Using meth for opiate withdrawal is common practice among individuals coming off narcotics. While some opiate abusers obtain withdrawal relief from meth, the toxic drug actually exacerbates symptoms in the vast majority of people.
And even though meth does help with opiate withdrawal in some users, the cons far outweigh the pros. In this article, I will explain how meth affects the brain during opiate withdrawal, and I will also provide you with a healthier, natural supplement alternative to help you ease your symptoms.
Meth Overview
Methamphetamine, commonly referred to as “meth,” is a powerful central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug. While methamphetamine hydrochloride is approved by the FDA to treat ADHD and obesity in adults and children, it is rarely prescribed due to concerns of neurotoxicity.
In low doses, meth has the ability to:
- Enhance mood
- Increase alertness
- Improve concentration
- Enhance energy in fatigued individuals
- Act as a powerful aphrodisiac
- Reduce appetite
- Promote weight loss
In high doses, meth use can result in:
- Violent behavior
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Rapid mood swings
- Prominent delusions
- Psychosis
How Meth Affects the Brain
I’m not going to dive into all of the technical pharmacodynamics of meth because this would be a long and painful article to read. However, what I will cover is the main effect meth creates in the brain.
Meth radically spikes concentrations of dopamine in the brain.
Dopamine is involved in reward, motivation, the experience of pleasure, and motor function. When an individual uses meth, the drug quickly releases high levels of dopamine directly into the reward regions of the brain, producing a euphoric “rush” in the user.
Using Meth For Opiate Withdrawal
During opiate withdrawal, the brain suffers from an extreme lack of dopamine and endorphins (our natural painkillers). Since using meth for opiate withdrawal significantly boosts dopamine levels (among other physiological actions), many opiate abusers have obtained relief of depression and other symptoms as a result of using the drug.
Here is a list of typical symptoms meth treats in some users:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Pain
- Diarrhea and other GI issues
- Fatigue
However, the vast majority of individuals using meth for opiate withdrawal do not receive these benefits. Instead, the meth (being a strong CNS stimulant) exacerbates their anxiety and insomnia tenfold or more.
One thing is certain, whether a person enjoys using meth for opiate withdrawal or not, the drug is causing severe damage to the body.
Meth is a known neurotoxin in lab animals and humans.
Neurotoxins are substances that are poisonous or destructive to nerve tissue. I don’t know about you, but I tend to enjoy having healthy nerve tissue.
Using Meth For Opiate Withdrawal Exacerbates CNS Excitation
Opiates are powerful CNS depressants, meaning they relax the body and slow down breathing. After an opiate-dependent person abruptly stops using narcotics, there is a strong “reverse effect.”
Since there are no longer drugs in the body depressing the CNS, the CNS goes crazy, and this translates to extreme anxiety and psychological terror. The use of meth for opiate withdrawal can make the CNS even more stimulated and out of balance. I describe it much like pouring gasoline on a fire.
Meth For Opiate Withdrawal Natural Alternatives
Since using “street meth” is illegal, a neurotoxin, and a powerful CNS stimulant, there are much better options for treating opiate withdrawal symptoms at home. Instead of taking CNS stimulants, a better protocol would be to take medications and/or natural supplements that relax the CNS.
Being an ex-opiate abuser myself, I realize how difficult it can be to obtain helpful medications for opiate withdrawal symptoms. Luckily, there are many natural supplements that have been shown to be helpful in reducing the severity of the opiate withdrawal syndrome.
Opiate Withdrawal Formula is an opiate withdrawal supplement that has gained tremendous popularity for reducing insomnia, anxiety, and other unpleasant symptoms.
If you can afford it, I also highly recommend taking this awesome supplement, because the benefits are just too good to pass up.
Meth For Opiate Withdrawal Conclusion and Questions
Using meth for opiate withdrawal is not recommended for many reasons, the primary ones being that it’s illegal, a neurotoxin, a powerful CNS stimulant, and potentially very addictive and harmful.
