Is Cognitive Functioning Impaired in Methamphetamine Users? A Critical Review.

[Vaya]

No problem, and thanks for the blog link. Guess I don't have much to worry about after a year of use.

Yeah, it was slightly comforting for me to read, too. He did a great job of dissecting and analyzing the evidence objectively I thought. Glad you got something out of it, for sure.

~ vaya

 

[Sandbag]

Well also Meth is physically addicting (has horrible withdrawls)...

Ya might want to take a look at your definition of "physically addictive". Meth, along with stimulants as a whole, is psychologically addictive, but does not have the physical dependency aspect of the addiction. Yes, you're likely to be rather worthless and lethargic while your body recovers from a period of use, but this is not the same as the physical withdrawal symptoms commonly associated with sustained use of alcohol, opiods, benzos, barbs, ketamine, etc.

 

[princessaddiction]

Dude, you don't need a study. All you need to do is live with some tweakers and then we'll talk about this 'cognitive functioning' you speak of

Love it, so true!

 

[ebola?]

Yet not particularly true. The mindstate and life-outcomes of late-stage, active addicts give us little ground from which to generalize to questions of persisting neurotoxicity.

ebola

 

[Epsilon Alpha]

A large part of the "cognitive decline" seen in amphetamine addicts might be due to chronic sleep deprivation in my opinion, there are tons of studies showing that extreme extended sleep deprivation can have detrimental effects for quite a while.

Here's a few tangentially related studies
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/29/44/14050.short
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090379810000851
https://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/abstract/sin/doi/10.1055/s-0029-1237117

Also, long term stress and malnutrition will play prominent roles as well.

So I'd personally say its at least 3/4 the lifestyle related to the whole "fried out tweaker" stereotype. This also explains a portion of the difference between high dose ADHD patients and addicts.

Thoughts?