Finding Your Limits With Meth (avoiding overdose)

[The High Guy]

So my opinion with most drugs is to use them to their maximum potential, to get the most out of the drug youre taking, and methamphetamine is one of those drugs that tends to call for that behavior. Ive been using meth in spurts lately (glass pipe) without being too frequent of a user, and what I would like to discuss here is how to know your limits while using. How to get as high as you can get and want to get without running too much of a risk of overdose.
Im a huge pot smoker, and the rules with actual drugs are different. With Cannabis you can smoke and smoke and smoke until you get so high you pass out or forget to keep smoking. lol. But with meth theres a limit.
Ive nearly OD'd several times on various drugs and I have to say Im done with it. Its a great way to kill a good high, freak out your girlfriend, and and leave you wondering if you know what you are even doing.
I understand everyones tollerances are different and everyone reacts different to different drugs, but Id still like to get some rules-of-thumb if theres anyone out there in this same situation as me I'd hope they find help in this thread.

Lets start with the basic questions.
Im not sure how easily it is to overdose on crystal. What are some signs that Ive reached my peak and shouldnt smoke/snort/eat/plug any more Methamphetamine?

Are there any invironmental factors that would help conrtibute to an overdose while youre really high and can easily be avoided? (too much heat, too much cold, too much activity, ect)

If someone feels they are nearing the danger zone, what are some helpful tips that would help the user come down a tiny bit and maintain a safer and functional high?

Notes: Please be specific is the reply is referring to the drug taken in a particular way. (snorting, smoking ect.)

Thanks much for your help in advance.

 

[lujoyalin]

well whenever i can get a hold of a bag.its on for young and old like myke tyson in the ring.

I usually start by nibbles or dipping finger then its on and i smoke till i am completely fucked (bags empty) and end up with dilated eyes way on into the second day.
Because meth lasts for ages ( i Love meth)

i know when i have had to much when i start twitching and start getting really fucking paranoid.Plus just zoning out to one thing only sex or porn or talking,no drinking water or having a break of fresh air i think thats when you need to snap out of it and do what your body says to you.Your body can handle allot of meth when your young (under 30)
Try to do normal things like having a shower or going for a walk.but staying in that moment is hard to break.
Also maybe throwing up is a good sign that your on the limit of meth.
I may sound sarcastic but i love meth .
Happy days brother
I am gay by the way XXX hugs all round including adolf hitler for promoting such drug.

 

[Rogue Robot]

Homeless -> BDD

 

[deadhead507461]

I made the bad decision to get a Gram bag my second time smoking.

BAD IDEA, it was gone in one night.. Now I only get .3 .4 to be safe, good two day binge.

 

[Sweet P]

Heart palpitations, chest pains, dizziness, hyperthermia, and high blood pressure are some of the signs of a meth overdose. I'm a meth addict and have very little self control with it. If I score a bag, no matter the quantity, I have to keep using until it's gone. I'd recommend scoring small quantities at a time, so you're not tempted to keep going like I do. Perhaps 0.1's 0.25's or even 0.5's to be safe.

 

[daddysgone]

well whenever i can get a hold of a bag.its on for young and old like myke tyson in the ring.

I usually start by nibbles or dipping finger then its on and i smoke till i am completely fucked (bags empty) and end up with dilated eyes way on into the second day.
Because meth lasts for ages ( i Love meth)

i know when i have had to much when i start twitching and start getting really fucking paranoid.Plus just zoning out to one thing only sex or porn or talking,no drinking water or having a break of fresh air i think thats when you need to snap out of it and do what your body says to you.Your body can handle allot of meth when your young (under 30)
Try to do normal things like having a shower or going for a walk.but staying in that moment is hard to break.
Also maybe throwing up is a good sign that your on the limit of meth.
I may sound sarcastic but i love meth .
Happy days brother
I am gay by the way XXX hugs all round including adolf hitler for promoting such drug.

A bit off topic I know, but in your view Hitler's genocide of half the jews on the planet is completely balanced by the fact that he used and may have promoted the use of meth? I hope you are joking..

 

[Sweet P]

^ I think he's got a Temporary Ban for a reason.

 

[BuckieGoldstein]

Heart palpitations, chest pains, dizziness, hyperthermia, and high blood pressure are some of the signs of a meth overdose. I'm a meth addict and have very little self control with it. If I score a bag, no matter the quantity, I have to keep using until it's gone. I'd recommend scoring small quantities at a time, so you're not tempted to keep going like I do. Perhaps 0.1's 0.25's or even 0.5's to be safe.

