Side Effects Of Meth: How Long?

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Ok a few comments from me. I always stayed away from that stuff BUT my friends made it and sold it.
I grew up in DC and did many drugs, way to many for that matter. You are fine, take the EMS’s advice and you’ll be cool.
As for these guys out there that say its the people not the drug, I disagree. One of my best friends was very gifted and smart. But glass ruined his life.

If you have ever seen it made its a mixture of deadly chemicals cooked up on a mirror in a oven, or you could be getting it from a mobile lab (usually in the back of a van).
I regret my drug use and even more it kills me to have watched my friends slip away. Out of our group 3 of us made it to college 2 are HS drop outs, one died, and 2 are in jail.
Don’t let this shit mess up your life and try to save your friends if you can. Otherwise it will be the biggest mistake of your life.
Pierce

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[quote]postcrime wrote:
Let me preface this message by stating that I think meth is the most horrible drug on the planet and have never had any desire to partake in it.

That said, last night I was venturing out of my element, hanging with a different crowd than usual when somebody whipped out the crank. I succumed to peer pressure, said WTF this one time and took a couple of hits. I don’t know if it’s just because I didn’t get very much, but I was thoroughly unimpressed. I felt pretty wired but it was a far cry from the euphoria I’d heard about.

Unfortunately, the side effects seem to be more pronounced than the high. My appetite is absolutely killed and I haven’t eaten over 24 hours. I also haven’t slept in about 36 hours and at this point am not feeling the slightest sign of becoming tired. Right now I feel like I could stay up for a week.

Now I can force myself to eat obviously, but I really need to go the fuck to bed! Does anyone know how long I can expect this to last before the effects wear off?

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You might be up for another day, maybe two.

The best thing to do right now would be to take something from the benzo-daizepan family. (I think I spelled that wrong.)

Xanax, valium, etc. These will help you come down and go to bed.

And when you wake up, you should NEVER DO THAT BULLSHIT AGAIN.

It will ruin your life so quickly your head will spin.

Smarten up.

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[quote]deanosumo wrote:
postcrime wrote:
Thanks for the responses guys. I’m fully aware of the seriousness of the meth monster and also have a (former) friend whose life was destroyed by the drug. This was a one time thing, and I am not at all compelled to do it again. Yes I fucked up, regret it profoundly and feel like a dipshit.

You seem to know what you have done. You have made one mistake but that does not make you a drug addict. Relax. The side effects will wear off. Don’t beat yourself up about it anymore. Don’t do it again and move on.
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I agree. You won’t do it again, you clearly know that, so don’t feel too shitty. Yes, it’s a terrible drug, but it’s not like you’re fucked for life or something. You learned a very valuable lesson, which is great. But I agree that it’s best to distance yourself from users. They’re simply not a positive addition to your world.

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[quote]Beatnik wrote:
Ive done alot of meth…[/quote]

That’s kind of funny in a “Here’s You When You Were Using” kind of way.

I used to have a formula for all the different substances, rationalizations for doing them, and a nice attitude as to why I was different.

Fortunately I lost them. Unfortunately- they left with the house, family, trust, friends…

Harris and Kir Dog and a few others have shared some good stuff. Use it.

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Well it was a pretty lousy night… I don’t know when I fell asleep but I remember being still awake at 4am. I managed to sleep then off-and-on for a few hours, but I kept banging my head against the pillow, not really even thinking about it. I have no idea what that was about. Anyway, at least I ate breakfast this morning.

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[quote]postcrime wrote:
Well it was a pretty lousy night… I don’t know when I fell asleep but I remember being still awake at 4am. I managed to sleep then off-and-on for a few hours, but I kept banging my head against the pillow, not really even thinking about it. I have no idea what that was about. Anyway, at least I ate breakfast this morning.[/quote]

Ready for another bump?? LOL

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[quote]postcrime wrote:
Well it was a pretty lousy night… I don’t know when I fell asleep but I remember being still awake at 4am. I managed to sleep then off-and-on for a few hours, but I kept banging my head against the pillow, not really even thinking about it. I have no idea what that was about. Anyway, at least I ate breakfast this morning.[/quote]

Well, is your lesson learned?

