Two weeks prior to November 25 I started taking 2-4g of lions mane mushroom each morning and then one night I smoked marijuana ( .5g 22% Indica) that I purchased from the local government store here. The night of I had a panic attack / strange feeling that caused me to be awake all night. The next day I started experiencing depersonalization. The following nights to this day I've been continuing to have severe insomnia to the point that I've been to the hospital and doctors many times, and all they've done is give me Mirtazapine to help me sleep. It feels like I've lost my ability to sleep. I get maximum 2-3 hours per night WITH the medication. If I don't take the medication I don't sleep. Beforehand I could sleep with no issues whatsoever. I know that sounds crazy, but I really do not feel sleepy anymore and my brain feels like it's "expanded in my head". In some way I could have done brain damage to myself. My doctor says it's anxiety, but there is no way it's just anxiety when I'm experiencing the crazy amount of issues I'll list below. I'm a 31 year old male btw.
The first month it was just severe insomnia and migraines on the left side. Then the second month I started to experience internal tremors, body twitching, and other crazy things.
Here are the systems to this day I've had. I know the list is long and it seems like I'm a hypochondriac, but I hate to say that I really am experiencing these things and it's scaring the shit out of me. It's made me so depressed because now I'm thinking it's possible I've started to develop a neurogenerative disease somehow. I feel like I'm in horror movie with what's going on to me.
I believe the two substances had an adverse reaction somehow. I'm not sure exactly if it was the mushroom or the weed, or both. I didn't take them together at the same time, but one in the morning and the other at night. Lions Mane has some research behind it that it does stuff with the central nervous system of mice and promotes NGF which there doesn't seem to much that much research on whether it's good or bad (I really regret not researching it beforehand). The marijuana was purchased from the local gov't store so I'm not sure if it could have been tainted somehow or not.
I've seen a psychiatrist who doesn't really give me an answer on my situation and who says just keep taking the Mirtazapine. I've done blood tests that showed up clear. So it seems that I've done brain damage somehow. I'm waiting to see a neurologist in April.
I'm really at a loss for words as to what to do to help my situation.
Does anyone have any insight into the science behind how the hell this all started happening to me after the night of Nov 25? Believe me when I say I know how crazy this all sounds and how badly I wish these things weren't happening to me.
The first month it was just severe insomnia and migraines on the left side. Then the second month I started to experience internal tremors, body twitching, and other crazy things.
Here are the systems to this day I've had. I know the list is long and it seems like I'm a hypochondriac, but I hate to say that I really am experiencing these things and it's scaring the shit out of me. It's made me so depressed because now I'm thinking it's possible I've started to develop a neurogenerative disease somehow. I feel like I'm in horror movie with what's going on to me.
- Constant agony from: not sleeping, back of head vibrating, internal vibrations, restlessness, feet/hands going numb in bed, body twitches when trying to sleep, migraines, fatigue, weakness in legs
- I lay in bed at night experiencing all this until the sleeping pill starts to work, but then I awake in 2-3 hours
- Sleep deprivation: Can’t physically sleep (not from overthinking, but physically the brain feels overloaded/wired - damage to Hypothalamus?)
- Haven’t woken feeling like I really slept since Nov 25
- Numb hands and feet when in bed
- Tremor in head and back of neck
- Migraines on left side of head
- Jerky/Sore neck muscles
- Quivers in muscles
- Myoclonus jerks in arms, legs, fingers, head typically in bed
- Hand and knees twitching
- Can’t stop moving. Restless. Especially in the morning (Akinisia from Mirtazapine?)
- Loss of emotions
- Internal vibrating that varies through body parts
- Throwing up a lot the first month
- Fatigued
- Loss of libido
- Weak legs
- Sensitive to light, sounds, temperature
- Tight muscles
- Heart palpitations at random times
- Lost 20lbs and don’t stop losing
- Stool color/consistency changed after Nov 25
- Loss of appetite
- Balance slightly off
- Short-term memory loss
- Ringing in ears at night
I believe the two substances had an adverse reaction somehow. I'm not sure exactly if it was the mushroom or the weed, or both. I didn't take them together at the same time, but one in the morning and the other at night. Lions Mane has some research behind it that it does stuff with the central nervous system of mice and promotes NGF which there doesn't seem to much that much research on whether it's good or bad (I really regret not researching it beforehand). The marijuana was purchased from the local gov't store so I'm not sure if it could have been tainted somehow or not.
I've seen a psychiatrist who doesn't really give me an answer on my situation and who says just keep taking the Mirtazapine. I've done blood tests that showed up clear. So it seems that I've done brain damage somehow. I'm waiting to see a neurologist in April.
I'm really at a loss for words as to what to do to help my situation.
Does anyone have any insight into the science behind how the hell this all started happening to me after the night of Nov 25? Believe me when I say I know how crazy this all sounds and how badly I wish these things weren't happening to me.