In the past two months, I have been more productive than I have ever been in my life. Thanks to meth...

Are you on day 2 of being clean now? How are you feeling? I think its probably still to early for you to feel any comedown.

The fact that you are taking meth everyday is what worries me. Meth has a half life of 12 hours. That means after 24 hours, 25% of the drug will still be in your system.

That means everyday you are on it, the amount in your system will be higher and higher from the residuals.

I have OD’d on Advil before (only drug I have ever od’d on) the max advil you are allowed to take is 4 pills in a 24 hr period. I was taking 2 pills ever 24 hrs for about 4 weeks. And I od’d... Most painful experience of my life was that od. It was so bad that I couldn’t even call for help, I just curled into a ball and passed out from the pain.

To put into perspective, advil has a half life of 2 hours.

Meth is 3.5x stronger than cocaine. And has a half life of 12 hours. Cocaine has a half life of 1 hour. The higher you go, the further you fall during comedown. (Thats from my understanding / experience; once again I have never done meth)

Meth also has much worse long term side effects than cocaine:

/quote Long-term use of cocaine can lead to prolonged bouts of confusion and paranoia, along with seizures and suicide ideation. Chronic use can also damage the cardiovascular, respiratory, and central nervous systems, which can contribute to chest pains and heart palpitations. Using cocaine for many years has also been linked to the development of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

Other health risks cocaine can cause depend on how it enters the body. A perpetually inflamed and runny nose is the mildest effect of regularly snorting cocaine. If snorted chronically, it can lead to hoarseness, problems swallowing, nosebleeds, a loss of sense of smell and can even create a hole in your septum that will cause your nasal cavities to collapse. Regularly injecting cocaine instead creates puncture marks or “tracks” and comes with the risk of contracting HIV and Hepatitis C. (Note: this is why you should take it via gums)

The long-term effects of meth use are even more chilling. Chronic use produces prolonged feelings of anxiety, paranoia, and aggression, as well as insomnia, delusions, visual and auditory hallucinations, and violent episodes. Then there are the physical effects, which include skin sores, weight loss, and severe dental problems, often known as “meth mouth.” Several components contribute to meth mouth, like poor nutrition, neglected dental hygiene, chronic dry mouth, and teeth-grinding, which can be a physical side effect of abuse.

The worst damage prolonged abuse of meth can cause is to the brain, and it is often impossible to reverse. Meth changes the brain in fundamental ways, decreasing the number of neurons in the central nervous system. The central nervous system is extremely limited in its ability to create new, replacement neurons, which is what makes the damage to the brain permanent, affecting basic cognitive functions such as:

Certain aspects of attention and movement The ability to visualize objects in space and form nonverbal memories The ability to not only remember but also learn new information Problem-solving and the inhibition of potentially damaging behaviors When the brain has become so thoroughly damaged from the effects of meth, in most cases, there can be no going back. /quote

https://www.google.com/amp/s/oceanbreezerecovery.org/blog/cocaine-vs-meth/amp/

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