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Stimulants Meth Dosage And Side Effects

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blight12

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Need some help please, considered trip reports but they dont answer my questions over there. I tried to ensure a non tweeked out post.

I need some clarifications regarding meth dose and symptoms. I know quality is impossible to know but i was wondering if somebody had a guide based on experience for help with managing/deciding dosage.
Also is there some kind of guide on the different levels of the experience, like those levels or categories for some other drugs like DXM, ketamine etc?

After many sessions i still struggle with dosage:

I generally take what are probably high doses nasally and orally, my issues:

1. When i first started recently, i forgot purchased product was meth and used like shitty coke, it was great, but bad comedown.
2. I figured, big OD dosages make it safer so why not get more fucked for more euphoria?
3. The crystal is similar in price to shitty coke, so same quality right? I learnt NO the hard way. Still dont get how 1g of crystal can equal prob 7 g's of coke, be way more fun, and for a similar price.
4. To small a dosage for me feels like coming down off a proper dose, which makes me redose
5. The anxiety symptoms of a big dose feels similar to coming off another dose, resulting in bad redosing
6. I have tested different dosages and the effects seem very similar across a large dosage range, its hard to guage effects and its inconsistent.
7. I am trying to test dosages to determine if there are different experiences that can be used or are preferable for specific sitations. EG: Fuck out dose or get some work done dose. Suggestions?
8. Even when side effects say no, the experience is still fun, need to know if dangerous, cut down etc
9. IV/smoking users take more so i can too. Wrong,i realised its the ROA here, not a bigger dose. But maybe effects of ROA mimic bigger dose due to efficient ROA?

Anyways, im tried to show dosage via an effects/experience chart. Level 2 to 8 are all enjoyable. Please refer to questions at the end.

Level 1: Half Cig Line - distracted, slight anxiety, very little euphoria, eyes normal, dick normal, craving more, effects mimic mcat, first dose always has little effect, as with other stims

Level 2: decent euphoria, no anxiety, focused, eyes noticably dialated, dick hiding, not craving more, no physical side effects, horny, nice tingles

Level 3: As above, noticably slightly blocked ears, "pop them often", physical fatigue (energy on meth my ass), peeing annoyance, want to talk, and can

Level 4: As above, more euphoria, mental shift to fun mode, cant do anything constructive, gas but cant shit (it never arrives), want to talk but dont need to also not advisable but should be safe

Level 5: As above, Intense focus forgetting surroundings, over confidence, complete disregard of wierd physical side effects, big euphora, breathlessness, no pain, remaining in single physical position for long time, constant swallowing, sniffing

Level 6: more euphoria, meth thoughts/revelations/obsessions/overanalysis/still fun, eyes black, entertaining audio wierdness, body feels strange, strange chest feeling (not good or bad) fast breathing, talking results in loosing track mid sentence and irrevelent tangents, weird conclusions and untrustworthy understanding of whats going on with people in the house

Level 7: As above, more euphoria, visual wierdness, noticing dust, minor visuals, shit is bright, surfing the net and images of people winking at you (awesome), the feeling that the girl in the pron is looking right at you, knows your there, and is performing just for you (awesome). Body aches, stiffness, cold body, hot head, completely unsure if it is hot or cold around you, sweating, heaving breathing, hands a feet tingling/cold, feeling numb, couging

Level 8: As above, more euphoria, sharp pain in hands sometimes when touching stuff, same with feet. Legs feel missing until moved, numb, could forget they are there, disconnect from body, difficulty interpreting body signals, EG: Couldnt feel heartbeat at all normally or with hands, some confusion like reduced awareness, reduced perephral vision, feels like you need to remember your surroundings or you could forget it forever, not fun focus resulting in staring at something for ages, obsession with relevant thoughts/discoveries, re thinking, thought looping (still fun, not out of control), finger spazzed out for a bit, like an alien trying to detach itself from my hand, only now does my jaw fuck out

Level 9: 1g finished, 48 hours later (2 days 2 nights): Day 2: This dose is probably 1/3 g dosage

