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Posted by amd on July 19, 2020, at 10:12:56
I recently quit a twice-weekly habit of (powered) cocaine insufflation. My question is simple: will my cognitive function improve over time, and will my mood eventually lft? Right now I feel numb and "not all there," so to speak. As if I'm half focused, half not. It's hard to explain. But I would like to have some hope things might eventually get better, because at the moment very little seems to bring me pleasure, and my thoughts and motivations continue to somewhat driven by the notion of use around the corner. Instead of feeling that a reward can be a movie, or a book, or even a good meal, I instead feel the only thing that motivates me is the idea that if I work hard during the day, for example, I might be able to party in the evening.
Sincerely,
A lost soul.
Posted by amd on July 19, 2020, at 10:14:58
In reply to Mental recovery from cocaine addiction, posted by amd on July 19, 2020, at 10:12:56
You'll also notice I tend to elide words inadvertently now and then. For example, before "somewhat." Or I'll write "inadvertent now and then," instead of adding "ly." This is troublesome, although I can usually catch it on a second read.
Posted by Hugh on July 19, 2020, at 19:35:33
In reply to Mental recovery from cocaine addiction, posted by amd on July 19, 2020, at 10:12:56
I've never used cocaine, but I was addicted to Ativan. After I finished my four-month taper, I felt raw and on edge for months, but I eventually returned to normal.
The beta-blocker pindolol (7.5 mg once per day) appears to help repair brain damage caused by alcohol. Perhaps pindolol would do the same for cocaine-induced damage.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20191019/msgs/1107258.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20191019/msgs/1107190.html
Neurofeedback might help you.
Posted by rjlockhart37 on August 3, 2020, at 21:46:26
In reply to Mental recovery from cocaine addiction, posted by amd on July 19, 2020, at 10:12:56
cocaine reward center, increases dopamine through reptake inhibitor, this is very common on what your describing, even amphtamines, you lose pleasure in daily activies because the substances that caused euphoria is gone. You feel .. dead, gloomy. Reprogram, and kinda just try to forget about cocaine. Just forget about it, and rerember times before that gave you happyness and euphoria.
But yes, you will be able to return back to normal. This happened to me, 10 years ago. But still the imprint of the memory is still there, so when it pops up you head, there was a guy i knew, and older man in rehab who was clean for 21 years, absolute clean, then fell off indulged again. Suppressed the feeling through disapline. And sometime that does not work, you have realize, if you do this stuff again it will get worse. You'll go down the same path, even though it feels great.
anyways thats just my 2cents
Posted by amd on August 4, 2020, at 7:10:26
In reply to Re: Mental recovery from cocaine addiction, posted by rjlockhart37 on August 3, 2020, at 21:46:26
Thanks for the feedback.
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