I find this to be very interesting. I started to use meth for work only ... so I could stay awake after taking a pain shot. I cannot stand when I hit enough meth to make me jittery ... it's just annoying as hell. And in the beginning, I use to not have an appatite nor could I sleep, but it doesn't seem to matter how much I use now, I can eat whatever and whenever I want and I do get hungry. Also, I can sleep whenever but sleep is optional which is nice. (I forgot to mention, I shoot my meth - I hate smoking it - cant stand the taste and I dont think you can snort this stuff ... not really designed for it or maybe its cut with something, but it's kinda "waxie" so it wouldn't snort well I dont think)

I have a friend who use to hit meth so hard, he would "lock up" ... he would literally freeze up and fall to the floor completely unable to talk for about 20 minutes. He swore that no matter how much meth he did (he was an IV meth user) he could NOT overdose. He had at one point mixed an entire CC of meth up as a thick syrup solution and shot the whole thing (couldn't do more unless he did two or w/e) ... he locked up, but he pulled out of it no problem. He was cooking back then, and has since quit using it all together, but when you ask about how much is too much, I've yet to see anyone die from an OD on meth. Can't say the same for Heroin, that's for sure.

OH - and I buy my meth usually quarter oz at a time so I don't have to keep driving over to the dealers place - PLUS, the cost per gram is much less when you buy in quantity. Apparently I have self control because I can hold onto a QO for a couple of weeks to an entire month with no problem. I would hate to be addicted to the point where I couldn't control it ... such a potentially nasty drug. It has it uses, but its no opiate, thats for sure.

Buck

 

[Sweet P]

I find this to be very interesting. I started to use meth for work only ... so I could stay awake after taking a pain shot. I cannot stand when I hit enough meth to make me jittery ... it's just annoying as hell. And in the beginning, I use to not have an appatite nor could I sleep, but it doesn't seem to matter how much I use now, I can eat whatever and whenever I want and I do get hungry. Also, I can sleep whenever but sleep is optional which is nice. (I forgot to mention, I shoot my meth - I hate smoking it - cant stand the taste and I dont think you can snort this stuff ... not really designed for it or maybe its cut with something, but it's kinda "waxie" so it wouldn't snort well I dont think)

Seems like you've become tolerant to whatever amount you're doing. I've been using heavily for about 3 years, and now I find that it takes at least half a gram (smoked or IV'd... I hate snorting) before I can't eat or sleep at all. And yeah, it sounds like the meth you're doing is cut. It should be a crystalline powder or crystal shards - not waxy.

 

[FAMILY boy]

Man... tolerance... Im currently RAGE cage and dissagree bout the ODing. I feel mighty close alot of times when I IV could just be me too, but I dont think we are amp proof especially good quality shit that drips down the mountain side?? SHeeww .1 and its rockin your body hardcore for sure. bad ass rush, coming from a junkie... so yeah. tweak on

 

[The High Guy]

Heart palpitations, chest pains, dizziness, hyperthermia, and high blood pressure are some of the signs of a meth overdose. I'm a meth addict and have very little self control with it. If I score a bag, no matter the quantity, I have to keep using until it's gone. I'd recommend scoring small quantities at a time, so you're not tempted to keep going like I do. Perhaps 0.1's 0.25's or even 0.5's to be safe.

O.k., the time before last when I was doing meth with my chick like I always do, we got a decent piece of crystal and started chipping at the sides and loading the pipe. By the time we eventually got to the very center and loaded it and started to smoke it, we both were in total awe, it hit SO hard, I told my girl I didnt want her smoking this piece, or at least be very very careful when doing so and downsize the hits. We both hit it once more carefully and it knocked us on our ass, Ive never had this happen before. We ended up with every single one of those symptoms you listed, and we had never had any symptoms like this show up before. We were both in the exact same bad place. Ive never gotten so spun that I just wanted to pass out and go to sleep, and we both did, and not even after using for very long. We were both really scared, at this point neither of us could drive, so if one of us suddenly needed to be rushed to the hospital or anything we were both fucked. We tried taking turns watching eachother as one of us tried to just nap and see if we could shake it off, and as soon as I would fall asleep I would stop breathing and would wake up thirsty for air,(this has only happened a handfull of times before with no drug use involved, most likely sleep apnia) this happened several times in a row, so we decided sleep would not be the best idea. We slowly just worked it through our system until the intensity passed and then we continued to smoke the batch like normal.
This was the main reason for starting this thread. We were both scared and had no idea what was happening or what was in store.
This was a particular event that Ive never ran into before, but would still like to learn as much as I can in case something similar to this happens again.