Although many individuals have raved about the benefits of using meth for opiate withdrawal, the majority of users complain of it exacerbating their symptoms. Click here now to view my best home detox program.
If you have any questions on the use of meth for opiate withdrawal, please feel free to leave them in the comment box below.
Brett
I’ve been on and off oxycodone for years. The first time I stopped I went cold turkey and did a weekend of being on meth I went to sign up for the suboxone program however 36hrs after my last oxycodone 20mg capsule I piss tested to go on the suboxone however there was already no opiates in my system and they thought I was lieing obviously the meth flushed it out? Anyway cold turkey off 18months of up to 60mg a day of immediate release oxy and 4 and a half years I’d been on valium up to 20mg a day I was crook for two weeks with the runs smoked pot that helped. I’m high on meth rn and stuck on the vals and oxy again. Only 20mg a day atm
Dave the cave knave
I fully agree with you my friend, thank god we have a success story. If it wasnt for crystal i would still be scrounging every cent i could get my black little fingers on just to score with my lady H and meth helped me kick her in ways i didnt know was possible. We may go back to lady H every few years or never again but I feel safe knowing there is an alternative to getting away from her that doesnt involve intense pain and discomfort. I am not a fan of crystal at all but it is a good medicine for getting away from something that i feel is much much worse and controlling.
Anonymous
Me too! I love Meth tons already, but omfg! It is literally the ONLY thing that gives me this sort of “special magical shield” against registering the withdrawal symptoms; I mean, they are fully there impinging upon all my cells, but somehow meth let’s our mind not “care” , as if the withdrawal symptoms aren’t lessened but instead it’s as if you are both “feeling fully” the symptoms and at the same time your mind somehow becomes so strong willed that you just “go thru it and time passes so damn fast”!!!!
Molly
Matt: First of all, I wanna start by thanking you for providing the most valuable and comprehensive opiate resources I have ever found in my hours of sifting through opiate recovery literature and youtube videos. I find your information especially relevant because of your own personal experience with opiate addiction, your nuanced understanding of the biochemical processes at the root of addiction and addiction recovery, and your objective presentation of many less discussed and sometimes controversial topics that others in the opiate addiction support community rarely discuss. This article is a shining example of all the aforementioned qualities. Instead of “Never use meth for opiate withdrawal” you titled the article “Using meth for opiate withdrawal is not recommended” and then explained the rationale behind this using tangible explanations and evidence to back up why using meth for withdrawal would be ill advised
Anyway, sorry this is so long. I am not an addict, but am recovery for alcoholism. However, my boyfriend has been struggling with addiction to opiates for around seven years now. He has had many periods of sobriety and even made it 14 months before relapsing last year 🙁 his insurance only covers 30 days of rehab which isn’t long enough. The program is somewhat helpful, but he has become disillusioned with AA/NA because he has used suboxone in the past as well as SHORT TERM use of benzos and z drugs to get him through the anxiety and depression and therefore is not considered sober by their definition which makes him feel like a failure.
so yeah, he has been using since last August. We lost two close friends to fent laced H in December and since he lost his insurance and doesn’t have a steady source of income he’s been buying subutex from a an internet vendor which is sketchy, but it has kept him from buying H and IMO has kept him from ODing on fenta-dope (as they call it) or just straight up fent. However, he is now completely terrified of the WDs associated with tapering off subutex as well as the PAWS which I know will be extra difficult bc he is struggling with tremendous grief after the loss of our friends on top of the usual depression, anehedonia, anxiety that one experiences during early recovery.
Sorry this is so long and I honestly I don’t even care if you read it or not because it felt good to just get some of that out. I know you are a VERY busy man, but Just wanted to let you know how much you have helped me understand things so that I can convey them to my boyfriend and he can potentially ameliorate some of the painful symptoms of detoxing and remaining in active recovery. He’s not much of a reader but he loves your youtube vids. I don’t know how many times he’s said “damn. this guy actually gets it” after watching a vid. He recently watch the “opiate-energy addiction connection” and he said it mirrored his experience down to a T.
