For those of you who have been sexually and mentally destroyed from this drug, how are you living your lives now? Are you able to work? Do continue to date and look for a woman? I’m young but feel that there i no point in trying to find a career in my field. Even if I felt I was capable of holding a job, it still all seems pointless if I can’t be in a relationship…
i live at my parents place again… here i dont have to care about things and there are always some people around me.
i quit the job, i know a very nice girl but i´m able to get in a realtionship with her… its impossible with brainfog.
After such a long time of brainfog, i cant really remember how i am without the fog. Its hard to separate the symptoms from my personality…
I have not worked in three years. I decided to quit my career as i am not able to focus and concentrate anymore. I am looking now for a part time job, or even a full time job in sales or a government job. Something that i don’t have to think too much, just go and do it. I have my own place, and i try to be the most pratical i can, since it is not everyday i am functionig well. So i get everything disposable, plates, cups, and i have someone who comes and clean the apartment every two weeks. I also do not cook, i buy home made food and eat lots of fruits and veggies. I quit sugar and everything containing gluten. I do a 20 min bicycle ride everyday. And still, i have bad days.
My family knows what is going on and they have been very supportive. I do a lot of stuff using the internet, so i can lay down with the laptop and get relief for my headaches.
Update 08/30- i am going through a tough period again. So i am pretty much not living, just surviving.
Try to think about what you still have, as opposed to what you have lost.
I guess I’m very lucky not to have had the kind of mental difficulties that other members have reported. I’m still able to function… still do very well in school, etc. I have some extreme days when I don’t feel too well, but for the most part my problem is just sexual.
I guess I could compare what I’m going through to being forced to drive a really shitty car. Of course, sexual issues are far more devastating than car problems, but as long as you keep that in mind I think the comparison can sort of work. Things could be worse (I still have a car, after all), but it still sucks… everyone else on the road whizzes past me and takes it for granted, while I have to suffer break downs every few miles. Having car problems, even ones this bad, isn’t the end of the world, I’m not going to kill myself over them, but it still means I have to radically rethink things. Whereas the mobility that came with driving a decent automobile had opened up all sorts of possibilities to me, my life is now correspondingly limited. At the end of the day, it’s still fine as long as I, say, have my job… my “employer” is very understanding. If they were to call it quits, however, I would probably be unable to find a decent job and then my quality of life would really suffer. So I hold on for dear life and hope that I can eventually figure out something that will improve my situation.
Lads, I’m honestly in tears right now. This IS NOT FAIR that our lives have been ruined like this
I really know what you mean but, if possible, try and focus on the fact that many, if not most of the people here have seen some improvement over time, with some people recovoring to a very great extent.
Try and eat well, work out without overdoing it, and try, as much as possible, to remain positive. You really never know what’s around the corner, and one day you too might be posting in the “Recoveries” section. I hope so.
I have had alot of those thoughts, about whats life worth with out(even the slightet) the desire to have sexual contact. it really does get you off track and not feeling like even showing your face outdoors.
you have to get over it man. i am hearing here for the first time about the “brain fog” issue, and yet to understand it fully, it sounds even worse than ed.
i got over my selfpitty,got my self a good worthysome job. i am really trying to think possitively, not being in a real relationship since… ever… i am really hoping that i will be able to satisfy my “one true love” when ever i will stumble and meet her. thats what gets me going,. and yet, understanding you, and seeing the everyday sexual encounters my friends are having, and thinking that i am not even capable of that…
… could allways be worse…
Think possitive! we all have to
This stuff is tough to read but probably a good discussion. I have no real mental issues so I am progressing in my career and finishing grad school. All my problems are sexual and it is causing severe emotional pain for both me and my girlfriend. It is so strange that this happened to us.
I wasn’t fullly focusing on my career and quit. Would have been fired most likely in a few years max at this performance, or demoted, or just plain stuck. I quit and moved to live with a girl overseas. If this doesn’t work I’m going to take the last 10k I have and go somewhere warm and easy to live and get a job in a dive shop or something similar…no stress, physical activity every day, just living…
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