Should I tell people I'm brain damaged

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I actually overdosed on Tylenol and ended up getting hospitalized. I had a huge personality change afterwards.
That actually happened to me, but I was only about two or three. Should I tell people I overdosed on Tylenol and maybe ended up with some brain damage. I'll mainly be using this as an excuse to not smoke weed.

Try it if it makes you feel better.

I tell people that i'm an alcoholic so that they don't ask me to go out drinking.

It actually works.

I would just tell people that you don't want to smoke weed. You'll be surprised at how often the other person will start feeling like they are the weird one and out of place.

what would that accomplish that a simple "no" wouldn't?

I think you're better off with being honest. A lie can come back and bite you and it can get bigger and bigger until you tell the truth.

Just say you don't smoke weed. They'll be happy that they get more for themselves.

Why would you think that an acetaminophen overdose would cause brain damage? It usually causes liver damage. The only mention I could find of brain damage being a result of acetaminophen overdose would be with acute liver failure.

So unless you had severe liver damage, I would doubt that the overdose caused brain damage. A personality change could easily be caused by the trauma of being hospitalized, and have nothing whatsoever to do with brain damage.

And I'm not entirely sure why you would want to lie about having brain damage instead of just telling people "no." I certainly wouldn't want to go around telling everyone that I had brain damage. I don't recall anyone ever making me smoke weed when I was a teenager, so that I had to make up an excuse to avoid it.

I'd rather be labeled as "autistic" than brain damaged. I am autistic. "Brain damaged" could mean any number of really awful things, such as what happened to Phineas Gage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

I would be much more cautious around someone with some vague medical term such as "brain damage" than I would be around someone with autism.

Everyone would probably ask you to explain what happened etc. which would tire me out pretty quickly. Just tell them you don't like weed, as people have been saying here I'm sure your friends will understand.

Why don't you just tell them you're allergic?
Allergic reaction to marijuana really is a thing.
Especially if you suffer from hay fever.
People seem quite accepting of allergies these days.

Or tell them smoking marijuana is too mainstream

Hey, this thread is not mainly about having an excuse or not for smoking weed, but about whether the OP should tell people that HER personality or behavior is different due to an overdose of a medical substance as a little child.

As for the question: Yes, sometimes. When it might help the other to understand you better and tolerate your quirks better. Or as you probably cant judge very well: basically when you feel like it. Just experiment a little.

I would be interested in what you consider as a personality change. Looks like as if the usual regression does not fit in your case, or at least not entirely.