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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 683779" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>First of all, Leafy,let me tell you how sorry I am that you are going through all this. You're daughter will not get clean until she wants it bad enough. on the other hand, I hope your husband recovers soonest and with no ill effects from whatever infection he has.</p><p></p><p>OK, about meth. Meth stimulates dopamine, which is the pleasure chemical. I've never done meth, so do not know anything about it personally. From what I understand, while the rush is said to be like no other drug, and high very pleasurable, the come-down is awful, fraught with physical and mental pain due to depletion of dopamine. </p><p></p><p>The temptation is to keep doing more meth to avoid the come down. While on meth sleep is impossible. So, you combine the psychoactive effects of meth with the effects of days without sleep, and paranoia and psychosis develop. </p><p></p><p>Many meth users use benzos in quantity to force sleep. They often sleep for extended periods of time, eat huge amounts of food, and seem to lack the ability to feel pleasure or happiness. This is because of dopamine depletion.</p><p></p><p>In cases of heavy, long term use, this dopamine depletion can become permanent, leaving the individual unable to feel pleasure, a condition called anhedonia.</p><p></p><p>Meth is not considered to be physically addictive, but is powerfully mentally addictive, and causes very strong cravings for the drug.</p><p></p><p>The drug can be insufflated (snorted), taken orally, administered IV, taken rectally, or smoked in a "bubble pipe" (same as used for freebase or "crack" cocaine) In the US, smoking and snorting are the most popular methods of use. Rectal and IV are the routes with the highest bioavailability.</p><p></p><p>Be aware that meth is also both cardio and neurotoxic in cases of regular use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 683779, member: 1963"] First of all, Leafy,let me tell you how sorry I am that you are going through all this. You're daughter will not get clean until she wants it bad enough. on the other hand, I hope your husband recovers soonest and with no ill effects from whatever infection he has. OK, about meth. Meth stimulates dopamine, which is the pleasure chemical. I've never done meth, so do not know anything about it personally. From what I understand, while the rush is said to be like no other drug, and high very pleasurable, the come-down is awful, fraught with physical and mental pain due to depletion of dopamine. The temptation is to keep doing more meth to avoid the come down. While on meth sleep is impossible. So, you combine the psychoactive effects of meth with the effects of days without sleep, and paranoia and psychosis develop. Many meth users use benzos in quantity to force sleep. They often sleep for extended periods of time, eat huge amounts of food, and seem to lack the ability to feel pleasure or happiness. This is because of dopamine depletion. In cases of heavy, long term use, this dopamine depletion can become permanent, leaving the individual unable to feel pleasure, a condition called anhedonia. Meth is not considered to be physically addictive, but is powerfully mentally addictive, and causes very strong cravings for the drug. The drug can be insufflated (snorted), taken orally, administered IV, taken rectally, or smoked in a "bubble pipe" (same as used for freebase or "crack" cocaine) In the US, smoking and snorting are the most popular methods of use. Rectal and IV are the routes with the highest bioavailability. Be aware that meth is also both cardio and neurotoxic in cases of regular use. [/QUOTE]
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