Mental Health Drugs are really ruining my life... i think

xbloodwhipx

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Well, i guess i should just start from the. beginning. Im 18, i started using drugs for the most part 2 years ago. Well like early 2011. Ive used such a wide amount of pills that i cant even tell you all of them. Ive done heroin now, ive done meth, E, dmt cocaine shrooms dxm alcohol marijuana. Anyway, i was a pretty mentally heathy person in 2010. Always pretty healthy, not depressed or anxious, depersonalized.

In early 2011 i got the living shit beat out of me. I noticed on the way back from the ER i kept zoning out. I had a severe concussion, broken nose, i started to feel like i was on auto pilot. I didnt think much about it, it wasnt that bad then. A month later, it was a little worse, plus i was getting anxious from it. I met a dealer completely accidently and started using drugs to cope with the anxiety basically, once a week if i felt like it. It was just a little escape. This went on until like october of 2011, i started getting really fucking weird OCD or irrational fears, about going blind. It sounds stupid, but i though about it constantly. My benzo use went way up in like november because of this, i started doing xanax all of the time. I didnt get "hooked" on it. I did take like 1mg a day for 2 months. I got some minor withdrawals, in january i missed the 1mg (i just forgot to take it) and i noticed the ocd was gone when i realized i hadnt taken my xanax or though about going blind.

So, started to use opiates. A lot, for fun. Like 2 times a week. I used other drugs, like weed, alcohol, lyrica tramadol adderall and all of that stuff a lot too. Everyday i would get high on something different. I kept doing this, until now. I dont actually use "everyday" but i go through phases where i use everyday. I do use every week no matter what. I smoke weed everyday. Im not hooked on anything, im hooked on getting high in general. I think about drugs, all of the time. I used heroin the first time january. It was a few days after new years. I Frikken binged on roxies on new years. I was hanging out with a friend (who deals) who pulled out atleast 300 dollars worth of roxy 30's and told me i could have 10 of them. I snorted 60mg new years morning. Got drunk new years, did 60mg roxie the next morning, 60mg that night. The next day i was going to leave, he gave me a little bag of H. He advised if i wanted to use it, i should smoke it. I Smoked it the next day.

Anyway, now i dont feel like me. Im never happy, im always craving drugs, i feel like im on autopiolet all of the time. Its like living in a constant panic attack, I cant think correctly, i have suicidal thoughs all of the fucking time and i dont fucking understand why the fuck i ever decided to use drugs in the first place.
So id really like to know, what would you do in my situation? Do you think i have some kind of brain damage from being beat up so badly? It did all start then... could it be PTSD? Am i using drugs to cope or are they the cause?
I know you guys arent doctors, but should i go get a brain scan?
Ty for any help.
 
Hey xbloodwhipx, thanks for your post.

Trauma can manifest it self in many different way, and like you said we are not doctors and cannot diagnose you. However, it does sound like the beating you took has severally affected you. PTSD is certainly something that would pop into my mind in a situation like this, and it sounds like you are struggling with poly-addiction on some level. I would most definitely go see a doctor, and see what can be done for you. Also, maybe look into finding someone to talk to like a counselor that you like or respect. When dealing with issues such as yours substances can make the road ahead much harder, so maybe you can reflect and realize why it is that your truly using. If your mental health is most important to you it may be time to put down the drugs and focus on some mental health recovery. However, that choice has to be yours, and it has to be for you.

I wish you nothing but luck, and my heart goes out to you.
 
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