Question by Four Loko: Do people that “WAS” addicted to crystal meth have a different fram of mind when they get clean?
My ex boyfriend was addicted to crystal meth since he was 16 years old. He was 23 when he went to rehab in may (he’s been in rehab for a year and he just turned 24 sept he’ll be out in a few months). Do you think he’ll see things clearly now?
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Answer by CindyLu
Probably not. Why do you want this drama in your life? Remember why he is your ex and keep it moving.
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Crystal meth fries brain cells and the damage it does is permanent. Brain scans show meth abusers’ brains have damage similar to dementia, as well as considerable brain inflammation. It also damages blood vessels in the brain which can cause strokes. There can be increasing inability to grasp abstract thoughts and can be prone to some memory gaps and extreme mood swings.
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After this many years of crystal meth abuse, he would have done permanent brain damage to himself. Be glad that he’s your ex.
It depends. I’ve known 7 people who used an average of 10 years, and none had duplicate experiences after cleaning up. Sometimes the unyielding craving for the drug is to compensate for organic problems, such as a chemical imbalance that plagued them their entire lives. In this case, once off the drug, anti-depressant therapy or this plus nutritional changes had to be implemented so their bodies didn’t serve them inadequately as prior to the addiction. If there isn’t a “normal” to return to, if no prior “better” existed, the maintaining sobriety process can be much more complicated. One friend told me he never used to “get high,” per se, but did so to become “not low.” On the other hand, assuming your ex-boyfriend’s physiological makeup conforms to typical medical expectations, after a detox as you described, he will eventually have more energy, have greater clarity of thought, and feel better over a greater amount of days per week than he did when in the throes of addiction. And if he keeps healthy, he could find he feels there has been both a physical and psychological improvement in his over all functioning.