AngelusDiaboli
Greenlighter
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- Jul 31, 2013
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Hi,
I'm quite new when it comes to stimulants. I used to be a more opiate kind of guy, but recently I've mostly been playing around with stimulants, mainly amphetamine sulfate.
I'm aware it's common to start hallucinating and becoming paranoid after staying awake for too long on stimulants. The thing is, these side effects seem to come on way too early for me. The first time I tried amphetamine sulfate, I had only been awake for maybe 7-8 hours when I took my first dose and I had gotten plenty of sleep. I made sure to eat a small snack every now and then and drank plenty of water. After having been awake for a mere 16 hours, I started experiencing hallucinations. Almost every time I've taken a stimulant since then, the hallucinations kick in after only 18-24 hours of awake time. The hallucinations I get from stimulants express themselves as for example:
* Shadows or flashes of colored light zipping through my field of view.
* Grainy vision, like in an old movie.
* Shadows tend to act weird, "morphing" and such.
* I sometimes have a tendency to see various bugs, often spiders. Almost never close to me, however, and when I move in closer, they disappear.
* Colors sometimes tend to look "off", especially on my computer screen. This one is hard to explain, but it's kind of like when you're tripping on a very light dose of a hallucinogen.
* When in a very, very dark environment, I tend to see silhouettes of people, animals (I often think I see my cat) and objects that aren't actually there.
The hallucinations can express themselves in many more ways than what I've described above, but those are the most common things I perceive off of the top of my head. Most of the hallucinations are only present (or at least obvious) when in a somewhat dark environment. When outside during the day for example I don't really hallucinate, although I have a general "feeling" of changed perception.
I also tend to get kind of paranoid around the same time the hallucinations kick in, although it's far from "full-blown" paranoia. I think I'd rather say I get a bit edgy.
Anyways, I'm sure all of this is pretty standard stuff. What worries me is the quick onset of the hallucinations. From what I've gathered when talking to friends, reading on the internet and so on, it usually takes some serious bingeing before most people start experiencing hallucinations on stimulants. Could this be indicative of some kind of latent mental illness? Or maybe just some sort of vitamin/mineral deficiency? Or is it simply completely normal to have such quick onset of hallucinations on stimulants, and I'm worrying for no reason?
I'm pretty sure it's nothing to worry about, but I want to check just in case, as I'm sure can be appreciated on a harm reduction forum.
I'm quite new when it comes to stimulants. I used to be a more opiate kind of guy, but recently I've mostly been playing around with stimulants, mainly amphetamine sulfate.
I'm aware it's common to start hallucinating and becoming paranoid after staying awake for too long on stimulants. The thing is, these side effects seem to come on way too early for me. The first time I tried amphetamine sulfate, I had only been awake for maybe 7-8 hours when I took my first dose and I had gotten plenty of sleep. I made sure to eat a small snack every now and then and drank plenty of water. After having been awake for a mere 16 hours, I started experiencing hallucinations. Almost every time I've taken a stimulant since then, the hallucinations kick in after only 18-24 hours of awake time. The hallucinations I get from stimulants express themselves as for example:
* Shadows or flashes of colored light zipping through my field of view.
* Grainy vision, like in an old movie.
* Shadows tend to act weird, "morphing" and such.
* I sometimes have a tendency to see various bugs, often spiders. Almost never close to me, however, and when I move in closer, they disappear.
* Colors sometimes tend to look "off", especially on my computer screen. This one is hard to explain, but it's kind of like when you're tripping on a very light dose of a hallucinogen.
* When in a very, very dark environment, I tend to see silhouettes of people, animals (I often think I see my cat) and objects that aren't actually there.
The hallucinations can express themselves in many more ways than what I've described above, but those are the most common things I perceive off of the top of my head. Most of the hallucinations are only present (or at least obvious) when in a somewhat dark environment. When outside during the day for example I don't really hallucinate, although I have a general "feeling" of changed perception.
I also tend to get kind of paranoid around the same time the hallucinations kick in, although it's far from "full-blown" paranoia. I think I'd rather say I get a bit edgy.
Anyways, I'm sure all of this is pretty standard stuff. What worries me is the quick onset of the hallucinations. From what I've gathered when talking to friends, reading on the internet and so on, it usually takes some serious bingeing before most people start experiencing hallucinations on stimulants. Could this be indicative of some kind of latent mental illness? Or maybe just some sort of vitamin/mineral deficiency? Or is it simply completely normal to have such quick onset of hallucinations on stimulants, and I'm worrying for no reason?
I'm pretty sure it's nothing to worry about, but I want to check just in case, as I'm sure can be appreciated on a harm reduction forum.
