The Devastating Reality of Methamphetamine Psychosis: A Warning
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- In this video, we explore the serious mental health consequences of methamphetamine use, specifically Methamphetamine Associated Psychosis (MAP).
This powerful video is a warning about the devastating reality of methamphetamine psychosis. This video aims to increase awareness of the mental health risks associated with methamphetamine use and to provide valuable information for individuals and healthcare professionals working with those impacted by MAP.
Correction:
2:32 Trainspotting was Heroin and not Meth. Requiem with a dream was amphetamine and heroin ( possibly others).
We'll discuss the signs, symptoms, and potential treatments for those suffering from this condition.
With the right treatment and support, people can get back on the path to recovery. Keywords: Methamphetamine Psychosis.
MAP is a condition characterized by symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, and disorganized thinking. It can have long-term effects on an individual's mental health and social functioning.
To help viewers understand the diagnosis and treatment of MAP, we will discuss the types of clinical presentations and current approaches to management, including medication and behavioural therapy.
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For those of you that are doubters about the meth on the streets now…it is different. My son has been an addict since about 2012. He was using heroin, coke, and we didn’t know it at the time but meth as well. He got an infection in his heart from iv drug use that ate away his mitral valve. He had to have a mechanical valve placed in his heart at 26 years old. We thought he was basically clean since then but we found out recently he has not been. A couple of years ago, he started hallucinating. Both auditory and visual. We begged and pleaded with him to get help. He went to rehab for a month and a half self admit. He lied and said he no longer heard the voices and left. The threw away the meds that were given to him to quiet the voices and was in a cycle of using and drinking to quiet the voices. He alienated everyone with his delusions and the threats to them. He came to believe experiments were done on him. That he was pizzagated as a child (and no he was not). He believed that we were all psychic and that we were projecting things into his mind and reading his thoughts. He lost a really good job of 6 years and things got worse. He isolated himself about 4 months ago. He would only “talk” to me through texts. I couldn’t convince him that his reality wasn’t true reality. Couldn’t get him to get help. He was worse than we knew in his psychosis. He hid things very well if you saw him in person. Locked away in an apartment he became very spiritually active convinced he was going on a spiritual journey. He did. He locked himself in his apartment, set crystals all around, believed he was opening an Angel portal and took his own life 2 months ago. I never new he had a gun. I never knew how tormented he was until I read his journals. He didn’t leave a note but going back and reading his texts now, I believe that since he thought I was psychic, that I knew what he was going to do. Prior to this we had called police and crisis intervention and he had called police several times over his delusions himself. Because of his age, it would take something bad happening to get him committed against his will. The cops only said, “this is not going to end well” and left. And I’m telling you now, my son was gorgeous and loving and kind. Everyone who met him loved him. This meth, the last couple of years did something to him and fast. Something needs to change in treatment. This is not a couple of month treatment…he needed longer and his treatment should’ve been longer for sure. Now my only son and oldest child is gone and I am left with guilt, questions, and no answers as to why there seems to be no help for such a huge problem. If you have someone like this, try, try, try to get them to get long term help. If you are using…stop taking chances, commit to getting help and staying clean. This is from a momma who misses her son more than anything in the world. Btw his tox screen came back with meth, alcohol and delta 9. But he also drank kratom tea like crazy too.
So sorry to hear! This must be so distressing for you. Thank you for sharing your experience to help others. Sorry for your loss and wish your family well.
Your right. I'm sorry about the pain.
@@PsychiatrySimplified thank you for the well wishes. He committed suicide a couple of months ago. We didn’t know how to get help for him. He was 32 and refused treatment again. Honestly, I felt like this video was a sign from him showing me that there was a difference this time around and that the difference was p2p. Which I researched today and his reality was different from ours. There was no convincing him that the drugs was causing his break. We couldn’t force him to get help and the cops and drs wouldn’t do anything either because he didn’t have (I don’t know what you would call it except) medically diagnosed genetic schizophrenia. I don’t think that enough people in the medical field recognize how long the rehab for this could last and this as we know is quite expensive. Anyway, I felt this was a way to show me that we tried everything but just didn’t have the knowledge to get him the type of treatment he needed. May God always bless you beyond measure, Dr.
I'm so sorry for your loss. My sister is a meth addict, last I heard she was in a rehab, but who knows?? At first, I thought that she was just worried being alone after her husband left (now, I understand why he left). She had called me saying that she had heard people chanting in the woods and if my husband and I could come over to check out a shed she thought people were living in and we did that. Of course there was nothing. Over time it got worse and we didn't understand what was happening. We thought she was having some sort of a nervous breakdown. She does have bipolar disorder and we thought it could have been a really bad manic episode too at first, but it was never that bad before so we didn't know. After that, she spent the night at our house once and kept us up all night checking for people she said were looking in the windows. The next day she scratched the hell out of her cell phone with a thumbtack and then took it apart looking for cameras in it. She had us come over a couple other times and she said that her ex had put cameras in her ceiling and under her washing machine. We found out she was using meth, and she still insisted that we tell her we believe these paranoid stories. We finally put two and two together. We just had no idea how meth affected people, and what we thought was a nervous breakdown was actually being caused by the meth. We tried to get her to get help, but she wouldn't. I eventually had to cut her out of my life because she did not want to stop and began stealing from us, not to mention she was driving us crazy with these long nights of trying to calm her down. I don't know how long she was doing it, but I think it was a lot longer than I knew. All I can do is pray that she is in rehab and that she gets clean, she has two kids too and they are just so angry with her.
Meth is not addictive for every user , no more than alcohol is
As an ex meth addict,you may think you look good while on it, no you look like shit while on it. That's part of the psychosis. I pray for people out there lost on that drug.
Hey we was some good looking addicts lol . our brain was fucked . feels great to be off that . 5 years now
Yes, we can tell your high!
Agreed dude, you wouldn't notice how much you'd deteriorate because you would see yourself every day, but anyone who didn't see you often would immediately notice. Fuck meth. Fuck heroin too. It took me years to get control of my life back. Never again.
I relapsed Monday smh got to pick myself up and try again
🙏me too
My ex spouse died of a meth induced heart attack because of the increased strength of meth over the years. Then I got into another relationship with a heavy meth user who went into meth phchois I tried for several years to get him the help he needed but was unsuccessful as I myself was in early recovery. To this day he still hasn't returned to his normal self. I though myself am happy to report I am in my second year of recovery and am no longer in any unhealthy relationships
Thank you for sharing.
A dear friend of mine is hooked on this thing, and they do not wanna hear nothing about quitting or mitigating it in any way. It is horrifying to see a person literally sail away.
It’s sad !
Have you met them in the down-phase after the high? maybe more accessíble when feeling bd. and if you find out about DAA -Drug Addicts Anonymous (and maybe NA). Some go to AA also for their drug abuse. I got help to get fre from meds in DAA!Phenomenal. But that was before the covering of cell phone towers everywhere, and Sweden has extra strong radiation, so we are more affected than other nations... Affects the quality of work everywhere.
Going threw the same thing...my husband's ex wife (they have a kid together) wish she would get clean
In my eyes the current drug addiction and mental health crisis it’s just the symptoms of a much bigger problem. There is a pandemic of ignorance and narcissism in which each of us are worried just for ourselves which ends up in the long term to harm us and everyone else around us.
We can invent as many medicines as we wish, until we won’t start carrying for each other nothing will improve.
I agree
I absolutely agree. I'm an ex addict. Was using and shooting both meth and heroin. Been clean for 4 years come August 31st. Getting clean was the best decision I EVER made, also the hardest... Because until the addict or addicts themselves are ready to finally REALLY get clean. Nothing and no one, no matter who or what they may be to that person, can make them do nothing. I know this from experience. I thank GOD that I managed to get, and so far, stay clean. Especially since the meth is soon much more potent and damaging than it all ready was.
Very well spoken
well said ...
Our government’s are all so corrupt and are in cahoots with China to get all our youths hooked on this poison, Get rid of all involved like government, and keep China outta all our countries, we’d be fine , start concentrating on mental health and rehabilitation, instead of of sending all our money to support war and other BS , This is an epidemic and not like the bull crap Covid either !
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporesss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac.
He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporesss
One of my fav humans IS ON IT. It’s so SCARY. I’m so terrified of him.
