Stimulants Dexedrine withdrawal

[2hung]

So i have been using dex quite regularly for two weeks at doses between 80-120mg daily. I started to get some psychosis and other things wer going on, i wasn't not sleeping as i was popping a xanax if i couldnt sleep. now im getting rapid heartbeats and anxiety with some heavy depression. How long does this last?

Would it be better to taper down or have i been using long enough for this?

 

[Crashing]

You'll be fine. Doesn't matter how much you were doing, you should be fine in a couple days. Your body's metabolism is in overdrive to try to fix the mess you made. That means rapid heart rate amongst other things. Youll have anxiety/depression until your brain recovers baseline transmitter levels.

 

[opiatekrzy]

i tried doing the taper...i would dose on 90mgs of adderall, then redose another 90, and when i got sick of being tweaked, i would redose at 60, then to 40, then to 30, and so on..i think it just adds on more CNS STIMULATION, we only do that to avoid the "crash feeling" to "feel normal and calm" yet all were really doing is making are CNS go more into hyper drive, amphetamines got a half life, so constant redosing i consider mentally and physically straining on the body and just makes u suffer more..just stop, or re dose on last time and take half ur dose, and when that wears off pop some benzos, or man up and go thru the hell and horrid..

 

[Crashing]

^Yeah man you cant taper stimulants because if you're used to a certain dosage then anything shy of that will just cause peripheral stim. The high has to be strong enough to override the side effects or its not worth dosing.

Plus you can't really stay high on stimulants for long periods of time, like with opiates where you could technically be high continuously for decades. With stims you'd just die a miserable death shortly after.

 

[opiatekrzy]

true^such a shitty spot to be in, im crashing on addys now, i been up 2 days, and i only been dosing 40mg at a time, i got 30mg left, which im thinking bout taking, cuz my anxiety is going way up, im getting sweatier, more irritable...i know if i redose my CNS will GO UP but atleast i WILL FEEL CALMER,, then take my 4mg of klonopin i have, im so low on benzos i cant believe i did this, then again tomorrow morning ill regret wasting my last 30mg on a comedown taper cuz u know ill want it 2 marrow...shittty situation...ugh

 

[organicmusic]

save it for tomorrow, image how glad you'll be

 

[opiatekrzy]

too late, i thought i had 30mg left, i had 20mg..and took it...damnit

 

[DynoSpec]

if youre crashing and anxious just ride it out man. redosing and staying "up" longer only makes it worse in the end. theres really never any good reason to be up for more than a couple days just suck it up and comedown. when i keep my jib to the weekends and not more than once every two weeks or so its not bad, when i start givin er shit goes downhill fast.

 

[2hung]

On day two now, actually feeling a good bit better today, less anxious and heartrate has slowed way down, bit more sleepy and drained then day 1 off them tho. I have exams next week and was wondering could i pop a few concerta to help with concentration? would this fuck up dopamine even more or how does that work?

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

Itss conceivable that you're experiencing alprazolam withdrawal more than amphetamine rebound symptoms.

 

[Lightning-Nl]

I've never found prescriptions amphetamines to be addictive whatsoever. I've taken Adderall everyday for months on end, stopped suddenly and have never had any problems. MAYBE (and this is a big maybe) I maybe felt a little more fatigue than usual, but that was the only thing I felt and it lasted for only one day.

 

[2hung]

Itss conceivable that you're experiencing alprazolam withdrawal more than amphetamine rebound symptoms.

Why do you say that? I have only taken the alprazolam whenever i have trouble sleeping, i do not take it on a daily basis?

 

[Lightning-Nl]

Why do you say that?

Because benzodiazepines are EXTREMELY addictive, they can be more addictive than opiates to some people. A while back, I took Lorazepam for around 3 weeks straight and when I ran out at the end of the third week, I had horrible withdrawal symptoms and that was only for 20 days of concurrent use!

 

[2hung]

Because benzodiazepines are EXTREMELY addictive, they can be more addictive than opiates to some people. A while back, I took Lorazepam for around 3 weeks straight and when I ran out at the end of the third week, I had horrible withdrawal symptoms and that was only for 20 days of concurrent use!

i dont find benzo's enjoyable in the slightest, they make me sluggish, sleepy and tired and "not with it," i much prefer the stim buzz. Was taking the xanax to help me sleep, i dont take them on a daily basis, but considering what u said i will defo cut back use to on a have to have basis

 

[Psychedelic Jay]

You need beer and a nice chill spot.

It isn’t like cocaine where you create more dangerous situations combining with alcohol.

Don’t take more, you are just holding on to the inevitable...

 

[enduin]

You need beer and a nice chill spot.

It isn’t like cocaine where you create more dangerous situations combining with alcohol.

Don’t take more, you are just holding on to the inevitable...

This.


IMHO you were just taking too much, 80-120mg of pure dextroamphetamine is quite high for just a two weeks use (unless you have a high tolerance because of past stim abuse). I remember someone here on BL saying that with amphetamine anything above 40mg is not worth it because the side effects are greater than the increase in high and I tend to agree.

Just relax like Jay said and in a couple of weeks max you'll be fine, your body just needs to readjust.