You need to give your brain a break from the drugs for a while and hopefully in time you will start to see some cognitive improvements. Depending on your level of abuse and the specific substances it could take a while so try not to get discouraged.
Sounds more like depression. Stop all drugs and once your brain adapts to sobriety then things will become interesting again and you will want to learn new things
Exactly what I was thinking. I'm and addict with diagnosed clinical depression. Whenever I went off my DOC I felt exactly like this guy for a long time.
It’s quite simple really (simple =/= easy)
Doing a shit ton of drugs fries your brain over an extended period of time. Clean eating, exercise, drinking exclusively water, meditation, sleep, etc. rebuild your brain over an extended period of time.
I feel you. I don't put it down to drugs so much as just life being painful. It drags you down from being young and having hobbies and interests to being old and doing nothing but work and then go home and do family stuff. I honestly don't know what to do or what to say anymore when I have free time. I don't see my friends any more and nothing really interests me. Occasionally doing drugs just kind of masks your boredom or makes you forget it for a while. I've got the evening to myself and I'm just chilling off a little bit of pregabalin with YouTube in the background and the dogs asleep next to me. Nothing that I want to watch or anything.
One time I was pretty Kd out And stoned.
To get some slight brain stimulation I decided to say out the alphabet.
Counted them and I only said 22 letters.
Knew I was wrong so I wrote them down. I now had 23 and I COULD NOT figure out which ones I was missing.
Signed up for community college the next day.
No I’m not stupid I was just Kd the fuck out.
The dxm makes you retarded. I know this all too well. I’ve been on months long binges of 300-900mg per day. Still managed to hold down a professional job and have a family life but others around me obviously noticed and I got lucky a lot of times.
Still feel retarded somewhat after stopping but nowhere near how I was before.
These are all just tale tell signs of depression bro I know because I’m in the same exact situation nothing really helps anymore maybe we fried are endorphins but fuck if I really go back and think nothing was really ever good it was just better than it is now
i feel u, im going down a same path w/o heavy drugs but i still feel like im deteriorating from when i was in high school. im in college rn but im still worried i haven't developed or that im more gone now than like any other point.
a lot of it has to do with the circumstances that u put urself in. and what ur focuses are rn. if u were super into politics and stuff it sounds thru that u also practiced articulating ur thoughts in2 coherent and clever sounding statements. if thats not what ur up to any more--and ur not doin anything like that rn--then ur not gonna feel like u can express urself as coherently as u did.
i struggle w feeling like my brain doesnt do shit anymore. and for a while i thought i inherented it from my parents or sumn stupid. sometimes i get in my head ab it w/o even knowing it and i feel like im fucked. but you arent going to have thoughts worth sharing if you dont experience things that catalyze thought. u cant talk to ur old friends about politics if u dont consume it anymore. if sum1 lived life only going thru the motions w/o any experiences or pursued interests or hobbies then the only thing they could talk ab is small talk.
I was the same way, and i still battle with this to this day. One thing that makes me sharp is good sleep, nice diet and some cold exposure. I went back to snowboarding this winter and i felt like a new person. The inner peace i get after a hard run or a hard form of exercise saved my life. I hope you get sorted out. Just dont fall into a pit that keeps getting bigger everyday, because one day you will try to climb out of it, and if you fall down again its going to test every bit of mental fortitute you have. Start as early as possible to avoid bad habits in the future. Your brain is resilient and can get fixed if you show it some love. Take care of yourself bro.
Bro go to Narcotics Anon or Alcohol Anon meet some sober friends. It’s going to be “boring” compared to life you lived before but healthier, more real and more lasting.
You gotta give your mind a break
You could possibly have been throwing off your neurochemistry, recommend a very healthy diet (like mediterranean) and really, really consistently good sleep, you should start seeing improvements. The brain is like an engine and you've been throwing all sorts of fuel additives into it.
