Posted by cookie0876 on February 6, 2004, at 16:02:42
In reply to Brain damage and how long does it take to recover, posted by song on February 4, 2004, at 0:03:34
Wow. I smoked ice for a year and had a serious episode one night where I felt vibrations all over my body and had some episodes of sleep paralysis (felt vibrations from my chest up to my head accompanied by a roaring sound in my head and felt paralyzed till I fully woke and shook it off). I get tingling in my hands and arms and feet now. Things go numb, fall asleep easily. I had panic attacks for awhile, but after a year a lot of this has subsided a great deal although I am not fully recovered. I now have problems with my tongue tingling and going off in a daze - my doctor suggested I could possibly be having partial complex seizures instead of panic attacks due to maybe a portion of my brain being damaged by the speed. I am off all SSRI's b/c they actually induce seizures. It took awhile but I've been off SSRI's for 3 mos and I haven't had a serious episode with depression either. I feel like I'm getting better. The last hit of ice was March 1. The things that have worked the best for me were Ativan & Xanax which I took for six months. Now, I take Benadryl or Atarax which helps my body calm down. I watch what I eat (too many carbs & sugar esp. soda) seem to make my symptoms worse, and I am exercising which helps immensely (helps blood circulation). I went to an acupuncturist twice but thought it was hokey so quit spending money on it. Hope this helps.
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