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Mental Health Will my brain recover? Ways to speed up recovery?

cyberius

cyberius

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On good days I feel OK (not happy at all), but on bad days I feel anxious, suicidal, and apathetic. Aside from this I feel like sleeping 4 hours after waking up I can only feel pleasure under the influence of drugs or with intense experiences (arguements, eating unhealthy foods, sex, INTENSE exercise). I have decently intense visuals when I'm fully sober (letters rotate and things in my peripheral vison breathe). I theorize I burned out a large portion of my dopamine, serotonin, and etc receptors with very excessive drug habits (MDMA/4-FA overdoses and binges, 4-7g a day cannabis usage, heavy psychedelic abuse using a sheet of acid in 5 weeks).

If I abstain at this point will my brain recover from the damage I put it through? It's very hard to stay away from drugs right now, I just want to know if I can recover from this sort of drug abuse and regain good mental health. Is there anything besides abstaining I can do to aid recovery?
 
Is there anything besides abstaining I can do to aid recovery?
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Adequate sleep, good nutrition, minimize stress, utilize a support system (build a support system if necessary), check in with a primary care provider, utilize mental health resources if necessary,

There is a supplement called rhodiola rosea that I can imagine being helpful but I think it would be better to get that kind of advice from a health care professional rather than from random guy on a forum.

As to how long you can expect brain recovery to take once abstinent? No one can give you a specific answer on that. Even if you had a staff of neurologists and psychiatrists just examining and treating you I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be able to give you a set timeline on when you could expect to see certain improvements. Its to individual.

I think getting screened for mood disorders and other mental health issues could prove helpful. If such things are part of what's going on than getting them treated could hasten your whole recovery situation.
 
The visuals when you are sober worries me, as well as the sharp differences in your moods. Abstinence is definitely your best option, and I think some supervision may be helpful as well. Your brain is suffering quite a bit right now, and if it's hard to stay away from drugs, some rehab may be the best option for you. That probably won't sound appealing, but consider it. You're likely to go through quite a bit mood-wise as you withdrawl, and you're already dealing with a lot on that front. Given your heavy regimen, it may get worse before it gets better. And it's very possible that some underlying mental health issues have been aggravated or intensified, so I would seek some treatment there as well. Try to find a psychiatrist that's good with dual diagnoses - one who has a good understanding of how substance abuse and mental health issues link together, and can treat both.

Honestly, no one really knows how much your brain will heal from this, or how long it will take. The guitar player for my old band did some serious, permanent damage to his brain with excessive psychedelic & MDMA usage, and while he doesn't abuse those anymore, his brain will never be the same, and I don't think he realizes just how much damage he did to himself. His memory is terrible, he has almost no ability to regulate his emotions anymore, and his brain is basically stuck this way. I sincerely hope this isn't the case for you, and that abstinence will heal what you're going through right now. But you definitely should quit before things get any worse.
 
Thanks for the support! Im starting therapy next week. Would it be a good idea to tell my therapist about my drug history?
 
Buy Kefir and drink some everyday, use magnesium oil or flakes in your bath daily, you can also apply magnesium oil directly to your skin, excersise-even 5 minutes in your own house will help and Vitamin D3.
 
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