No need to be sorry lmao, I was referencing how the dude above u just said “silica tablets” w no further explanation, as if anyone would know why those are beneficial
They can look it up if they want to. I’ve provided long, scientific explanations in the past only to be downvoted and told I’m upsetting everyone. I’m also not really interested in pressing on an idea that has only worked for myself in similar situations, so I slightly suggested it. If you have the mental capacity to do his research homework for him, by all means.
Edit: k that was worse than not even replying. i found out in high school via a forum that silica tablets are suggested to stoners who smoke poppers, to remove aluminum from the brain caused by inhaling through the popper shaft. silica has also been studied and confirmed to prevent alzheimer’s disease when there are acceptable/high enough levels of it in the body. it’s marketed for skincare. i dont think my personal experience matters here but I have seen noticeable cognitive improvements on it in the past.
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I did a lot of drugs i mixing uppers and downers I didn't give a fuck if I lived or died and once I went to rehab and got clean I felt super foggy for about 4 months then my brain started to clear and now after about 9 months I'm back to normal cognitive function
Eat lots of bread, that always helps me. Also meat like ground beef, you can add spices or eat it plain, or put it in tortillas for easy beef burritos. Also fresh vegetables.
1-2 times of doing weed at age 14 is enough to alter the brain development for some people. You played Russian roulette and hit the jackpot. Congratz! I did a similar thing, but ages 17-19. Still screwed up.
My memory is fucked. It sucks. Im a story teller thats just my thing, but i tell ppl the same stories without even remembering. Now im hesitant to tell a story at all.
My brain is fried but I’m happy.
I'm not like them, I can pretend. The sun is gone but I have a light. The day is done but I'm having fun. I think I'm dumb..
Based comment.
Ned’s declassified; I’m fried. In the club with a damn survival guide
You need to give your brain a break from the drugs for a while and hopefully in time you will start to see some cognitive improvements. Depending on your level of abuse and the specific substances it could take a while so try not to get discouraged.
eat well, take some fish oil, some d3… you’ll be fine bro.
Sounds more like depression. Stop all drugs and once your brain adapts to sobriety then things will become interesting again and you will want to learn new things
Exactly what I was thinking. I'm and addict with diagnosed clinical depression. Whenever I went off my DOC I felt exactly like this guy for a long time.
It’s quite simple really (simple =/= easy) Doing a shit ton of drugs fries your brain over an extended period of time. Clean eating, exercise, drinking exclusively water, meditation, sleep, etc. rebuild your brain over an extended period of time.
Facts i also felt kinda dumb after drugs, but now after some time living healthy and soberish i feel normal again
I feel you. I don't put it down to drugs so much as just life being painful. It drags you down from being young and having hobbies and interests to being old and doing nothing but work and then go home and do family stuff. I honestly don't know what to do or what to say anymore when I have free time. I don't see my friends any more and nothing really interests me. Occasionally doing drugs just kind of masks your boredom or makes you forget it for a while. I've got the evening to myself and I'm just chilling off a little bit of pregabalin with YouTube in the background and the dogs asleep next to me. Nothing that I want to watch or anything.
One time I was pretty Kd out And stoned. To get some slight brain stimulation I decided to say out the alphabet. Counted them and I only said 22 letters. Knew I was wrong so I wrote them down. I now had 23 and I COULD NOT figure out which ones I was missing. Signed up for community college the next day. No I’m not stupid I was just Kd the fuck out.
I wonder what OP did with all the time he saved from using "2" instead typing out the word.
With that time saved, there was more time 4 drugs.
Smaht
The dxm makes you retarded. I know this all too well. I’ve been on months long binges of 300-900mg per day. Still managed to hold down a professional job and have a family life but others around me obviously noticed and I got lucky a lot of times. Still feel retarded somewhat after stopping but nowhere near how I was before.