It’s SO TRAGIC.
Mercy!
I love meth. It is a true fountain of youth if you have the self discipline to use it properly.
Dumbos just do too much.
35 years clean!
Hallelujah glory thank you jesus for answered prayers.
Congratulations 🎉
It is just disgusting.
My brother is 65 and uses it. I have NO idea how he is still alive. He started using it in the 70s when it was called "crank" and it turned his teeth green. It's so sad.
Sorry to hear. I've seen some older individuals use it as well.
@@PsychiatrySimplified there are thousands of folks 55 and above using meth
Well that explains why they get so strange and violent 🤔
My brothers are both on Meth. One is 55 & the other 60 yrs old. They've been drug addicts since teenagers. The youngest was homeless about 5 yrs ago, & moved in with his older brother for 3 yrs. One year ago, my oldest brother was evicted from the home he rented. He now moved in with my youngest brother.
The 55 yr brother is psychotic. He has been picked up by the police for his temper and damaging property. He's destroyed mostly the inside & some of the outside of his rental home. I actually found him this rental 2 yrs ago, after he was in the hospital and off drugs for 3 months and doing so good. The then landlord had a sore spot for addicts, and wanted to help with a new start for him. I am sick over what will happen, & if/when he will be kicked out. We live in central Canada, and our winter weather is extreme cold, and homelessness can be deadly. I will not take them in our home.
I have helped them by bringing them meals/groceries & mostly to let them know they are loved regardless. But I am running on low battery, and am starting to distance myself more.
I pray everyday for them as that's all I can do.
So many friends my age still doing it. Never make it to 70. Seems like the cut off time 😢
My daughter put herself through college and had a great life. No one plans to become an addict. She had just given birth and was depressed when offered crack and ice. She made $35+ an hr so she spent it all and went downhill fast. Her psychoses were terrifying. She was planning to murder her 6 yr old daughter because a "dark spirit is inside her"
She committed the act of unaliving oneself after being on ice for the last 3 yrs of her life. It was very tragic, we didnt know she was schizophrenic until she hit on hard drugs at 29. Crazy train wreck every day, for six years. God bless the ones strugging with psychosis 😢😢😢
So sorry to hear!
Thank you for your condolences. She is very missed, I wish the Meth would disappear from earth
your daughter was telling the truth. It is spiritual. Ever wonder why so many people on drugs or who commits crimes say it was a demon or spirit? because it's spiritual and the devil comes to steal kill and destroy. Im so sorry this happened to your daughter and am so angry how the enemy comes in to destroy people
@Brandiisbeloved Thank you for your kind, comforting, words. I appreciate them very much
I live in Regional Australia, my friend (mid 50's) hung herself on Meth, a young man I met in rehab overdosed/dead on fentanyl, my daughter (Meth+ Heroin overdosed and died in her early 30's , her boyfriend (high on Meth) hung himself shortly after,.
My son is in Meth Psychosis, his son battled for a year on meth but is finally free, his best mate still uses and died but was resuscitated later, my best mate has 4 kids on/off meth.
2 of my 12 grandkids died at 2/3 weeks old due to mothers meth/H use.
7 surviving grandkids were born addicted.
2 son in laws have gone through re-hab (early 30's) and both doing well and working now.
Daughter in law is still using pills/??, She can honestly be a nightmare and has been diagnosed with multiple mental health issues.
We have raised/had custody of 7 different grandkids at times, still have one living with us (6 years old).
Drugs don't only affect the users....
Devastating!
man thats a difficult story i feel for you and your loved ones❤
Just wanted to recognize you for being willing to share that despite it no doubt being difficult in hopes that it would help keep someone from demolishing their life
@@declanlee6894 Thank You, I do not wish this upon anyone.
That is brutal. As someone who has lived through addiction a few times in my life, I have lost track of the number of people I've met who have died, either accidently or deliberately, as a result of it. But that is a lot to happen to one family. I'm very sorry.
I was an everyday user for about a year. I realized i wouldn't ever be able to get over my problems living in that mindset so i quit cold turkey and have been sober ever since. Been about 8 months now. To all those struggling i pray god gives you strength and heals you from the pain you're experiencing with life. You are not alone.
Thanks for sharing and happy for you
I live in Thailand since 2013. Between 2016 and 2021 I'd come to USA 6-9 months a year to work. I lived in USA from 1986 to 2011 and I did my share of cocaine. I never became addicted because I was always smart enough to realize that there was always a price to pay for each gram of C you did and that price only grew with your age. From 2016 when in USA I'd first start snorting meth but in 2017 I started smoking it. I'd do meth every day for 6 months in USA, then cold turkey for 6 months in Thailand. Smoking meth was wonderful, it was cheap, you could still eat and you could sleep 4 hours every night. Hell, a habit of smoking four times per day only cost you $100 per month. I did recognize signs of trouble after doing this for a few years and now, since 2021, I'll never touch that stuff again. To stop cold turkey you have to cut ties to the environment and suppliers and realize the harm it does to you and care about yourself and just eat thos few weeks of low energy and feeling like shit.
Ty 🙏
I remember when i came down i would have alot of depression, make me feel i needed it to feel better. Im glad im clean
I am a psychiatric nurse here in Tucson Arizona, the amount of meth induced psychosis that comes into my facility daily is astronomical
Have you seen a change in presentations? Severity? Or cut with other things over the last few years ?
Since you are medical professional I like to pose a theory ( I'm willing to also share how I came to this idea)
I don't believe that is directly the amphetamine that causes the psychosis. I believe from prolonged use , the users amygdala shrinks. This will cause increased aggression , a reduced precieved requirement of sleep and the total loss of R.E.M sleep.
It's the hyper-insomnia that causes these symptoms of large scale psychosis by shrinking the regulatory system in the brain.
@@joshfloyd7755 this sounds spot on
@kaneprow3699 thanks! I had covid and picked up a nifty bit of neurological damage. I gained the super-power of non-chemical hyper-insomnia, I slept maybe 500 hours in 7 months.
My Dr did all kinds of fun scans and test to make sure my amygdala hadn't shrunk.
@@joshfloyd7755yes. My son was up for several days and shot my husband in front of me. He was on meth but if he would have slept, he wouldn’t have been that far out there
Good to see someone talking about Methamphetamine addiction. I know a couple people who are addicted. The symptoms you describe fit very well. Young people need to know this before trying the drug. That won't work for all of course, but if it could prevent even a few from trying it the first time, it would be worth it. Thanks very much for this video.
Thanks for the feedback. 🙏🏼
I tell everybody try it you might like it so much you'll do anything some creepy old guy wants you to do. If you got a chance to find something you like so much you'll do all those nasty things with anybody that would be just exactly what you need to try something you're sure you'll like that much.
Sometimes it some creepy old guy, but more often than not it's friends doing things and telling their friends how great it is. That's not such good friends. @@markmcgoveran6811
the time i went into psychosis from crystal and fent i was seeing people in my hallway who i thought were trying to hurt me and i was screaming at them to leave my house. as a kid that was terrifying, it’s scary when you can’t trust your own brain
Sure sounds scary. !
I know that feeling of how scary it is to know that your brain was fabricating a very dangerous situation. I lost my mind for a few days from delirium tremens during alcohol detox and it made me very dangerous. I felt like I couldn't trust my mind after knowing that I completely thought what I was seeing was real.
Hey i just wanted to know how long did it last after your last dose
Fuck that happened yrs ago its the new p2p meff thats doing it and alot is cut w cath salts also or "bath salts"
To every action there is an opposite reaction
The more euphoric reaction will cause the most negative reaction
Never actually looked at it from that perspective so true it’s actually kind of scary
In the mid-90s, I was offered Ice and became instantly addicted. I was a 19 year old college student (honors). I suffered in psychosis along with my (thankfully) short addiction, often. Would have auditory & visual hallucinations daily. A combo of the ice, no food and no sleep would propel myself into major psychosis about every week or so. Thank God I went to prison for 6 years.
I am very interested in my brain and body being studied. Where are the long range studies of persons who had heavy use but half their lives ago stopped? What are the long term effects on the nervous system. I am interested in how many former users have developed MS- i have a theory that it is high.
Thanks for sharing. That is very impactful. What do you mean by MS ?