Thanks again Matt. Also, thank you so much for just giving out this info for free or at a reduced price compared to value. It shows that you truly care about people and aren’t just out to make a quick buck.
David S
Can somebody tell me what this constant feeling of buzzing in horribleness is in your body even weeks after kicking methadone?
Kels0429
I understand the risks however what I don’t understand is when I ask people why they use meth to get off heroin they say it relieves some of the physical symptoms. While yes certain symptoms are exacerbated and certain ones are. I think it depends on what the user can tolerate. One use who is withdrawing from opiates might prefer to feel physical symptoms while another might just want to feel the psychological.
Rob
Over the course of 10 years I have been addicted to heroin twice.. the first time, I was smoking 1.5 grams of heroin or more a day for 5 years, tried everything, cold turkey, methadone, subs, everything…. Finally one day a family member caught me down and out and I ended up doing meth with her… Stayed up 6 days and forgot that I was even addicted to heroin… Slept after day 6 and woke up to realize I was no longer sick, so I bought a bunch of weed, and stopped doing meth, 4-5 years later I had an injury, and resorted to heroin for a few months, was a lot smarter about it, smoked 0.1 a day and even split that into 2 doses through out the day.. felt minor withdrawals after a few months of use.. was no where near how it was the 1st time around, but still enough to not quit cold turkey, so I got some new again, stayed up 3 days, woke up still a little off, did some more and stayed up 2 more days, feel fine, bought more weed and quit doing both heroin and meth… Another words if you don’t have a tolerance for meth, it’s amazing for quitting heroin.
Rachel
Actually this isn’t a comment I had a question I was wondering I take 2 8mgs of subutex in a days time and tried crystal meth for the first time like 43 hours ago and I was wondering if it was OK to start taking my subutex again cause I haven’t touch meth in that long now and I won’t ever try it again so can someone pls help me out
K
I take oxycodone 10 mg, for 3 years now . I ran out a couple weeks ago and saw about using meth for withdrawal on here. Well after day 3 of no sleep and wanting to rip my arms and legs off and all the other hell that come from oxy withdrawal symptoms. I found some meth I would have tried a horse turd if it woulda stopped everything. So I smoked about 7to 20 hits a day for about 12 I’m day 1 stoped now and have to go to pain Dr. I bought urine test so I can make sure I’m clean before I go. How long will it take for that to get out? And are the urine tests in a pain management the same as the on ed you get online
Paul
I am on 115mg of methadone. I get a week take home and sometimes i take too much and im out the last 2 days. So when im out of the last 2 days i take meth and i literally experience nothing. Without it day one is ok but day 2 is rough but i do .25 throughout the day no problem at all. I no its not smart and i am going to stop but if you ever want to use opiates because your sick from them meth honestly helps. Its just getting off the meth.
cold turkey
I’ve been on Suboxone for around 6 months. (3- 8mg strips per day) It is Monday morning now and I havent taken one since the previous Thursday totalling 5 days. In that time span I have only used meth along with an occasional Xanax. I have been able to use, work all day (very extensively) and manage to sleep each night. I haven’t felt any withdrawl symptoms or maybe very mild, I’m not sure.. Of course I am super dehydrated and my muscles are very sore, but I’ve had minimal bowel issues, etc. Is it too soon to say that I’m through the SUB/WD? Or will it shine through when I stop using the meth, planned for Wednesday? 24mg Sub per day for 6 months, haven’t had one in 5 days, I have felt like it’s been rougher on my body (joints, muscles, kidneys) than in the past. I’m hoping it masked the Sub wd’s. I wasn’t intentionally trying to stop taking the Suboxone but it seemed to have worked. Hopefully I have given enough info for you to tell me whether or not I am in the clear after 5-almost-6 days. Thanks
Matt Finch
There is only a very small chance you’re in the clear after being off Suboxone or 5 days after being on 24 mg for 6 months. You’ve masked the withdrawal symptoms with two powerful drugs, meth and Xanax. The Xanax is helping to relax you and help you sleep, and the meth is providing massive amounts of dopamine which will give you energy, motivation, and eliminate drug cravings.
