Posted by Bob on October 21, 2008, at 12:10:08
In reply to Re: Folks, you've got to get over pooped out drugs, posted by NewQuestions on October 21, 2008, at 10:52:24
> It much more complicated than that. "Poop out" comes in many different forms. There are:
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> 1. Drugs that stop working, but you can use other similar drugs.
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> 2. Drugs that stop working, but you can use other more exotic drugs.
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> 3. Drugs that stop working, and seem to have changed your brain so you can't use any other drugs, because either they don't work or because of the side effects.
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> Obviously, No. 3 is the worst. Additionally, what if you fall into No. 3 and you can't go off all the drugs because you do not snap back to your pre-drug state? In other words, lets say on a scale of 1 through 10 your brain naturally produced serotonin at a 5, but then after the drugs, it produces sertonin at a 3. Then you can't be on the drugs because they don't work or because of the side effects but you can't be off the drugs because of the way the drugs changed you.
Very insightful post. I'm in category 3 unfortunately. Actually it's sort of a modified cat 3. The drugs that used to "work" on maybe a 7 out of 10 scale are now at a 1 or 2. However, and this is important, they are not a zero. Then if I try to come off of them, all hell breaks loose and my condition deteriorates into an eventual life threatening situation.To say the least, my body stop bouncing back to pre-drug states many years ago, but that might be irrelevant since my pre-drug state was unacceptable.
- Bob
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