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Long term Drug use and health problems?

Siccness909

Siccness909

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Not sure how to ask this but for me I've abused drugs for 6 years now. From meth to coke weed opiates dxm ketamine alcohol. Meth and opiates have been my biggest addictions, psychologically I'm an addict but physically I have never done opiates to cause actual withdrawal aside from minor muscle aches I always take a day break to avoid such situations.

Lifestyle is obviously not healthy I've only ODed ONCE in my entire life on a drug and that was a meth/9 day severe psychosis which I always told I was minutes away from going into cardiac. Aside from that ICU visit I received no organ damage etc or any sort so generally speaking my health is still considered "normal". Only things I can think of are probably depression and maybe dopamine depletion when sober (harder to be happy when not high).

I live for drugs sadly and it just blows my mind sometimes that I'm still Here with all the drugs I do? Does drug abuse (stims opiates for me) lead to such things as Strokes heart attacks seizures etc that can just happen randomly even when not on the drug at the time??

You guys get what I'm saying? Like I started doing drugs at 16 I'm 21 now 4 years of doing "hard" drugs on and off, when will it catch up with me? I have been to the ER couple times from panic attacks (weed) and I always get the extra cardiovascular test on my heart done and every time it says I have NO damage they can find?

I mean really? Doing meth binging 4-6 days no sleep then I'll stop take some opiates to fall asleep, DXM, KHoles etc. I mean I am pretty educated on my drug use and know what not to mix, dosing but its just so crazy to me I'm still labeled healthy in a way?

I've been in sleep deprived psychosis from meth like crazy "stand off with cops" type scenarios. They seem to be the only psychosis I go into oddly I don't know why, but I have gone into it so often from abuse ike full blown delusions voices etc that I can act fully functional and go through it and ignore like its not even their. Then I'll sleep and wake up like it never happened. I can distinguish reality from fake without a problem and its fucking INSANE to me

I'm really surprised my meth OD didn't leave some type of damage. I tried to make this a simple question but I don't know how to ask it so I apologize in advance also if I put in wrong place mods feel free to move it.

I feel like one day no matter how educated I am with my drug use that its gonna sniff a line of meth etc & just collapse in a seizure on the spot or something? How long can I go on before it really damages me?
 
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No one on Earth can tell you when drugs will start to take their toll on your body and they most likely already have. Just because you're still in one piece and have no organ damage doesn't mean you scratch free. I too sadly live a life ruled by drugs and i could easily round up 10-15 people that could tell you how i've changed since i started using. I'm lucky enough to say that drugs haven't damaged my body in any major way, but over the years drugs changed my interests and personality. The fact that drugs will damage your body is completely inevitable and there is no escape from it except to stop using. Its something i've come to accept and i try to carry on in the safest way possible. One day at a time.
 
Meth in particular (like MDMA, but even moreso) is a potent neurotoxin. I am certain my brain has never recovered (and may never recover) from my 2 yr habit.... and that was ~20 years ago. I've since completed a Ph.D. and J.D. but I know I'd function better had I not been banging meth. And of course it fucks you up in the short to medium term, too- psychosis is NOT a desirable state, and there may be a time you never come back.
 
I've been in meth psychosis so many times its unbelievable. Its the same I see cops FBI etc & whenever I am they surround windows outside or outside door. They dissapear when I get close and holy fuck do they look real!!! All have M 16s to

No joking I have the same psychosis every time that's why its so easy for me to function during it
 
Meth is by far the most damaging drug you are doing.

Also - just because you have no detectable cardiac abnormalities at the moment doesn't mean that staying up doing stimulants for days isn't causing gradual changes to your heart muscle tissue that will eventually manifest into something more serious. It is impossible to say of course when exactly this will happen, and you are young enough that you can probably get away with it for a while yet - but nonetheless I would say that given what you have said so far about your drug use and especially if you continue as you are doing there is no question that you are significantly increasing the likelihood of developing health problems (maybe cardiovascular, maybe something else) in later life.

Also as has been said meth is neurotoxic and is gradually destroying your serotonin system in a way that may not be recoverable - there is no question that this will have an impact on your mental health even if you stopped using meth today. The full extent of the damage and the effect it will actually have on your life, as well as to what extent you will recover, if you do stop using meth, is something that is different for everyone and depends largely on your own lifestyle choices from this point forward.

Really, the best thing you could do for your physical and mental health at this point is to stop doing meth.

Keep on doing the other drugs if you must, but try to stay away from things that will cause significant (and likely irreversible) damage to your brain.
 
depends what you mean by damage.

No. opiates can really fuck ur mind up with extended use, - just like you say, you can't be truly happy without them.(drugs)

even if they are some-what safe for ur body when dosed accordingly. they still do damage to ur mind in my experience. But i guess i was depressed or something before starting weekly opiate usage, then opiates completely kill the depression, then when u dont have the opiates it might seem sober life is shit.(when ur depression starts again) but really its not, ur just depressed before using them, so u need to find a solution that works better, not makes it worse(taking opis) unless u take opiates for the rest of ur life which is not fucking good.

imagine taking them for 10 years, then stopping. even after withdrawals, ur not gonna get much satisfaction or pleasure from anything else for a VERY long time.


sober life can be shit. its what you do with ur life that can change that for the better. drugs don't work forever. i'm 24 now, and i've found as u get older - ur mind-set changes. ie; i've now got the mentality that it is 'cool' to be sober. Like, i auctually look up to good ppl who can talk to a girl or be happy without drugs. idk
 
Yeah I don't really feel cool.or.anything doing drugs. I've always just been proud of being who I am its lifestyle at this point. That's just it..I DO drugs that's who I am. Been like that for 7 years I'm.only 21 man...its pretty sad lol

Anyway though though thanks for.your answer & I know opiates mentally don't damage really but physically? Organ damage at all over time? Again I educated with my drug use but opiates and long term.damage I'm not familiar with if any.

Well I think for one in an overview, I might feel like the meth doesn't damage me well hasn't. But the fact I can go in psychosis time and time again and just function normally till it ends is obviously a big ISSUE but I don't know.

Its like Ive heard about the "dangers" of meth growing up and yeah I've ODed/severe psychosis 9 day) once and it was the most terryfying experience of my life but other than that? Its just another drug to me,, like since I've grown to educate myself with drugs Ive been doing it for 3years on and off and ooverall I've never had a bad experience since. Sure.psychosis is annoying but I get TGE SAME ONE every time cops surround my house and I know its mental and fake so ignore them go.inside my house and wait foe them to disappear. I.even laugh and go outside (backyard confined safe area) and talk to them as my mind makes them say fucked up shit).

Serious question though, cause I haven't had someone really comment on my psychosis exp yet. Isnt that so fucking INSANE like the fact that I can do this every time I go in psychosis? Shouldn't I go mental.being so comfortable with it as j am? Sure being in public the few rimes its happened its frustratating and makes me ansious butoverall is that like really pathetic?
 
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