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hey guys, I need some advice!


r.trudeau

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Il give it one try. Iv been twice to the doctor in a month and a half already so I dont want them thinking im a drug dealer or junkie jist tryna get meds. The health service is different over here. U go to the nearest doctors which has maybe 8 general doctors who deal with colds and injections. Then to get any specialist stuff they have to refer u to a specialist or shrink. Im hoping the shrink will realise I need to either see a nuerologist or will tell my doctor to get me on keppra. This process will no doubt take atlleast a month. Im left wing and think free healthcare is good but fuck it takes a long time

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Surprisingly, it's kinda the same over here if you want to see any type of doctor beyond a psychiatrist or a general doctor. Once, I wanted to see a neuro and was told I needed a referral, got one from my doc, called the neurologists office and they told the next available appt was in two months. AND most people have to pay a 20 dollar co'pay every single time you see a doc, depending on your insurance. It's really not that different over here, unless you're uninsured.

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The whole health insurance thing sorta seems expensive but atleast u guys get good treatment when u do need it. Its so bad here, i snapped my knee bmxing and it took 7 weeks to get sent to a specialist doctor who told me what i already knew :/

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You said in you had speech problems??? Like what?? I had/have speech issues after my bad trips.......it's gotten better over time but I still fumble over my words more than I think the normal person does. I also think I kinda mumble a lot cause I find people are always asking me to repeat myself.

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You said in you had speech problems??? Like what?? I had/have speech issues after my bad trips.......it's gotten better over time but I still fumble over my words more than I think the normal person does. I also think I kinda mumble a lot cause I find people are always asking me to repeat myself.

Oh god, yea I had (still kind of have) speech problems that I got after having two bad acid trips, back to back. I have the same issues as you, stutter, say the wrong word, say a word that sounds similar to the word I wanted to say, mumbling and sometimes my sentence structure is out of wack. Thankfully, it's gotten better since I started to take the medication. But before Keppra, I hated talking because I thought I sounded like an idiot and I paid too much attention to my voice, causing me to fumble over my words even more.

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Fuck I have that too. Swap words that mean similar in and fumble words. I also forget words. I was tryna describe my mates car saying it had poor visibility out it last week and literally spent 15 minutes trying to remember the word. Also mistakes like " how do u spell that sentencr, letter no word" I uesed to be so well spoken.

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Ok cool......I thought that was just me. It really is a shame. I've noticed reading helps it out though......I got back into reading recently and that seems to of helped straighten out my throught process a bit.

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It sucks a bitch, but Gmo, you are so right about how reading helps. After I read for a couple of hours it helps my speech so, so tremulousness much, and my stutter is almost non existent. Sometimes I wish I could just type everything out, then I wouldn't sound so illiterate, even though in the back of my mind I know I'm not. But ya, glad to know that I'm not alone, too!

Also, the Keppra is still doing it's job! Memories are coming back, thought process is more normal, life feels almost real again (lol!), speech is improving daily and I would say I'm 70 percent back to my old self.

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Yeah I try to read sometimes too. Iv always been sorta, that laid back dude but the brain fog has fucked me. I used to sharp and funny...

I was the exact same way, super chill, witty and also always had something funny to say.

bummmmmmerrrrrrrrrrr I want that old Rene back sooo bad. I'd rather get beat up ten times than get HPPD lol

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Yea, that's true. The old me has been here all a long, just waiting for the "current" me to snap out of it and carry on with a normal life without drugs...and new friends and some new hobbies to replace the "reckless" one I use to live for. It's hard to get along with people who don't take part in the "scene," it's almost as if there's two different worlds out there.

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^^^^^^^^^^^^Did you have any issues before your bad trips???? You said you had two bad acid trips back to back......it's kind of odd but I had two bad lucy trips back to back that I think caused all this. I tripped before that of course but I think it was the bad ones that really had a negative effect on me. I feel like if I could of avoided those then none of this would of happened.

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Yep, I'm in the same boat as you, I had about two maybe three good trips before the two acid freaks outs that caused the HPPD. And yeah, I think I had some personal issues before the bad trips, but it was nothing major.

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damn i cant believe how similar my shit is to all of yours...the mumbling and shit, definitely. I had an IQ of 151 (supposedly). I guess i still do. I was also soo fuckin laid back and witty, although it's kinda weird to admit that "out loud" without feeling like a douche. But yeah man, it's been tough.

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^^^^Yea for sure. It's rough........Also @r.trudeau is Keppra something that would have to be prescribed by a doctor?? I'd be interested in taking it but won't be able to if it has to be prescribed.......I really don't want my parents to think I'm all screwed up in the head so I'm gonna try to keep from having to go to a doctor or psychiatrist or anything like that.

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Wow, I'm at a loss for words. Very similar type symptoms, at a lesser degree, it sounds. Acid was always a mystical venture to say the least. Then I mixed with Cocaine and that was a whole different beast. I ended up willingly accepting death because I thought my heart was going to explode. The Doors were playing in the background (The End, ironcially), and I just gave up. Mad visuals, foggy brain. Then it stopped, my heart felt fine. Nothing after that, just life as usual. Then there was my second DXM experience a year later, that was what really put me over board. Just a dirty drug all around. I remember staring at myself in the mirror for an hour, and seeing past myself, I felt like a mass of waste. Terrible experience, brought on this HPPD stuff. I feel fine, then I don't. So it's a terrible waiting game, for better or for worse. But thanks to all you wonderful people, I have some last hope of defense if it gets really bad. Hmm, the plot thickens . . . ;)

Anyway, i'm glad to hear you are doing well with the keppra, seems to me a lot of people respond surprisingly well to it in lower doses! Keep up the good fight all!

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Wow, I'm at a loss for words. Very similar type symptoms, at a lesser degree, it sounds. Acid was always a mystical venture to say the least. Then I mixed with Cocaine and that was a whole different beast. I ended up willingly accepting death because I thought my heart was going to explode. The Doors were playing in the background (The End, ironcially), and I just gave up. Mad visuals, foggy brain. Then it stopped, my heart felt fine. Nothing after that, just life as usual. Then there was my second DXM experience a year later, that was what really put me over board. Just a dirty drug all around. I remember staring at myself in the mirror for an hour, and seeing past myself, I felt like a mass of waste. Terrible experience, brought on this HPPD stuff. I feel fine, then I don't. So it's a terrible waiting game, for better or for worse. But thanks to all you wonderful people, I have some last hope of defense if it gets really bad. Hmm, the plot thickens . . . ;)

Anyway, i'm glad to hear you are doing well with the keppra, seems to me a lot of people respond surprisingly well to it in lower doses! Keep up the good fight all!

Oh what! The last LSD trip I had was mixed with some coke too, I had the EXACT same reaction as you. Well, guesss there's a lesson to be learned here. LSD+cocaine=HPPD.

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Oh what! The last LSD trip I had was mixed with some coke too, I had the EXACT same reaction as you. Well, guesss there's a lesson to be learned here. LSD+cocaine=HPPD.

Really? That is interesting. It wasn't some coke, more like a lot. And some beer. I felt like a king until I realized my heart literally wasn't too into it. But at least we have the formula down. I guess, it could have been worse. Comforting to hear someone else did some of the same things I did.

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