davepark94
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I have only done a one time use with air duster 2 months ago. I am still feeling effects from it(memory problems, confusion, visual disturbance, anxiety, difficulty processing thoughts, trouble with paying attention and concentrating, basically cognitive functions essential for school and learning) Doctor and therapist says I'm fine but i don't feel like i am. The first few weeks i wanted to die, no joke. I am not addicted to it and i never plan on doing it again. I have a friend that had similar problems as me and it took him a few months to go back to normal. I am hoping the same goes for me. I really hope i don't have any permanent damage from a one time use. Any information or advice anyone?
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davepark94
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anyone with info or advice please reply
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Hey,
I responded to your pm earlier. I think your one time use has given you quite the scare (and rightfully so). I abused plentiful amounts for a year and I feel great now 8 months after quitting. I really think you are going to be alright but you have to put this experience past you and work towards the future. You are lucky to be alive as some have died from their first use or any random subsequent use. You may want to see a doctor to get your other organs checked out but I believe your brain is fine and that anxiety and paranoia are playing a role in this rather than your one time use.
Now that I've been clean this long and feel better than ever; I want to devote myself to helping those who have been or currently are in the situation I was in. I abused heavily for a year. I'm OK now, and I believe anyone who can stop can get on the same boat I am.
I encourage anyone to reach out to me. I have nothing to hide and would rather talk openly about my experiences and recovery than let someone continue their deep dark path or let their past continue to hinder what could be a promising future.
davepark94
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hey man thanks a lot. And everyone else has been telling me the same thing you did including my school doctor and therapist. I guess you guys are right. You are actually the first person i have talked to that is completely fine now and your problems are resolved. This actually makes me feel better knowing that i have a good chance to recover being that i only did it once and you did it for a year.
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CeciliaRaul
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Originally Posted by blueuni Hey,
I responded to your pm earlier. I think your one time use has given you quite the scare (and rightfully so). I abused plentiful amounts for a year and I feel great now 8 months after quitting. I really think you are going to be alright but you have to put this experience past you and work towards the future. You are lucky to be alive as some have died from their first use or any random subsequent use. You may want to see a doctor to get your other organs checked out but I believe your brain is fine and that anxiety and paranoia are playing a role in this rather than your one time use.
Now that I've been clean this long and feel better than ever; I want to devote myself to helping those who have been or currently are in the situation I was in. I abused heavily for a year. I'm OK now, and I believe anyone who can stop can get on the same boat I am.
I encourage anyone to reach out to me. I have nothing to hide and would rather talk openly about my experiences and recovery than let someone continue their deep dark path or let their past continue to hinder what could be a promising future.
CeciliaRaul
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Originally Posted by blueuni Hey,
I responded to your pm earlier. I think your one time use has given you quite the scare (and rightfully so). I abused plentiful amounts for a year and I feel great now 8 months after quitting. I really think you are going to be alright but you have to put this experience past you and work towards the future. You are lucky to be alive as some have died from their first use or any random subsequent use. You may want to see a doctor to get your other organs checked out but I believe your brain is fine and that anxiety and paranoia are playing a role in this rather than your one time use.
Now that I've been clean this long and feel better than ever; I want to devote myself to helping those who have been or currently are in the situation I was in. I abused heavily for a year. I'm OK now, and I believe anyone who can stop can get on the same boat I am.
I encourage anyone to reach out to me. I have nothing to hide and would rather talk openly about my experiences and recovery than let someone continue their deep dark path or let their past continue to hinder what could be a promising future.
CeciliaRaul
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My heart honestly breaks the more I read the different cases of brain damage due to inhalants
I can relate and I can say I know exactly what your going through ..
When I was about 12 years old I discovered I could get a high from the computer cleaner .i didn't like it much but I did like the high it have me! Soon after that I discovered I could get the same high using Air Wick! I did that on and off for about a year ! Not knowing so not fearing the consequences it would permanently leave ...It compleatly changed my life and not at all for the good .. My life changed around the age of 15 ..I remember sitting in front of a church with a friend and feeling a blow to my head . .after that my life would never be the same as before ..I felt as if I entered another world . Still having contuse I knew I was in the wrong for the bad I had done using Air Wick I was now forced to live in my own world(At least that's how it felt) .. Being scared to come out to my family I kept it to myself ! I was so scared and so lost yet I refused to let anyone know ..I went on with my life even with all this .i met the father of my son now he's 4 ! Very domestic relationship but for the first time I came out about my problem .To my surprise he just thought I was crazy craving attention! 3 years of that bit a huge blessing came when I met my now fiance Raul .. Afraid to speak out I kept it away from him till about 10 months ago I realized he was different and loved me and my son dearly so I chose to come out and tell him ..And now he's my biggest support system. I let him know this ....'' I'm not normal I'm different I don't see this life the way you see it I feel like I'm in my own world ..as normal as I may act I feel so lost ..My memory is bad and only getting worst ..being3 months pregnant with my now 3 month old baby boy . We chose to wait to look for answers .. Now being in so much pain I chose to go to the ER maybe they'll have answers right ?? They did a Catscan and they came out normal .i was so hurt by the results because I knew I was far from normal ..so come to find out what I need is an MRI which I'll be getting November 11.. Having such a beautiful family I was still not happy all I can think about is how I would be better off dead than suffering the way I suffer but I refuse to give up ! I will search for answers and become an example for many young kids who take drugs and inhalants as a joke .. Although I will never have my old life back I will make my new one worth living for ! I will search for answers even if it takes me looking under rocks ! But if anyone with the same problem has found something that has helped with their brain damage even HBOT ?? Please let me know ... Thank
CeciliaRaul
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Hay Davepark94 I received your email but I didn't know if I replied if you would recieve it .. I have a face book look me up Under Ceccilia Torres and I live in Wilmington ca just in case theirs too many cecilia Torres or my phone number is 310 465 8211 you can text me or call me if you like ..
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