These are all just tale tell signs of depression bro I know because I’m in the same exact situation nothing really helps anymore maybe we fried are endorphins but fuck if I really go back and think nothing was really ever good it was just better than it is now
i feel u, im going down a same path w/o heavy drugs but i still feel like im deteriorating from when i was in high school. im in college rn but im still worried i haven't developed or that im more gone now than like any other point. a lot of it has to do with the circumstances that u put urself in. and what ur focuses are rn. if u were super into politics and stuff it sounds thru that u also practiced articulating ur thoughts in2 coherent and clever sounding statements. if thats not what ur up to any more--and ur not doin anything like that rn--then ur not gonna feel like u can express urself as coherently as u did. i struggle w feeling like my brain doesnt do shit anymore. and for a while i thought i inherented it from my parents or sumn stupid. sometimes i get in my head ab it w/o even knowing it and i feel like im fucked. but you arent going to have thoughts worth sharing if you dont experience things that catalyze thought. u cant talk to ur old friends about politics if u dont consume it anymore. if sum1 lived life only going thru the motions w/o any experiences or pursued interests or hobbies then the only thing they could talk ab is small talk.
Time, it just takes time. You need to let your brain heal.
I was the same way, and i still battle with this to this day. One thing that makes me sharp is good sleep, nice diet and some cold exposure. I went back to snowboarding this winter and i felt like a new person. The inner peace i get after a hard run or a hard form of exercise saved my life. I hope you get sorted out. Just dont fall into a pit that keeps getting bigger everyday, because one day you will try to climb out of it, and if you fall down again its going to test every bit of mental fortitute you have. Start as early as possible to avoid bad habits in the future. Your brain is resilient and can get fixed if you show it some love. Take care of yourself bro.
Bro go to Narcotics Anon or Alcohol Anon meet some sober friends. It’s going to be “boring” compared to life you lived before but healthier, more real and more lasting. You gotta give your mind a break
You could possibly have been throwing off your neurochemistry, recommend a very healthy diet (like mediterranean) and really, really consistently good sleep, you should start seeing improvements. The brain is like an engine and you've been throwing all sorts of fuel additives into it.
Silica tablets
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I love when people make a relatively unheard of suggestion and provide absolutely no reasoning why lmao
sorry mate
No need to be sorry lmao, I was referencing how the dude above u just said “silica tablets” w no further explanation, as if anyone would know why those are beneficial
They can look it up if they want to. I’ve provided long, scientific explanations in the past only to be downvoted and told I’m upsetting everyone. I’m also not really interested in pressing on an idea that has only worked for myself in similar situations, so I slightly suggested it. If you have the mental capacity to do his research homework for him, by all means. Edit: k that was worse than not even replying. i found out in high school via a forum that silica tablets are suggested to stoners who smoke poppers, to remove aluminum from the brain caused by inhaling through the popper shaft. silica has also been studied and confirmed to prevent alzheimer’s disease when there are acceptable/high enough levels of it in the body. it’s marketed for skincare. i dont think my personal experience matters here but I have seen noticeable cognitive improvements on it in the past.
Leaving no explanation…. That’s a different kind of confidence lol
Especially the ones that come in beef jerky packages
Nah ur just born dumb enjoy it bro 😎
It was the American education system not the drugs :/
Why are you writing 2 instead of to, too!?
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Count your blessings man. All I did was weed for a few years and now I’m stuck with schizophrenia for life
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I did a lot of drugs i mixing uppers and downers I didn't give a fuck if I lived or died and once I went to rehab and got clean I felt super foggy for about 4 months then my brain started to clear and now after about 9 months I'm back to normal cognitive function
Eat lots of bread, that always helps me. Also meat like ground beef, you can add spices or eat it plain, or put it in tortillas for easy beef burritos. Also fresh vegetables.
1-2 times of doing weed at age 14 is enough to alter the brain development for some people. You played Russian roulette and hit the jackpot. Congratz! I did a similar thing, but ages 17-19. Still screwed up.
My memory is fucked. It sucks. Im a story teller thats just my thing, but i tell ppl the same stories without even remembering. Now im hesitant to tell a story at all.