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I used to do it habitually for 3 years around a decade ago. I eventually quit once i started injecting and then eventually went cold turkey. Slept for like 2 days straigh. It's been a decade, but my brain still feels completely messed up. When I get super stressed my nose is able to smell gasoline, and i know why that is. It even manages to simulate that fun numbing feeling. And I still have these old remnants of anhedonia floating through my brain. It almost feels like I'm bipolar or something, since my mood can get so eratic at times. But the thing is, does Cocaine use prolong that far out from when you quit? Is the damage permanent, or is this something else that's undiagnosed?

I used to do it habitually for 3 years around a decade ago. I eventually quit once i started injecting and then eventually went cold turkey. Slept for like 2 days straigh. It's been a decade, but my brain still feels completely messed up. When I get super stressed my nose is able to smell gasoline, and i know why that is. It even manages to simulate that fun numbing feeling. And I still have these old remnants of anhedonia floating through my brain. It almost feels like I'm bipolar or something, since my mood can get so eratic at times. But the thing is, does Cocaine use prolong that far out from when you quit? Is the damage permanent, or is this something else that's undiagnosed?

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[–] [deleted] • 7 pts

I believe there can be permanent damage to the nasal cavities. Beyond that, I'd think you should be fine after you've kicked it.

But that's just cocaine. Who knows what adulterants you've been exposed to, and the effects of those. I personally think adulterants are the biggest danger, and not the drugs themselves.

[–] • 6 pts

Who knows what adulterants you've been exposed to

Yes. Gas and diesel are among some of the solvents and they are never completely removed.

[–] • 6 pts

Gas and diesel fumes are a psychotropic substances by themselves, and instantly neurotoxic at that. No other drugs can cause instant brain damage with casual use. He mentions still smelling gasoline, so it sounds like the inhalants caused some brain damage as well as some reward associated rewiring in his brain.

[–] • 1 pt

If you're gonna huff paint go for the gold.

[–] • 1 pt

Thankfully, water soluble zeolite solutions have been shown to chelate these types of toxins

[–] • 5 pts

A: you end up like hunter Biden.

[–] • 10 pts

Rich and immune to legal prosecution?

[–] • 1 pt

fucking Russian call girls in Vegas

[–] • 3 pts

It's what killed Eddie Guerrero; he had been clean for years, but it had caused permanent damage to his blood vessels, constricting them, and eventually caused him to have a heart attack while working out.

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

I haven’t noticed much of an impact on my life. I used to inject cocaine habitually once upon a time. I think the biggest problem I hear about stemming from cocaine use is having a hard time getting excited or feeling pleasure. Because your dopamine receptors, which allow you to feel pleasure, have either been fried, or desensitized. This was maybe three or four years ago when I stopped. The longer you remain sober, the more you will go back to normal physically and mentally.

[–] • 2 pts

Go see a docotr you trust. Phantom smells are nothing to play with. I do know an enlarged heart can a result of cocaine abuse.

[–] • 1 pt

What do phantom smells usually indicate?

[–] • 1 pt

Burning toast usually is the onsite of an aneurysm. Others im not sure. Could be nothing. Its one thing to try and maybe stitch yourself up or put some super glue on a very bad cut. Brain issues are ones i would not necessarily ignore. You can get a heart transplant. Not a brain transplant.

[–] • 1 pt

The two big ones that are recurring are the gasoline smell. Sometimes I'll hear a violin playing in the background, like a very clear musical violin instrument but there's no one else in my house, and no TV on or anything. I usually notice when I'm in a deep sleep but not quite asleep yet. It's an interesting phenomenon, and always made me wonder where it came from. Got an MRI scan but came back with nothing substantial, small fingernail tumor was removed but i cant get the stupid noise out of my head

[–] • 2 pts

Sounds like long-term damage to your dopaminergic system. 3 years of abuse causes your pre-frontal cortex to take a hit. Luckily the brain can adapt and adjust. However, it can take a very long time to recover. My tip: Try ordering some N-acetyl-ceistine. It is a well tested anti-oxidant that helps with normalizing glutamate functioning, . It also works against stress and a variety of mental disorders.

[–] • 1 pt

would you have a good place to get it from? Looked on Amazon but cant seem to find it

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

If you search for NAC you'll find it. Good to take with magnesium.

[–] • 0 pt

NAC makes me really tired. Any idea why?

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

I've some guesses. Generally, most nootropic like substances like NAC have an inverse U-shaped dose response curve, meaning at too low dosages the effects are too small to notice, and at too high dosages the side effects overshadow the beneficial effects. Perhaps your dose is too high, and a lower dosage might be more optimal.

The tiredness could be due to the fact that NAC can either increase or decrease glutamate function in the brain depending on personal neurochemistry, and glutamate is the excitatory neurotransmitter. It could be that NAC lowers glutamate to the extent that you don't get enough general excitation, which you experience as a feeling of tiredness.

[–] • 1 pt

Thanks for the reply.

I think I have some type of parasite.

I'm wondering I'd ivermectin will help.

Any thoughts?

[–] • 1 pt

its a tumor!

[–] • 1 pt

"It's not a tumor" arnold Schwarzenegger

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EEEtz not a tuuumoh.

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Panic attacks and anxiety after cocaine are pretty common.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

You're altering your dopaminergic system by over stimulating it. Your neurochemical balance has been altered as a result. Have you ever noticed even people who don't do cocaine, or any other stimulant, will rub their nose like they took a bump after doing some adrenaline inducing activity. The neurotransmitters associated with reward seeking behavior are the same ones associated with doing cocaine and experiencing euphoria via adrenaline. It's only natural that the same residual tics and behaviors would emerge, since the same neurochemical environment is present.

For the record, the only time I've ever touched cocaine, I didn't know the joint had cocaine in it, I hate that feeling, and never touch the stuff as a result.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

cocaine affects norepinephrine and dopamine. pharmacists could tell you more. but they might not want to talk about an illegal drug.

street drugs are contaminated. ritalin / methylphenidate is similar to cocaine. maybe you have a.d.d. or a.d.h.d., and self-medicated with cocaine?

some scientists and physicians say a.d.d. / a.d.h.d. doesn't exist. but i honestly believe it does. and i think they are being inconsiderate, because they don't know what it's like. i have a.d.d. but not hyperactivity. i'm not a 'detail oriented' person.

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