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Stimulants Amphetamine psychosis

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dildonian jr.

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well ive been taking vyvanse and its my favorite drug, it helps me so much except,,,,,,
when i come down, i get very crazy.
like theres a being/demon/ghost that sits behind me and taunts me .
i can sense it there and even my cat see it.....
ill turn around and ill hear it swoosh to the opposite side i turn.
idk if i lost my mind or if its amphetamine psyhcosis.
i cant be alone for more than five minutes without freaking out, also i no longer want to do anything. feeelings of hopelessness controll my life now. all i think about is negativity.
i have major deppressin and anxiety, which have gotten worse.

but this being is really is tearing my life apart,i have mental breakdowns everynight.
no one understands what im talking about.
i just want help.
any one had an experince like this?????????
 
This certainly could be amphetamine psychosis.

What doses are you using, and how often? What is your sleep schedule like?
 
This sounds like a serious problem. You really should talk to your doctor.

Also, be sure to eat enough and get as much sleep as you can right now.
 
thats weird how i make a post then realize one just got made basically about the same thing, wtf, happened a few times.
anyway i know what u mean , at least with the depression. i take about 450mg a day and when i run out i feel like complete shit, suicidal even. anything helps? besides saying take more cause once my script is gone i have to tough it out till i get more. its soo hard for me to control my use once i have that bottle.
 
Sleeping will really help. It is the lack of sleep that seems to contribute most to stimulant psychosis (aside from the stimulants themselves of course.)
 
Yep. Sleep more, take less speed...140mg of vyvanse is a lot.

I feel like (through personal experience) that amphetamine psychosis can quickly be reversed through lots of sleep and eating well....if you still have issues with it after increasing your sleep/decreasing your vyvanse, then see a doctor.

You're doing the right thing by realizing its starting now, more often than not you see posts on here with people who obviously have amphetamine psychosis but are 110% convinced that they don't. ;)
 
Amphetamine psychosis is not one of those things that only occurs on come-downs. Amphetamine psychosis occurs when drug levels are rising, and have peaked. It would be very unlikely for the comedown (essentially having less and less drug in your body) to cause psychosis, when the come-up (having more and more drug in your body) doesn't.

Not to mention if you had amphetamine psychosis, it would get SOOOOO much worse when you took another pill... it wouldn't go away and only return during come downs.
 
^Its not just a result of acute dosing so as such it does not necessarily just subside when doses wear off...

A 2007 article examined the limited amount of documentation and research currently available on methamphetamine-induced psychotic syndromes. In nearly every case, the symptoms of methamphetamine-induced psychosis (as well as stimulant psychosis in general) will stop within 7–10 days of discontinuing the drug, however, in some cases discontinuation symptoms have been reported to last for months.

Furthermore, a small percentage of long-term or "heavy" users will continue experiencing intermittent psychotic episodes (experiencing hallucination, delusions, and/or paranoia) on an ongoing basis within the first year of abstinence.[1]

Although not common, these users offer some anecdotal evidence about the neurotoxicity of long-term methamphetamine use, and the healing process that a user experiences when these neurotoxic effects are either partially or fully reversed.

Spontaneous and long-term recurrences (akin to "flashbacks") are hypothesized to be triggered (or exacerbated) by high stress and by sleep deprivation. In extremely rare cases, this condition is documented to persist beyond one year.

The key distinction between this condition and e.g. a psychotic disorder or schizophrenia, is that the symptoms of a methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder are not considered to be permanent and will eventually subside with abstinence and proper treatment.(source)
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hello,
i am going through my finals week in college.
i get prescribed 20 mg adderall IR's and since last wednsaday morning when i woke up
at 6 a.m., i have slept a cumulative amount of 14 hours to be exact, in almost a full week.
i have been taking a lot of my adderall since last wednesday, sometimes as much as 10 20mg tablets in 24 hours, but no less than 4 20mg tablets in 24 hours.

i know this is bad for me, but to what extent? how possible is it that i can go through amphetamine psychosis after this week long binge? the productivity is just so awesome, i just want to keep fitting as much as i can in a day. I can say i feel pretty normal except whenever i come down and stop dosing for a few hours i get light headed, and i cant think straight at all, cant focus, then when i re-dose i feel my cognitive functions sharpen, my fatigue disappear, and my productive side comes out and thats what i love, with some euphoria
 
Get off the amps and get on benzos imo. You'll need to really watch your benzo tolerance though, because nothing sucks more than being in your situation and developing such a bad benzo tolerance that they no longer work, even at the highest doses. The next step after that would be barbituates, and they would most likely actually kill you. Just get on benzos and take a break on the weekends from them imo, so they remain effective.

graffmatic730 said:
thats weird how i make a post then realize one just got made basically about the same thing, wtf, happened a few times.
anyway i know what u mean , at least with the depression. i take about 450mg a day and when i run out i feel like complete shit, suicidal even. anything helps? besides saying take more cause once my script is gone i have to tough it out till i get more. its soo hard for me to control my use once i have that bottle.
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It's not "weird" at all. Look at what this site it, and it's on the internet. Goes with the territory.
 
I will just be very blunt with you. Please see your Doctor ASAP and be honest with him/her. Best wishes
 
haha i had to go to am mental hospital,



the place was scary


dont tell a docter if you have symptoms like that theyll send you to a mental hospital
 
Yes, see a doctor and get some help. Also try to not go overboard with the doses (I know that's easier said than done, but do try) and make sure you get some sleep. Sleep deprivation is often a major factor in amphetamine psychosis. I've experienced it myself a number of times with meth, usually when I've been awake for multiple nights.

The hallucinations tend to be pretty minor - seeing things out of the corner of my eye, briefly mistaking inanimate objects for people or animals, and that sort of thing. My worst symptoms are paranoia and aggression. I'll think people are talking about me behind my back or secretly hating me, I'll peer out of the window whenever I hear a sudden noise outside, and I'll be constantly worrying that the cops are investigating me or about to raid my house. I'll also get extremely angry (sometimes to the point of being homicidal) at people who piss me off for whatever reason.

Benzos and seroquel help a lot with this - they calm me down and help me sleep.

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i mean its tricky, knowing that if you tell your doctor the truth in situations like these you will be sent to a mental hospital its kinda deters the person from telling their doc whats really going on becuase nobody wants to be locked in a room for days or whatever the fuck i imgaine they do to you at those mental hospitals. but really for the sake of your health you should really tell the doctor
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A doctor won't necessarily put someone straight into a psychiatric hospital for psychosis. You can only be committed involuntarily to a psych hospital if you're deemed a significant danger to yourself or others. I've been committed a few times for that very reason. But I think a doctor would be more likely to prescribe the OP some medication - probably anti-psychotics. He didn't mention anything about wanting to hurt himself or other people in his post.
 
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