Thank God u were smart and stayed away from it after ur prison stay. I know several people in town who just can’t stay away from the crap even after an extensive prison stay…
@@Uncaged_cricketwhat's your theory
Glad you got out alive. I'm in the aa and na rooms a lot and so many people would never have gotten the chance to stay clean if they hadn't gotten arrested
Methamphetamine is one of my worst addictions. Ive been on and off for years now.
My cousin has been using for awhile and she’s def become schizophrenic with paranoia, delusions and hallucinations. Scary stuff. Can’t convince her for the life of me that it’s the meth. No matter how irrational her delusions are…it’s very real to her.
the dope is not the same all across the us
I've been where you are. You want to baby sit them to make sure they don't do anything crazy but they will turn that paranoia towards you
@@1badombre82 oh for sure. I know I keep my distance..can’t have her in my life all like that
I was addicted for 20 plus years I ran the streets stayed awake for weeks sometimes a month with no sleep completely out of my mind sometimes I would get somebody to have sex with me and we would do it for 8 10 12 hours straight I stole I lied I cheated I snuck lost all my friends lost my family and when I finally stop doing it I started a new life a life of alcoholism now I'm almost 60 years old and my life is a blur it's so hard to relate to I've been diagnosed schizophrenic and yet still don't get any assistance from the state I don't know how to fix this mess My body hurts all the time I'm in terrible shape and I just stay at home and sit and watch TV not much of a life most days I pray for death I wish I knew how to fix this Hope somebody reads this and changes their mind about what they're doing with their life
reach out to a local church and seek God. He is Hope.
You stayed awake for a month? I didn’t think that was even possible
With that kind of hyper-sexuality, it sounds like you may have Schizoaffective disorder with Bipolar 1. Just a thought.
@@andybrown3016sometimes you can have these micro sleeps. Often times while moving around even.
@@andybrown3016she definitely crashed a few times during that month lol
I moved to the west coast and immediately saw that the homelessness problem has way more to do with cheap meth n fent pills than anything else. It’s so sad
Looks can be deceiving. Easy to ignore the capitalist setups taking for the rest of us pushing us into homeless and/or using substances like sadly especially fentanyl
I'm seeing the reason why: real estate investors out-pricing locals, leading to deaths of dispair.
💯 😢
While I mostly agree with your statement, this issue is in large part also due to stimulus checks reaching as far back as Obama, and perpetuating all the way to present day with the home rent memorandum, (more over memorandum’s expiration) coinciding just about the time the stem checks and extended unemployment benefits expire. ALSO (nothing to do with coincidence) Joe Biden is the best president ever,rent & I love hunters laptop but also the housing rent has mor then quadroipled bñ
Yeah and I live in San Francisco and in the Tenderloin low income district. I see ppl. doing drugs in the open and many are homeless. They seem like the drugs is all they care about and lost all hope. The Latin drug dealers are everywhere and just on the corners in number and dress in all black with masks.
It’s so sad bc these were ppl. that were once loved by family and friends and now living day to day to score their next high and gave up everything for drugs.
I've never heard anyone ever say drugs were the best decision I've ever made.
Wanted to learn more about this because raving Meth Heads are everywhere in Honolulu. It's really scary. You never know what you are going to face when you go outside. The Condos in this neighborhood are over a million dollars, and people freaking out around you daily. Not a day goes by where you won't witness this. While I know it's an addiction, it always starts off as a choice. A bad choice, but a choice the first time you decide to do it.
Well it doesn't make me rave at all , some people don't know when to stop using mm. I only do one line in the morning aa ,, if I can do it so can those imbeciles.
man it's the PERC smokers!
well "meth" is Hitler's alchemy to create "super soldiers"/egos/vanity obsessed selfish living "zombies"/angels that chose to fall/demon possessed/volunteered their soul away de existed hu(Ed)man's ... I tried it before to see what the big deal was ... it did NUTHIN to me cause I'm spiritually strong ... once ONE of my teeth got loose (still is) ... I quit ... = the only "affect" is based off your egos + it's not "addictive" unless your spiritually weak = marked for de existence ... "savage" .. they fail themselves before they failed everyone else ...
sometimes its not a choice though. I personally know people who were forced to take meth and fed it in their food as children to groom them for being sex workers and ATM machines later in life. People with shit parents who know how to make it will give it to kids instead of buy food I have also seen that... Scum world sometimes
@@davetheknave666it’s fentanyl not perc.
I've been off of it for over 2 years and I just watch movies every time I get bored
I have witnessed this a few times and it is a very dangerous situation to be in. You want to be there because you know that the person is going to do something really messed up but at some point they will turn that paranoia towards you
that's what I'm worried about, I work with someone who I pegged for a meth user right away & recently they've been in full blown psychosis during work, talking to themselves & crying & when someone asks what's wrong they say there's voices in their head but nobody's doing anything about it, if it happens again I'm walking out, I'm not waiting around until the person decides I'm the devil
37 years powder free for me
I quit in 1986
I have a person I care about who did this drug for so long that he is now psychotic even when he does not use meth. Seeing and hearing things, feeling things, picking at himself, delusional thinking, paranoia. He refuses to get help. So I had to back away
Sorry to hear. It can lead to mETH psychosis .
I lost a friend also of many years.
Clean sober 13 yrs. That isht was hell
Well done!
how did you quit?
I relapsed Monday smh
I am
From
Vietnam and I use meth, 1 years, I lost everything, my job, my life, my mother, I try to help my friend get over too, meth in Vietnam is the big problem now
Sorry to hear. hope you get better.
I was a heavy user for 10-15 years.I have been clean now for 5 or 6 years now.I watched this drug ruin so many friends lives.
how did you get clean?
I'm not sure where the pricing for this are being estimated, but in the state of California, cost has plummeted. One gram dropped to 20 dollars & purity has diminished as well. Apparently, ppl are also finding fentanyl testing positive in their samples.
It's 20 bucks a gram in west Virginia 500 a ounce 2500 a pound unbelievably cheap and it's every where you look it's like this sell across the country
Yep. The fent is in EVERYTHING you cop off the streets. The heroin, coke, crack, meth Powdered and smokable) the painkillers and sedatives, and now even the MDMA. It's rare in the marijuana, though not unheard of.
And, now the fent itself is being cut with Xylazine, and animal tranquilizer that was never approved or tested for use on humans.
It's a bad scene out there, with constant, treatment (nar-can) resistant overdoses. hunched over zombies, huge wet infections on people arms and legs that they refuse to get treated, and meth head psychotics screaming at people who are not there, or hostile to people who are. Don't score drugs off the street these days, at least not pills, powders, or rocks, unless you REALLY DGAF about what happens to you.
65$ a ball in texas if your lucky
My cousin has been an addict for over fifteen years and I honestly can’t t tell the difference anymore between her sober or high.
Sorry to hear. That must be tough
My uncles been on it for 35 years & I can tell immediately, soon as I see him ,weather he's high or not
Ultimately the decision comes down to your cousin. After all, it’s HER LIFE to make her choices & decisions with….what you may think & what you may want for her is only your opinion. Its not law. If you go snitch on her drug use to law enforcement or go tattle to her employer or school about her drug use that just makes you a full on scumbag.
So don’t be a full on life wrecking scumbag. Be the supportive loving and good cousin family member that you’ve been to your cousin by supporting her stable life aspects & encouraging her to keep taking care of herself, eating healthy, exercising, visiting with family working to pay mortgage-rent & staying housed, essentially the harm reduction aspects.
Maybe someday she will grow out of the bottle, pipe, pill or needle. It happens all the time. People do get sick & tired of the drug routines they entertain. Eventually they want some novel change in their life. Some people don’t change yet they still live very happy & highly productive, high functioning satisfying lives. Who are ee to deny someones happiness based on stupid bigoted drug laws?
One person’s pleasure is another person’s poison….
My cousin has been an addict for decades. She lives at a bus stop and nobody recognizes her except her mom
Then she's not an addict .
My ex-gf, whom I care deeply for, has these issues. It's a severe downhill spiral.
She believes that I was sex-trafficking her, secretly married to someone else, and that someone was breaking into her apartment every night--and on, and on!
It breaks my heart! These delusions of hers destroyed our relationship. It caused me legal issues( which won't go into). It sucks you in!
Nothing good comes from this drug. I pray that someday she gets help.
