Sorry, I am new here, if I am posting this in the wrong place. SWIM is a 23 year old girl, who lately has been getting freaked out after using stimulants. Sometimes, when SWIM has a long night out and takes Molly or other amphetamines, her right arm would feel numb the day after (to a lesser degree, her other arm and legs too). She wasn't too worried after talking to a friend, who said it happened to her too. Also she attributed it less to the Molly and more to the way the drug makes her chain smoke.
In the past 6 months, SWIM has done considerably less Molly (maybe once every six weeks, as oppose to every 2 to 4 weeks) but does the same amount of adderall. SWIM isn't prescribed adderall, so it's hard to say how much, but probably 40 to 60 mg in a day, 3 days a week (with month long breaks in between). SWIM does cocaine rarely ( a gram every 6 months).
anyway, a month ago, SWIM stayed up all night doing speed and noticed her leg going numb. she googled this and started to freak out. The tingly feeling wasn't as bad as it was previous times, because she smoked less cigarettes. However, it lingered for about a week (aches at night, kind of cramps like growing pains) and a week later at a party was convinced her leg was completely numb and she thought she had a blood clot. Symptoms were worse at night when she was laying down, which google said might indicate arterial disease.
Swim stopped doing stimulants and smoking and these symptoms went away. Did them a week later, and they might have returned (swim isn't sure because the tingly numb feeling is in different leg, arms, and is much less strong. Also gets worse when she thinks about it).
So the final straw was when swim was outside on a brisk day and half her fingers went numb. She has experienced this before (years ago, before she did drugs or smoked) and her dr called it harmless, raynauds syndrome. But of course this was after a night of cigarettes and speed, and she thought she was having a blood clot. Swim scheduled a dr appointment for 2 weeks from now, but last night had more tingles and could see her veins throbbing more forcefully than ever. This was on no drugs, for the past week. And one cigarette only the day before. Her palms were sweating too...
swim would give up drugs of she had to but doesn't want to if she is just having psychosomatic effects. Her biggest fear is to lose a limb from arterial disease, so this of course has been building in her mind ever since the first set of tingles. Once again, she is a 23 year old FEMALE who smoked for about 3 years and no won't smoke unless on stimulants. Ends up being a pack a month, maybe a little more.
Swim does less speed than some people and doesn understand why she would be getting diseases that 40 year smokers have. Has anyone here heard of anything like this? She is very scared.
In the past 6 months, SWIM has done considerably less Molly (maybe once every six weeks, as oppose to every 2 to 4 weeks) but does the same amount of adderall. SWIM isn't prescribed adderall, so it's hard to say how much, but probably 40 to 60 mg in a day, 3 days a week (with month long breaks in between). SWIM does cocaine rarely ( a gram every 6 months).
anyway, a month ago, SWIM stayed up all night doing speed and noticed her leg going numb. she googled this and started to freak out. The tingly feeling wasn't as bad as it was previous times, because she smoked less cigarettes. However, it lingered for about a week (aches at night, kind of cramps like growing pains) and a week later at a party was convinced her leg was completely numb and she thought she had a blood clot. Symptoms were worse at night when she was laying down, which google said might indicate arterial disease.
Swim stopped doing stimulants and smoking and these symptoms went away. Did them a week later, and they might have returned (swim isn't sure because the tingly numb feeling is in different leg, arms, and is much less strong. Also gets worse when she thinks about it).
So the final straw was when swim was outside on a brisk day and half her fingers went numb. She has experienced this before (years ago, before she did drugs or smoked) and her dr called it harmless, raynauds syndrome. But of course this was after a night of cigarettes and speed, and she thought she was having a blood clot. Swim scheduled a dr appointment for 2 weeks from now, but last night had more tingles and could see her veins throbbing more forcefully than ever. This was on no drugs, for the past week. And one cigarette only the day before. Her palms were sweating too...
swim would give up drugs of she had to but doesn't want to if she is just having psychosomatic effects. Her biggest fear is to lose a limb from arterial disease, so this of course has been building in her mind ever since the first set of tingles. Once again, she is a 23 year old FEMALE who smoked for about 3 years and no won't smoke unless on stimulants. Ends up being a pack a month, maybe a little more.
Swim does less speed than some people and doesn understand why she would be getting diseases that 40 year smokers have. Has anyone here heard of anything like this? She is very scared.
