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I wouldnt say 'very' likely, its a possibility like with benzo's or barbs, but it doesnt happen in most cases.
This information i was given again by the Dr i was speaking to at the Uni, people who have been alcoholics for donkeys DO die from this and the complications it provokes, more regularly than people think. It is the number of people that reach this state that restricts this number.
Having said that I know a bloke who was one for at least a half dozen years and he's clean now, except St Patricks Day.
here man i know exactly what that feels like...5 years of drug taking has gottern my mind in some places...i know and i'm sure you know things that other people will never know...perception of reality and the universe and all...it freaks me out a lot of the time but my mind is strong enough to beat it all and i know i'm alright if i really will myself to be "normal!"
I wasn't talking about addiction to either, though. The pyschedelic effect of cannabis is mind-altering in a way that alcohol isn't. For example my vision is permanently tripped out.
Alcohol has dangers, yes...cannabis largely carries different risks, however - mostly pyschological. Alcohol won't alter your mind or change how you perceive the world, whereas as cannabis can and sometimes does.
I know someone who stopped smoking weed for a while, except the occasional bit of soapbar...he says his thinking hasn't gone back to normal, although his vision has.
So he's still bumbling about trying to fathom out the riddles of existence even after he's quit.
my mind (except for the odd relapse of "what the fuck is going on here") is alright at the moment, it's my vision thats fucked up, i'm not sure what caused it but i'm sure it's a combo of all drugs mixed together,i get random visuals just popping up and it freaks me out something serious...
I don't know if you'll be like it all your life..there isn't enough evidence showing the results of long term ecstacy use, who knows what you could be like when your older. could be normal.could be pure fried.
I was doing buckets when most of you were just a twitch in you fathers nut sack!
...and have you turned out ok?
the most annoying thing is when you see a little dot, its like a pixel in your vision, and you look at it and it disappears ... or just seeing shit out of the corner of your eye that isn't there ..
but i dont find it to be much of a problem
something that i've noticed from ecstasy use in fairly large doses over a while is that during the week you get like ... head 'zaps', its a really weird feeling in your head and you can hear it in your ears ... i done a bit of looking about online and it was said that serotonin receptors shrink due to ecstasy abuse (firing so fast) and they regenerate during the week, giving these weird feelings
has anyone else felt these or have any idea what they are ?
What that means for the persons long term health isnt really understood, but to suggest the brain can repair itself that quickly is just totally wrong.
Seritonin levels do seem to dip mid week and then go up a little after a week or two, but thats quite different from the actual receptors changing.
Just fine thanks.
someone on the shroomery.org irc room was saying about it, i have no idea
has anyone else expierenced the feelings im talking about ?
:yes: thats exactly what i get...wee red spots and it does just dissapear...only it freak me out...
Well take it from me that they have no understanding of the way the brain functions.
Have a look at the thread a while back called 'interesting research' that has some good PDF files on this topic.
lol someone there is some neurology guy (but it mightn't have been him who said it, and probably wasn't if he was wrong lol)
ill look for the thread
:yes: I have to agree, I have seen no research that would indicate that was the case, quite the opposite in fact.
And whether or not they regenerate is really only half the issue, the effect of the nerve damage is not known, it would seem that in the long term most MDMA users dont score greatly differently on depression indicators compared to other drug users.
and i found the thread, interesting, but ill have to sit down and read it in more detail sometime ... but definatly something i should be wary of :crazyeyes
call me an idiot, but noones perfect