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Originally Posted by JWRT
I read your whole post and I can't say I have good advise. You seem to be well aware of addiction and it's dangers. If you are on Sub then there is some history there.
I am really questioning why you are being prescribed an amphetamine if it gets you wired. My understanding is that stimulants should only be prescribed for ADHD and they have the opposite effect of calming and focusing. I am not ADHD so I dunno. I was however badly addicted to meth for five years and withdrawals were not pretty at all. This was five years of heavy meth use and the withdrawal took over a year for my brain chemistry to get back to normal. They would not even let me work during that time. I was inpatient for three weeks and then on halidol for a year. They took my drivers license for 6 months. I wasn't suffering because I was flying high on a post acute withdrawal that caused a full blown manic episode.
I think my advice is to tell your prescribing doc to cut you off the amphetamines. You don't need them and they are dangerous to you. My normal withdrawal time to get back to normal after a period of heavy use was two weeks. I can't really say what happened for sure when I went into that year long thing when I got sober. I do remember clearly that in two weeks of not using meth and sleeping a lot I would feel like my real self. This is when I would pick up again. I think tackle the amphetamines first and then work on the Sub. My two cents.
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Thank you for your reply and you did help. Why am I on stimulants? Vyvanse is also prescribed for binge eating which is part of my bulimia. However I'm underweight, bipolar, anxiety, and a long history of abuse so I think my pdoc was stupid as hell to put me on it. I since got a new pdoc but they probably think I take it for ADD so they keep them coming. My biggest problem with the withdrawal is the extreme tiredness. Like I sit at work nodding out like I'm on the needle. No amount of energy drinks help. I still can't stand up and admit I have a problem to my pdocs. I'm going to give this some huge thought before my next appointment though. At first the stimulants were just once in awhile on weekends maybe. And then I started takiNg them to get through long work hours and needing more and more for the high and when I stopped, I got withdrawal. As far as the subs, I started those as purely recreational until one day I tried to stop and got sick. They don't even get me high anymore. I can't believe it took you so long to get normal after meth! That's scary. I don't know if I could handle that on top of my BP man. I do get extremely moody when I'm off them.
The one question I have for you is how long did it take for the fatigue to go away after meth? Last wk I had to go home from work early and slept from 12pm-7am the next day!!
Well I ****ed up again today. Another reminder that I can't do this on my own. I'm now out of vyvanse so maybe I'll be forced to go through it. I talked to my bf about taking time off work to detox. I was thinking I could get a dr note but then again a job doesn't have to honor that note. Also I'm the only one there that does my job so what's not stopping them from hiring someone else and telling me to get lost? They have been interviewing for other positions so they have the people if they want the job. Also, I'm still in my 90 days "probation" that they have for new hires. I would need one helluva good excuse and a promise from them to take time off. And I feel with my BP and already unstable moods, they want any excuse to get me out. Da$&it, ****!
Trileptal 600mg BID
Buspar 45mg
Seroquel 150-300mg for sleep
Ativan 1mg PRN
Vyvanse 70mg
Risperdal 4-6mg PRN
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