Stimulants My Adderall Comedown...Holy Crap, It's Here

[FastestGrlInTown]

I took my last 30 mg yesterday morning, and then magically found a 10mg on the floor a few hours later. I've been on a pretty steady binge for 2 months, at least 100mg (IR) a day. I've used up my script (90 a month), other people's scripts, and hung out with some pretty raunchy folks so I could get thrown a few here and there. I'm not proud, just being honest. It's out of hand.
I feel like death. My whole body is twitching, and I have a kind of Tourette's thing going on. I'm pouring sweat, and then I get the chills. I can't stop crying and life just feels like a big, painful, hopeless waste of time. I thrashed around so hard in my sleep last night that i have two huge scratches on my face. My feet and hands are red, swollen and hot, my muscles are tensing up so tight, hard as rocks, and then they will all of a sudden loosen up and then I'll run into a wall or something - not being able to control my movements. My face looks different somehow. I can't explain it. My mom saw my new profile pic on Skype, and called me up crying. She said I look half dead.
I've accomplished absolutely nothing during said binge. Obnoxious fixations and tweaks, and a lot of lost days.
I just got back from Taco Bell, where I swear I ate half the menu. I was planning on making my pathetic round of phone calls to the teenage pill pushers and unsavory old men creeps who leer and play games with me, just so i will have to hang around them longer. Like they want me to really work for it.
I'm tired.
Instead of making said phone calls, I'm considering taking a warm shower, taking my Trazadone, and laying in my dark bedroom with the fan blowing on me, and watching SNL on Hulu until I pass out.

And hit a meeting in the morning.

 

[iliketoast]

Get some rest. Don't fight your tired...I slept my entire day away today - I knew it was coming, planned for it, and I feel lame and unproductive, but sleeping is one of the most important things you can do for yourself.

 

[Spackeradder]

Instead of making said phone calls, I'm considering taking a warm shower, taking my Trazadone, and laying in my dark bedroom with the fan blowing on me, and watching SNL on Hulu until I pass out.

Don't consider this, do it.

There isn't much else you can do -- wash yourself, sleep, hold on tight through the depression. Eat some chocolate and do some exercise tomorrow. Benzos or seroquel will also greatly help to sooth the comedown.

You'll come good soon enough, as long as you stay away from the Adderall for a while.

Of course, staying away is where the real challenge begins.

 

[MrSpeedyG]

I feel you dude, I've suffered from being in the claws of amphetamine addiction... I'm clean but I still crave it but availibilty and ultimately will-power will help you out of it.

Hang in there, you'll make it out of the comedown its only temporary

 

[tweex]

You could give modafinil a try. At least you don't have to worry about ED

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/519749-Provigil-or-modafinil-for-Adderall-withdrawl

 

[Effect]

I'm a couple hours away from a bad crash myself but I have 1 mg of clonazepam for landing gear. Opiates are the best, but for non drug routes I've always found forcing myself to eat a meal and drink plenty of milk to help. Then I just try to pass out. Stims are a bitch without something to come down with.

I'm sure others have their own ways to make it more bearable.

 

[Anon610]

I always found fatty foods to help with amphetamine comedowns.
I've only used MDMA alot, and the comedown after a one month binge was awful. I would just grab some McDonalds, drink water and try to relax and it seemed to help. Any science to fatty foods making you feel emotionally better?

 

[Effect]

^ yeah, i forgot to mention staying hydrated can also be important in making comedown easier.

 

[Anon610]

^ yeah, i forgot to mention staying hydrated can also be important in making comedown easier.

Yeah, hydration is the most crucial thing. Gatorade and things of that nature will do you good. Maybe some B12 for that drained feeling

 

[MrSpeedyG]

I always found fatty foods to help with amphetamine comedowns.
I've only used MDMA alot, and the comedown after a one month binge was awful. I would just grab some McDonalds, drink water and try to relax and it seemed to help. Any science to fatty foods making you feel emotionally better?

I noticed I would crave junk foods when comming down/withdrawing from amphetamine, from a scientific point of view I'd say that junk food gives that bit of dopamine that your so craving in withdrawal. Pretty much any activity or anyone/anything that makes you feel good you will crave.

And yeah as the others said, hydration is key with amp usage, try stuff like an electrolyte drink powerade/gatorade shit like that it tastes good so you wont have a problem getting it down

 

[lenses]

your blood pressure sounds really high. adderall is terrible with its levo side, leads to really high blood pressure (way too high DA/NE levels)...

You also need to take something that will lower your testosterone levels, it will keep your blood pressure really high for way too long (3, 4 days after dosing)...

the easiest, quickest thing you can do right now is go to the corner store, and get yourself some magnesium salts. take a bath with a lot of them in there, and drink a little bit of the solution... the muscle tightness is due to depleted MG+ levels...

gah i'm sorry you are having such a bad time. it will get better, i promise.

 

[iliketoast]

Hope youre doing ok.

Junk food (esp sugar!) can make you feel better for a very short time, but ultimately it makes your crash a lot harder. Here's what I do when there's no other drug to assist: Eat an orange - vitamin C. Eat a couple crackers or toast, take some cal-mag-zinc, and a banana if you can. These help with achiness and any cramping! Food in your belly will make sure you can absorb any supplements you're taking, and hopefully help prime you to eat more. I often can't eat, even though I'm weak and know I need it. I make a little hot chocolate drink with cocoa powder + protein powder + a little sugar + whatever milk or milk-sub you'd like. Sugar can be helpful, just be careful.

Re: fatty foods...
Before I was regularly using amphetamines I was vegan for several years - trying to maintain that kind of diet while also taking something that curbs my appetite drastically was a bad idea. I started reincorporating fish in my diet when I realized I was starving my brain away.. My first bite of salmon got me HIGH - salmon is so full of calories and good oils! I recommend it to everyone Wild salmon that is - nothing else could ever come close. So, I don't know all the biochemistry behind that, but my personal experience says salmon fat = very very good for the brain.

I just did a little google jaunt ["fatty acids + mental health"] and found this site with a good summary on fatty acids that is very applicable to maintaining and regaining through a comedown.

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Hopefully something in all that was helpful and I didn't go too far off from the original question..

 

[BlueberryfishY]

It's gonna be real rough for the first 7-10 days, lets say you we're taking 100mg a day, and ran out of your script early, on more than one occasion.

But yeah it's gonna be fucking ROUGH like fucking hardcore coming off a dose like that, for i assume years at this dose befor quitting CT. use xanax only if it gets to the point that you feel like (and just might) commit suicide, trust me, Xanax or K-Pin's are a godsend when you come off of meth CT, Especially at night.. you just gotta try not to get dependent on benzo's in the process. basically take as last resort, and try not to take it for any longer than 3-5 days to avoid dependency.

 

[FastestGrlInTown]

Wow...You guys are pretty great, thanks for all the feedback/advice.
So there was 4 days of complete hell, pretty much as described in my original post. No one knew about my "little helper," I'm not sure how that's possible, but anyway... friends and family were very concerned re: sweating, pacing, anxiety, disorientation, etc. Their consensus: A Mental Break. Pretty much.

Enter Dextroamphetamine. Things have never been better.