Can cocaine and alcohol cause permanent brain damage

After two weeks of the following symptoms:

Extreme fatigue, "brain tension", disoriantated, depressed mood, agitation and anxiety, i can say that im starting to get better.

I quickly understood that something was very wrong, and im not perfectly back to normal, but i can function and feel a bit of joy and relaxation again. I started exercising, taking vitamines and eating healthy. I also got some sleeping pills and anti depressant from my doctor, which really helped. Defiantly the two worst weeks of my life.

it will be a year next week for me and I'll tell you it has it's ups and it's downs. sometimes i fill good and sometime i don't. i still fill the same. but I'm not giving up. i haven't touched anything in a year. i really don't think that there's a light at the end of the tunnel for me. i hope you are all doing better than me. i know how it works for me and distractions help me not think about it. I'm not saying to give up on hope but to except it and you will fill allot better. I'm not depressed anymore because i have excepted what has happened to me. I fill that i have to say something to you guys even if it's not good. I hope that some day we will all get better. Good Luck And God Bless You All
-Supperrich-

it will be a year next week for me and I'll tell you it has it's ups and it's downs. sometimes i fill good and sometime i don't. i still fill the same. but I'm not giving up. i haven't touched anything in a year. i really don't think that there's a light at the end of the tunnel for me. i hope you are all doing better than me. i know how it works for me and distractions help me not think about it. I'm not saying to give up on hope but to except it and you will fill allot better. I'm not depressed any more because i have excepted what has happened to me. I fill that i have to say something to you guys even if it's not good. I hope that some day we will all get better. Good Luck And God Bless You All
-Supperrich-

I'm still feeling disoriented and a slight numbness in my forehead, and some other strange feeilings, like not feeling tired or hungry. Im still feeling 10x better than a couple of days ago though. This is actually livable, though i'm afraid it may be a while before i feel normal again. Some say it can take 6 months, some say 2 years and some say it's permanent.

It would be nice with more comments from ppl suffering from the same symptoms, even if you don't feel better.

Stay positive. Cheers.

Would you mind explaining just how you "feel" superrich? What are the symptoms?

Quote: Would you mind explaining just how you "feel" superrich? What are the symptoms?

i fill like everyone elce on this forum. dizzy, disoriented, strange feeilings and kinda dreamy. i was depressed but not anymore. i have had anxiety attacks but i know how to control them by not letting it get to me. hope this info helps you. good luck Guest
-superrich-

I put a post up around 4 months ago. I still have the symptoms albeit not as bad some days. I've found exercising 30 mins a day is the best thing for me. Alcohol is terrible - it takes at least 3 days to get back to the usual anxiety level. I believe what happened to me was that I tried cocaine for the first time, had too much, experienced a fairly severe anxiety attack and from then onwards have been in a more or less constant state of mild to severe anxiety. The doctor thinks its just anxiety and all the symptoms that we experience- for me - tense forehead, feint ringing in ears/sensitive to sounds, occasional heavy heart etc are all common to anxiety sufferors. I'm still trying to get over this nightmare but my advice for anybody who is really suffering, as I was in a much worse state a few months back, is to exercise at least 30 mins EVERY day, cut sugar/caffeine/alchohol from your diet, and when you get that horrible anxious feeling breathe in slowly count 1,2,3,4,5 and breathe out 1,2,3,4,5 - usually if you concentrate on that for 5 mins or so the feeling goes away - going for a run also has similar effect. Also if you can see a psychiatrist it about cognitive behavioural therapy i've heard that can be good but am yet to try it myself. I'll keep you all updated. Good luck.

I'm the one with the recent posts about getting better, well, i may have spoke too soon. I'm getting better, although very slowly, i think.
Still feels like a "dreamy" world. Stressfull situations really gets me clumsy and forgetfull, defiantly anxiety related. It all started three weeks ago when i thought i OD'd on cocaine, i didnt freak out or anything, just got a silent panic attack lasting for 2-3 hours, actually slept well that night. The next night i didn't sleep at all, which was pretty scary. Was awake for 30 hours, which is pretty unnormal for me. I drove home to my parents, and have lived here for the past 3 weeks. The symptoms sound a lot like derealization, but it's hard to say. Anxiety plays a big role. I remember i woke up one day, thinking i was much better, and drove to the mall, boy was i wrong. Couldn't focus on anything and talking to people was very hard. Currently i'm trying to get off my med's, because i dont think they actually are helping much.

How do you feel towards things you used to enjoy? I find that it's hard to watch TV. Dont know where to put my eyes anymore. Can't really focus. I have started exercising and eating healthier, which defiantly helps. Writing a diary helps me remember things. I also don't feel tiredness or relaxation the same way anymore. Getting pretty anxious when it's time to sleep.

I will get through this, and so will everyone else^^

Time heals all wounds.

Good luck!

-O

Update: The tension in my forehead is almost completely gone, i belive this is very much stress or anxiety related. Still feeling a bit anxious though. The rest of the symptoms are still present.

Going to try L-tyrosine supplement. Also i am taking Magnesium, Vitamin B complex and fish oils. Trying to exercise every day. I have no job or other worries, so im basically dedicating my entire life on getting rid of this "condition", even if it takes 10+ years.

Sadly, im spending way too much time reading on forums etc. ^^

I wish all of you the best of luck. I have endured 28 days now, and the worst part is defiantly over.

Everything everyone has posted here is just anxiety thats come after youve taken the drug. I've been through all this just over 2 years ago when i tried something for the first time and had a major panic attack for 3 hours. I was really worried i did damage to myself so i saw a doctor right away. The worse thing you can do is read forums like this or think about it. It only took me a few months after that to get to about 70% now after 2 years im at 100%. Actually i believe im stronger then i was before because ive been through this and come out on top. All you have to do is go back to what you were doing before like nothing ever happened. Dont think about how your feeling and what happened when you took it. For 2 weeks after it i sat in my room and read forums like this which only made it worse. Then i relised its all phycological, it was just anxiety and depression. The anxiety coming from the event and the depression comming from the anxiety. I started forcing myself to go out and socialise (which was hard) and play sport. Joined the local football team, went out every weekend and within a week i was already feeling 50% better. I know first hand how bad it can be, it was so bad for me it was like nothing was real not to mention all the other things. Now the anxiety is gone, so is the depression and im not feeling any of the things i did in those 2 weeks. Im back to 100% and actually better now ive expirienced it. What you guys have to understand is what your feeling doesnt just come from taking cocain. Cocain triggered the anxiety just like anything else traumatic could have if your prone to it. I know people who have had this from overdosing on caffiene or getting way to drunk.