest. I vividly remember lying in bed, not being able to breathe properly, every so often I could get a massive inhalation but every other breath I tried to take just wouldn't happen. I was alone and have no idea how long I was like that nor the period between breaths was. I kind of felt like if I hadn't have been so pinged on the ice that I probably would have died.

Do you think such an event could have damaged my brain and how would one go about finding out?

This almost sounds like what happens during sleep paralysis. Could you move normally other than breathing, or were you unable to control your body at all?

 

[Beings]

Possible long-term effects of γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) due to neurotoxicity and overdose. Full text.

I can't find any threads on BL discussing this particular study. From the way I read this the damage to neurons is similar to that of alcohol? Seems like it is damaging both in chronic administration or binge usage.
Kind of funny how G went from a miracle drug to neurotoxic poison almost overnight due to these excitotoxicity studies as of 2008ish