This is where a big dose kicks in: Same as Level 8 but instantly a feeling of intense manic clarity hits, i feel like I sober up instantly but know im still fucked. It felt like i have suddenly awoken to my surrondings and situation, but i can still feel the drug lurking in hiding, like it backed off suddenly to make way for a far more dangerous sinister but mysterious presence.
I then begin to notice the negative side effects i was ignoring before, which remain the same as the prev level and realise that until now i was disregarding them completely when i usually would not have. I realise the insane "whatever, i dont give a fuck" attitude meth has which now seems dangerous, i rem all other stims i drink to take the edge off, thought meth was great as i didnt need to do this, no side effects, i realise now they are there just disregarded.
To clarify, its not like i got anixiety at all, its more like just became aware of stuff all of a sudden and meth obsession and analysis took over. Like the drug decided to let me know "He dood, take it easy, check out these warnings".
I start to worry about some of the side effects. Firstly, my fucking hands have sharp pains in them, wtf, right vasco blah blah, hands are bright red though, no blue. Cant feel body or temp, not sure if im hot or cold.
Fortunately heart and breathing seem ok, or else id really stress.
I think, hell, my finger was freaking the fuck out earlier and i only thought it was interesting, possibly amusing, but irrelevant. Scary.
I then rem earlier after a long pron session getting up covered in sweat and basically hyperventilating. Didnt worry at the time. Doesnt sound to good for the body.
I then stress obsess about this for the rest of the day/dose and then as it begins to wear of as fast as it came I go back into the normal meth state where the symptoms remained but i now agaian didnt care and all was well. Wierd.

A major learning from the above experience. Do not eyeball oral dosages by pouring some shards out onto your hand in a darkened room while stressing about somebody coming in.
I realised that the QTY of crystal was in fact prob 4 or so half Cig lines.

This session now i have used much smaller dosages , prob used 1/8 of the G instead of almost half by this point with good results.
Obviously less still works so i have been wasting it seems, must be good quality. Bigger doses do still hold some rec value though.

My questions, please can somebody clarify:

1. AT what level above would it be generally considered to be taking to much? AT which level should i stop
2. Are those symptoms normal, any danger, which symptoms do i need to avoid.
3. Are those common day long pron sessions really safe, risks of heart issues? I would really hate to be found dead by my mother, dick in hand. You also dont notice getting tired, but even walking around is tyring.
4. Are there advantages of high doses or is the no fun cieling accurate to what i described? Am i missing something?
5. Optimal dosing advice? Nasally, smaller does more frequently seems best.
6. No anxiety or concerns seems to be risky, must take more note in future.
7. What was that finger thing and what does it mean?

Thanks friends.
 
Not sure how many people will respond to this post.
I had to take some benzos just to get my vision back to normal after trying to read it. (;) joking).
I can only respond to the actual title of your thread regarding meth.
I know you have tried it orally, so you might already know this (but then why the question?), so I will answer it anyway from my experience as well as 100% positive results from others I have suggested this ROA and dosage to.

If you know the amount of uncrushed crystal that you would normally crush and snort, and then have to re-dose a few hours later....take 1½ times the size of that uncrushed crystal and dissolve it in any non-carbonated liquid (or as you all know by now..I used water), and drink that.
Or another example....
The size of 2 grains of uncooked rice (not long grain rice, just normal size, lol) I'm sure you get the picture.
This is the only way I can think of to suggest a decent size dosage with words and not pictures.

IME and others who have taken this advice, have had a positive experience and who all were surprised at how little you need and how great they felt when using this ROA, dose and duration as well as the resulting effects.

Hope this is what you were asking.
Also your supply would last surprisingly longer.
Bottom line is you just wouldn't need to, or desire to re-dose for almost 6-10 hours in a social environment.
However taking it on your own in a private environment would make you use more or you will decide to use a different ROA just to keep it interesting.
Taking all these factors into account I think I have answered your thread title to the best of my ability.

And a long post deserves a long reply.
=D
 
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To clarify, its not like i got anixiety at all, its more like just became aware of stuff all of a sudden and meth obsession and analysis took over. Like the drug decided to let me know "He dood, take it easy, check out these warnings".
I've seen that happen so many times, it's like compulsive obsessive fascination. It's not healthy.

blight12 said:
I start to worry about some of the side effects. Firstly, my fucking hands have sharp pains in them, wtf, right vasco blah blah, hands are bright red though, no blue. Cant feel body or temp, not sure if im hot or cold.
Take your temperature, I often would be half-dressed around freezing temperature and not feel anything wrong until you start to shake. Hypothermia is the last fucking thing your body needs to deal with when you're days deep into a methamphetamine binge.
blight12 said:
My questions, please can somebody clarify:

