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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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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.

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Thanks for the reply.

I think I have some type of parasite.

I'm wondering I'd ivermectin will help.

Any thoughts?

[–] • 1 pt

No, there's now way I can diagnose something like that over the internet. You could consider trying pro-biotics if you're concerned with gut health. No experience with parasites, but despite my shit-poor experience with doctors, those might be your best bet to diagnose something like that.