Can you brain heal after years of drug abuse?

[bobsterturner]

i have done this, i eat good i life a lifestyle which many cant even do, i enjoy my life, im only 22 and quit weed, smoking, alcohol and sugar or anything that gives me comfort, life is so much better, you become aware of life and nature like never before, i pray someone sees this and takes inspiration.

[legitcreepin]

Agreed!! The brain is so fascinating and does things we never knew it could. Including.... HEALING itself 💫❤️💫

[joshuabates]

This is a very encouraging message. However, it has been months for me but I cannot get out of depression. Nothing feels pleasurable. I am struggling to get anything done. I can't stand the thought that my life might be like this forever. I have tried everything but there are no answers. In some ways, I wish I would have continued to do what I was doing. Knowing I did this to myself is horrific.

[heatherdelaney]

I am proof of neuroplasticity. I became an addiction counselor and am pursuing a masters degree in positive psychology. I also run a positive recovery group assisting others in recovery to use neuroplasticity to their advantage!!

[juliathecaver]

This was very encouraging. Even though I learned this in college, I still have a hard time convincing himself. Still trying to get off stimulants after years of being on them. Problem is… I am impatient and keep relapsing. One day.

[whatistrue]

Over 3 years off Xanax, Lexapro and Vicodin. Almost 3 years off Seroquel. Ten years on a doctors prescribed brain and body killing cocktail. My brain has recovered but my body is still healing. Still have air hunger and histamine problems…. I believe in time I will improve….

[ClareSw]

DR B Oh I really appreciate your short and brilliant statement. I quit cocaine/amphetamine on 19 December 2002. Next year I recognised that my brain is still slow and I asked my psychiatrist for a monthly NOOTROPIL section course because it was very useful after my aneurysm. surgery. back then I read, play cards, crosswords, mathmetic tasks helped me an awful lot. Also was able to finish my master degree of taxation BUT it was much more difficult to memorize those things which I could do 7 years earlier, So I kept on studying sociology and learned German just to keep my brain busy. But it is not /my brain/ as sharp as it was. Also my balance is not the same /I did balett from age an rhythmical sport gymnastic til of my age of 14. So I do not know if it is caused my brain surgery or simple the tricky family , , family-heritage,,.. I don't know what is our group opinion and experience,

[RK-suhs]

Every cell in the body can and will regenerate given the principles of cleanse + nourish = heal

[criticalmass]

Im on day seven of kicking buprenorphine. I feel like Im losing my mind, and I am craving a benzo to take the edge off, but once Im done with this, Ill grow my own médecine and Hope to have a good rest of my life. Peace and Courage to ALL...!!!

[SBA]

My husband is currently going to a fentanyl clinic to get sober from it. He's been using it for 6yrs. They told him his brain is damaged by now. And that scared him. So hopefully he starts to get better. He's been going for a little over a month.

[Mr.D]

Yes you can thanks doc. 7 days no any pain meds.

[kieransaustin]

I started smoking weed everyday at 12 was taking coke mdma and acid at 17 and drinking heavily every weekend I stopped it all except alcohol at 23 ( I have a couple beers with some friends on the weekend) and my brain has never fully recovered even now at 26, the sharpness amd intellect I had as a kid is completely gone and some days I'm in a daze almost like I'm under the influence of something, I can't take any prescription pain killers or mild steroids prescribed for infections as it drives me crazy mentally and it's unbareable

[Ans-pr]

How long does it take to for the brain to heal?

[jenniferthibodeaux]

Yes. In one year my dopamine levels have definitely returned to much higher levels. I use Wellbutrin and Citicholine and I believe that has helped immensely. (This combination is one I found in peer reviewed journals on my own, I hope doctors will start using this to help more of those with a meth addiction.
At this point I have experienced such judgmental doctors, I’ve trudged through anyway. They tried to tell me to get off of Citicholine because it was too much like adderall. I guess addicts have to suffer enough to pay their dues before earning any sort of respect. I regret telling them anything because it hasn’t helped me, actually it hurt me. If you live in a city larger than population 200, 😂 you’re probably okay finding doctors who are more knowledgeable and less bias, be honest, just it’s been really hard for me.
Still, my brain has healed, after using daily for 6 years. I am 50 years old. So, age doesn’t seem to matter.

[blanco]

Can it still heal after too many psychadelics before my brain is fully developed?

[shihtzu]

I like Dr B and I asked him a question once on his YouTube channel and he replied straight away but I hate to say it but if you've been a hardcore addict you're brain pattern has changed forever and it pretty much impossible to get clean not 100% anyway. Sad but it's a fact I really wish I wasn't so messed up but shit happens mind you to look at me you wouldn't know I had a problem. 🇬🇧

[christophergeorge]

Im 18 years old, and when i was a kid me and my siblings used to do this this thing where we would strech our backs untill we lost blood flow to our brain and pass out. The reason we did it is because it had a euphoric effect while we where unconscious. To this day i have memory issues and i have the mentality of a 14 year old in social situations. Is it possible for my brain to heal after that kind of trauma?

[Pink___]

I disagree when it comes to alcohol addiction. As a medical professional, the key is to stopping alcohol sooner than later. I’ve seen more patients with vascular dementia due to ETOH ( alcohol) abuse and it’s irreversible.

[raine]

Really wish doctors were as educated, caring as you. No doctors here even care, or help you after putting you on medication without being realistic about what the drugs can still do even taken only as prescribed. And make that multiple drugs that I then have to research to find that I was in big trouble even being given the medication to begin with. Then when I wanted off, I'm left on my own to struggle over and over doctors making it worse time afterctime. I wish I had your advice and supervision now..

[bsully]

I often wondered if that were true as I did a wide array of drugs in my late teens through most of my 20’s. I’m 38 now and made my career as an electrician however I feel like my memory is awful and that’s not a great thing, especially in that field of work as there is so much to remember and so many new things to learn as well. If I’m being honest I feel like a real idiot sometimes. How can I improve my memory and learning capabilities?