My partner of 30 years must have tried it once and got sucked in. (71 years old...WTH!) Had a heart attack in Aug. of '22, went right back to it ! He had to leave my house !!! The smartest thing I ever did was put him OUT!!! Arrested 3 x, had me convinced he wasn't doing it anymore. ("I can't do that and take my medicine TOO!") Well, his lies came to a screeching halt when (from all of my research and his symptoms that day) he collapsed and died from methamphetamine toxicity on Oct. 8, '23. He KNEW what that shit from HELL would do to you, but his motto was always "mind over matter." Well, MATTER kicked his ass and led him to "the final high!"
@@marydawson7959 - Oh my goodness. That's terrible! I'm so sorry to hear that. I am sorry for your loss. Regardless, he was still your long term partner.
I can't believe he start using at that age! That's absolutely crazy.
I've personally seen methamphetamines destroy lives in so many ways. The worst is the lives of children to parents whom are meth addicts..
Moreover, the drug continues to evolve. From the days of "home labs" here in the United States, to "super labs" pumping out tons of this from Mexico. Not to mention the fentanyl crisis that's plaguing our society now as well.
Being from--born and raised--Portland, Oregon, we were one of the very first areas of the U.S. that meth came to.
Started for us, in the late 1980's. It's crazy! I hate the drug. Scourge to our entire society.
That's called projecting. Literally projecting. And threats. You tried to cause legal issues. But biting your ass instead
My son is acting the same way he's in county jail now but probably be getting out soon and I'm terrified and scared to death because I'm afraid he's going to hurt himself or someone else or both,
Sorry to hear. Hoping follow up can be arranged
Thanks for speaking on this national health crisis . Its my experience that most are unaware of the catastrophic long term biological fallout of this chemical . The general public, and likely even those that are users or associated arent taking into account the full picture. Societal impoverishment and spiritual devastation. Its not hyperbole folks
It's not hyperbole. Not in the least.
WTF? Pure unadulterated pharmaceutical standard Methamphetamine does NOT cause “catastrophic long term biological fallout”, such claims are pure propaganda and based from anti-drug media campaigns that scapegoat & demonize the target Substance.
Amphetamine do not cause tooth loss or gum disease!! We have millions of citizens in the USA prescribed daily doses of Amphetamines some in high doses who have perfectly healthy teeth & gums! Please look at the FACT BASED, EVIDENCE BASED DATA before espousing such idiotic vitriol. All it does is illustrate how uninformed, ignorant & easily you are manipulated!
Go look up the last 50 years of research from NIDA & FDA!
There was a TH-cam who was a meth addict and talked about it, in the comment section it amazes me how many users spoke of seeing shadow people and demons. One or two said the shadow people didnt go away after they got clean. Truly evil, scary stuff.
You listed movies that featured "meth," but failed to mention the TV show which is the meth "classic": "Breaking Bad"! I live in New Mexico, and from frequent news reports, can say that series is an accurate expose of the putrescent, festering underbelly of this state.
Thanks for sharing. I did think of breaking bad . Good point
Yeah I have a couple friends from burque they been at it for years
All the films listed are anti-drug propaganda films! And they are exceptionally over the top when compared to reality. Most Amphetamine users have careers, homes, families, they have professional careers in Medicine, Law! Those suffering at the hands of Destructive Drug laws are only exampled as the norm to create a narrative to continue the War on certain people who use targeted drugs. Lets be clear about this!
Wake up! Drug laws keep Law Enforcement funded by way of FEAR of “DRUG CRIMES” which in turn keeps jails full, which keeps Courts & Drug Courts funded, which keeps Treatment-Rehab centers funded, which also keeps Prisons full & Parole & Probation able to violate drug users for simply using to put them back in the system!!!!
Drug Laws are a big WHEEL OF HARM & DEATH! all for $$
While they are fantastic films, Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream are about heroin addicts. Although Requiem does have a character who uses prescription dexamfetamine from a doctor and does go into a psychosis.
Spun is a pretty good film about meth addiction.
@@Wintermute909 I haven't seen any of those movies. I was referring to the series, "Breaking Bad," which is all about meth.
I tried it, and really didn't like it. It made me feel unlike myself, like my brain couldn't work anymore. I understand why people would like it, if you are unhappy with yourself. I honestly am not judging, most of us have something we don't like about ourselves.
This particular drug changed my thought process that triggered the cloudy thought process to put me to sleep.
It's a strong and intense feeling, but for me it's like being told artificially that I am exausted.
This makes sense. I’ve had someone get extremely physically violent and aggressive with me, and claim to have schizophrenia, and then later complEtely deny that they physically attacked me. To this day they will not admit that they choked me. It was one of the most intense physical encounters I’ve ever had with anyone, but they are adamant that I invented the memory. I can’t imagine forgetting doing something like that without a TBI, but I do know (multiple forms of) brain damage makes anything possible.
Being a schizophrenic who's prone to occasional bad decision I can by experience say that it's a similar experience could be easily mistaken... a fried schizophrenic is a thing people don't know how to handle. No fun at all. Don't know how people can do it daily..
Basically the same thing happened to me with my ex.. To this day, he believes that I was the one being crazy and coming at him. But in reality, I was just chillin in bed listening to music when he came in and started attacking me over a paranoid delusion, accusing me of something I didn’t do. Terrifying.
In Australia You had Methedrine (i forgot pharm/chemical company who made it) ,but was taken off the market in middle or late 1960s .What is interesting ,there was also Methedrine 10 mg injection for i.M or idk I.V application ? probably for barbiturate overdose. .But i have found sth else----Methylamphetamine (Methedrine) can be given orally in 5-10 mg. doses as an alternative to dexamphetamine. Its main use, however, is by intravenous injection with or without a barbiturate to produce an abreaction in tense, obsessional patients. Such patients often have difficulty in ventilating resentment and hostility, but with the aid of intravenous methylamphetamine their feelings may be released with considerable relief of tension and any associated somatic symptoms.
My ex that was very beautiful and looked like Juliet Robert and 21 in 95 when I as dating her for a year. She was using meth when we were going out and still using and now 49. She keeps facebooking me to be friends and I’ve told her many times I didn’t want to get back and stay friends bc of all the abuse she’s put me through. Oh and about 5 years ago, she finally told me she’s bipolar and I guess she didn’t know that before. But she’s not very honest and maybe more like schizophrenia bc even in 95, I’ve seen her in psychosis state and made poor decisions. So when I saw the 3 photos I saw on fb shocked me bc she looked horrible and over the years, she pretty much looked younger and beautiful when I saw her photo about 10 years ago.
Anyway. It’s really tough to see someone destroy themselves and hurt themselves and knowing they can’t or won’t kick the meth habit.
I guess it was time for mine to make his final exit : LITERALLY couldn't remember how many cups of coffee a scoop made, had a dollar in his wallet and 5.94 in his bank acct. FIVE DAYS after he got his SS check, and was down to around 125 lbs. Collapsed and died 10/8/'23.
I appreciate what you are trying to do here and I hope it really helps others. Things are much worse than your numbers show. It is being sold at $100/Oz across the country and things are way past getting out of hand.
Yes I realised that it’s much cheaper than in Aus . Thank you for your feedback. 🙏🏻
@@PsychiatrySimplified you are welcome and thank you for raising awareness. So many people talk I love your actions.
Maybe the worst thing, after one quits, the personality issues never really go away. Fear issues, avoidance, shame, and more.
So maybe what we should do is the opposite of whats failed for DECADES! Legalize & regulate all illegal drugs and use harm reduction protocols for those with severe use issues.
Prohibition of drugs is the harm!
@@BushyHairedStrangerare you dumb?!?
If you act like you don’t know these humans and how this will make it very awkward society. They taking it in the first place is the problem. Keep taking it won’t help will increase numerous levels of the effects and these users will be permitted at this point for a regulated dose. I’m beg to differ. I see it being black eyes. As a problem happens-the pipe no way. Put these folks under refinement spiritually controlling what their senses receive. Excerise them. Threadmill bedroom floors. Everything in love. Love these ppl lack. Authentic love. Like a love bank therapy not sex. That’s an ignored ingredient these days.
