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Drug Overdose may have messed me up...
- Thread starter slapfunk987
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Either that or it had Salvia in it... turns you into an idiot according to my teenager
Surely you have not confused Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale in American Pycho) as possibly being the POTUS!!!
Salvia is a bit more interesting and has had a much longer history than people might think.
I know this is a long thread but many have missed the part where the OP is not taking the drugs he was prescribed to help him reduce the psychotic episodes he is probably experiencing.
To the OP:
Dude, doing nothing is the worst thing you could be doing- you spoke of suicide and you gave some reasons for not pursuing your treatment.
Get your body as healthy as you can by exercising and eating well, and try taking your meds for a little while to see how bad the side affects are and if you can handle them. keep in touch with your psychiatrist and don't let him forget you.
These things might give you some relief and at least allow you to sleep better and reduce your symptoms of anxiety, etc, and will give you some time to explore some options like yoga, meditation, cognitive behavioural therapy, etc, which might or might not help you. Everyone is different, something many on this thread forget, and assume their experiences are valid for everyone.
What you seem to be doing now is absolutely nothing; not following a course of meds prescribed by your doctor, and you don't mention any other treatment. Doing nothing to see if it goes away doesn't seem like the right option for you at this time because you are obviously experiencing quite a lot of stress, anxiety, and you dn't seem able to see past your current state to a time when things could get much better. I know you didn't necessarily come here looking for advice, but you seem to think you can get over this alone and it probably is a bad idea not to get and USE some support.
Good luck to you and I really hope you make your own health (mental and physical, two sides of the same coin) your number one priority.
OT, I'm truly surprised at the sheer ignorance and stupidity of the majority of posters here when it come to drugs and their effects. I don't care whether you are for or against repression, prohibition, legalization, decriminalization, or whatever, but it is obvious that the current situation in much of the world has not exactly lead to an informed public. Real pity, we seem to know far more about the gear we use to make music with than the gear we put in our bodies, which is where the music come from.
To the OP:
Dude, doing nothing is the worst thing you could be doing- you spoke of suicide and you gave some reasons for not pursuing your treatment.
Get your body as healthy as you can by exercising and eating well, and try taking your meds for a little while to see how bad the side affects are and if you can handle them. keep in touch with your psychiatrist and don't let him forget you.
These things might give you some relief and at least allow you to sleep better and reduce your symptoms of anxiety, etc, and will give you some time to explore some options like yoga, meditation, cognitive behavioural therapy, etc, which might or might not help you. Everyone is different, something many on this thread forget, and assume their experiences are valid for everyone.
What you seem to be doing now is absolutely nothing; not following a course of meds prescribed by your doctor, and you don't mention any other treatment. Doing nothing to see if it goes away doesn't seem like the right option for you at this time because you are obviously experiencing quite a lot of stress, anxiety, and you dn't seem able to see past your current state to a time when things could get much better. I know you didn't necessarily come here looking for advice, but you seem to think you can get over this alone and it probably is a bad idea not to get and USE some support.
Good luck to you and I really hope you make your own health (mental and physical, two sides of the same coin) your number one priority.
OT, I'm truly surprised at the sheer ignorance and stupidity of the majority of posters here when it come to drugs and their effects. I don't care whether you are for or against repression, prohibition, legalization, decriminalization, or whatever, but it is obvious that the current situation in much of the world has not exactly lead to an informed public. Real pity, we seem to know far more about the gear we use to make music with than the gear we put in our bodies, which is where the music come from.
Quite a few of the clients attending my agency for MH / emotional / behavioral issues have used spice frequently. My clinical staff report substantial changes in those kids' affect, demeanor, ability to deal with stress, etc. Even long after they have used, I'm still getting reports of lingering, yet prominent, effects.
These kids think they're being smart by flying under the radar of most available tox screens. Apparently, joke's on them.
These kids think they're being smart by flying under the radar of most available tox screens. Apparently, joke's on them.
And the above dig at psychiatry is almost unworthy of a response, but since I've personally seen psychopharmacology save many lives over the years, I thought I'd mention that living under a rock isn't good for your health.
I have ADHD so I think about twenty different things at once. It doesn't have to ruin you as a musician. You are a younger person so you can bounce back if you stay clean. Good luck and just keep practicing
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pablomigraine
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Ignoring some of the esoterica in this thread and addressing the OP directly;
The mind and *soul* can be severely damaged by drugs. Although I don't really advertise it for the purposes of this thread I will say that I am a recovering drug addict. I spent 6 years doing extremely dangerous drugs of all variety and a lot of them. Back in 2008 I had a relapse involving cocaine and lost everything, my business, and the events of that period ultimately lead my wonderful Wife to have filed for divorce last April, almost 3 years later.
Along with a severely damaged heart and liver from multiple overdoses on heroin and cocaine, I have sustained serious neurological damage. However, there is good news. The mind is like a muscle and can be trained, and retrained.
There are many many ways you can begin to sort out the tangled cables in your mind. Meditation can be a great way to get started. In most cases you will not notice any relief for the first month or so, but it will come. You must literally retrain your mind how to accept information, collate that information, draw conclusions (separating emotion from this process is an entire separate discipline), and how to efficiently file away the conclusions and appertaining information permanently for reference later. Learning to train your mind how to file information correctly is the key to quieting the mind, and learning how to separate emotion from information is the key to killing anxiety and that "24-lane highway in my brain" feeling.
Again there are many ways to achieve this end, and it's up to you find what works for you. The hardest part is getting started.
The mind and *soul* can be severely damaged by drugs. Although I don't really advertise it for the purposes of this thread I will say that I am a recovering drug addict. I spent 6 years doing extremely dangerous drugs of all variety and a lot of them. Back in 2008 I had a relapse involving cocaine and lost everything, my business, and the events of that period ultimately lead my wonderful Wife to have filed for divorce last April, almost 3 years later.
Along with a severely damaged heart and liver from multiple overdoses on heroin and cocaine, I have sustained serious neurological damage. However, there is good news. The mind is like a muscle and can be trained, and retrained.
There are many many ways you can begin to sort out the tangled cables in your mind. Meditation can be a great way to get started. In most cases you will not notice any relief for the first month or so, but it will come. You must literally retrain your mind how to accept information, collate that information, draw conclusions (separating emotion from this process is an entire separate discipline), and how to efficiently file away the conclusions and appertaining information permanently for reference later. Learning to train your mind how to file information correctly is the key to quieting the mind, and learning how to separate emotion from information is the key to killing anxiety and that "24-lane highway in my brain" feeling.
Again there are many ways to achieve this end, and it's up to you find what works for you. The hardest part is getting started.
ill be honest I didn't read all of this but he prob just got really paranoid and freaked out...not a true "overdose". I agree with the people saying you need to see a psychiatrist not a doctor. Your brain is a powerful thing and that can be good and it can be bad. I bet you're just still really paranoid and actually believe that there is now something wrong with you even though you're completely fine. Just consider it a life lesson and get some real stuff.
This is what I kind of viewed it as. Some of the people I used to smoke with freaked themselves out when they started smoking. Regardless though if your going through what you described then you should talk to doctors about it.
Cannabis, synthetic or natural, has a tendency to exasperate pre-existing or underlying mental health related conditions.
