I'm 20 years old and I just realized I can only remember a very limited few things that happened to me before age 18, and not many things after that either. In fact, sometimes I don't even remember things I did a few hours ago, and recalling what happened yesterday is always very difficult.
In the past year or so, I've been heavily using drugs, especially weed and psychedelics, and I also was pretty badly addicted to OTC drugs like DXM and allergy pills for a few months. And I mean really bad... for a couple of months I was taking over 1000 mg of DPH (benadryl) on a daily basis. and for a couple of months after that I was drinking at least one 5 oz bottle of Delsym cough syrup every day. and not to mention that the whole time I was also drinking heavily and smoking a LOT of weed, in addition to all the benadryl and cough syrup.
Anyway, I've been relatively clean for a couple of months (apart from smoking weed occasionally), but for some reason I always feel intoxicated, even when sober, and like I already said, I usually cant even remember what happened a few hours ago. So I was wondering if it sounds like I have permanent brain damage, or will it go back to normal if I'm completely sober for a while.
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If you were taking 1000 mg of DPH on a daily basis then I wouldn't expect you to remember much of anything for that time period. Weed is fine--I'd be much more concerned about the DPH use (I'm not sure what effects 5 oz of Delsym would have). Generally one bottle of Delsym doesn't do anything (at least for me), but if you're taking it on a daily basis, that's probably different.
I can't tell you that you are NOT brain damaged but my guess is no and you'll be fine after a few months (maybe a year or more). Stay away from DPH, that's a very dangerous drug--especially if taken with alcohol (DPH is how people commit suicide) and ESPECIALLY at the dosage you were taking it.
I would also say stay away from DXM if you were taking it daily (I've been there). There is some research which suggests that long term DXM use may cause permanent brain damage (it's been, possibly, observed in rats--causing lesions in the brain). If you were only doing it for a year or so, I think you'll be fine. Either stop altogether or try to limit your use to once every couple of months.
You need a brain first
You probably masturbated too much