1. AT what level above would it be generally considered to be taking to much? AT which level should i stop
2. Are those symptoms normal, any danger, which symptoms do i need to avoid.
3. Are those common day long pron sessions really safe, risks of heart issues? I would really hate to be found dead by my mother, dick in hand. You also dont notice getting tired, but even walking around is tyring.
4. Are there advantages of high doses or is the no fun cieling accurate to what i described? Am i missing something?
5. Optimal dosing advice? Nasally, smaller does more frequently seems best.
6. No anxiety or concerns seems to be risky, must take more note in future.
7. What was that finger thing and what does it mean?

Thanks friends.

1. When you're staying up for longer than 24 hours I'd say.
My question to you: When you get to the the point where you can no longer reasonably deny that you're aware you're taking too much, what makes you think you will be able to just "stop"?

2. You listed tons of different symptoms and phenomenon which all sound like normal tweaking. Does normal tweaking = safe? No. You're actions have consequences, you're not going to use methamphetamine without it changing you. That's what it does.

3. What do you mean are day long binges really safe? I am clueless as to where the hell you read that binging for days at a time was safe by any stretch of the imagination. And about your mom walking in to find you dead, I really hope that you aren't getting that fucked up in her house. I swear, that is a parents worst nightmare, walking in on their dead child. It's not fair to anyone involved. If you're going to do crystal, please show some respect for your family. As your behavior changes over time, it's easy to stop caring about shit like this, and you may think in the moment that what you're doing is totally fine and normal, but your judgement gets seriously flawed when you lose control.

4. Not really sure what you're asking here... are there advantages to high doses? Depends on your definition of "advantages". I'm going to go ahead and jump to the conclusion that there are no advantages at higher doses. Again, I'm not sure what you're asking really, or where you heard about advantages of consuming large quantities of methamphetamine, but I assure you, there are none. Quite the opposite. There's no ceiling effect, you will get higher and higher with repeated dosing until A) you run out of meth/money. B) You dry up your pleasure centers in your brain. C) you die, go to jail, or a mental asylum.

5. Optimal dosing advice? You are taking extremely high doses. Most people start taking doses around 25mg. I can't begin to stress how unnecessarily high your doses are, unless the quality is bunk, you are wasting your precious reward chemicals by flooding your brain with too much dopamine all at once. It appears you intend to keep using this drug until it becomes too problematic for you, so you should learn to exercise restraint/moderation. Consuming that much methamphetamine is frankly unacceptable, I mean, going through a gram in two days is insane. Do you go to school? Work?

6. To reduce the number of negative side effects in general, drastically reduce your intake. In addition, to enhance the experience, (not potentiate) it is critical that you invest in chelated magnesium (Pronounced key-lated), it has changed my methamphetamine experience completely for the better, I'm not sure exactly how it works, but we have an entire thread dedicated to prevention of amphetamine toxicity that you must read if you're going to use crystal.

7. No one here saw you do the finger-thing, nor do you provide any information about it:
I think, hell, my finger was freaking the fuck out earlier and i only thought it was interesting, possibly amusing, but irrelevant. Scary.

Things you didn't ask:

-Expect it to last ~12 hours / dose.
-Be extremely careful when mixing the drug, as most people do take downers of some kind for the comedown, it's vital to be safe and not mix things like alcohol/opioids/benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan, etc) When on methamphetamine, sedatives often feel weaker than normal, obviously. But this does not mean you are more tolerant to higher doses or CNS/Respiratory Depression, methamphetamine will not prevent you from overdosing on downers, or other drugs you consume while on methamphetamine.
-Don't inject it, it's detrimental to your health.
-Don't vaporize, it's fiendish and tends to lead to compulsive redosing.
-Sleep every day. Just do it. You will thank me later. It is the most important part of your tweaking experience.
-Hygiene: Shower, brush your teeth three times a day for at least 2 minutes, wash your skin with mild soap (do not use anything stronger), deodorant,
-Hydration: EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, do not allow your mouth to be dry for extended periods of time, it's the dry mouth that causes the majority of the issues with "meth mouth", cavities, and tooth decay.
-Force yourself to eat a healthy meal/nutrition. Think of your body like a car. You need gasoline to work, the food is your gasoline. Methamphetamine is like Nitrous, in that, it will make your car go soooo much faster, but if the cars out of gas, the nitrous will do you no good.
-I would highly recommend dosing only after you've consumed a decent meal, with your Chelated Magnesium capsule and Omega-3 fatty acids, multi-vitamins, and vitamin D.
-Do not drive or operate heavy machinery under the influence of methamphetamine.
-Always practice safe sex, using plenty of water based lubricant to prevent chaffing.
 