My guess is that as soon as you stop either one of these drugs, you will start to feel the withdrawal. You came off at 24 mg and even after just 6 months, a cold-turkey detox from that much buprenorphine can last several weeks, and the post-acute symptoms can last several months.
However, you also might be one of the very rare few that can get off opioids with close to no symptoms. I hope that’s the case for you, and I would love it if you checked in again and updated your progress to see how you’re doing. You may have found a miracle way to detox.
mark
Hi I have been on 60 mg of extended release morphine twice a day and 40 mg of oxycodone every hour for 10 years any suggestions on how to cure the symptoms I’m in day two
Matt Finch
Sure thing Mark. I’d be happy to assist. Read the following article which should help the most out of anything I’ve written on this subject:
Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms (& The Top 20 Things That Help)>>
Matty
I didn’t get really really sick from the subs until like day 7 ish
Samantha
I love how it repeats so many times using meth for heroin withdrawal is not recommended and dangerous as if we don’t already take heroin, fetanyl, and basically elephant tranquilizer (Carfentanil) and shoot it directly into our blood stream. Lol
Matt Finch
Opiates are nowhere near as harmful to your body as meth. If you took before and after photos of a person after using heroin for 10 years, and before and afters of a person that used meth for 10 years, you would see a big difference. Opiates may cause brain chemistry imbalances but meth is a poisonous neurotoxin. There is no comparison. Take it from me I’ve studied this for years.
Paul Sybrandy
Matt, I would like assistance with getting off this and there is a lot of good information here. I have a few questions. How would I go about speaking with you?
Free N Easy
I really like all the information about this topic. Yes it does work, but it does intensify the insomnia. That’s the only thing I’ve noticed. I was on heroin for a year bangin it and finally got help back Dec. 2013. Been at a Methadone clinic until just last week on June 20th. I went out on 21mg. I went daily never missed a day. Was at 125mg at 1 point and couldn’t stay awake at work. So i dropped down to 65mgs. I was stabble on it for a year and was ready to start coming off the done’. Well it was slow 1mg a week. I started the first day of 2017. New years resolution. Well 3 weeks later i lose my job and started down 3 mg a week. So all of my savings was eaten up by the $112 weekly fee for the methadone and that’s why i had to CT off of it last week. The first day or 2 wasn’t that bad. But 3 and 4 were awful! So the 4th day i scored meth and it compelety took away all w/d symptoms. No its not the PC thing to do, but it helped a lot and I’d rather not sleep and be pain free no w/d than super sick laying in bad shaking wondering if it would ever stop. I did more on day 5 Sunday and haven’t done any since. I no people will say it will be another addiction, but ive tried all the speeds and never have liked it. So i no this will be easy to stop. They really should use it to cure w/d symptoms. No different than using Methadone to get off herion. I’ve went through opiate w/ds in a jail and it was easy compared to methadone withdrawal. I have been taking mens 1 day vitamin and stool hardener and lots of gatorade. The only thing I have is sneezing and belching. But today is day 7 and I feel great and sleep all night last night.
DS
Was the individual asking about meth or methamphetamine? If it is methamphetamine, than I can give you what some has said helped with specific symptoms from methamphetamine. While I would highly recommend speaking with the right doctor if you have never been addicted to opiates, and used suboxone in the past, it can help with the extreme dysphoria, depression, anxiety and stress that comes with the acute phase of stimulant withdrawal.
I understand suboxone is an opiadergic drug. However, the mechanisms and properties on how it acts on the brain differ from the other opiates. Not only because it is half agonist, antagonist, but it also binds to specific types of pain receptor that studies show act as an antidepressant and antistressor.
