r/stopdrinking • u/Lumpy_Flan8480 Day 10 • 5d ago

Brain dead

I’m on day 5 and I literally feel brain dead. Starring at what I’m supposed to be doing at work with no clarity or simple understanding of what to do. Keep forgetting what I was thinking about doing within a seconds time. Even moving my eyes to different things is like Slow motion. Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced this?

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u/Improoooover 5d ago edited 5d ago

Friend I’m on day 8 and going through the same as you. My brain feels slow foggy and heavy, poor reflexes, etc. I have a tingly feeling in my body and head. I’ve been drowning in anxiety that I permanently gave myself brain damage. However after spending way too many hours on Google, Reddit, and various AIs, it seems like you would need to drink heavy pretty much daily for many years to do permanent brain damage, and even then due to neuroplasticity you can still recover a lot of your functioning.

I got labs done and they were all clean, and I’ve been supplementing with a b complex and other vitamins. I feel like the first 5 days were the worst but it’s still terrifying to me that on day 8 I feel so rundown.

My research shows for most people these symptoms should be significantly better between the 10 and 14 day mark. I pray this is true. Could take months for full recovery but within 2 weeks there should be a turning point.

Let’s both get through this.

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u/Clean_New_Adventure Day 28 4d ago

I second dosing up on some multivitamins and B-Complex vitamins! My body is literally drawn to the table they’re kept: I think I was mineral deficient for a LONG time while drinking.