Posted by idolamine on December 30, 2005, at 23:07:58
In reply to Re: Concerned ex-meth abuser, posted by Maynerd on December 30, 2005, at 4:48:06
I don't have any hallucinations or delusions, so I guess that's good. More anxiety, irritability, and poverty of affect and speech.
> I won't lie, some of the physical damage seems to be pretty permanent as far as I can tell. While I have gradually returned close to what I was before I can honestly tell that I have lost some of my mental abilities. The schizophrenia like symptoms of gradually disappear over time as the dompamine system gets back to normal. The psychological impact has not gone away completely although time has stopped the hallucinations and delusions and greatly reduced the distrustful paranoia. It took quite a while for me to overcome the social fears but I was finally able to, finding out that I hadn't permanently messed up myself in the romantic department. I shot up 2 different periods in my life for a total of I honestly don't know how long, but after 5 years of being clean I feel that I am faily close to what I might have been. It is a nasty drug that has the potential to do severe damage, but luckily it didn't do as much as it could have. Good luck with everything, please stay away from that evil stuff (I've watched it being made and know the ingredients which are BAD).
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