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Prescription Speed and sleeping pill Addiction
Man Swim really feels low right now, Swim feels tricked and Swim feels like he wasted so much time getting high alone that he may have lost many of his friends just because of no time spent with them (as well as other things).
It all started when Swim switched schools and could no longer find weed, this really got Swim down and Swim was so bored most of his day that it was unbearable. The School Swim switched to is a small private high school (no uniforms or anything gay like that) it was a great school, much easier then his last one and Swim got along with the other kids well enough.
Unfortunately most of the kids didn't live in Swims area so hanging out wasn't really an option especially for somebody as lazy as Swim. Eventually Swim got so bored he started asked around his school for drugs, any drug, at this point Swim was willing to do some heroin if it meant less monotony. Swim did eventually find a kid that Swim soon became friends with, although they still never really hung out outside of school because of how busy they both where and because of how far away they lived from each other.
Now this kid said he had been prescribed Speed; when Swim asked how and what the brand name was he told Swim it was for his mild ADD and that it was called Adderall. Adderall is an equal mix of Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Amphetamine Aspartate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate and Amphetamine Sulfate.
He told Swim his doctor was a quack and that he really only needed around 5mgs to study or pay attention, but was able to trick his doctor into giving him a large dose (20mgs) so he could get high and sell his medication. At first Swim was skeptical that somebody could get high off ADD medication, but Swim looked it up and decided to buy some. The kid charged Swim about 6 bucks for two 20 mg pills for his first buy. Swim dropped both pills and he got very high, higher than he expected in fact. Swim was happy because it used to cost him 20 or 50 dollars to get some good weed and that only got him high for like three hours while this got him high for nearly the whole day! The kid soon started to ramp up the price a bit once Swim started coming back for more (5$ for 20 mgs).
At this point Swim had started doing it almost everyday but, soon stopped doing it as often because of the lack of any body high after dopamine and other chemicals in Swims brain got depleted. Swim also started snorting the drug more often. To get to sleep Swim started taking over the counter sleeping pills and soon became dependent on them to get to sleep at night. Swim's friend at this point had been changed from his normal instant release tablet to an extended release of the same dose. To counter this He sold the Adderall to Swim as a White/pinkish powder in wraps like cocaine (if Swim wanted to take it orally Swim bombed it). Swim was doing the stuff at least every weekend and often during the week, taking long enough of a break to get back the euphoria. Whenever Swim's friend ran out of his Adderall early and had to wait for the next refill Swim went to a somewhat distant friend from his old school. None of Swim's other friends from Swim's old school really knew him and he was kind of annoying, and the only reason Swim started hanging out with him again is because he had a prescription to Adderall too.
He had a prescription to 30mgs of Adderall xr and some older prescriptions of lower doses that he moved up from but never used up. He too agreed to sell Swim his Adderall as powder that he had ground up. Unfortunately though he also sold to a few of his other closer friends so, he often cut his powder so he could get away with selling to all his friends and not run out too fast (most of them just used it on tests). Swim couldn't really call him on it, after all beggars can't really be choosers (he didn't need to sell his Adderall).
Swim continued to buy from both people for most of the year. Swim never really felt like he was addicted, until Swim tried to stop so he could go on a ski trip. Swim felt very anxious and had strong cravings for the whole day, he finally gave in and got high, now Swim knows he's addicted to speed.
Thanks for reading Swim's long story (Swim's high right now), Swim's planning to quit over the ski trip. Swim is gonna work his way off the drug with lower and lower doses till his cravings get manageable. Swim was wondering if anyone had any advice for somebody addicted to Amphetamines and sleeping pills that’s trying to quit?
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