How much drugs does it take to cause memory problems?

[BlackSabbath]

I was just curious, I've been experiencing some short term memory problems, I am not sure if it is permanemt, but I was wondering how much drugs hypothetically?

I feel like it was mostly my curiosity with pharmacueticals to which I had given a chance, but I really wonder if that was the cause. I have known pwoplw who have seriously abused drugs and seem to function okay, so I wonder what the deal is???

 

[blackribbon]

Some drugs like hallucinogens can distort your brain permanently with the first dose. A lot depends on the drugs, the frequency and dose, what is being taken together, and how the individual body processes the drug. Different bodies react differently to even the same dose and same med. Whether or not it is permanent depends on the same factors. Don't try. There is enough side effects that can go with prescribed medications that you need. Don't mess with what isn't broken...it might just break with the experimentation.

 

[Steve Petersen]

I don't remember.

 

[chilehed]

That depends on the drug.

Alcohol takes a bit, and the effect is pretty short-lived provided you're drinking like someone who isn't an addict.

It's pretty obvious that any amount of cannabis does it; the cannabinoids interfere with neural plasticity, and with the 7-14 day half life it lasts a lot longer than the time you feel high. Looking back it took at least six, maybe up to nine months for me to get past most of it after I quit. Like it or not, cannabis is really, really bad for you.

Hallucinogens certainly - sure, I remember my experiences while tripping but since there's no freaking way those trees were actually walking down the street then that makes a clear case that LSD, mescaline and psilocybin cause permanent short and long-term memory issues to some degree.

I did a lot of dope for about ten years, and while, yes, I function pretty well with 30 years clean I'm pretty certain that I did permanent harm to my capacity to learn new things.