 

[Sweet P]

O.k., the time before last when I was doing meth with my chick like I always do, we got a decent piece of crystal and started chipping at the sides and loading the pipe. By the time we eventually got to the very center and loaded it and started to smoke it, we both were in total awe, it hit SO hard, I told my girl I didnt want her smoking this piece, or at least be very very careful when doing so and downsize the hits. We both hit it once more carefully and it knocked us on our ass, Ive never had this happen before. We ended up with every single one of those symptoms you listed, and we had never had any symptoms like this show up before. We were both in the exact same bad place. Ive never gotten so spun that I just wanted to pass out and go to sleep, and we both did, and not even after using for very long. We were both really scared, at this point neither of us could drive, so if one of us suddenly needed to be rushed to the hospital or anything we were both fucked. We tried taking turns watching eachother as one of us tried to just nap and see if we could shake it off, and as soon as I would fall asleep I would stop breathing and would wake up thirsty for air,(this has only happened a handfull of times before with no drug use involved, most likely sleep apnia) this happened several times in a row, so we decided sleep would not be the best idea. We slowly just worked it through our system until the intensity passed and then we continued to smoke the batch like normal.
This was the main reason for starting this thread. We were both scared and had no idea what was happening or what was in store.
This was a particular event that Ive never ran into before, but would still like to learn as much as I can in case something similar to this happens again.

Fuck, that sounds scary! I've never overdosed, even when I did a 4 gram a day binge over one week (totalling an ounce). Are you sure it was an OD though? I mean, I've never heard of anyone OD'ing off a single crystal, no matter how good it was. Maybe it was the effects of some nasty cutting agent?

 

[The High Guy]

Fuck, that sounds scary! I've never overdosed, even when I did a 4 gram a day binge over one week (totalling an ounce). Are you sure it was an OD though? I mean, I've never heard of anyone OD'ing off a single crystal, no matter how good it was. Maybe it was the effects of some nasty cutting agent?

Could be, I honestly have no idea. We were already pretty spun and this one crystal also wasnt all we had smoked, I think we had broken up two other smaller crystals before this one and smoked them. This one however was the largest, and say just a hair over an inch long overall and no less than 1/4" thick.
This was the only time Ive ever had any of this happen. And you could feel it hit you so much harder instantly. Almost stopped smoking this stuff after that time. But, ya know.

 

[The High Guy]

Could be, I honestly have no idea. We were already pretty spun and this one crystal also wasnt all we had smoked, I think we had broken up two other smaller crystals before this one and smoked them. This one however was the largest, and say just a hair over an inch long overall and no less than 1/4" thick.
This was the only time Ive ever had any of this happen. And you could feel it hit you so much harder instantly. Almost stopped smoking this stuff after that time. But, ya know.

Man, what I wouldn’t give to find something like that now. Haha.

 

[Zonxx]

In my exp ( meth hcl not crystal) the first signs are youll notice yourself taking deeper breaths, thats your heart pumping faster and your brain not getting the oxygen it needs, next'll be racy heart/tight chest accompanied by chest pain, third will be youll feel oddly warm/hot ( can remedy by getting big glass of ice water and chugging half, will send your body into partial shock lowering temp & heart rate) finish glass after abit ( chug that bitch) but other than that man, meths a mean strong motherfucker you gotta tippy toe with it since the half life is 4-6 hours somtimes more, basically same effects as crack except the dopamine surge isnt as epic but its there, meths nice so is crack, use in moderation
Try to take a tiiiiny hit to see how strong your batch is, then you can smoke a " SMALL " bowl see how it goes since the half life is s so long dont worry about missing out on a rush like you would with cocaine, itll just build up when you take the next hit ( if its in 4-6hrs) of your first,toke w caution, and keep my cold water method handy, i use it for ALL stimulants and no, sending your body into partial shock is not dangerous its just water itll recover very very fast but youll feel relaxed afterward besides its excreted in your urine so the more you drink the less harsh the comedown'll hit yah curious, anyone else use my ice water trick w stims?