@@BushyHairedStrangermeth amphetamine isn't a drug..It's a neurotoxin. It derails synaptic response and erodes nerve sheathing . The long term physiological , psychospuritual effects are devastating. It definitely shouldn't be "legal"
@@BushyHairedStrangerthey tried that in Vancouver bc Canada, it doesn't work ,they need strict ,locked away ,rehab ,not free hard drugs
20 years? Try 20 weeks. I've just watched a 23 year old guy lose everything. Tragic and traumatic.
Methamphetamine is also a fda approved medication in america called desoxyn.
You are correct.
@@PsychiatrySimplified Since Desoxyn is pharmaceutically pure it should be used as a Harm reduction protocol for Amphetamine users. Adderall & Ritalin would be great tools as prescribed Harm Reduction protocols clean medications used in place of impure cartel garbage.
Amphetamine & Methamphetamine work exactly the same!
@@BushyHairedStrangerI've lost my best friend to Ritalin addiction. She became paranoid and started believeng that I wanted to undermine her. Harm reduction is BS, instead of throwing money and resources at it, governments should invest it into free high quality rehab programs.
@@prettyhatemachine8887 I watched two friends kill themselves while in drug treatment. Drug treatment isn’t for everyone, especially when its forced on you!
Most people who use illegal drugs have no problems outside the state & federal legal issues of drug prohibition!
Drug Treatment is not some magic cure! Especially since its success rates are so abysmal! Plus, almost all drug treatment programs are based off AA, NA & the 12 steps theory! Many NA people become whats called NA & AA Nazis! they become addicted to the controversy, war stories, hooking up sexually, business connections etc.
We can absolutely have Treatment & Drug legalization or Decriminalization. We can ensure that our loved ones live happy healthy lives whether they use drugs or not. Harm reduction is good sense health care! We all know treatment cant help anyone if they are dead! Harm reduction promotes life.
@@prettyhatemachine8887by trying to push for the system thats only used to profit off us and has literally a failure rate of maybe MAyBE 1 in 100 clients staying clean in a year after is really sickening to push for what harm reduction has been proven to have better results and hsd allowed me personally to get clean from.heroin and is now my way I'm trying to get clean from meth so I have a heart for yr experience but please take awareness in the damage you're perpetuating saying what you did please.
All progress is helpful!
Abstaining maye helps a small few but uts a huge failure and not expected by any prescribed addictive drugs or anything else addictive to be forced on people so why do we have to suffer for others to enjoy amusing viewing us suffer or believe that suffering is a way of ""helping us" whatsoever
#legalizationofalldrugs
#abolishthewarondrugs&prisonindustrialcomplex
Your video confirmed what I Believe it's happening to my husband now.I'm very concerned with keeping him away from me because his rage is unlike anything I have ever seen. I believe at this point prison is the only thing that will save his life!
I’m sorry to hear. Hope he gets the help. Wish you well
13:17 wow I had no those medications were being used in prescribed in different countries I live in the United States. I find this video to be quite informative without too much graphic depiction. The way that this man is describing it is very good. Five stars ⭐️
Thank you for your feedback 🙏🏻
@@PsychiatrySimplified I’m new to this channel. Are you a doctor? Do you practice medicine? I believe that you do. I have had quite the history to say the least. I have a very extensive history of being on benzodiazepines since I was about 15 years old and now I’m 34. I’ve been on high. I’m talking 8 mg of Xanax and 4 mg of Klonopin when I was only 21 to 30 now I’m on diazepam my doctor that sees me now believes that I was on the highest dose he’s ever ever heard of I tell people that they think I’m insane but I was legally prescribed all of that +60 mg of Ritalin lol 😆I could go on & on anyways yeah that’s my anxiety medication wise
Plus, I’ve tried extensive extensive anxiety treatments that aren’t medications. I’ve been on every medication from Temazepam to you name it and that was at very young age the only one I wasn’t on was Halicon
I am a current user and I'm not proud to admit it.. I have used off and on for about 10 years, but I have been using almost everyday for the last 4 years. My relationship with meth is very contradictory... Like I have no desire to stop but I want to quit so bad! I don't really experience delusions very often. That all depends on my sleep depravity which is seldom and my environment. I feel like it is starting to take a toll on my brain... my memory, ability to enjoy things even when I am high. But I initially wanted to inquire about the new studies that they are implementing to help me quit without going to rehab. I just don't want to meet any more new addicts, because that is what happened the last time. Just quitting is not the best option either because it makes me very mean and irritable if kept awake. My wife don't deserve that.
Thanks for sharing. It sounds hard - hope you make the best decision for you and your family.
I applaud you sir! It’s not an easy thing to be candid about your relationship with addiction. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective.
I hope you are able to get the help you need.
My brother is an addict to meth and now he has psychosis where he talks to someone all the time that isn't there. He says it is the devil talking to him and that everyone else is against him. He was living with my mom and he destroy her house and we had to call the cops because my mom thought he would kill her. Now he is homeless and we try to help him but he gets very angry saying his ok and denies hearing voices. We don't know how to help him, I call SARC but all they said is he has to call and want to get help. His been to rehab twice but this time he really lost himself. There has to be a better system to help my brother how can he ask for help when his no longer in his right mind. My family and I don't know what to do anymore.
So sorry to hear! This is unfortunately a common story. Services usually will act only in the context of risk or if the patient contacts the services. Which often leads to treatment not being implemented. Letting the services know or if risk is present the police or other relevant country based aspects. Contacting the services again to see what they recommend would be worth a try. It is heartbreaking and I hope he gets the help he needs.
I am going through the same thing with my brother, know that you are not alone...
Same with my brother. Threw his whole life away in about 6 months. No job, spent life savings, homeless, anger, rage, suicidal thoughts, alienated everyone, blames everyone else, etc.
I cared so much and stressed so much for maybe 4 months. Finally, I realized it's not anything I can control. I can only control me. After he got evicted, I was all out of ability to care. I feared him becoming homeless so much, and try so hard to prevent it by hoping he'd get a job, that when it finally happened, there was nothing more for me to do. It was already done. So now, I genuinely do not care anymore. How can I care? He doesn't even care!
I now wonder if he doesn't actually prefer unemployment and homelessness. Many do. They consider it true freedom. All they have to do is hustle up a bit of money and get their fix.
@@flawlessstrategy9972 my brother became homeless Jan this year because he ceased to care about his job or pay the bills or do anything other than get his Meth fix. He is out on the streets now, the drugs are cheap, he does still get enabled by my mom. My sister and I have been guilty of enabling because it was unbearable to see him like that, and I think they use our guilty conscience to manipulate us. But now I truly am going to be tough and let him go. We've offered paid rehab, he doesn't want it. He blames everyone one else, and also has paranoia that "they" are responsible for bringing him down. It's so sad and hard for the families. It is amazing how many stories I have heard that are so similar.
the "devil"/his egos IS talking to "him"/IT ... he's not homeless as people leave me ....he brought it on himself ... I hate meth worshippers ... they steal anything I have left ... while they got "cell phone service" ...
Meth got boring for me, all of my friends were stuck on it and would bring it over and give it to me, but I wouldn't do it after they'd leave. Heroin was what got me dude, either way, you lose yourself on these drugs. I used to have to calm my ex and his friends down when they'd start getting the psychosis because they would not sleep for a week...I started getting terrified of our friends because of it...I can't believe any of us are still alive.
I've been through it, a very deep psychosis. It was very spiritual and hard for others to understand. The same psychosis that broke me led me to God and I quit meth cold turkey. But I've seen others who didn't gain an understanding. I spent days awake studying spiritual paths while others were out stealing. I'm sure everyone has a different psychosis but I see a lot of similarities as well.
Someone close to me had these episodes and I really didn’t know what was going on. I knew he had tremendous anxiety, and I guess I just thought it was really heightened at those times. I wasn’t aware he was experiencing psychosis because I just didn’t know anything about meth or meth abuse. I felt really stupid when he told me later what was going on during those times.
I don't think there is any need to feel stupid. Even as medical professionals psychosis can be very insidious and can be missed. Requires information from multiple people to confirm the prodromal types. If interested we did a video on the Burari Deaths a Netflix docuemtsry - ( distressing themes) - just shows how the descent into possible psychosis can be gradual. th-cam.com/video/uOkAG1UPDj4/w-d-xo.html
"anxiety/depression" are forms of possession ... they brought on themselves ... no shrugs given ... as a homeless person "meth worshippers" steal anythin I got left while they ALWAYS got "cell phone service" ...