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Great responses thanks guys. To answer some questions.

1. Yeah i had a wierd understanding of dosage due to taking in to account the price of the product compared to other stims i know well.
This current session i have reduced dosage drastically with no neg in fun and no bad side effects. Its just wierd how much better value it is, based on new dosages it can prob provide at least 8 12 hour sessions for a similar price to other stims, this just doesnt make sense, but whatever. Also i never expected to get good quality, but after checking apparently its very pure, for what its worth. So yeah, i can take a small bullet dose now, just more often and it works, awesome. Man its good to have this clarified as effects didnt seem to match common effects and i was wondering if it was bad product or not even meth.

2. I avoided changing ROA, smoking seems unnecessary, tired once, failed, stopped caring, it does plenty as it is. IV seems terrifying, i am not part of the scene mostly, rather an innocent experimenter with a sheltered existence and 0 friends who would approve. Plus mdma broke me with ongoing issues years back so i try to be careful

3. I usually have no desire to redose during, even forget like i do my drink and smoke, constantly

4. By the end of day 2 (sunday), i feel redosing is not adding value, im tired and ok to stop, this is made easy by avoiding comedown and fiending with Seroquel

5. Yes i do feel cold but only on skin, not core, sorta like a fake cold feeling like when you have a fever. Unsure of if i need to keep cool or warm? Which is the greater concern? I worry that logically overeating is the issue? This was only really an issue on the high doses i will be avoiding, right now i feel ok

6. Only using on weekends, temp at moms house, business/finance issues (im 30) mostly due to bordom waiting for new work (i need work, love my work), great for passing time. I find it easy to hide use but know i need to stop use here at least, just used to being alone, not in a house full of people. Meth makes constant annoyances easier to deal with and im usally a nicer person and always respectful, dont cause issues, we have a good relationship, though i make sure not to get sucked into conversations or giving advice lol.

7. My experience is that it is great recreational, but not constructive or useful for me at least or good for work, so i wont risk work using in the week, also feel no craving to do so. I also know ill be worthless when dosed and im not social and dont care about anything. Also annoying obsession with porn and related activities, not sure what else to do frankly besides. Therefore so far no amazingness or reason im gonna increase use plus its really a waste of a weekend so lets hope currently weekly use has no withdrawals and I can reduce usage to sporadic like i had with other stims.

8. Well what you mentioned on high doses was what i previously thought, take more, get more fucked, in a good way, but that level 9 experience indicates a glass ceiling on the fun doses. Prob a good thing though.

9. That day long binge note, what i meant was if day long annoying frenzied masturbating session was risky beyond the standard concerns like dehydration. Being unfit i struggle with basic activity,suddenly wonder how im able to even process the above session without passing out or something. Other strenuous activity feels unpleasant, i feel tired, drained, breathless on meth usually, no physical energy.

10. The finger thing was a mentioned side effect. Basically i was sitting there and suddenly it was spasiming uncontrollably. Im not sure why or what this is caused by. Its only happened once on a big dose before the clarity event.

11. Lastly im familiar with a long term mild stim addiction in terms of getting cravings mostly in social alcahol situations and use possibly twice a month. Other then that i dont use as stims dont feel useful or comfortable in other situations. I can definitely feel meth is a bit more risky, thought the duration is offputing and makes it less usefull socially and has previously stopped continued use 3 other once off times I encountered it earlier this year.

12. An interesting note, the teeth thing and hygiene, its crazy but you simply do not even consider such things like brushing teeth, even when trying to rem. I think its part of the intense focus and forgetting things, no normal schedule and then of course the meth "I dont give a fuck" attitude

Thank again
 
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I mean, going through a gram in two days is insane.

Not everybody gets super high quality like you or I, man. I've come across shards that were so shitty, I could have easily killed a gram of in 1 day, let alone two.
 
