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[Destiny's Equation]

[niner]

Hmm. Another brain damage question. There seems to be quite a lot of that going around. Diphenhydramine is an OTC antihistamine. Were you taking massive quantities of it? What are your symptoms?

[Destiny's Equation]

Were you taking massive quantities of it?

At one point I was taking 20-40 pills a day, for not sure how many weeks. Turned me into a walking corpse.

What are your symptoms?

It is against my better judgement to reveal such personal details on the internet.

I am NOT just self-diagnosing. My test administrators, shocked by the before-and-after, informed me I had long-term damage.

[Destiny's Equation]

Well I am sure there is a supplement to help with some of the problems are you experiencing, but there just is no cure for stupid.

Suicide attempts indicate that a person is DEPRESSED, not unintelligent.

I started this thread in search of information, not judgement or insults.

[Bonee]

I would start with the piracetam family, excercise, lions mane , citicholine, sulbutiamine, pyritinol etc

[niner]

+1 for exercise. I'd push that pretty hard. At the same time, make sure that your nutrition is up to snuff, and that you're getting all the sleep you need. A low dose of melatonin (0.5 mg, which might require you to split a pill) about a half hour before bed, a few hundred mg of magnesium glycinate, maybe more, fish oil, 1-3gm/day, vitamin D3 in an oil-based formulation, 3-4000 IU/day. Time heals all.

This is the first time I've run across someone doing large amounts of antihistamines, so I'm kind of curious; what did it feel like? Were you basically trying to check out for a while, like one might do with PCP?

[sthira]

That's tragic, and for what it's worth, I'm sorry for you. I second niner's course of behavior and the idea that time does heal. As unlikely as it sounds. If you give your body a chance to heal from what you've done to it - exercise it, feed it well, fast it, rest it - despite the mind's rebellion, you may indeed make it out the other side of your suffering a stronger person for your struggles. In practical terms, meditation works, yoga works, massage works, cutting old friends and finding healthier friends works, a new life direction works, travel works, art works. But magic pills don't work (yet) to cure the human condition.