If not able to get suboxone, long acting benzodiazepine such as valium may be helpful. It possesses muscle relaxant properties, anxiolytic, and on higher dosages sedation. This might help with the agitation one has during stimulant withdrawal.
Ryan
Taking Suboxone to get off of Opiates and then a Suboxone taper over a long period of time (depending on how long you have been addicted to Opiates) plus nutrition and excercise is TRULY the cure to getting clean along with maintaining a strong mental attitude!!!! Meth can help quite a bit with the dopamine rush, but can become very addictive itself.
I have been a 9 year full blown H + Pills + Suboxone opiate/opioid addict, along with a 4 year (A1 8Ball Per Day) cocaine addiction living in casinos and a new 6 month meth addiction!!
Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on drugs, alcohol, and gambling is not so much to think about or look past on!!!, but Fuck it anyone can change for the better and start to slowly recreate their life into something great!!!
KEEP TRYING AND NEVER GIVE UP!! GETTING CLEAN IS POSSIBLE NO MATTER HOW ADDICTED!!!
Matt Finch
Strong mental attitude is key! Great input Ryan!!
Steve
I am using meth to get of heroine. I will say this when your as dope sick as I am from years of opiate abuse you will do just about anything to not feel sick. I find it easier to shoot up and come down than slowly go up. I would say try it but just use enough to kick the opiate habit dont form another 1. I am on day 5 now and have not slept 1 min. So if i wasnt gonna sleep any ways might as well do a lil meth and hell im glad i did
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Nate
Same today is day two and the only symptoms I have because meth is blocking the withdrawal from fentyal is perfuseive sweating and that is a honest miracle because just as many on here may know the dts from h or fentyal is the most intense pain that I have ever experienced well and I have just puked for the first time during my withdrawal with the help of my new best friend meth for a few days anyway atleaat until I get every last bit of fentyal out of my system I can kick off the meth I couldn’t kick off my fentyal addiction but I’m on the road to getting my life back I’ve let fentyal control my every Last move since becoming hooked on it 6 months ago I’ve died twice from od I’ve also just recently went to a detox crisis center and I thought I was going to finally kick this horrible monster but less than a week and I was shooting up again and I honestly had every intention of quitting but it’s not that easy this is the hardest thing I’ve ever been challenged by so it’s a day to day battle you just have to be strong willed and just continue to say no to it you can beat this
Kari
I need help ASAP please. I went from being clean from heroine 4 years. Within the last year I got around someone who was constantly blasting, I stuck around and messed up 6 months of my life again. My tolerance was surprisingly high I started with 3GS a day and then went to buying 7GS a day, and finished them the same night. I may of made sure to save 1 1/2 if not just 1 for the morning/next day. And then hit , went out to make money , and then go by 5-7GS MORE !! Depending on how much money I had that day. So I started slowly cutting back and trying to lower my tolerance, I went to buying 2-4GS TOPS 4.. then I finally got myself to where I was only hitting 1-3 times a day. 1. In the morning, or before work 2. Randomly, whenever I felt my buzz was going away.
3. when I got home from work.
