Originally posted by RestStop
I'm seriously wondering if meth has damaged my motivation for life. I used to be goin' hard in all aspects of my life. Now it's idk…I still have motivation and drive but not on the supernatural tier level I once had two years ago.
Yeah, I think drugs fucked up my motivation and shit.
Oh yeah dudes, apoptosis of the dopaminergic neurons, damage that can be caused by stimulant abuse, or just long lasting downregulation, will definitely affect you in that manner.
Look for more recent info on 9mebc. It was purported to regenerate dopaminergic neurons, but I don’t know what the latest info on it is.
Originally posted by Malice
Oh yeah dudes, apoptosis of the dopaminergic neurons, damage that can be caused by stimulant abuse, or just long lasting downregulation, will definitely affect you in that manner.
Look for more recent info on 9mebc. It was purported to regenerate dopaminergic neurons, but I don’t know what the latest info on it is.
Yeah pretty sure this fucked me up too. I was using MDMA and amphetamine from age 15/16. It really fucked with my motivation for anything. Also, for some reason it fucked with the way in which i experience cocaine. Coke on it's own gives me the jitters no matter the purity, this was not the case before i used a lot of amphetamine. I can still enjoy coke, i just have to take it with opiates or amphetamines or a lot of booze or benzos or some shit.
Also, interestingly enough the one time when coke made me feel fucking awesome without anything else was when i was dealing with PAWS after fentanyl dependence. After that it returned to the way it usually is.
It's interesting from a neuro-pharmacological standpoint. Poly-substance abuse, that is.
The thing of it is I can spend $500 and get an entire ounce of the cleanest glass this side of the Mississippi and I will be motivated once again and plowing sluts and doing good...least until I completely deplete my dopamine receptors.
yeah cokes a proper mind bender. it might not be anymore but i know it used to be the drug that put more people in the psych ward than all the other main recreational drugs combined. prolly been taken over by spice or some other really headfuckery RC of some sort now tho.but it'll still send you batshit if you're of the slightly weaker mindset.
i gave up doing lines of hydrochloride when i was about 20 coz i don't even consider it really a high, tbf it just makes you feel cool really, by giving you a false sense of superiority. fuck paying £50 a gram just for that. if i do coke then its freebase all the way. and yeah you need some dope for the comedown with that motherfucker.
Also both metabolic chemistry and general psychological disposition changes with age. I think most people feel less "motivated" after their late teens/early 20s, either because they've found a pretty comfortable lifestyle (relatively speaking) or because hormonal differences.
I sometimes feel less driven towards things now that I'm a bit older but I'm not really bothered by it. I'll take a few years of experience, and the ability and means to plan over white-knuckle enthusiasm most days.
What if exerting willpower while stoned is like training with weighted clothes. Maybe the brain will adapt and you’ll gave an even greater level of self-control and willpower while sober.
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