Stimulant Psychosis - Um, I'm hearing voices.

[etcetera]

Oh, this is a nice first post.

I'm um... having stimulant psychosis right now. Hearing voices, delusions of persecution, all that fun stuff. At least I THINK they're just "voices." Of, you know, people I know trying to come into my room and kill me. I slept last night, but desoxypipradrol lasts for a long time.

It's pretty fucked up and I'd like it to stop.

Is there anything I can do, outside of not taking any more stimulants? (I'm not taking stimulants for a good month or two after this.)

Sleep isn't possible yet. Maybe in like, 4 or 5 hours. 4 or 5 more hours of panic and anxiety. Wonderful.

 

[eon_blue]

Are there uniformed officers outside in the trees yet?

Just kidding

Have any access to benzos?

If not, just lay low until you're able to go to sleep. Whatever you do, DO NOT take more stimulants. Last thing you want is a worse case of what you're currently experiencing. Drink some water, eat something if you can.

Just ride it out, you'll be ok.

 

[etcetera]

Yeah benzodiazepenes would probably be incredible right now. :/

As for the uninformed police in the trees, there were almost people hiding in the shadows of the building across from me. Maybe there were. In a hallucinatory sense. :]

 

[etcetera]

Maybe I'll distract myself with bluelight.

Who else hears their worst fears with stimulant psychosis? Is it everyone?

 

[eon_blue]

Back when I was using, the longest I was ever up on meth was a little over 2 days (not that long I know, but stims where never really my bag). I was in Vegas sitting at the same blackjack computer for at least a few hours when I started hearing people whispering my name to me from every fucking direction.

It was right around then that I ventured on back to my hotel room and my friend gave me a seroquel. Knocked me right out.

 

[pallidamors]

Maybe I'll distract myself with bluelight.

Who else hears their worst fears with stimulant psychosis? Is it everyone?

Personally, my worst fears manifest during opiate nightmares. Completely plausible scenarios that all go to hell.

With stimulants I'll definitely hear familiar voices call my name when I over do it, try putting on headphones and just drown out shocking sounds like voices, sirens, etc. It sounds cliche to keep telling yourself that its all in your head, but damnit, it works.

 

[djsim]

Is there anything I can do, outside of not taking any more stimulants? ...

That is the solution. Stop taking stims. Jesus, more isn't going to help! :D
I'd take alot of vit c to acidify urine and hopefully that'll speed things up. Otherwise I'd just wait it out until sleep comes. Trying eating and drinking alot of water.

 

[Crankinit]

I don't get voices so much, it's the things moving out of the corner of my eye that get to me. First I think it's just a bug buzzing around the room or on the walls, then it's small animals, or cracks appearing in the shadows, then large objects or people moving around but dissapearing whenever I turn my head.

 

[sonnyluv]

Definately, take some vitamin C in the form of abscorbic acid, will help your body metabolize the drugs faster. Anything to help you sleep, except benadryl, a little hard on the kidneys. Also, eating a good meal will help. Seriously, food works other than benzo's.

Ride 'er out.

 

[nuro]

Is there anything I can do, outside of not taking any more stimulants? (I'm not taking stimulants for a good month or two after this.)

Right so,
Getting into a proper sleeping schedule would help. Try to wake up and go to sleep around the same time everyday.
I realise that that may be a difficult thing to do if you have trouble sleeping. If you want to fall asleep, first test out some melatonin. Buy a pack at a pharmacy and take about 9mg 30 minutes before you sleep.

If that doesn't put you to sleep, you could always put it up a notch and get some diphenhydramine (sold as nytol, sleep-aid, benalyn sleep, etc). 25-50 mg (one or two pills) is more than enough. That should put you right the fuck to sleep =)

Now as far as the voices are concerned, a small benzodiazepine diet would help. Bromazepam (yum, yum, my favourite benzo!) would be my recommendation for such a situation. It isn't the easiest substance to find though.

If the voices are SERIOUSLY bothering you and you can't get your hands on any benzo's, visit a doctor to get some seroquel.
Claim some mild psychotic symptoms - but no too much, you don't want to overdo it and you want to appear clueless about drugs. Furthermore, you want to appear like someone who doesn't abuse substances.

I don't know where you are, but you'll probably be prescribed something like chlorpromazine (thorazine). A nice substance, but there are some really negative side-effects (you may get a benzo if you're lucky. but it's unlikely. If you do, you can use that).

Get this prescription at a pharmacy and come back to your physician a week or so later. Tell him you've been getting muscle cramps all over, especially in your legs and abdomen.
They might, at this stage, offer something such as procyclidine to be taken concurrently with the chlorpromazine. That's bad. You don't want that.
You want to imply hat the cramps were unbearable and that you do not want to be taking any more chlorpromazine. It's not unreasonable to mention now, that you have a family member/friend that takes seroquel for similar symptoms without any problem. You should walk out of there with a prescription for seroquel one way or the other.

Now you buy the drug at a pharmacy. Seroquel, also known as quetiapine, is a powerful antipsychotic that will blow your voices right the fuck away. I recommend starting at very low doses and finding the right amount for you. I don't recommend taking it more than once per day (before sleep).

Oh yeah, and don't take any stimulants.

I hope I didn't break any forum rules by writing all that =P

Good luck!

 

[Crankinit]

Right so,
Getting into a proper sleeping schedule would help. Try to wake up and go to sleep around the same time everyday.
I realise that that may be a difficult thing to do if you have trouble sleeping. If you want to fall asleep, first test out some melatonin. Buy a pack at a pharmacy and take about 9mg 30 minutes before you sleep.