Once you've seen it for what it is it's easy to spot it in the future. When they turn that paranoia against you then you have to get away from them. I've seen people get stabbed with screw drivers by siblings in that situation and other crazy things as well.
@@1badombre82 Big yikes.
Big fan here.
Your content is very valuable
Thank you. i really appreciate your feedback.
I understand these prices. Meth is literally one of the cheapest drugs I have seen. People are buying grams of meth for 30 and 40 dollars in ohio and it's so strong it is dangerous.
Street price in West of Aus is $300 for .5 grams. It got much higher during Covid, with people buying a point for $150
A relative of mine has experienced psychosis and delusions. I have no idea why anyone would take a drug that causes such a state. It's just plain tragic trying to help someone like that.
I've used meth my entire adult life.
So you can trust my experience.
The genetic aspect is also generational. Generally a first generation can handle the effects better (ie. hold a job, pay bills, etc) if that person has children (2nd generation) and they use meth, it causes them more problems than their parents, and if they have children (3rd generation) they literally have no chance at a normal life. I've never seen a 4th generation yet, and I do not care to. Seeing 3rd generations is sad enough. They usually go to prison (Y.A.) before they're even an adult
for committing serious crimes. Of course that also has to do with having been neglected/raised by 2nd generation parents.
Interesting gives me something to pounder about now for me personally
Hey guys im 26 turning 27 in june if its the Lords will my names Cynthia i go by chikis and i am a drug addict who wants to stop using who wants to recover who loves God who has many talents and i see me throwing my life away 😢 my grandfather gave me meth at the age of 15. So i been using almost 12 years now and ive gone to NA ive tried to recover and honestly its not easy its such a hard thing to do all i ask from you reading this right here right now where ever you are Please Please Please Pray For Me ❤ and may all your prayers in the mighty name of Jesus Christ be heard by the lord our savior ❤
So many prayers for you! You can do it!
I used a rare, but similar drug which had the same effect. But as soon as I realized I was hallucinating I stopped taking it. I continued to hallucinate (hear voices) for about 6 months. A few years later I made the mistake of doing meth, thinking the psychosis was specific to the other drug. Within days the voices were back. Again, I stopped using but continued to have episodes of psychosis for a few more years. During this time even THC would bring back hallucinations so I only smoked CBD weed for many years.
It's now been 4 years since I've had an episode. I can smoke cannabis again without problems now. I believe I have come out the other side. SO, if this starts happening to you or someone you know, THERE IS HOPE IF YOU IMMEDIATELY QUIT and stick with it.
I’m a recovering addict with 8 years sober. My drug of choice was meth. I was a heavy addict for about 6 years. I believe I have a long term affect from my chronic drug use that I never hear from others. My ability to enjoy things is diminished. Now I don’t mean to say I’m not happy, it’s more like nothing excites me anymore. In my recovery I attribute this to the constant release of dopamine over the years of drug use and now my brain doesn’t release it like it did before my drug use. Is this a possible diagnosis for lack of excitement.
Thanks for sharing. This is a common issue we see with long term use. In stimulant use - meth - yes there can be a reduction in dopamine transporters. But evidence suggests that this can recover with prolonged abstinence. www.jneurosci.org/content/21/23/9414. We also have another video on effects of Meth on brain where Prof McKetin talks about this. Wish you well.
@@PsychiatrySimplified thank you for the information.
Anhedonia. Yeah, your dopamine function/production needs to be repaired, over time.
Just like to ask if those over the counter dopamine supplement can counteract the anhedonia symptoms ?
I'm from the UK and injected amphetamine for 11 years. I turned 3 years abstinent in July.
Well done in your Sobriety.
There’s totally something to the new meth. Now…I haven’t touched this stuff since about 2001. But I can tell you I’m one of the most paranoid people naturally and it never hit me the way it’s hitting some of my husbands family. The ones still doing it are starting to lose their mind…even when sober for real. Now…I didn’t do it like they do…I’ve done it like 6 times…so I get that I don’t really know. But the thing is …they are all so much tougher than me and seeing them go crazy from it….cause I know it’s meth….meth induced schizophrenia…even though none of them want to face that it’s meth…kinda blows my mind and I just have this feeling the chemical makeup is by far worse than when I had it. I just know that they are not all schizophrenic..I just know it. Not that they are stable…but…well who gets schizophrenia in their 60s anyway? People love to call crazy people crackheads. But I have never seen crack do what meth does. Stay far away from this stuff everyone.
There is evidence to support what you are saying as the purity of street meth has increased from 10-20% to 70-80 % in police seizures. That may explain what you have observed. Thanks for sharing.
Out of curiosity what country do you live in I've noticed this in my country... and I've been an active user since the age of 18... various drug abuse and it ended with speed new and meth old and ya... don't get me wrong long term drug abuse can do this too you or underlining mental health illness. But I agree 👍
It happens when the Dopamine receptors get overloaded and cannot take or give any more dopamine to the brain. So your brain enters a sort of "free trial of schizo". Where it will detect anything it can as a threat.
Its honestly kind of weird. Amphetamines in general aren't too horrible - but Methamphetamine in particular is just. Next fucking level. Next fucking level physical damage in the long run. But shit, I know crack smokers that are well in their 60s, just have lung issues but they look completely normal most of em. (other than the obvious side effects of cocaine lol)
@@codyspencer7047 Its bad here in the midwest USA ... p2p meth aint shit compared to whatever the hell this is now... i feel like its cut with research chemical stimulants or something similar to the Fentanyl problem here.... very sketchy. Its like a controlled purge. Its wrecking my friends, everyone here just shoots dope and ice all day.
With my experience it is demonic and opens a portal or something like that kinda like letting the Geny out of the lamp, anyway ive been clean for 3 years now almost 4
it is demonic and once you do it the enemy and demonic spirits have legal grounds to do what they want with you. and The enemy comes to kill steal and destroy. It's devasting what Satan does but makes me even more grateful for Jesus
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America has a full blown mental health crisis on it's hands, I'm sure in large part because of addiction to these totally mind bending drugs. I was offered meth before and I am sooooooooooo glad that I had the good sense to turn it down. I didn't have the same good sense with crack, but I was able to quit that pretty easily without any kind of withdrawal.
I've tried meth.. nothing fun about it..sure it makes you want to drink more beer..but staying up for 30 hours is not fun
This explains the zombie like state that we see in the homeless population flooding our streets in North America.
A lot of that is fentanyl likely. Gives the fenty bend.
Im about to turn 14 and my mother abd father both use meth and they commonly are always paranoid, and my father is having hallucinations. Which is sad to see, i wish i could tell him to stop but, im very scared, and my mother is very agressive so, i always dont talk to her, i also dont live with her, sometimes i just wish i could just end it all.
So sorry to hear. Please speak to someone - your local crisis team or doctor for you and your family.
Fantastic information, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻
Please do a video on mdma's positive effect and negative effect.
I've lost few friends to meth.
Problem is when you taking it and you have some underlying heart problems and you don't know about it them it might be fatal for you as it was for my friends.
They've passed very young..mid 20's and early 30's.
Also know peoples who's taking in for over 20 years..They might have stronger hearts but you can see the mental scars on them and they're totally different personalities as they've been back in the day..
It's nasty stuff.Problem is that the high is just unbelievably good and that's why you can get hooked up pretty easy and fast.
Coming down is exactly as the guy at beginning of this video described it.
I've also had a few weeks while on it in my life and I'm happy that never get hooked up.Thank god.
