Withdrawals?

[dallastx81]

Anyone have suggestions for getting over withdrawals? Swim gets a weird feeling in his head and just feels kind of weird and light headed. Swim does not want to be a daily user anymore and wants to stick to just using on the weekends but the withdrawals are impossible to get over.

[Dogears]

Methamphtamine to my knowledge is not physically addcitive and does not cause withdrawls. I have never known anyone who has stoped useng any type of amphetamine and experienced withdrawl symtoms. The closest thing to withdrawls a person might experience is extreme fatigue and sleepyness caused by being up for a long time. Deal with this by eating some food and getting some sleep.

Many people find amphetamines to be psychologically habbit forming, but this is fundamentally different from physical addiction. Habbituation is more property of a person and there psychology than a property of a drug

[dallastx81]

Swim eats healthy balanced meals and gets a full night sleep everynight but can not function without meth because swim has bad withdrawals (dizy, blackouts, heavey head, anxiety, etc). It is partly psychological but is mostly physical withdrawal symptoms. Please read the info below.

I got this info from overcomeaddiction.com

"Continued methamphetamine abuse alters the balance of chemicals in your brain, affecting your mood, energy level, and behavior. Quitting becomes harder as the brain's chemistry adapts to the presence of meth, generating withdrawal symptoms when methamphetamine use is stopped or decreased. The emergence of withdrawal symptoms often generates strong meth cravings. Even thinking about meth can trigger an intense urge to use. You develop a higher tolerance, in part because of the brain's adaptation, but also because your liver metabolizes the methamphetamines more quickly."

"These changes produce the 4 main symptoms of methamphetamine dependence:

* Loss of control: the inability to control your methamphetamine use.
* Craving: a strong need to use methamphetamine.
* Tolerance: greater amounts needed for the same effect.
* Physical dependence: withdrawal symptoms such as tremors, irritability, anxiety, or intense cravings when you stop using methamphetamine regularly."

Dogears you thinking that meth is not physically addictive is naive. If the people you know continue to progress in their addiction and become daily users they will develop withdrawal symptoms. It's a viscous circle. It stops being fun. To feel normal you have to get high. It’s depressing but true. At some point the party ends and life spins out of control.

I'm not trying to prove you wrong. I am trying to educate.

[Dogears]

If meth does have a physical addction then you have two main alternatives. Either go cold turkey and deal with the horrible withdrawls till you recover. I have no idea how long this will take. Or slowly wean yourself off. Another alternative would be to try a method that is between a slow weaning and cold turkey. This would involve not using meth as much as possible ( the cold turkey element) but then using small doses of meth to minimize withdrawl symtoms as they get bad ( the weaning element).

Also once you do get off meth I would recomend that you take a vacation from it for about a year. This will allow you to get fully used to not having to have it and give you time to reflect and think about how to be more carefull in it's use in the future.

The toxicity of amphetamines are also high enough that even weekly use of them may not be a good idea in the long run. It would probably be better to get high on them no more than once every two weeks.