Not sure this is in the right place (ADD maybe?) but as the title says I was wondering if anybody has experienced ongoing or persistent changes to their external sensory perceptions due to stim abuse. Specifically the sense of smell and lesser, taste. Basically persistent Olfactory Hallucinations. I know this happens on the meth but im talking about persisting issues.
A simple Google search brought up some wack shit about smells linked to mental disorders and dopamine related issues so, seriously, any ideas on the below please? Do stims have some sort of HPPD version, at least on a conceptual level?
For example I have not used stims or meth for 3 almost 4 weeks now and have noticed definite changes to my sense of smell.
The main issue is much reduced tolerance and disgust for previously negatively perceived smells, like sweat for example.
Some other issues (that are ongoing and not getting less noticeable since stopping 3 weeks back) are:
1. New smells linked to odd places never noticed before (like a passageway on my house now has its own distinct and unique smell wtf)
2. New and negative smells often have some negative memory, emotion or imaginative scenario linked to them, like one negative smell always making me think of an oil slick with death, sadness and imagery of dying birds and fish, double wtf...
3. Changes of familiar smells. My preferred brand of cigarettes changed smell and taste long ago already and have never returned to normal. This was a neutral change though. Weird.
4. Being lucky enough not to get cravings, I still notice smells cause the closest thing to these (I could call them memory triggers rather then cravings) where now all the weird shit I smelt when high, especially the changed and negative smells make me think of meth instantly, however not necessarily craving it or positively, simply just a reminder of why this situation and smell is odd or noticeably abnormal etc.
Now the multiple different noticeable things above are two many and to obvious to be some subjective thing especially with the instant Google mentions of smell/dopamine relationship and so forth. Also, only happens with smell and nothing else but im thinking perhaps this is because smell is the only sense with obvious negative and positive perceptions of different input?
Firstly anybody experience this and secondly, could somebody with the know how clarify the possible technical reasons for this in my specific case and conclusions, risks etc.
Thanks.
EDIT: I found this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperosmia and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2536718/ but I am not sure what the implications of this are and if this is my issue.
What they say about unbearable smells is what I experience, however I also experience much greater pleasure in taste and food...
A simple Google search brought up some wack shit about smells linked to mental disorders and dopamine related issues so, seriously, any ideas on the below please? Do stims have some sort of HPPD version, at least on a conceptual level?
For example I have not used stims or meth for 3 almost 4 weeks now and have noticed definite changes to my sense of smell.
The main issue is much reduced tolerance and disgust for previously negatively perceived smells, like sweat for example.
Some other issues (that are ongoing and not getting less noticeable since stopping 3 weeks back) are:
1. New smells linked to odd places never noticed before (like a passageway on my house now has its own distinct and unique smell wtf)
2. New and negative smells often have some negative memory, emotion or imaginative scenario linked to them, like one negative smell always making me think of an oil slick with death, sadness and imagery of dying birds and fish, double wtf...
3. Changes of familiar smells. My preferred brand of cigarettes changed smell and taste long ago already and have never returned to normal. This was a neutral change though. Weird.
4. Being lucky enough not to get cravings, I still notice smells cause the closest thing to these (I could call them memory triggers rather then cravings) where now all the weird shit I smelt when high, especially the changed and negative smells make me think of meth instantly, however not necessarily craving it or positively, simply just a reminder of why this situation and smell is odd or noticeably abnormal etc.
Now the multiple different noticeable things above are two many and to obvious to be some subjective thing especially with the instant Google mentions of smell/dopamine relationship and so forth. Also, only happens with smell and nothing else but im thinking perhaps this is because smell is the only sense with obvious negative and positive perceptions of different input?
Firstly anybody experience this and secondly, could somebody with the know how clarify the possible technical reasons for this in my specific case and conclusions, risks etc.
Thanks.
EDIT: I found this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperosmia and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2536718/ but I am not sure what the implications of this are and if this is my issue.
What they say about unbearable smells is what I experience, however I also experience much greater pleasure in taste and food...
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