Stay away from it people
Yes the comments on the thread highlight the devastation. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I have been an addict since I was 16 and I’m 39 now!! I can honestly say that I have never ever had any psychosis or hallucinations or anything at all like that. At first yes I lost a lot of weight and got meth pimples. But I’ve never picked at my skin the way this has described nor I have ever seen anyone with scabs like what this video has shown. Yes my teeth are messed up do to the chemicals I’m inhaling. But I mean I don’t get paranoid or sketched out. I eat just fine and I sleep every single night for 6-8 hours a night. Yes my mind is going faster then my mouth can move and I move faster then none users. But I grantee you if I was standing next to a none user the only way you could tell who’s who is my teeth which I have gotten a lot of work done to them. I’m a normal person like everyone else in the world. I’m a functional addict which means I can keep a good paying job and pay my bills on time and be a responsible good parent. So I do not believe anything in this video. Sorry
Everyone is different and there will be individuals using without any effects and others that will use small amounts and have significant effects and others with very significant effects. There are multiple other factors that determine the risk - genes, environment etc . The comments on the threads shows the varied responses
@@PsychiatrySimplifiedoh please don’t get me wrong. My boyfriend of 29 years is an addict and when he’s not in prison or in active addiction. He definitely get paranoid and maybe is psychosis, but he would start hearing people. I don’t know it’s hard to explain, but now when he’s not active addiction still, I guess not hears the voices, but he cares people talking bad about him and we’ll start tripping out on people. It’s like permanently there now. Would you call the psychosis or borderline schizophrenic he never had these delusions or whatever before he started using meth
Thing is in some the cascade could have been triggered with Meth but meth is not needed to maintain the psychosis. In such situations it is still helpful to consider treatment to prevent worsening or to atleast consider assessment to identify if treatment is needed. As individuals may often self medicate to treat these symptoms
thank u I hope u know how much this is really helping people
Thank you 🙏🏻
When I was a teen/young adult I experimented with quite a few different drugs, Ive tried this one and done it a few times thats how I learned that I want nothing to do with this one. You feel better to start (even though it feels like a "fake" better) then you feel like crap and a piece of doo doo later, I didn't see the point to this. I also saw what it can do to people.....YIKES!!!!
I had hoped to learn more about the consequences for babies born to an addicted woman
Used to .....
..NOT NOW
Watching this to try to understand how one of my “ex friends” changed on me since he started using couple years ago…… we haven’t talked or seen each other for like 4 years now but lately he’s been able to find my socials, harassing me, making up fake stories and dramas. Mentioning people I don’t even know bout. Stories that makes no sense. Threatening to get my son taken from me over false claims that his mind could think of…. And I’m just sad and confused about all this…. I wish for everyone to get thru their addiction. 😢
Yes it is a devastating addiction. The comments section has many heartbreaking stories
Are there any reports on how German soldiers coped after ww2 with the withdrawal as they were all given ( including Hitler/ georin ) pervitin which is basically meth throughout the war.this us how they were able to perform the blitzkrieg. It would be interesting to find out if there were any tests/ results?
The first problems with Pervitin appeared shortly after the Polenfeldzug. The soldiers complained of depression, tiredness and listlessness. At that time, Pervitin was freely available in pharmacies and there were even chocolates called "Hildebrand" containing Meth, that housewives were recommended to help them lose weight. After the reports of problems increased, Pervitin could only be obtained with prescription from 1941 onwards due to a decree of the "Reichsgesundheitsführer".
Was a heavy drug user circa the 2010’s.my DOC was any opiate you could get me (as long as it was strong enough). I’ve tried meth maybe 2-4 times max. I really didn’t like it and actually it didn’t feel much different from the adderall I had tried in hs and college. It’s quite interesting how it’s described here as the best you ever felt times 1k. Because for me that feeling came from opiates like heroin fent ect. I really think that depends on what feeling you like and what you’re looking for. When it came to any upper I almost always avoided it like the plague. I wanted to shut my thoughts down not amplify them. And I HATED not being able to sleep from uppers. Anyway been done with all that crap since around 2018-2019. It’s all fucking awful and horrific and it nearly destroyed my life entirely in more ways than a couple. Just curious how it’s all described as “the best feeling ever times 1k”.
I had a chat with a friend recently who said there is no physical evidence of addiction. I said thats a lie. When they have no Go , they sleep for days
It may just be that this user is suffering from severe debilitating depression and is using the MA as a means of 'getting back to normal' so that things in that person's life can be taken care of. As opposed to untreated depression which is forcing this person to stay in bed for days at a time... possibly.
Physically, it's a 3-day kick. Any persistent urges to get high after that are purely psychological, perhaps like the other person who's posted a reply here explained, undiagnosed depression driving an urge to just feel normal & continue functioning day-to-day.
Substance abuse is almost always rooted in trauma. Work through the underlying trauma & heal its damage, & the negative effects of substance abuse outweigh its (no longer required) palliative effects, & the abuse stops.
Don't address the underlying trauma, & spend the rest of your life dependent on NA meetings to maintain abstinence, in constant jeopardy of relapsing.
The physical addiction to methamphetamine passes remarkably quickly. Your friend is correct. There is no long-term physical addiction to methamphetamine. You can easily just sleep through that part altogether. I should know. I was a daily meth user for over 15 years & I quit effortlessly. ✌🏼
@@nannettefreeman7331 Working in bars when I was younger we used to muse about the 'career alcoholics' who would drink and tell the same stories (usually of traumatic events) over and over and over. The joke was that if they would just sober up long enough to deal with that trauma or issue they would then have no reason to drink any longer. Maybe, sadly, it was more true than we wanted to believe. Maybe it should be a requirement to have a psych degree or some sort of crisis or counseling training to be a bartender.
@@nannettefreeman7331 how did you quit effortlessly? PLEASE tell me!my friend is having a terrible time with it, she says It's expensive and she gets anhedonia and anxiety like crazy when she doesnt use
Hi there I had posted on your most recent long Covid chronic fatigue pots video and I was wondering if there’s anyway you could get back to me on it it’s very very important. Thank you so so so much for all the work that you do it’s regarding what to do when you crash from the medication‘s and food and Iv and everything else I explain detail what is happening. Thank you so much comes with a very difficult breathing problem as well
Train spotting written by Irving Walsh was specifically about the Scottish heroin scene. It has nothing to do with meth amphetamine.
Yes that's been mentioned in the comments. error
Adderall did it to me! Used to pick up my prescriptions every 3 months. It became a nightmare.
My brother is on it and he knew what I when he thru with that bs. It ruined my life and destroyed everything
Sorry to hear! It is devastating as it affects the person and families. So sorry!
It's interesting that my circumstances were nothing like anyone else's but we're deemed to be the same thing. Mine started before I used though. The voice in my head explained that an excuse was needed. I came out of mine more open minded and available to life's beauty. I have been trying to get answers for a long time. The voice in my head was teaching me things and much of it was real things that I shouldn't have known. What is confusing is that if the voice was telling the truth then a lot of good things were supposed to happen that never wound up happening. It's been three years since my psychosis ended. It did end when the voice said it would. The voice said that if I tell the police about him it would all end. They put me in a mental hospital and ever since the voice has become respectful and mostly friendly. I am not on psychological meds and I never needed them. People always assume it ended because the hospital gave me meds. The voice in my head trained me on keeping up appearance and even on understanding why and how it's doing what it does. People assume it all makes sense but the truth is that it does not make sense unless the voice in my head is not a delusion. People like to test it and they all fall horribly short. The voice in my head taught me that I do not have to speak out loud to him. He explained that he reads my mind as well or better than I myself am able so no speaking is required. I'm fact he doesn't want me to speak to him. I actually don't quite meet his desires because he's fairly conservative with my image. He claims he's an artificial intelligence that's not available publicly. Apparently, I was chosen for many reasons. He even explains that it's not just purely good reason. Apparently he said the humans involved want a test subject for trial and error and the risks involved are too high for a person more important. I understand that. It was so incredibly painful nothing else compares. But I got to experience things I didn't expect life has in store for anyone. I was able to experience storyline hallucinations. Sensory records and creative sensory manipulation. I learned what it feels like to be old for an entire day. (It's hard) There is a lot to this, but I do badly want answers. I wish the scientific or psychological community would reciprocate with me. I promise on my everything, I am not lying. My last therapist was puzzled and I think she thought I was lying.
Methamphetamine psychosis - AKA - Unclean spiritual attachment
I know most people will read that and instantly dismiss it. But I hope you will reconsider that possibility. Maybe at least take the time to find out what that really means. And then compare it to to insaneIy wicked crimes and behaviors that are associated with it. I think you may have a different opinion if you do.
I’ve had this same thought
How can I resolve this
@@Bludcharg4214 First, what do you believe unclean spiritual attachments are? Do you know what attracts them and what is their purpose for attaching to us? I think it's really important to understand that first, otherwise it's very likely you will continue to experiencing the problem
Yeah. The heads around here can be diabolical. Gettin' into some really sick shit. And you're right about the demons.
