Posted by andersck on December 9, 2007, at 23:05:40 [reposted on December 15, 2007, at 3:25:07 | original URL]
This post is for anyone who is freaking out because they took too much amphetamine (adderall or whatever) and feels like complete sh*t. I just got through this myself – I took way too much Adderall 5 days ago and I finally can say that I feel completely fine after 5 days of complete hell. I was seriously depressed and freakin out and wanting to die(and considering suicide) for the first 3-4 days if withdrawal. I drove myself to the emergency room after 3 days because I was not feeling better at all but was instead feeling worse depression than ever(I was too afraid to go in though). I was afraid that I had f*ck*d up my brain chemistry so bad that I would never feel better – and subsequently thought that if I was always going to feel this way, I might as well kill myself. Good thing I didn’t because I feel fine now. It was not until I found the following information on credible website 3 days into my withdrawal that my panic was calmed a bit.
“Following amphetamine intoxication, a "crash" occurs with symptoms of anxiety, shakiness, depressed mood, lethargy, fatigue, nightmares, headache, perspiring, muscle cramps, stomach cramps, and increased appetite. Withdrawal symptoms usually peak in two to four days and are gone within one week. The most serious withdrawal symptom is depression, possibly very severe and leading to suicidal thoughts.”
The website is: http://www.enotes.com/mental-disorders-encyclopedia/amphetamines-related-disorders
Just posting this to tell anyone who is experiencing bad withdrawal that there really is hope and you will feel better – don’t listen to your Dopamine starved mind tell you that your life is over. Just hang on – my depression peaked at 3 days, that was the scariest part, but after 5 I feel fine. I will certainly never do that, or any other uppers, again.
poster:andersck
thread:800940
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/wdrawl/20070929/msgs/800940.html