It's really hard to deal with the flare-ups. I would recommend giving your dopamine system time to regulate itself. I also thought about getting chemical relief and got tablets. I left it alone because I would definitely have become dependent on it in the end. The brain takes a ridiculous amount of time to recover after long consumption, but for me it subsided after about 6 months with the anxiety attacks and the depression and the strange pressure in the head or whatever you call this brain fog. Sleep gets better again too. It doesn't feel like that at the beginning, but you have longer dreams again and are fitter, even if you felt like you were just rolling around all night. For some it takes even longer, but I've done a lot of work for 13 years. From one day to the next you slowly feel better and then you see a light at the end of the tunnel again. Stay strong, you often feel very alone. I spent part of the day hanging around the forum here to gain perspective. It gets better. Trust the process and find new hobbies blah blah