Yeah i assumed this initially but based on effects and tests of smaller dosages it seems decent. Here the drug is all over the place common in very poor areas, as in shacks kind of poor so that must be why its so cheap and good, thinks work weirdly here
 
If the quality is that shitty, I'd reconsider using it to begin with, or seriously consider an anhydrous acetone wash.
 
Ok, this is now worrying. The meth binge i am currently on, which was using far less dosage then the one mentioned in this thread, has now resulted in the exact same disturbing vascoconstriction symptoms at the exact same point in the trip as the last time. This time it hit long after last dose indicating it is not directly dose dependant but more duration dependant, in terms of a certain amount if time since first dose. Along with the annoying hand and foot pan, constant uncomfortable body tingles, numbness, I have visual artifacts and most disturbing a mental fog of some kind, feels like i took some sort of depressant like alcahol that has affected my awareness and that im about to zone out completely at all times, some confusion, slowed thinking. Distraction helps,its mostly my awareness of the causes is concerning me though im sure if didnt realise it might be easy to ignore. Anyways, still, the idea of constricted blood flow and high BP, lack of blood to hands is worrying me.

This means its somehow related to binge duration and timing, im considering:

1. Food? Ate a bit yesterday and nothing today, trying to eat something now, but this has not caused problems previously
2. Vitamins deficiency at this point in ( beginning of day 2) due to not eating
3. 2 days no sleep?
4. Dehydration,a concern last time but this time i made sure to keep hydrated
5. WTF else can it be when its clearly not dose dependant?
6. I feel like i am about to go psycho. Could this all be a panic attack or anxiety? My hands do indicate vasco issues though, bright red with some darker purple spots.
7. Would vasco effect my cognitive functions like this though and hit instantly from zero to hectic in less then a minute?
8. Basically i feel sedated in an unpleasant way and symptoms of being tired and lack of sleep become more apparent.

Edit: WTF: A thread on another site with similar but more severe symptoms confirmed the cause was Serotonin Syndrome after a doctor was consulted. Hell, i was worrying about this earlier today since I am on paxil, though I havent dosed this since the day before the first meth dose. Also its my understanding that meth does not effect Serotonin enough to be dangerous for use with stims? Correct?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Vitamins deficiency at this point in ( beginning of day 2) due to not eating
3. 2 days no sleep?

Don't know if you have any benzos, if you do then take a normal therapeutic dose.
(I know you have seroquel, but a benzo would be better IME)
Eat something (anything).
Get some sleep.

All those "symptoms" you mentioned above looks like just "body overload", I mean your body is trying to tell you to eat and sleep.

Don't start worrying about unnecessary things, your mind is in no way able to process these thoughts after being active for more than 2 days without sleep.
 
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Yeah i ended up using booze to help with symptoms and it did to some extent. But what really confuses me is how dosing more meth reduces the vasco issues. It was still really worrying me when i decided that another good meth dose would at least distract me or kills the anxiety and obsessions on the current vasco symptoms but instead of just the expected ephouria based relief, this big dose actually stopped the vasco issues, i made sure to confirm this and keep a close eye on symptoms.

Now a full day later i can confirm that somehow redosing meth has cured the vasco issues. And no, it didnt indirectly provide relief via euphoria or reduced anxiety, i actually witnessed my bright red and blue numb and tingly hand and other extremities return to normal after the redose took effect. So more stims, the cause of the issue in the first place, somehow cured the issue?

I have noticed this type of contradictory effects often since i started and makes me marvel at this magical substance. Regularly now i notice how the neg symptoms of a high dose can be alleviated by another dose. In what world does this make sense? Somehow it works every time without fail. Getting uncomfortable side effects from a meth dose? Take another dose!

It took me 10 sessions to learn this but somehow it works every time without fail, i dont understand it. And I made sure relief was from genuine reduction or removal of side effects, not just redose based distraction or euphoria. Weird unpredictable chemical this is!
 
The only good way to do meth,enjoy it while not having a bad comedown,being able to sleep and eat within 24hrs of use.Just use once,wether u snort,inject wutrver do ur dose and don't do no more.If u smoke,smoke as much as needed then be done with it.When ur snorting lines all day and night or redosing every 6 hrs is when it's not even enjoyable,u feel worse 3 times longer than u feel good and high.
 
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