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Upper vs. Downer People

I love stimulants. These days its adderall. It used to be cocaine + alcohol. I quit drinking 3 + years ago. I love MDMA. I like xanax or benzos sometimes for sleep, but won't take them for recreation without an upper. I loved opiates and have been off them for 2+ months. I consider them to be an EXTREME upper for me.

I am an extrovert and will agree that my personality and drug choices correlate with your thesis, but have loved every color of the drugged rainbow. :)
 
Isn't it also true that your body knows what's good (and bad) for you and tries to channel you towards a drug that will no jeopardize you too much (relatively speaking of course)? For instance I could never stomach H. The nausea overshadows the high. Most importantly the constipation in the following days is punishing. That's also because even when sober I tend to be constipated and need fibre supplement to function. Maybe the H nausea is there to tell me "don't touch that stuff if you don't want to end with bowel blockage". If I were suffering from irritable bowel syndrome maybe my body would allow me to enjoy a H high without the nausea.
 
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Isn't it also true that your body knows what's good (and bad) for you and tries to channel you towards a drug that will no jeopardize you too much (relatively speaking of course)? For instance I could never stomach H. The nausea overshadows the high. Most importantly the constipation in the following days is punishing. That's also because even when sober I tend to be constipated and need fibre supplement to function. Maybe the H nausea is there to tell me "don't touch that stuff if you don't want to end with bowel blockage". If I were suffering from irritable bowel syndrome maybe my body would allow me to enjoy a H high without the nausea.
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Yep you are correct, a person (LIKE ME) who suffers from ADD would probably want something that would help them "wake-up" (Raise my dopamine) rather than feeling fuzzy. I like things that make me feel alert and confident.

I do not enjoy opiates. The whole nausea aspect makes me unhappy and roll up in a ball. I would do it once in a blue blue moon, (if that) but last time I tried half a morphine tablet I got really sick and threw up. So there are certain things that our body may "Prefer" more because all of your neurological chemistry is different from another.
 
Definitely downers for me, but really only Opiates. Im not even crazy about alcohol or pot. I remember another opiate addict on here once said that they wished that they enjoyed getting drunk and smoking pot like most everyone else in the world and I could so relate to that.

But uppers i cannot deal with at all. I think that's because in my natural state, I get 'worked up" too easily. I crave being relaxed, mellow and not worrying about anything. Without Opiates its like my mind is a beehive of activity and I can't stand it. So I can't take any uppers stronger than the caffeine in a half glass of diet mountain dew. The thought of taking anything like Cocaine or Meth makes me feel ill.
 
I enjoy opiates when I'm alone and want to relax, but I can't function socially on opiates or benzos. Not the way I want to anyway.

I like uppers because I'm an extrovert who craves socialization. And honestly because I live to have my ego stroked. I'm not happy unless I'm making people laugh, meeting new girls, and receiving social validation. Sad but true. Amphetamines are my drug of choice, and cathinones do the job as well; MDMA, MDA, dextroamphetamine, methamphetamine, methylone, mephedrone, butylone, 4-fluroamphetamine.
 
i like uppers, downers, and all-arounders.

i used to like uppers until i depleted my brain and go no euphoria from them.
i kind of do that to every drug. which is bad, but there is a good part...once i finish an addiction i dont go back. currently, imo, im on the last leg of opiate addiction.
 
i consume downers on the daily.

uppers (coke only, really + adderall for studying) on the weekends/rare occasions, but i really enjoy getting a gram of fire blow or splitting a ball with some boys.
 
I think if I had to choose a "side" or a label for myself, I'd be an Upper person. Though I still love my downers, I think drug prefferences are very personality based. I sometimes have manic episodes where I'll have lots of anxious energy for a few days & then I'll be depressed & curled into a ball on my bed all day. I do smack when I have all this anxious energy & it hits the spot. Then some days I will become a little lethargic & experience total anhedonia & I'll get coked up & clean my home & bang dope on the comedown & a few Klonopin for sleep.
 
itsok said:
i like uppers, downers, and all-arounders.

i used to like uppers until i depleted my brain and go no euphoria from them.
i kind of do that to every drug. which is bad, but there is a good part...once i finish an addiction i dont go back. currently, imo, im on the last leg of opiate addiction.
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When you say you're on your last leg, what exactly does this mean? What im trying to say is, have you done every opiate available & you're doing the last one on the ladder which is heroin imo?
 
atleast with downers you tend to stay at home and not run around doing stupid shit.. or staying at home doing stupid shit ie: "repairing" stuff..
 
CrookieMonster said:
atleast with downers you tend to stay at home and not run around doing stupid shit.. or staying at home doing stupid shit ie: "repairing" stuff..
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Oxycodone (OP's) are the only opiate that give me alot of energy & helps me get things done but I love the sedating feeling more & that is why I dont do oxy alot. I prefer to chill & be lazy with my girl or when shes working, just watch movies & be a bum. Life is good when you feel good...........%)
 
I'm very much a downer person. I've never been a big fan of raves and clubs, so I never got into "party" drugs. Although today I would gladly try MDMA or ketamine if the opportunity arose.

I'm rather a bit of a nerd, so I spent my youth playing D&D and video games. Most of my RPG group members were smoking weed, and even then I preferred indica strains over sativa and still do 15 years later.

I tried coke and speed, but while quite nice, coke was way too expensive for its effects, and speed I simply found nasty, all jittery and paranoid.

So these days I stick to opiates (daily) and benzos (on the weekends). Though a downer, I don't drink alcohol, I used to quite heavily, but then I discovered the better (and probably healthier :\) stuff.

Anyway, the main reason I enjoy downers is that I'm not really a socially inclined person and value my private (and drugged to fuck) time a lot more than I probably should 8)
 
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I'm definitely more of a downer person, particularly opiates, pot, and alcohol. I'm anxious and jittery as it is, so uppers just send me up in a flame of anxiety and paranoia, and I smoke through a truly ridiculous amount of cigarettes. And I have bad insomnia as it is, so uppers make a bad situation a hell of a lot worse. I do like the speedy high of oxy, but I think that's because it's obviously a lot more subdued than speed, which just made my heart feel like it was gonna jump straight out of my chest. My brain chemistry is definitely much better suited to opiates - I love the dreamy euphoria, and the high hits all of the right spots. And apart from downers, I do adore psychedelics. I'm just really turned off by drugs that send your adrenaline rushing and have you talking a mile a minute.
 
^ Don't get me wrong, I'd still be up to trying uppers that I don't have experience with, and I'd especially really love to give MDMA and MDA a try, I just haven't had the opportunity to. Based on my limited experience, I'd definitely say that I much prefer downers to uppers, but my curiousity would no doubt overpower any misgivings I have about uppers if the opportunity came X)
 
I'm naturally very down, shy but with crazy anxiety at times. So down with periods of UP type tension that I'd rather not deal with.

That's why i love downers and I am extremely social on them. and on uppers I tend to be quite the nervous wreck LOL
 
When I was younger I used to love taking Speed and Ecstasy at the weekend as they were perfect for going out and being social with people.
After a while though I got fed up with feeling shit midweek and the come downs from Speed got worse and made me depressed.
For about the last 11 years I have taken heroin daily and feel this suits me much better. I can go work then chill out at home after a smoke of heroin and can still socialise when required.
It may just be an age related thing as I am now in my 40's and don't want to be feeling all hyper anymore so downers are my choice these days
 
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