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Meth Overdose - Semi-Exp. - A Horrific Reality Check

Nothing like Meth psychosis to turn you off the shit forever. Thats what it did to me too.
I stayed up for 4 or 5 days (i got a couple hours of sleep in those 5 days but no more than 6 hours). Then for the next 3 days i was a psychotic mess. I wasnt using the meth anymore but i still couldnt eat or sleep. I thought there were people with guns trying to kill me inside of my closet and windows. I thought my gf was part of the whole scam to kill me and wouldnt let her near me.
Thank god i had a loving and understanding sister there (i was about 5000 miles from home, i live in NY but was in LA when this happened) to take care of me.
I actually didnt return to normal untill i took an antipsychotic which knocked me out, next day i was normal.
Thats my story. I havent toucked that nasty shit since. The only stims i use now-a-days are psychedelic stims which have little potential for abuse.

thanks for your report and i wish you luck in sobriety.
peace.
 
I think about 70% of "meth" psychosis is more a lack of sleep psychosis if anything.

Irrespective of what've taken a lack of sleep will always make me hallucinate (visual and auditory - which suck the most I reckon), have panic attacks, feel paranoid, heart beats faster - worse still smoking pot just buzzes the fuck out of my head exacerbating all these symptoms pretty much.

though whenever I hear stories like this, even the ones that sound like an accident you know when you truly reflect on it, any near death situation is almost always a path you sub-consciously chose.
 
been there, done that. or well, something along those lines.

i'm so happy that you survived this ordeal. i'm sure that your family and loved ones are too.

best wishes

-j.
 
I've seen a friend have a bad trip off of a small amount of morning glory + 10 mg adderall + weed. He was experienced in all 3 (I've seen him take 100mg at once before) but the combo put him over the edge.
 
Yeah, weed and stims have caused some trouble for me in the past, nothing like this though! Quite an intense story, thank you very much for sharing.
 
Well, moderation is the key, in any situation.

I'll never try meth ever again. That's for certain. I'm open to a few other, relatively non-addictive substances (I was a little rash in saying earlier essentially that I'd stay sober for the rest of my life), because before this drug, I had never been a frequent user at all of any psychoactive chemical. What this experience served for me was, as stated in the title, a reality check that I'm not invincible. Basically, responsibility in this sense has new meaning for me.
 
An amazing report, it reminds me alot of the hallucinations I began to experience last summer in the military. We were conducting a 4-5 day defensive operation and basically got no sleep for those days.... I was tweaking balls to say the least (imaging conversations with people, etc.) at the end of that from the continuous stress and physical pressure, all without touching any drugs. I can now see how using any drug in this state can cause havoc in your system.
 
My friend was admitted to hospital after having a psychotic break following a methamphetamine & cannabis combo. I could have sworn it was all in his head but somehow he landed himself in the ER. He too was given benzos to calm him down. I have had the feeling of being overwhelmed from meth myself. It is the constant not being able to sleep after a large dose. After 48 hrs the body is just looking for a way out of what has become a living nightmare. Eventually it does work its way out of your system but not without you having to suffer. If the cannabis makes you panic then abstain from that as well. It looks like you put yourself through hell but at least you are trying to steer away from that now.
 
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During my worst psychotic episode on tweak, instead of going to the hostipal, i drove from Concord, a hour north of san fransisco, all the way back down to san diego, with no sleep for 4 days, and no more meth. And no directions. Just too the 101. bleh.
 
Shit, that was intense, I'm getting meth soon, but I'll definitely not mix this shit and be sure not to take too large a dose. Out of interest are there any drugs you can mix with meth, and mainly are there any downers that can bring you off it, benzo's I'd imagine.
 
The really crucial element to responsible use of meth is to sleep EVERY DAY, no exceptions.
 
An experience almost identical to this one happened to me once on Adderall. For those of you ever presented with weed to smoke whilst tweaking, remember that weed isn't an effective CNS depressant in combo with stims. This is especially true with cannabis strains with high THC content.
 
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