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OK guys there’s slightly more to this story than I revealed in my original post. This may disgust some or all of you but, here goes…

The “group” whom I was hanging out with Tuesday night was in fact a single person, who was in fact my own brother. Couldn’t possibly explain the background in detail but the short version is this: said brother developed a meth addiction two years ago, went APE FUCKING SHIT, and made everyone in our family’s lives a living hell. Eventually, I became so irate over what he had done that I did a bunch of stuff to him: got him arrested, beat the shit out of him, etc., with some of my actions being fully justifiable and some being of questionable or poor merit. Needless to say out relationship has been extremely hostile for awhile. Anyway, he finally turned the corner on it about nine months ago (faced with a year in jail) and has been doing a lot better. WE never reconciled but the tension was at least greatly reduced.

Anyway… Tuesday night he gave me the shock of my life when he invited me to smoke a bowl with him to celebrate the end of his supervisory period. It’s clear that he never quit but simply improved his behavior enough to get past his P.O., and to get me off his back.

Antway, I was extremely uncomfortable with the idea, but I was so stunned that he wanted to hang out with me that I thought it might be worth the chance to get to know my brother a little bit. Another long story short, I was extremely nervous akward the entire time, and it might have been the most bizarre night of my life, but I learned more about him in the space of six hours or so than I have learned about him in probably the last ten years. He remarked that my smoking abilities were poor and that I was a lame person to smoke with (heh, I guess things could be worse). Afterward we spent the whole night in the garage building speaker boxes for his car- you can get a lot done when you’re high on meth, I’ll give u that.

But anyway, I now realize that I was extremely irresponsible and hypocritical to partake with him in the behavior that that was the root cause of all of his problems, especially after I did all that stuff to him. I feel like an enormous dipshit and will never do it again!

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[quote]Kliplemet wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4205916461771576003&q=meth

hilarious![/quote]

I didn’t really find it funny, but I was curious…what causes the sores on their faces? Is it something in the drug itself or is it caused by the subsequent behavior/lifestyle. Just thought it was interesting that every one of those people had open wounds on their face whether the picture was taken 4 months or 3 years later.

To the OP, I have no experience with Meth but I do know about addiction. I’m sorry to hear about your brother’s problem, and I’m sure you already know this, but you doing this with him is going to make it that much more difficult in trying to get him cleaned up in the future, regardless of what it will do to you. Good luck.

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[quote]Beatnik wrote:
These people who flip out (and i think they should be shot) have been up for days and days, and were sleep deprived to begin with. It makes them twitchy, paranoid, irratable and violent. This is partially the drugs fault. But primarily the users for using it in such a fashion.
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I had a friend flip-out after 3 days up, but he was pre-disposed towards such a response.

Post,

Make yourself eat something and keep drinking water. Gatorade and some vitamin B and C supplements wouldn’t hurt either.

If you can’t get your hands on any downer meds, then alcohol wil help put you to sleep — at least for a few hours. As a recovering alcoholic, that’s a tough bit of advice for me to give anyone. But when I used to meet up with Mr. Bubble, Donald Duck, or Puppy Feet on the weekends, alcohol was what allowed me to get some sleep (eventually).

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[quote]simon-hecubus wrote:
If you can’t get your hands on any downer meds, then alcohol wil help put you to sleep — at least for a few hours. As a recovering alcoholic, that’s a tough bit of advice for me to give anyone. But when I used to meet up with Mr. Bubble, Donald Duck, or Puppy Feet on the weekends, alcohol was what allowed me to get some sleep (eventually).[/quote]

Too bad they don’t make Quaaludes anymore. They were good for this back in the day.

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[quote]jonnycashman wrote:
Kliplemet wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4205916461771576003&q=meth

hilarious!

I didn’t really find it funny, but I was curious…what causes the sores on their faces? Is it something in the drug itself or is it caused by the subsequent behavior/lifestyle. Just thought it was interesting that every one of those people had open wounds on their face whether the picture was taken 4 months or 3 years later.[/quote]

Meth Mites.

No it’s not actual critters. The nervous system is so overstimulated that people have a sensation similar to having mites on thier skin. They pick and scratch at them.

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[quote]Beatnik wrote:
Dont panic. First time, your ok. Just leave atleast a few weeks before you do it again.[/quote]

Nice post, satan.

p.s. How fucking stupid are you?

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[quote]postcrime wrote:
The very honest but stupid shit about your brother[/quote]

I kind of felt sorry for you up until you wrote you last post.

I’m sorry to say this, but I cannot imagine how stupid someone would have to be have a brother who had a meth addiction that fucked up your family and you think that a great way to celebrate the end of his probation would be to smoke meth with him.

