Trigger Warning Which drugs have had the worse effect on your mental health that were hardest to quit?

[Eryximachus]

Of all the drugs I've done in my life, and I've done many, including the big 3 (meth, heroin, cocaine), DXM has been the hardest to quit, and has affected my mental health the most severely. I've kicked all other drugs, including alcohol, but I cannot seem to kick the DXM.

I've been taking it recreationally for 8 years, with a 1 yr break in 2018. I've been a mostly daily user in doses ranging from 600mg to well over 1300mg. I'm shockingly functional on this potent dissociative; I'll dose 1000mg and the only thing giving away is my lack of depth perception and choppy movements.

I've tried to quit many times, but I'm really addicted to the numbness (physical and emotional) this drug provides me. I've overdosed and passed out, or went catatonic many times and taken many ambulance rides. God knows what consuming all those pills and syrups is doing to my body, but I do know what it's doing to my mental health..

Since starting to abuse DXM I've been hospitalized in a psych hospital at least 6 times. I've begun to hear voices and hallucinate, specifically olfactory hallucinations. It's worsened my natural anxiety and panic attacks. I've started suffering paranoia. And I've developed mild Schizo Affective symptoms.

I can't even say 6 years of steady meth abuse has done all that.

Are you taking anything to deal with this psychosis?

 

[RyGly76]

Yeah meth and amps in general wreak havoc on my mental health.

MDMA has a built in deterrrent for me. The comedown is much more brutal I think but always depends on dose. One doesn’t do that to me but two will and this was back in the day when doses weren’t so high.

Meth has probably doneore damage simply because I've been doing it off and on for 25yrs, but the detox off of opiates (heroin) scared me to death. I got picked up on an FTA warrant and kicked in jail with no help! Definitely a mind job!!!