Stimulants Meth... getting "stuck" on dumb stuff that isn't fun or productive

[gehenna666queen]

Recently using again (a month maybe, ~2 grams a week, sleep everynight [almost]), I have found that the last few times I've used, I've gotten "stuck" on two things: carpet farming and picking at my scalp/messing with my hair. I have a picking disorder, even when sober so I'm really trying to break that destructive habit, I've already picked the bumps on my scalp to death. I usually crochet, make jewelry, clean or do other artsy things. Why am I getting stuck. How do I stop or prevent it. The whole reason I'm using is to have motivation and time to enjoy my hobbies and maintain my responsibilities, and I can't do that if I'm getting stuck on stupid

 

[Jabberwocky]

It’s called ‘stereotypy’ or (I think) ‘punding’ and it’s part and parcel of the meth experience. Much more so than with any other stim. Almost everyone gets affected by it a bit. The only solution I know is to set regular alarms and times on your phone to remind you to do something else and stop whatever you are fixated on.

The picking at your body is a really bad one and a specific problem for quite a few people. You have to remind yourself (set alam) to check every 5 minutes whether you’ve started up at it again until it becomes second nature to monitor yourself doing it.

 

[gehenna666queen]

It’s called ‘stereotypy’ or (I think) ‘punding’ and it’s part and parcel of the meth experience. Much more so than with any other stim. Almost everyone gets affected by it a bit. The only solution I know is to set regular alarms and times on your phone to remind you to do something else and stop whatever you are fixated on.

The picking at your body is a really bad one and a specific problem for quite a few people. You have to remind yourself (set alam) to check every 5 minutes whether you’ve started up at it again until it becomes second nature to monitor yourself doing it.

I absolutely will do that. I know its a common problem, but no one has any advice to stop it. Thank you!!

 

[tweakerguy]

I absolutely will do that. I know its a common problem, but no one has any advice to stop it. Thank you!!

Marijuana stops it real quick, but might affect the remainder of your high. I have a similar tick when using, wherein I'm constantly rubbing my tongue over 2 broken wisdom teeth.
It gets so bad sometimes that my tongue is left with painful cuts, which take forever to heal thanks to all the lines I snort (the drips).

Anyway, yeah weed or benzos are the only thing besides gum (in my case) that'll put the breaks on that nonsense.

 

[Ds]

I can relate to getting 'stuck'. Back when I was a frequent smoker I would lay in the bed extremely high, while one of those 'standing butane torches' would be lit sitting in the bed with me. I'm lucky I didn't accidently start a fire. I mean I would totally forget the thing would be like sitting in my lap, or somewhere close by in a place where it could fall to its side. I would be so focused on something like wrapping tape around a hand-held mirror, or other various tweeker activities.
Wasn't a picker to say, but would bite the living shit out of my finger & toe nails when high. I wouldn't stop just at the nail, I'd bite them down to just nubs. I'd be bleeding from every other nail and even knowing I am in pain or I am about to be in a lot of pain I was just to high to even care. Just the thrill I had got from doing that, and not knowing why (I don't normally bite my nails). Even when there was nothing left, id find something to chew, piece of skin, and would do it for hours. Fucking sucked.
I'd sober up and be in so much pain. Having to put Neosporin on each of my finger and toe nails.
I guess meth has its own way of bringing out some really nasty behaviors that at the time seems impossible to simply not do, but I'm sure there has to be something you can do to help with the picking.

 

[Jabberwocky]

I can relate to getting 'stuck'. Back when I was a frequent smoker I would lay in the bed extremely high, while one of those 'standing butane torches' would be lit sitting in the bed with me. I'm lucky I didn't accidently start a fire. I mean I would totally forget the thing would be like sitting in my lap, or somewhere close by in a place where it could fall to its side. I would be so focused on something like wrapping tape around a hand-held mirror, or other various tweeker activities.
Wasn't a picker to say, but would bite the living shit out of my finger & toe nails when high. I wouldn't stop just at the nail, I'd bite them down to just nubs. I'd be bleeding from every other nail and even knowing I am in pain or I am about to be in a lot of pain I was just to high to even care. Just the thrill I had got from doing that, and not knowing why (I don't normally bite my nails). Even when there was nothing left, id find something to chew, piece of skin, and would do it for hours. Fucking sucked.
I'd sober up and be in so much pain. Having to put Neosporin on each of my finger and toe nails.
I guess meth has its own way of bringing out some really nasty behaviors that at the time seems impossible to simply not do, but I'm sure there has to be something you can do to help with the picking.

You could put your toes in your mouth in order to chew off your toe nails. You could have been a champion gymnast or a yoga master!

 

[Ds]

You could put your toes in your mouth in order to chew off your toe nails. You could have been a champion gymnast or a yoga master!

Imagine being in a group of other smokers and you cant seem to hold the urge to bite your toenails, so like the torch you ignore everyone and start going to town, and when they do(they always do) say something about it I act like they are missing out.
'you sure you don't want in on this nail? more for me I guess' *goes back to trying to bite the right side of my right pinky toe-nail*

 

[polarthedog]

I once spent around an hour grinding up one bowl of weed because of this, but it was from adderal. It was powder by the end, and just got sucked down into the bong, oh well I though, time to grind up another lol

 

[Jabberwocky]

The worst for me is honestly hitting the refresh button on BL New Posts in the early hours of the morning. Desperately hoping something stimulating will materialise. If I don’t take care that can fill 1 AM to 6 AM pretty easily.

