How do I get my memory back?

2ala2 · Veteran Member

How do I get my memory back?

BigV · Senior Member

My memory is shot to hell I have note pads everywhere magellan , serious!!!

I take fish oil and that helps but I dont stay on it regular but I have noticed it helps supplements of either EPA or DHA (both derivatives of Omega-3 from fish)

The anxiety attack check to see if any prescriptions you might be on or supplements cause this condition at one time I was taking DHEA large amounts I wa taking it to raise my testosterone since i was lifting heavy weights and bodybuilding, well I was having the most horrible anxiet panic attacks late at night while sleeping, wake out of a dead sleep freaken out crying the whole thing and found out the supplement I was on caused this.

Now there are other disorders some have, it could be chemical it could be psychological or both, if its bad go see a doctor there are others here experienced with this and have gotten relief from a doctor and theres certainly nothing wrong with that.

Dont overwhelm yourself at this point, I was clean 3 years at one time and went into these depressions, I would take off work and just stay home mostly in bed up to 3 days then I would be fine I just couldn't deal with all that was out there, that has passed finally I get depressed now less then in those years but it was hard just being clean and living in my head LOL, still not that easy but its getting easier .

Us addicts have many fears sort them out man I put them in category's I have people fear too a times, sometimes I just feel vulnerable, sometimes i'm 10 feet tall Van Dam kicken a&% taken names later LOL

2ala2 · Veteran Member

I guess I'm not used to dealing with life sober. No one told it was gonna be this bad, lol.
Thanks Vini. I just called my wife told her to get me some fish oil tablets on her way home. No, i'm not on any supplements or prescriptions. I have to admit I am much better than before and I guess it does get better, it better.

JasonD · Senior Member

I would say give yourself a break first. We didn't get like this overnight. It is going to take time. That said, I have had similar symptoms anxiety-wise. I went to a doctor and got diagnosed with social anxiety. If you go, be sure to tell him everything. Some of the med's aren't appropiate for an addict.

http://socialanxiety.factsforhealth.org/

For me, sometimes social anxiety + NA was like torture. It was a real relief to understand the difference between fear and anxiety.

Raman · Guru

Jason,,,,am i right in my understanding ???
Fear is a reaction to external stimulus whereas anxietly is an internal condition !!!

JasonD · Senior Member

Kind of. It was explained that the theory is that anxiety is leftover\warped from social species that have "alpha male" leader types. It makes things run smoother. It a civialized society this is not needed so much.

For an addict whose disease wants nothing more than to have him in isolation, this is like a double whammy. I shared on what I was going through in a meeting and I found out others had been through this too. They told me what they did.

I am also hoping step 6 can help too. It is like a character defect. Some anxiety is normal. My mind distorts it.

Raman · Guru

Well,,,its before the snooker/billiards matches that I can actually feel anxiety !!!
thank God it dosent control me anymore,,,,,,,i used to magnify that previously !!!

Its like the man that decided not to drink but sat at the bar anyways !!!
along comes another wino and pulls out a cig after calling for a drink.
He looks at our man and says
"Can i get a light please"
"No" says our man puffin deeply on his cigarette
"Why not,,, at least can i take you cig and lite mine?"
"No you cant"
"Why?"
"well bozo,,, you want to know? 1st it will be the cig,, then youll start talking to me than youll want to know my name and then youll try to get me to drink with you then i will drink with you and ill be drunk and then youll offer to drop me home and my cute daughter will open the door and then you will make a pass at her and try something dirty with her,,, thatll be a bad scene for me,,,,so ill not give you a light !!!!"
I think thats the gist of ANXIETY !!!
i had that shit paralysing me even in using days sitting at home and trying to figure if stuff will be good today,can i get it,will it be hot there,will it be overcut,etcetcetc !!!
I know for sure that the breathing excercises that i do in YOGA has relieved me a lot as well as writing about my shyness !!!

JasonD · Senior Member

Speaking of yoga.... Hot off the wire.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070608/hl_hsn/yogamayhelptreatdepressionanxietydisorders;_ylt=AqChTKQa5FXWLH7DrYMGvs7MWM0F

2ala2 · Veteran Member

Thanks all, I was at my psychotherapist's last night. I see him every other Tuesday. Yes, I do have social anxiety. I have to admit it IS better than my first month clean. I am such an addict, I want results and want them now! Yeah Jason, for sure some anxiety is normal, it must be, and like you, my mind plays around with it till its outa control. Being aware of it is kool though. By the way, I drink tons of coffee. I am sure that doesn't help...

Tahir · Member

I still suffer from social phobia at times... big crowds, stage fright, mild panic attacks... I just am learning to live with them and to try to deal with them by adapting accordingly... I have immense faith in this program and my HP that things will continue to get better in this context... and if they don't, well then I know for sure, that there is a loving and caring intention of my HP for me being the way I am... I have grown to trust on this one completely, and doing so has set me free from fighting hard to get rid of these shortcomings in my recovery today... I let my HP take care, to heal now or later or never is upto my HP...

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