I think my husband has Post Drug Impairment Syndrome Hes 50 now, but smoked pot until almost 40 Any
My husband started smoking pot after his dad died when he was 14. So the math says he smoked pot (not sure how much) for almost 30 years. He has a lot of immaturity, can't handle "stress" of any kind and often yells. I have found very little information on it. Help!
Answer:Surf the net - I found the below:
Post-drug Impairment Syndrome (PDIS) is a symptom complex frequently observed in people who are former abusers of drugs ad alcohol. It is now a common clinical problem, which can be chronic and possibly permanent, and it is likely caused by alterations in neurotransmitter metabolism and/or receptor sites. Among the most common symptoms of PDIS are low stress threshold, poor abstract reasoning, decreased attention span and instability of social functioning. The highest risk group appears to be adolescents who abuse multiple drugs and alcohol and then manifest the clinical syndrome when they become young adults.
He's a druggy...it's not some damn syndrome.
His brain has been permanantly damaged by HIS ACTIONS.
Do they really have something called Post Drug Impairment Syndrome now? Well I'm off to google this.
We are all products of our genes, environment and what we eat and put into our bodies from the time we are born. Anything can do it: if we live in high altitudes or hot climates our bodies adjust, if we take psych meds or psychoactive drugs, our wiring changes, if we eat a lot of animal fats or decide to be a vegan everything from our heart health to electrolyte balance will change. If we drink a lot of coffee, smoke a lot of cigarettes, alcohol or pot, it all changes us. Whether it's permanent or not, I don't know, but I imagine it's more likely the longer and the greater quantities of whatever it is. Who knows what kind of person he would be if he didn't smoke pot. But you say he no longer smokes, so that's really all he can do to change besides receive therapy and possibly if he has behavior issues he may need some sort of medication to help balance him out.