Stimulants Mephedrone/cathinone tolerance

[eggman89]

Right basically want to know how to reduce tolerance. Its got to the point now where really good stuff is at best "alright"
Now I know its never going to be like first time, but would like it to be good again. I have been rather silly as of late, so have I ruined it for myself forever?
Was thinking of doing the following.

.Complete stop on all stims (6months+ ?), reduction of caffine and alcohol
.Eating healthily, exercise, vitamin tabs (already do this)
.Possibly start taking 5-htp again, but have heard that it can sometimes increase tolerance if continued for too long?

Any thoughts or ideas would be great

 

[sekio]

Taking 5-HTP is no better than eating a high-protein diet. Most of it is metabolized in the perhiphery (outside the blood-brain barrier) before it goes anywhere.

Excercise, vitamins, lots of fluids and a high-protein diet are all going to help. 6 months of abstinence should also help a large amount, though I don't think the cathinone experience will ever be the same. There was a thread around here on amphetamine addiction that you may want to give a read - amphetamine and the cathinones are close together in terms of effects profiles.

 

[ddhats]

Very interesting thread that one. Don't think cathinones are quite as addictive and the effects quite as bad as described there, but there are definite similarities.
Egg - we've talked about this elsewhere, but there's some good advice available here - check out the mephedrone addiction and mephedrone megathreads also, in EADD part of the forum.
Some of the stories from back in 09/10 and pics of people with purple limbs should also help put you off during times that you're tempted to delve back in!

 

[TheAzo]

Also make sure you're getting enough vitamins/minerals, particularly magnesium. Magnesium helps a lot more if you take it while you're taking the drugs, though, but it can't hurt to take that too.

 

[eggman89]

Many thanks for the helpful replies, the thread on amphetamine addiction was certainly an eye opener, I could see things going badly if I carried on...

Now in terms of abstinence, is there a point where your tolerance will simply not get any better? For example I was planning to stop for 12months, but for example would my tolerance only go as low as it can after say 7months break?
I've been using for 3 years total - 1 year light usage (monthly), and 2 years pretty much 1 night every weekend (with random 1month breaks in-between).

Any more thoughts would be appreciated.