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Originally Posted by zinco14532323
What drugs were you doing?
How much were you doing?
Have you stayed clean since Dec. 2011?
I did alot of meth before I got clean and sober in 1995. I had Post Acute Meth Induced Withdrawal Syndrome. They didn't know much about it at the time. It kicked in two weeks after I got sober. It lasted over a year. They diagnosed me with BP1 and I took tegretol, effexor, and halidol. the halidol was only for a year until I got over the psycosis. I finally convinced my pdoc that I was not BP1 and that is was from the drugs and he took me off of tegretol. I have never had a manic episode before or since.
Meth totally mimics BP and the withdrawal can a long time. It can take years to get brain chemistry back to normal. Some people never recover.
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Wow, clean since 1995.. that is AMAZING!!
I wasn't using meth. I was smoking a lot (7-10 grams) of pot/"poppers" a day, and doing a lot of hallucinogens, and drinking tons. My friday night (drink wise) would be about a 14-26 oz of liquor BEFORE the bar (I was a 125 lb girl at the time). I can remember eating mushrooms out of a bag like it was popcorn for 3 days straight before one of my episodes..
Once they put me on clonazepam and risperidone I became heavily addicted to those as well. Every medication they put me on that I could "feel" something, I abused it. It just became a huge drug cocktail mess..
And yes, I have been clean since Dec 16th, 2011.
