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Has anyone ever given up alcohol by switching to cocaine?

Xorkoth said:
It actually is. It causes neurotoxicity. But using it from time to time isn't anything to worry about. Using it often, though, it worse for you than most drugs.
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I can attest to frequent(even semi frequent) MDMA use being very harmful. I suffered years of what is now commonly referred to as long term comedown(LTC). I had all the worst symptoms...depression, anxiety, depersonalization, insomnia, head pressure, pain, vertigo, panic attacks, confusion and a long list of other symptoms.

Back in 2000 or so nobody really talked about it or knew what it was which made it much worse because I got no support from my friends, who said it was all in my head(WTF does that even mean?). I eventually turned to opiates because they were the only thing that alievated and gave me a reprieve from the horrible symptoms. It's probably safe to say that I've never been the same since and I've struggled with opiates my entire life.
 
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Xorkoth said:
It actually is. It causes neurotoxicity. But using it from time to time isn't anything to worry about. Using it often, though, it worse for you than most drugs.
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I don't know why anyone would say this without putting a publication that states this. I thought it was pretty common knowledge that stimulants in general are neurotoxic but at different degrees.
 
somnilicious said:
I can attest to frequent(even semi frequent) MDMA use being very harmful. I suffered years of what is now commonly referred to as long term comedown(LTC). I had all the worst symptoms...depression, anxiety, depersonalization, insomnia, head pressure, pain, vertigo, panic attacks, confusion and a long list of other symptoms.

Back in 2000 or so nobody really talked about it or knew what it was which made it much worse because I got no support from my friends, who said it was all in my head(WTF does that even mean?). I eventually turned to opiates because they were the only thing that alievated and gave me a reprieve from the horrible symptoms. It's probably safe to say that I've never been the same since and I've struggled with opiates my entire life.
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yea I will say that doing something like MDMA or LSD too much changed how the brain works, Right here is the a publication .
 
MDMA and LSD are two different beasts. Yes, psychedelics like LSD can have long-term effects on you, but that is based on the fact that they can produce profound and paradigm-shifting experiences. So can MDMA, but MDMA actually has a mechanism by which it can pharmacologically produce neurotoxicity. LSD, and other classical serotonergic psychedelics, do not produce neurotoxicity. But they can certainly produce long-term changes in you, in the same way any profound/powerful experience can... especially if the experience you have is traumatic.
 
Snafu in the Void said:
Too much tryptamines and LSD really kinda screwed my brain up permanently. Too much neurogenesis is not necessarily a good thing. Like steroids.
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what else could/probably might you have taken in "somewhat" detrimental possible doses?

An interesting question is how much of an advantage is having an unmolested perfectly intact brain on this planet? ohh and please include why you feel this way.
 
neversickanymore said:
what else could/probably might you have taken in "somewhat" detrimental possible doses?
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Past hard drug use, alcohol, kratom, ketamine, benzos, phenibut, supplements, cannabis, chronic sleep deprivation, extreme stress, and poor diet all likely played a role in the psychosis and long term negative neurological changes.

But dosing LSD and shrooms 2 times per week and smoking DMT 3x per day for 5 months straight definitely played a dominant role.

I recovered from the psychosis, but have lasting neurological damage which generally manifests in being very sensitive to any drug or supplements which directly or indirectly touches any of my serotonin receptors.
 
Snafu in the Void said:
Past hard drug use, alcohol, kratom, ketamine, benzos, phenibut, supplements, cannabis, chronic sleep deprivation, extreme stress, and poor diet all likely played a role in the psychosis and long term negative neurological changes.

But dosing LSD and shrooms 2 times per week and smoking DMT 3x per day for 5 months straight definitely played a dominant role.

I recovered from the psychosis, but have lasting neurological damage which generally manifests in being very sensitive to any drug or supplements which directly or indirectly touches any of my serotonin receptors.
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I'm sorry that this has happened to you bother. I have a feeling after a couple MDMA and LSD binges is what causes my crippling anxiety and tremors in my hands. I'm afraid to find out what neurological damage I did in my early 20's that I'm paying for now in my 40's
 
Keif' Richards said:
People become addicted to and develop preferences for different drugs. That's just how people are. If you're asking, has anyone ever enacted positive change in their life by attempting to "switch" from Alcohol to Cocaine, the answer is absolutely not.
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I didn't think it was so but...my idea is....since cocaine and alcohol combo is so bad for your health,. I will put the drink down whenever I'm doing coke.

Coke time...no beer for me please sir. Plenty water at the bar...plenty cans of soda...
 
new2drugs said:
I didn't think it was so but...my idea is....since cocaine and alcohol combo is so bad for your health,. I will put the drink down whenever I'm doing coke.

Coke time...no beer for me please sir. Plenty water at the bar...plenty cans of soda...
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Yea but you're gonna look pretty obvious over there at the end of the bar, sipping on water, all clammed up, dabbing the sweat on your forehead with a drink napkin
 
Well, good luck with it. Personally, I find it really hard to not drink when I do coke. They go hand in hand, cocaine becomes very uncomfortable when you do more than just a bump or two, without alcohol or some other GABAergic drug (like benzos - but you want to be VERY careful with those, benzo dependence is no joke, the withdrawals are worse than any other withdrawals).
 
Snafu in the Void said:
Past hard drug use, alcohol, kratom, ketamine, benzos, phenibut, supplements, cannabis, chronic sleep deprivation, extreme stress, and poor diet all likely played a role in the psychosis and long term negative neurological changes.

But dosing LSD and shrooms 2 times per week and smoking DMT 3x per day for 5 months straight definitely played a dominant role.

I recovered from the psychosis, but have lasting neurological damage which generally manifests in being very sensitive to any drug or supplements which directly or indirectly touches any of my serotonin receptors.
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How do you know you have lasting neurological damage

I doubt you're THAT sensitive especially if you weren't getting constant bad trips/bad sides while you were still actively using hallucinogens??

I have never actually enjoyed MDMA or psychedelics, that's how I know I'm sensitive. I literally took one dose of ald52 and was fucked in the head for a week and had to go on clonazepam for a bit.
 
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