My boyfriend thought I had completely broke, and i lied to him. I could standing facing him and telling him I DIDNT WANT TO QUIT, I WANTED TO KEEP GOING HONESTLY!! the 1 thing he told me never do, because he hated it so much especially with using a needle, I freaking did it. And messed up my whole relationship because of btwn & I deeply hate myself for it truly do !! Anyways, he thought I stopped doing it with his family member, but I really didn’t.. I just wasn’t doing as much a day or each time. So after a little while of “her”(bfs family member) being a both and getting me on it, she would start to leave me sick, which ridiculous. Because going from 7GS to 4GS wA honestly hard. So going from 4GS to NOTHING !!!! Imagine that, you guys. So I started getting some when I got to my job, I would have people I knew drop it off . A G her and I would make it last about 2 days … I did that for about 2 weeks tops! We left “her” house and at this point he already thinks I’m done breaking … WRONG ! He doesn’t know that the last 2 weeks I’ve had the btwn and was doing it right when I got to work everyday… so 1 brilliant he decided to say let’s get fucked up, whatever . I said okay but if I get to do my drug of choice & him his . We both agreed, I only had $$ for 2GS so I got it and did it within a whole 24hrs. I haven’t had nothing at all today since I woke up, and it’s been so hard I slept till I had to get up and go to work and wasn’t looking forward to that, so I asked him to buy me some ice, to see if it would help. It did help me get up and go to work I will say that. I came back home and was hitting the bowlo again, this time finishing the dub . & I HONESTLY FEEL HORRIBLE !! I thought it would help my wothdrawls from the heroine, but idk if it is .. I have the worst headache, my heart is raising to the point where o can’t breathe, I can’t sleep either, and my stomach keeps getting these weird cramps in it … what do I do besides this ? Getting back on btwn is NOT an option for me at all . But I cannot handle being sick, it’s the worst thing ever .
Thank you for listening and I would really really appreciate it if anyone had any suggestions on how to take this away, and what are some better solutions for breaking from heroine please tell me !!!
Matt Finch
Hi Kari,
Based on what you’ve written, I believe this article could help you the most:
How to Mega-Dose Vitamin C To Stop Opiate Withdrawal>>
Robert
The Dark Side of Linus Pauling’s Legacy
HI matt-
Google the above for an interesting read on vitamin C, I like to know your thoughts on it.
Thanks
Robert
Hi Kari,
Google loperamide for opiate withdrawal, it works pretty well for most people, just be sure and do a little research on it before you use start dosing it.
You’ll find that a lot of people have had success with it, far beyond the bowl problems.
Good luck, I know you’ll beat this
Matt Finch
How To Use Loperamide For Opiate Withdrawal>>
Anonymous
Honestly, ive stop and fail again so many times.. On for like a month and then stoped for may be a month .. And ive always failed..i have always gone back to it.. Well there are so many home remedies and ive tryed them all.. The only one that made me feel better the third day into withdraws have been weed..i cudnt really start off smoking because it made me throw up,even cigs..but the thing i think helps is Gatorade,water ,and weed .helps u sleep and gives u the desire to eat..but i wud smoke,eat alittle something go to bed..wake up and the same thing over and over
Robert
I recently used methamphetamine to kick and 8 year Tramadol addiction, averaged about 25 of the 50mg tabs daily, now I won’t bother going into specific withdrawal symptoms associated with a “severe” tramadol addiction, but you basically have the double whammy. You get to experience opioid/antidepressant withdrawal simultaneously and it’s brutal and unrelenting. I’ve tried detoxes and they simply don’t have a real protocol in place for Tramadol addiction yet. “YET” being the keyword, they damn well better find one, cause it’s definitely on the rise, globally in fact. Because of the dangerous interactions that can/may occur between methamphetamine and Tramadol, I wouldn’t recommend trying my approach if only as a last resort. Clean and drug free now for over a month, no tramadol, no methamphetamine, nothing. To all those suffering with the disease of addiction you have to find a way out, what works for one may not work for another, just keep trying, YOU WILL SUCCEED
Rdc420
I’m currently using meth to wd off percocet. Granted I realized I had a problem when I started spending 50 or 60 bucks a day to feel normal. I know people that spend twice that a day. I didn’t wanna be like them and I own a construction business and I know I can’t have a drug habit and a business. One of the two is gonna have to go and I enjoy being my own boss. I personally don’t recommend what I’m doing. I never had a problem with meth. I’ve used it many times in very small amounts for recreation and when I say small amounts. Like 0.2 grams is a good time and I even go to sleep the same night. I’m not binging out on the meth 0.1 gram split into about 3 doses kills most wd symptoms. Which allows me to work and function day to day. Also the first couple days I took a percocet 5 just to help my body come off the opiates at a slower pace. I got about 2 more days before I’ll feel safe from physical wd and I’ve never had a problem leaving meth alone and won’t this time. I smoke Marijuana daily and that’ll cure the mental part. Definitely glad I read this article though and will be trying some of the things mentioned. Even thought I’m doing the meth detox thing I personally don’t recommend it. Meth is a really bad drug that if u use it more than 3 or 4 times a year u could end up having some serious problems. Like another addiction. Just cause I do some crazy shit doesn’t mean I recommend inexperienced people mess with it. Had I read about the natural and legal remedies I would’ve went that route for sure. Oh well u live and learn. My advice is. When a doctor offers you pain pills. Don’t take em. Meth is bad but I’ve known more people to ruin their lives from opiates than meth and I’ve seen more people recover from meth addiction than opiates. To everyone out there struggling. Stay strong brothers and sisters and keep focused on an opiate free life and don’t give up.