How in the hell does that help you, your brother or your family?

I understand that you want to reconcile things with your brother, but going with him down the path that caused the problems in the first place is not the answer.

Edit - Let me also say, that I have no idea what I would have done in your situation, and it is entirely possible that I would have done the same thing. It is very easy for me to sit here in my safe and comfortable little world and write what I did based on the fact that I have never been, nor will I be in that situation. I apologise for the judgemental attitude and I just hope you understand the underlying message that I was trying to convey.

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[quote]4est wrote:
jonnycashman wrote:
Kliplemet wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4205916461771576003&q=meth

hilarious!

I didn’t really find it funny, but I was curious…what causes the sores on their faces? Is it something in the drug itself or is it caused by the subsequent behavior/lifestyle. Just thought it was interesting that every one of those people had open wounds on their face whether the picture was taken 4 months or 3 years later.

Meth Mites.

No it’s not actual critters. The nervous system is so overstimulated that people have a sensation similar to having mites on thier skin. They pick and scratch at them.
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The toxins from the meth form under the skin, causing bumps that itch like hell.

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[quote]jonnycashman wrote:
Kliplemet wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4205916461771576003&q=meth

hilarious!

I didn’t really find it funny[/quote]

I found it far from funny.

On another note, I was never aware we had so many readers around here who are experienced drug users (present or past)…I’m certainly not making fun of the fact, I guess I just find it a bit ironic on a site like this…hmmm…

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[quote]jonnycashman wrote:
you doing this with him is going to make it that much more difficult in trying to get him cleaned up in the future, regardless of what it will do to you[/quote]

True. He’ll always have that “ace up his sleeve” of “Well, you did it with me that one time” from now on anytime you try to come at him for anything. I hope everything works out for both of you…

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[quote]CC wrote:
jonnycashman wrote:
Kliplemet wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4205916461771576003&q=meth

hilarious!

I didn’t really find it funny

I found it far from funny.

On another note, I was never aware we had so many readers around here who are experienced drug users (present or past)…I’m certainly not making fun of the fact, I guess I just find it a bit ironic on a site like this…hmmm…

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Not that surprising. Fits the persnality types prety well actualy.

Work hard, play hard, everything to the Nth degree, even drugs.

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I am calling at least partial bullshit on this one.

I spent my “formative years” in central TX where bathtub crank was everywhere.
(Ether-base, yum :slight_smile: ) I can tell you from personal experience that if you did enough to stay up for multiple days, all at once, not only would you “get that euphoria everyone talks about” but you would get a rush that would blow your balls off.

I banged crank on and off for about 5 years, and even took enough one friday night that I turned pink, and they were shooting me with ice water. A truly huge spoon of shit, indeed. But I still went to sleep on Monday night.

Maybe it is a lot different when you smoke it? Seems like it would be weaker, though, and definately not longer lasting. Again, we would usually crank up on Friday night, and be asleep maybe by 3 or 4 am Sunday. This is after doing a quarter. Or at least, a quarter in 1975. Probably costs two hundred now.

Also, the guy that posted that Speed is not the devil is wrong. I can’t think of anything that will get on top of you and change your behavior more quickly.

Meth is the only physical sensation I have ever experienced that I would take over sex. It’s not even a contest. To get an idea of what it feels like, think about the first stage of an orgasm, just before you “deliver the load”. Your entire body is singing, right? Now multiply that by 10, and make it come in waves a few seconds apart. For half an hour. That is what the rush from banging a decent spoon of meth does. And after that, you speed your brains out for about 24 - 30 hours. THIS is why people will destroy their lives for this drug.

Very dangerous shit indeed. The other problem, even back in the 70s (I shudder to think what it is like now)is that where there is meth, there are guns. Lots of them, and they belong to people who have been awake way too long, and maybe aren’t the nicest folks anyway.

As happens so often, I am grateful that I was young, dumb and full of cum when it was much safer. So there it is kids, just say no to drugs, at least partially because you were born after everything got violent and shitty. Oh yeah, and disease-ridden. And don’t even get me started on that rap music.

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[quote]On another note, I was never aware we had so many readers around here who are experienced drug users (present or past)…I’m certainly not making fun of the fact, I guess I just find it a bit ironic on a site like this…hmmm…

Not that surprising. Fits the persnality types prety well actualy.

Work hard, play hard, everything to the Nth degree, even drugs.

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I agree. Some people are drawn to extremes.