Tips on quitting insufflation habit?

[BabyGurl3171]

So, I admit I'm hooked on snorting some Ritalin (n tried a lil addy too). But I think after New Year's Eve/day (24+ hr binge) I gotta stop. Still stayed below 150 mgs tho.

But the comedown, ugh. No anxiety really to write home about (prob bc I have benzos), but sad feeling, tired af, kinda loss of hope feeling, mood swings, crying over nothing (literally), etc.

I'm rx'd them & want to go back to oral only. Here's where I need help:

1. How do u get over the whole snorting ritual? Bc, IMO, that's almost if not as bad as the drug addiction.

2. Am I gonna feel the depression at all? I'll b takin my Rit as prescribed, orally, 20 mg 3 x's a day. If so, how bad? Will still takin it orally ease that major down feeling (see above comedown symptoms) I get during and after I comedown? (I'm on Zoloft for depression also. 100 mg once a day but allowed up to 150 mg bc OCD gets bad at times n I guess it's suppose to help?).

I had another question, but forget at the moment. If I remember, I'll add it.

Any help or experiences would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks guys! ?

 

[T. Calderone]

It's hard Babygurl, I'm not going to lie to you. The whole ritual is an addiction in itself. I had a neighbor that I was close with and she snorted every fucking pill she could. I only did it with certain ones because some were gross, but once you start it's really hard to quit especially when it's a medication you really like. You start to crave that instant good feeling. Are you still using benzos too?

Yeah, it's going to feel strange taking them like you're supposed to. I wouldn't say depressing but just weird cos you're not abusing them the way you always did. I'm not experienced with Ritalin so can't help you with that but I imagine taking orally would be smoother, same with the Zoloft. You have to work hard to not get sucked into those old habits. I really hope you can work through this, glad you're back!

 

[BabyGurl3171]

Thanks TC

I do still use benzos. Not daily but I have binges, usually with the rit binges. Sometimes when I have nothing else, no weed or anything.

I did good today n took them (rit) orally 3 times, at the right times but then it hit n I "had" to blow one. I loved prepping it.

One step at a time I guess. At least it was only 1 n not 5+. I suppose that's progress. N I made it til midnight before I just "had" to do it.

At least I'm off opiates, abuse wise. I did take half an oxy 7.5 today but I was in real pain n as u can see that's not a rec dose.

Thanks again hun!

 

[Xn1919]

how i got off snorting stuff was just start popping em. i know i know its gay and like a sin.. kind of like me snorting a 30 instead of shooting em but as u kind of ween away from it give your nose a chance to heal a little. then when you go snort something it burns like hell.. i use to loooooove snorting vikes and shit now i just pop em. good luck girl

 

[RTrain]

^You snorted vicodins? You know its like at best a 50:1 ratio of APAP:hydrocodone.

To OP, it shouldn't be such an issue stopping, just eat them. Unless it is something that works much better when snorted, I don't see the big deal. Granted I snort a lot of things, but mainly heroin which it actually is worth is because of about 2-3x the bioavailability. I think Ritalin is pretty high oral BA, so its not like you are losing out on much.

 

[RobotRipping]

try amphetamines lol

seriously tho ritalin does nothing for me; even at 200mg, i get a coke like high for 1 hour at best then just get tired! That ritual of snorting is hard as hell to break, i'd start plugging the ritalin. Of course i now have an extreme plugging ritual where i plug everything but at least my nose is good!

2-3 days depression, nonstop sleeping, eating, cravings for at least a week. It's painful i can't quit amps for the life of me, i'd rather die. But the withdrawal is honestly not that bad and i was coming off 400mg/day of dextroamphetamine plugged so you shouldn't be too bad. Just don't abuse your script, plug your daily doses and you should be okay! Take that with a grain of salt as i blew through 240 15mg dexies last month and the month before in a matter of a week and a bit.

zoloft is a shitty med; if you have OCD you're better off on something more relaxing. I wouldn't want to mix ritalin with zoloft i think that's asking for OCD.

the ritual is the drug addiction essentially - i realized i enjoyed the process of getting high more than being high at many points in my stim career.

good luck, get out while you can cause i'm so fucking hooked to amps it's not funny. just ordered more ethylphenidate ffs i will never learn.

oh yeah snorting ritalin is a waste, plug it if you want the best effects. Oral use sucks too and you shouldn't IV them so plugging is the way to go. Try to stick to your normal dose. If you go without it you'll feel like a zombie that eats everything in sight, that's about all that happens, still sucks tremendously tho.