what happened??

[pacmanchomps]

okay I'm not totally sure where this belongs so here goes..
I have been usiing opiates recreationally for about 5 years and addicted to them the past year. Moving from oxys to H smoking them both. It got pretty bad, to the point where I started doing it I.V. and in large quantities. 3 to 6 grams a day if not more.
Long story short, I'm on suboxone now and its been 10 days off the d. I've tapered down from 8mg iv (2mg x 4 times) on day one to less than 1mg sublingual now. So far the w/d's have been pretty much nonexistent.(thanks to BL!!).
Right now though I'm coming off of a 5 day crystal meth smoking bender. I know I should have read up on it before I did it but you know how things go... I can't believe how people can even be addicted to this stuff. Of all the drugs I've taken (which is pretty much everything). This has got to be the strongest most vile and insidous substance ever created. I mean the things I've seen and done the past 5 days has all been just crazy. I know it fucked me up and I have never done meth before. What can I do now to stay clean? Am I going to have withdrawls from it? Things just seem all around fucked up and I don't know what to do. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Asclepius]

Welcome pacmanchops!

Hang tough and hopefully you will get some helpful replies, otherwise I will move this thread to another forum where you may get more adequate info.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

You can discontinue methamphetamine without experiencing withdrawals. Although you may certainly feel tired and lazy for a few days, it will not be that bad.

 

[60units]

3-6 grams a day? Are you sure that you don't mean like 3-6 bags? If you were doing 3-6 grams a day I'm pretty sure your doctor would have you on a tad more than 8 mg of suboxone...

 

[pacmanchomps]

3-6 grams a day? Are you sure that you don't mean like 3-6 bags? If you were doing 3-6 grams a day I'm pretty sure your doctor would have you on a tad more than 8 mg of suboxone...

Yeah 3 to 6 Grams or more daily. A 12g chunk could last 3 days if I conserved. Keep in mind its rediculously cheap shitty tar. The last time I used It the quality was better and did around 5g in a 2 day super duper nod sesh.

I'm supposed to take 16mg a day, that's way too much. I've just been stockpiling them and the low doses work the best for me.

I slept a litte bit yesterday but I'm still not really tired, I feel more retarded and confused than anything though.

 

[Legerity]

Good job getting off the heroin man. Meth is certainly not going to be a good replacement for it. You won't experience withdrawal in the way that opiates cause but after a run it can take some days of feeling burned out for you body and mind to get back to normal. If you feel fine now that's great, but eventually the body doesn't handle that sort of thing as well.

 

[pacmanchomps]

Yeah I don't think people were meant to stay up for five days without sleep. Meth is probably the most powerful drug IMO. I'm glad I diddnt try it until now. That stuff is just crazy.

 

[itsok]

Yea i always thought w meth it was the lack of sleep and nutrition and crazy ppl that was the fucked up part. i used meth, somewhat responsibly, for 5 years, like I would literally do one hit a week and a gram would last me more than 6 months.

I used to have this strategy. If i took meth and felt really shitty the next day, like crashing, I could take another type of stimulant, but not meth. So like let's same, I took a fat line of meth and stayed up for 3 days- the next day, my whole body aches, i cant sleep, i feel like shit. So, instead of taking more meth and continuing the shitty cycle, i could take cocaine, or ritalin, or adderall, small amounts for the next 3 days just enough to sleep an eat, and the last day coffee and then i'd be fine.

Anyway, OP, i think its awesome u beat an h addiction and now realize meth is no good. Considering ur short use of meth, u could stop now with few to zero negative consequences. And if u really feel bad, perhaps my strategy of tapering off using a diff type of stimulant could work for u if u really felt desperate.

Best of luck.