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Some conflicting studies have found subtle cognitive deficits in users who were abstinent for ~28 days (see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC303757
by rustytrombone69 6y ago
Some conflicting studies have found subtle cognitive deficits in users who were abstinent for ~28 days (see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037578/).
In my anecdotal experience, I definitely notice difficulty with conversations, deep reading, etc for ~2 weeks after stopping. It takes about 1 month of sobriety for me to feel 95% back to normal and 2-3 months for 100%.
- meowface 6y agoNot that this necessarily makes things any better, but what are the odds this could largely be explained by a kind of withdrawal from people who were using it every day for years? If you suddenly stop taking almost any psychoactive substance that you've had in your body 24/7 for years, the odds of some negative effects persisting for a month don't seem too unlikely. It could certainly be some combination of both, too.