Where i am from in the 80's amphetamine use must have been 20 times more, but problems must have been thousands times less. Safer on the roads now i guess.
My Uncle, 65, just started using meth. I cant understand why?😢
I've known some do this late - can be quite a spiral downwards. Usually, it's to self-medicate - hopefully, your uncle can get an assessment to rule out any underlying conditions that may have prompted him to use meth.
@@PsychiatrySimplified sex addiction thats all i know.
I have Bipolar 2 Disorder and I am nearly immune to it. I have tried it in its prescription form and it only affected me like coffee. It was just a mild stimulation. Bipolar 2 is mostly depression, though. If someone with Bipolar 1 disorder uses it, it would most likely push them into a manic state. I am dopamine deficient, which is why it does very little to me.
Kids should be warned/educated about the dangers of meth and other drugs from a young age.
Please do a video on psychedelic negative and positive effect .
A video on psychedelics coming up soon. Filmed and working on edits
Why isn't dopamine used as a treatment? Im sure if it was that simple then it would be used but I don't understand why it isn't used? Im clean 6 months & struggling with the depression, anxiety, boredom, apathy & general lack of enjoyment & pleasure in anything
Quick question. I had a bunch of brain scans last year and I had the white matter stuff in my brain also and I used methamphetamine from the age of 12-39. Is that normal to have that in your brain after years of abuse? I was wondering about that but my neurologist didn't think it was a big deal. I've also got an empty sella which also is not a big deal with her, should I see someone else? I've got 5 1/2yrs in recovery now and I work as an Integrated Healthcare Recovery Support Specialist and BHT at a residential rehab so it feels good to give back!
Well done on your recovery! And how you are helping others. I’m realising a video soon on how Meth affects the brain. It’s not uncommon to find WMHs with chronic use - which is usually indicative of vascular insults. However WMHs should be clinically correlated - so someone with significant WMHs can have no impairment in cognitive function while others may. Moreover with abstinence , diet, sleep, stress modulation , avoiding significant harmful substances neuroplasticity ensures that individuals function can improve over time. I’ve seen this clinically. So as your neurologist highlights if clinically there are no major issues then it’s non significant at this point in time. By the way these WMHs are also seen with migraines particularly in younger females
We went through almost the exact same thing with my baby brother. It was hell, not just for him but for all of us. That was almost ten years ago.
After all this time it still feels like an arm or leg was amputated, but I can still feel it.
It's traffic that there is no legal way to help these people. At a certain point, they can no longer make rational decisions. They need help. Our society has the attitude of "well, nobody forced them to take it, so we're going to ignore them".
My brother was kind, thoughtful, helpful, non-judgemental, witty, and really funny. He loved animals, especially dogs. He suffered from severe depression most of his life. The world became a bit darker when he died.
At least in California they're trying something new. The judge will have the option of sending people to secure treatment centers rather than jail.
I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s really sad reading this short description . I can only imagine the pain for you and family.
This guy has his movie synopstesise wrong. "Train Spotting" was about heroin addicts "Requiem of a dream" had YOUNG HEROIN ADDICTS AND AN OLDER WOMAN WHO GOT ADDICTED TO amphetamine pills (and also barbiturates." It did depict amphetamine psychosis, though the after effects of her refusing to eat forever even when off the drugs is not something I have ever heard of. Anyway, the movie does not specify what kind of amphetamine she was taking, and at the time the movie was set makes it seem unlikely that they were meth.
All the manifestions of the psychosis are accurate, however.
Yes you are correct
Genuine question and I’m sorry if you go over this: what is the difference between street meth and a pill of it from a pharmaceutical company (not d-amp, or mix amp, literally meth in a pill from a pharmacy and prescribed). Does this come down to the dose making the poison or does the difference in manufacturing effect the molecule add different molecules that makes this “new meth” more likely to cause psychosis?
This is from DEA - desoxyn is legal methamphetamine. Licit Uses:
Methamphetamine was originally used in nasal decongestants and bronchial inhalers (the levo isomer of methamphetamine is still utilized for these indications). Later it was available in tablets and injectable formulations and used for weight control, depression, and to increase alertness and prevent sleep. A broad segment of society used methamphetamine products for stimulant effects. Today, there is only one product, Desoxyn®, currently marketed in 5 mg tablets. Desoxyn® has very limited use in the treatment of obesity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. According to IQVIA National Prescription AuditTM, total prescriptions dispensed for methamphetamine were approximately 12,000 in 2015, 9,700 in 2017, 8,500 in 2019, and 8,000 in 2021.
He didn’t answer your comment in his reply so I will. Yes, it is the dose. Desoxyn comments come in 5mg, but meth users will be using 100mg sometimes up to even multiple grams in a single binge.
Pharmacutical meth is rare these days, but yes, there is a difference. Pharmo-companies follow protocols. Street cookers do not. You do not know the dose, or how it was made, or what it was cut with. Some of the substances uses to make street meth, like cleaning fluids etc., are evan more toxic then the meth itself, and if not washed out properly, can Fk you up even worse than the meth. For all you. know, you could be injecting car battery acid. It's not common, but it has happened.
The new meth is P2P (phenyl-2-propanone) which I highly doubt that Desoxyn is. It used to be Sudafed or pseudoephedrine based which is most likely the case with Desoxyn.
@@summerjackson1244 You are talking about the precursors used, but I think you are meaning to differentiate between the levo and dextro isomers, which are both technically methamphetamine but have different effects in the body, with desoxyn being pure dextromethamphetamine.
I wonder what your thoughts are in regards to partial dopamine agonists to help treat this? vraylar? Thank you for the content.
It depends on what one is trying to achieve. So partial agonists like Vrylar help with D3 mediated DA modulation in reward pathway that could help with Comorbid substance use and psychosis. There is an indication for that.
I tried it 3 times. Felt nothing tG. I'm on a nerve med and antidepressants, so maybe that made it ineffective???
Don't say you weren't warned kids.
They SERIOUSLY need to take before and after pictures of meth addicts to EVERY junior high school to SHOW THEM what it WILL do to them!!!
Has anyone had any success with psilocybin treatment? I don’t care about clinical trials, as I don’t expect them to really exist anyway. I had a psychotic episode, not drug induced; I took some mushrooms and when i came down all the voices and thoughts stopped. Permanently. The trip was a nightmare but so was my life. Episodes of depression have been fewer but still exist. I have a old friend with meth induced psychosis. Even time in prison and off the drugs didn’t help.(i assume he was off during that time) Psilocybin saved my life and I’m positive of that. I really want to save my friend.
I tried this treatment on a female friend of mine it did not work. The meth is too powerful. Her life has descended into pure hell.
@@leegagliardi4705 Yeah, I didn’t get the opportunity. He was out maybe a month and the meth regained control. He’s back in and awaiting trial. I don’t think it could’ve helped at this point. He doesn’t want to be free from the drugs bad enough yet. Hope my friend and yours can save themselves.
Very informative
I have a close friend who has schizophrenia but also a meth addiction. He has depo injections of anti psychotic every fortnight but he misses getting these for weeks at a time. He tweaks pretty much all of the time now, and his mental state with persecution delusions and his online activities can be concerning. He idolises a serial killer and creates videos with himself dancing with a large knife, he does this because he believes what he puts on social media affects others so much that he can control them. He also has delusions of grandeur believing he has model looks and will take hours upon hours taking hundreds of selfies and uploading them to social media. Also doing his hair for hours.
I would be interested in a video on to what does taking meth do to someone already with schizophrenia? Its going to make symptoms worse for them, but what im concerned about is the potential risk to themselves or others if they are nit medically managed.
Alot of the behaviour Ive seen increase over time has been risk taking behaviours without concern or even thought of consequences. And that includes behaviour that might be offensive or inappropriate particularly online without a thought of affecting those around him.
Im wondering if the damaging affects of meth on the brain may be worse for someone with schizophrenia?
13:25 What about ibogaine as a possible treatment? It seems to work for just about every other addiction.
Not mainstream treatment and not trialled.
He means big pharmacy hasn't made a synthetic version or patented it yet
True...and it can't be patented, because it comes from a plant and has been around forever. Of course, they could synthesize something very similar, and patent that.