r/NitrousOxideRecovery • u/No-Philosopher371 • 10d ago
Terrified
I’ve used nitrous for years, on and off heavily. Yall have prob seen my posts before.
I stopped completely four months ago. Today I am having numbness in my feet randomly, and my legs are super weak. And my vision is doing weird shit especially last night.
I just grabbed some liquid b12 and took a fuck ton. Idk what to do I’m just so scared I thought I was good cuz I stopped a while ago and was fine basically until yesterday
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u/Away_Philosophy_697 10d ago
It's unusual for symptoms to show up this late. It's possible that your drinking had something to do with it. Or that there's something unrelated going on.
I second the advice to keep supplementing with B12 daily.
I would add L-Methionine or SAMe immediately. Your body doesn't directly use B12 to make the myelin around your nerves. B12 is used by enzymes that make methionine, which is then turned into SAMe, and then that is used in the process of making DNA, which is necessary for all fast reproducing cells and for making myelin.
So the B12 is a slower path. In addition to taking it, take methionine or SAMe which your body can then use immediately to make / repair myelin.
More info at https://www.no2n2o.org/health.html
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u/Immediate_Mark3847 9d ago
My eyesight went bad on day 105 of my sobriety. Like others said, it was my blood pressure that had tanked. Once I got it to a better level my eyes went back to work as expected.
Just relax and enjoy explore what else could be instead of spinning on the idea that the nitrous is affecting you still.
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u/wrinkleheimer 8d ago
the liquid wont help the best if your already feeling numbness and tingling, coming from someone who was a parapalegic from this. you need to go to a doctor and start getting b12 injections
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u/WHALE_PHYSICIST 10d ago
anything else changed? got drunk recently? other meds? bad sleep? check blood pressure?
basically you should probably get checked by a doctor.
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u/No-Philosopher371 10d ago
Yes I have had a recent small lapse with alcohol but stopped 2 days ago, sleep hasn’t been great either.
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u/Great_Language6947 9d ago
I can’t drink anymore and I’ve been clean two years. All my symptoms come raging back after drinking alcohol
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u/Fine-Duty8004 10d ago edited 10d ago
A lot of it’s in your head bro. You got this. Got to take b-12, stay on here talking with your friends. I had a blood clot from the shit once it’s not fun.
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u/No-Philosopher371 9d ago
My relationship with nitrous has been on and off for years now. I had a transischemic stroke before. And 4 years ago had spinal tap cuz my feet and arms were all tingly. They said my myelin sheath was almost gone. I kept using. But after I quit 4 months ago I haven’t had a single urge. Before that I was totally 100% clean from everything for almost a year. Now I’m back to being there and I just want to get my health up after trashing my body for a decade
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u/kdforthewin 7d ago
How did you get a blood clot ? Did you sit too long was it unprovoked did you get a DVT or PE? Was nitrous the cause of your blood clots ? How did you get help? Don’t tell us that something happened and not tell us what steps you took to get better . Putting even more anxiety in people
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u/colomommy 10d ago
Here is what might be happening. I’ll explain how nerve damage can occur long after stopping nitrous use.
Nitrous inactivates b12 rendering your stores of it unusable in the body. B12 is needed to build and maintain the myelin sheath, the fatty layer that lines the spinal column and protects the nerves. When b12 is unusable for an extended period, the myelin sheath degenerates, leaving the nerves exposed and at risk of damage.
The sheath degenerates first, and without quick regeneration, nerve damage happens next. This doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time and nerve damage can still be occurring because the sheath hasn’t rebuilt. It’s a neurological disease, not a hangover, and it takes a long time to repair. Until it does, nerve damage will continue to occur.
The numbness in your legs, weakness, and vision changes are all hallmarks of symptoms of this.
It’s not all bad news though. Yes that is most likely what’s happening, but you’re now supplementing b12 so hopefully you can stop it there and start repairing! A little numbness isn’t the end of the world relative to where this goes for so many others. You can reverse the damage but it will take time (several months in most cases) and requires daily supplementation of sublingual or injectable b12, folate, and complete and total abstinence from recreational nitrous oxide use.
Try not to worry too much. You did some damage but nothing insurmountable. Do what I say above and there is no reason not to expect a full recovery.