Heather
I recently wd from bunavail…basically suboxone. I’m on day 7 & I am just barely able to get out of bed. My first mistake was meth..on day 3.. at first in small doses it was ok..it fixed the GI upset and gave me enough energy to move. It was the absolute worst thing I could have done. It set me all the way back. So I got myself dlpa & velvet bean with withdrawal ease. I feel a million times better. .
Matt Finch
Glad you’re feeling better now Heather! And here are links to what you’re talking about so other readers can see:
DLPA: A Miracle Supplement For Opiate Addiction Recovery
Withdrawal Ease Review
victoria
methadone is the same as methamphetamine
Matt Finch
They are completely different, and have no resemblance whatsoever.
Educated Addict
Stupidest statement award goes to…… That’s like saying Hydroxyzine is Hydrocodone. Smart.
Isaac
Those two aren’t even remotely similar. Methadone is for getting off of opaites. Meth is a stimulant/upper.
Jen
What about a case where you are on prescription Adderall as you have been diagnosed with adult ADHD?
Matt Finch
Adderall is not the same substance as methamphetamine. Adderall is just amphetamine, so they are different.
Educated Addict
I can weigh in on this. I’m prescribed 40mg daily of Adderall. Have withdrawaled a few times whilst on it. My (not-so-smart-but-worked-for-me) reccomendations: take a lower dosage during the nasty physical days in the beginnning. You don’t want to oversarurate your brain with dopamine and endorphins when it is trying to figure out how to make them and how much to make you again. It’s counter productive. The Adderall will, however provide some much needed mental clarity and A break from all the fits crying about how guilty you feel about something that happened in first grade. After that, when the PAWS (post-acute withdrawal syndrome…. the TRUEST nasty part of all) kicks in, and you’re thinking on popping some cyinide. Pick up a little more than your prescribed dosage and pop that in stead. Working your way back to your original, pharmacist prescribed dosage. This is what I did and honestly, the only problems I ran into was at night the come down at night turned me into a sobbing little girl. But I would then take my clonazepam and feel better. I’m prescribed it as well. If you cannot get any. I reccomend anything the man running this site has said that works on GABAa1 and a2. trazodone works as well. (Commonly prescribed tricyclic antidepressant) I hope I could help.
rich
to me the best speed up Dd rate of heart so it seems that it pushes the opiate out faster because of the sweating and stuff I’m not really sure but its head has helped me a few times alright man thank you
Joey
That’s exactly what I’m doing now.. Using crystal to get off the sikness caused by my really low dose dose of methadone, 18 mg!! I know I’m getting an hard street to get out of my main problem.. But that’s it, I wish I could afford an ibogaine treat assisted by any experienced doc or whatever it is
Matt Finch
I had patients I counseling at a methadone clinic do the same thing. Check out the following article on L-Tyrosine which is a natural booster in the same neurotransmitters meth boosts.
How To Use L-Tyrosine For Opiate Withdrawal