If that doesn't put you to sleep, you could always put it up a notch and get some diphenhydramine (sold as nytol, sleep-aid, benalyn sleep, etc). 25-50 mg (one or two pills) is more than enough. That should put you right the fuck to sleep =)

Now as far as the voices are concerned, a small benzodiazepine diet would help. Bromazepam would be my recommendation for such a situation. It isn't the easiest substance to find though.

If the voices are SERIOUSLY bothering you and you can't get your hands on any benzo's, visit a doctor to get some seroquel.
Claim some mild psychotic symptoms - but no too much, you don't want to overdo it and you want to appear clueless about drugs. Furthermore, you want to appear like someone who doesn't abuse substances.

I don't know where you are, but you'll probably be prescribed something like chlorpromazine (thorazine). A nice substance, but there are some really negative side-effects. You may a benzo if you're lucky. but it's unlikely.
Get this prescription at a pharmacy and come back to your physician a week or so later. Tell him you've been getting muscle cramps all over, especially your legs and abdomen.
They might, at this stage offer something such as procyclidine to be taken concurrently with the chlorpromazine. That's bad. You don't want that.
You want to imply hat the cramps were really bad and that you do not want to be taking any more chlorpromazine. It's not unreasonable to mention now, that you have a family member/friend that takes seroquel for similar symptoms without any problem. You should walk out of there with a prescription for seroquel one way or the other.

Now you buy the drug at a pharmacy. Seroquel or quetiapine is a powerful antipsychotic that will blow your voices the fuck away. I recommend starting at very low doses and finding the right amount for you. I don't recommend taking it more than once per day (before sleep).

I hope I didn't break any forum rules by writing all that =P

Good luck!

A friend of mine told me that there are a lot of doctors here in Aus who you can pretty much just walk up to and say 'hey, I'm a meth user, are you able to provide me with an anti-psychotic?'

 

[shwag]

back in 99 when i was tweakin, i was up for five days at a time on the red fous dope. I would always just drink a 40 oz and crash. but everyone is different.

 

[Jeebus Mic]

One time I stayed up tweaking for a few days, and I watched alot of porn during that time.

When the psychosis kicked in, I hallucinated naked women walking around outside beckoning me, and I almost went outside in my underwear to be with them, but the person I was with stopped me.

How crazy is that?

 

[hexxx]

Welcome to Bluelight!

Basically only sleep will stop the voices. I've been in a similar situation before, extremely vivid auditory hallucinations. I reckon Seroquel would be the best bet.

I don't know if this is such a good idea but I used to use booze to ease up the end of a stim binge. Bad for your health though.

Try get Seroquel or Benzos first. Just remember it's all in your head. I almost attacked a bartender after 2 days of no sleep because I thought he was talking about me (he was saying racist stuff in his language that I could understand but it could have been about anyone at the bar). Feelings of persecution are quite common after stim binges.

 

[aoe2junkie]

yea man its just the voices. ive learned to deal with them and not let them bother me but i have done stupid things before such as running into the street with my rifle ready to blast away my invisible enemies

 

[Snowbear]

Maybe I'll distract myself with bluelight.

Who else hears their worst fears with stimulant psychosis? Is it everyone?

Loss of one nights sleep (for any reason) produces visual and auditory haullucinations for me. Its probably just lack of sleep.

 

[nuro]

A friend of mine told me that there are a lot of doctors here in Aus who you can pretty much just walk up to and say 'hey, I'm a meth user, are you able to provide me with an anti-psychotic?'

I do know that here in Canada, if you're a university student with any sort of amphetamine dependancy, you can be prescribed ritalin (methylphenidate) or adderall (amphetamine stereoisomers) to gradually decline your use and addiction.

 

[Tytan]

Don’t have time to read the whole thread, so I’ll just chime in…

The hearing voices, or ‘DEA ninjas hiding in your attic’, is from lack of sleep. Grab a movie or play some calm music so that your not ‘trippin’ on noises and just try to relax. Even if you can’t go to sleep, create the setting… lay down, throw some tunes, turn the lights off (cover the windows with a blanket if it’s day light)… maybe some scented candles if you have any. Even if you don’t sleep you can still rest your body and eyes, and mind.

I don’t normally recommend downers to counter act uppers, but some mild ones are ok… and weed is speeds best friend. They are like peanut butter and jelly

 

[PARooolller]

Definately, take some vitamin C in the form of abscorbic acid, will help your body metabolize the drugs faster. Anything to help you sleep, except benadryl, a little hard on the kidneys. Also, eating a good meal will help. Seriously, food works other than benzo's.

Ride 'er out.

Most definately...Food and water IS like benzos when you're dosing stimulants...It's very difficult to do, but drink a few liters of water, eat a healthy meal, drink a protein shake, take some vitamins, and you're good to go.

 

[<pyridinyl_30>]

1st choice solution: Take an atypical antipsychotic such as Zyprexa, Seroquel, Risperdal, or Geodon.

2nd choice solution: Take a benzodiazepine such as Xanax, Valium, Klonipin, Ativan, or Restoril.

3rd best choice solution (tie): Drink a moderate amount of alcohol OR take some Benadryl (diphenhydramine).

A combination of 1, 2, and/or 3 is also acceptable. And, finally and mostly importantly, don't take any more stimulants until you have slept this off.

Since you realize the voices are not real, you are better off than some. Good luck.