![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 9 of 9. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by andersck on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:07
This post is for anyone who is freaking out because they took too much amphetamine (adderall or whatever) and feels like complete sh*t. I just got through this myself – I took way too much Adderall 5 days ago and I finally can say that I feel completely fine after 5 days of complete hell. I was seriously depressed and freakin out and wanting to die(and considering suicide) for the first 3-4 days if withdrawal. I drove myself to the emergency room after 3 days because I was not feeling better at all but was instead feeling worse depression than ever(I was too afraid to go in though). I was afraid that I had f*ck*d up my brain chemistry so bad that I would never feel better – and subsequently thought that if I was always going to feel this way, I might as well kill myself. Good thing I didn’t because I feel fine now. It was not until I found the following information on credible website 3 days into my withdrawal that my panic was calmed a bit.
“Following amphetamine intoxication, a "crash" occurs with symptoms of anxiety, shakiness, depressed mood, lethargy, fatigue, nightmares, headache, perspiring, muscle cramps, stomach cramps, and increased appetite. Withdrawal symptoms usually peak in two to four days and are gone within one week. The most serious withdrawal symptom is depression, possibly very severe and leading to suicidal thoughts.”
The website is: http://www.enotes.com/mental-disorders-encyclopedia/amphetamines-related-disorders
Just posting this to tell anyone who is experiencing bad withdrawal that there really is hope and you will feel better – don’t listen to your Dopamine starved mind tell you that your life is over. Just hang on – my depression peaked at 3 days, that was the scariest part, but after 5 I feel fine. I will certainly never do that, or any other uppers, again.
Posted by Mishal on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:08
In reply to Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, Adder, posted by andersck on December 9, 2007, at 23:05:40
Glad to know you are okay now. How long you have been on Adderall?
Posted by your#1fan on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:08
In reply to Re: Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, Adder » andersck, posted by Mishal on December 9, 2007, at 23:30:28
I've been down this road, its very familiar. And is deadly. Nothing to you at all.... its the pattern of a person if you dont take it correctly man i tell you this medication will really do some damage!
Please, rethink how you take this medication. I dont want to go back in the past. Im a new person with a new mind.
Please take care of yourself.
a concerned fan
Posted by cumulative on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:08
In reply to Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, Adder, posted by andersck on December 9, 2007, at 23:05:40
Yeah, amphetamine withdrawals can be really rough. Hence the tendency for methamphetamine users to redose for as long as possible, stay up for many days.
Posted by clipper40 on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:09
In reply to Re: Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, A, posted by cumulative on December 10, 2007, at 6:04:29
Why don't people withdraw gradually from amphetamines? Everyone I've ever heard of has stopped them cold turkey. I would think that if you slowly cut down your dosage, that it wouldn't be such a horrible experience.
Posted by Mishal on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:09
In reply to Re: Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, A, posted by clipper40 on December 10, 2007, at 9:20:29
> Why don't people withdraw gradually from amphetamines? Everyone I've ever heard of has stopped them cold turkey. I would think that if you slowly cut down your dosage, that it wouldn't be such a horrible experience.
Tapering should not necessarily work in the case of strong stimulants. Weaning off slowly, going cold-turkey either way the crash is inevitable. This might be the reason people stop stimulants cold-turkey.
Posted by clipper40 on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:09
In reply to Re: Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, A » clipper40, posted by Mishal on December 10, 2007, at 22:03:06
You're probably right. Still, I'd like to find someone who has tried this to see if it cushioned the blow at all.
Posted by andersck on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:09
In reply to Re: Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, A » clipper40, posted by Mishal on December 10, 2007, at 22:03:06
For me, I definitely took to much and was conscious of the fact that I was taking too much (although I didn't know just how negative the results would be).
Once I started to feel out of control with the drug, I decided to flush it all down the toilet so that I wouldn't be able to have any. I think that for anyone dealing with substance abuse problems, the idea of "tapering" may be incredibly difficult and might just lead to further abuse. Plus, I just wanted to get through the withdrawal as fast as possible, and cold turkey's the only way I knew how.
Thanks for everyone's support.
Posted by elanor roosevelt on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:09
In reply to Re: Amphetamine withdrawal, Adderall withdrawal, A, posted by andersck on December 11, 2007, at 22:00:47
congratulations on flushing the meds once you realized it was a substance abuse issue
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Withdrawal | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.