 

[Ds]

The worst for me is honestly hitting the refresh button on BL New Posts in the early hours of the morning. Desperately hoping something stimulating will materialise. If I don’t take care that can fill 1 AM to 6 AM pretty easily.

Those bot/spammers don't stand a chance!

 

[SteeleyJ]

One of the first times I shot meth I spent like 30 hours solving cryptogram puzzles on my phone. I didn't eat or drink anything and when I came out of my intense old puzzle solving my neck hurt from looking down.... I was dehydrated... and like wtf happened to the day?

 

[Jabberwocky]

One of the first times I shot meth I spent like 30 hours solving cryptogram puzzles on my phone. I didn't eat or drink anything and when I came out of my intense old puzzle solving my neck hurt from looking down.... I was dehydrated... and like wtf happened to the day?

That’s a pretty productive 30 hours considerng what many others end up doing after banging meth.

 

[Snafu in the Void]

r I would lay in the bed extremely high, while one of those 'standing butane torches' would be lit sitting in the bed with me. I'm lucky I didn't accidently start a fire.

I know someone who did this exact thing and ended up nearly burning down an entire student housing complex at a very notable university which I will not name. They are truly lucky to be alive. nearly died from smoke inhalation because they were asleep and very high and didn't wake up right away.

They were then known as the person who got high and nearly killed everyone in the building. Wasn't a pleasant thing.

 

[Murphdawg]

Find a hobby to keep your hands busy. I keep my guitar on me or near me always so when I get anxious or nervous or fidgety there is something to keep my hands busy other than picking at stuff.

I've wasted hours in front of the bathroom mirror before trying to scissor cut my own hair so I have to keep my hands on house arrest

 

[Frazzled1990]

You don't need Crystal Meth to be productive. Crystal Meth will just give you full blown OCD. Unless you have horrendous tolerance, it won't make you more productive, just obsessive.
Try a milder stimulant like Adderall or Ritalin. But only after you've been off the crystal for at least another month.

 

[9th Euclidean Sphere]

Crystal doesn’t make you productive, you make yourself productive while on Crystal.
You can get stuck picking skin for hours, or farmin carpets, or window watching. Alternatively you could get stuck reading literature, studying, cleaning the house.

Crystal doesn’t make you productive, it sticks you to what you choose to do.
Only example I can give is my 30+ hours of studying, and 5 document on Philosophy I’ve gathered this week.
If you’re using to gather motivation, you’re going to fuck yourself in turn, use and motivate yourself with yourself.

 

[katykattt]

i get stuck on stupid shit like sudoku puzzles and words with friends. i will sit there for like 20 minutes trying to find the perfect word for the board.. lol. also solitare. and then i'm also in a discord chat room full of a bunch of other people that are staying up on stimulants and that's always fun too, especially because theres other people to talk to. oh yeah, and reddit specifically drug related subreddits. ill scroll for hours

OHHHHHH ALMOST FORGOT.... yesterday i was hyperfocusing on this fucking torch that i fucked up on putting more butane into it. couldn't get it fixed for the longest fucking time. spent probably upwards of 3-4 hours refilling and bleeding the thing, clicking and clicking and clicking. everytime i tried to take a break from it, i couldn't resist trying just "one more thing that might work". lol had to finally have my bf go get me a new one bc it was starting to freak him out hahah

 

[ovo1024]

At least you aren't spending 36 hours straight watching porn when you get stuck lol

 

[Keif' Richards]

At least you aren't spending 36 hours straight watching porn when you get stuck lol

Disgusting.

But yea, been there done that my friend. Amphetamines and sex are a weird thing man. I wish that it wasn't a component of being high on stimulants, but it really is. The first few times I used speed, I was pretty much by myself or with my road dog in high school, so, sex never came up initially. I remember the first time, I was on a few adderall while working at the pizzeria and I saw one of the waitresses and instantly, the unbreakable connection between sex and speed was forged.

I went on for a long time being able to focus on paper-writing, school and stuff. Right before I was done with college though, the slow path toward being unable to separate them whatsoever happened. Now, no matter how hard I try, if I use speed, I will not be able to think about anything but sex. They have become pretty useless to me.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing like having raunchy, crazy sex with another drug addict for 12 hours straight, but it's not like this is usually followed by periods of normal relationship in which you build trust and true love and respect. Generally, you're gonna get over the hangover and go back to banging. Once the money runs dry, you will wake up from a Xanax-induced, forced sleep to find a stripped apartment, devoid of any electronics, tapestries... even your fitted sheet is somehow missing and your cherished Diwali Elephant.

Yup.

 

[TheFrogEffect]

I have picked a few times but I always get myself to stop before it looks like anything more than the way I normally pick at my zits. Luckily I've never gone too far to where it was clear that I was picking due to drugs. It just takes a lot of willpower to stop. I'll basically be screaming at myself in my head to stop until I finally do.

I never understood the carpet surfing thing. But then, I load my pipes in a bathroom with tile flooring over a catch tray that collects any shards or powder that I might spill. I guess it makes sense I'd never carpet surf because I don't handle my drugs near carpet. I don't go tile surfing in my bathroom because I trust my tray not to fail me.

Last time I got spun (yesterday, I'm coming down now) I was so stoked to read a book and then I got stuck on Facebook, compulsively replying to every damn thing I saw. Hours and hours of this. Needless to say, I am disappointed to have wasted most of my high on Facebook when I could have probably started and finished that book.