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Thanks for sharing. A lot of people on this board have experience with prescription stimulants. How would you say the experience of "doing meth" differs from

Thanks for sharing. A lot of people on this board have experience with prescription stimulants. How would you say the experience of "doing meth" differs from taking amphetamine orally? Was a typical experience for you "smoke meth, study or write code all night"? I like prescription stimulants, but it's hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to take overdose-levels of stimulants for fun, so I'm probably missing something. If I take too much (~40mg), I feel pretty terrible, physically and mentally. I can't imagine how 500mg/day could produce any desirable effects. If the supply chain for meth wasn't so poor, I'd probably try it once to see what all the hype is about.

retrac 5y ago
Meth taken orally at an equivalent dose is probably indistinguishable from racemic amphetamine subjectively. At least until you come down, anyway. Meth has a longer half-life. Amphetamine smoked would be the same too, nearly. Maybe slightly slower onset. Negligible difference compared to that provided by smoking versus oral. It's the speed of the come up. The most euphoric part when one takes stimulants orally is usually the first few hours. When rapidly administered, that hits instantly and with full effect and then fades pretty quickly. (So you are very inclined to take another dose an hour or two later.) My advice? You probably don't want to experience it. I've missed it since the first and second and only times I smoked. Realizing I was strongly craving a drug I had used twice is why I got out of that game. Some experiences cannot be unexperienced. There's nothing much interesting about that state, psychologically or intellectually. It's about what you think it might be if you have some experience with stimulants. Just all at once and very hard and you will be awake for two days after. Meth is simply dirty. More neurotoxic than amphetamine and lasts too long. In a perfect world, we'd probably move all the meth addicts onto a supply of Dexedrine. Even if they're high as kites at least their brains will rot more slowly.
Fnoord 5y ago
> If the supply chain for meth wasn't so poor, I'd probably try it once to see what all the hype is about. As a former smoker and user of various drugs (mostly legal at the time), I highly recommend against usage of highly addictive drugs such as tobacco, heroin, cocaine, and also (meth)amphetamine (there's a difference between physically and mentally addiction here, and there's a good comparison of about 20 different drugs and their differences in dependency). I recommend against recreational drug usage, too, but that's because I have come to the understanding they're not necessary, and it being dangerous not using drugs without supervision. You don't want those ups and downs (such as 'taking too much', or 'forgetting a dose'), you want stability. Seek help instead, get a diagnosis, and get prescription under supervision. FWIW, I used amphetamine once, and have been prescribed on Ritalin. That one time I used amphetamine I felt like the biggest asshole in the world. I could finally understand macho men because I felt like one. However, unlike my first time MDMA, I can't say I missed out on it (and that is with only the first time MDMA). Whereas Ritalin, while spikey (no SR such as Concerta, sadly) provides stability if administered on regular intervals. Which can be solved nowadays with alarms on smartphone and such (back when I used it, smartphones were not yet widely in use).
- newbie789 5y ago
  > FWIW, I used amphetamine once, and have been prescribed on Ritalin. That one time I used amphetamine I felt like the biggest asshole in the world. This made me laugh! I don’t remember where I heard it but a phrase I’m a fan of is “amphetamines cause intense feelings of competency.”
newbie789 5y ago
retrac’s response to this is spot on so I’ll only add one thing. In my experience, there were two factors that got me up to 500mg+/day: tolerance and price breaks. When I first started meth it was incredibly affordable. I could get high all day off 1/10th of my $10-20 bag. Then it became 1/8th of my bag and then 1/4 etc. At some point it became (in my mind) uneconomical to buy little amounts because the $/dose got lower when I went from buying .1g to 1g, and then steeply went down again when I went from buying 1g to 3.5g. (As an aside I never really figured out the economics of meth at scale but the margins must be astronomical considering how big of discounts that street dealers are able to give for relatively small purchases and still make money) I thought I was being smart, saving money! It turns out that when I had more, I used more. Tolerance built up rapidly and I found that I had to smoke 50-100mg to feel anything. I also agree that it’s really not worth trying. Your concerns about the supply chain are valid. The difference between “good shit” and “bad shit” is enormous and can be the difference between having a nice day trying (pointlessly) to teach yourself Ruby and a day in the ER.

retrac 5y ago

Meth taken orally at an equivalent dose is probably indistinguishable from racemic amphetamine subjectively. At least until you come down, anyway. Meth has a longer half-life. Amphetamine smoked would be the same too, nearly. Maybe slightly slower onset. Negligible difference compared to that provided by smoking versus oral. It's the speed of the come up. The most euphoric part when one takes stimulants orally is usually the first few hours. When rapidly administered, that hits instantly and with full effect and then fades pretty quickly. (So you are very inclined to take another dose an hour or two later.) My advice? You probably don't want to experience it. I've missed it since the first and second and only times I smoked. Realizing I was strongly craving a drug I had used twice is why I got out of that game. Some experiences cannot be unexperienced. There's nothing much interesting about that state, psychologically or intellectually. It's about what you think it might be if you have some experience with stimulants. Just all at once and very hard and you will be awake for two days after. Meth is simply dirty. More neurotoxic than amphetamine and lasts too long. In a perfect world, we'd probably move all the meth addicts onto a supply of Dexedrine. Even if they're high as kites at least their brains will rot more slowly.

Fnoord 5y ago

> If the supply chain for meth wasn't so poor, I'd probably try it once to see what all the hype is about. As a former smoker and user of various drugs (mostly legal at the time), I highly recommend against usage of highly addictive drugs such as tobacco, heroin, cocaine, and also (meth)amphetamine (there's a difference between physically and mentally addiction here, and there's a good comparison of about 20 different drugs and their differences in dependency). I recommend against recreational drug usage, too, but that's because I have come to the understanding they're not necessary, and it being dangerous not using drugs without supervision. You don't want those ups and downs (such as 'taking too much', or 'forgetting a dose'), you want stability. Seek help instead, get a diagnosis, and get prescription under supervision. FWIW, I used amphetamine once, and have been prescribed on Ritalin. That one time I used amphetamine I felt like the biggest asshole in the world. I could finally understand macho men because I felt like one. However, unlike my first time MDMA, I can't say I missed out on it (and that is with only the first time MDMA). Whereas Ritalin, while spikey (no SR such as Concerta, sadly) provides stability if administered on regular intervals. Which can be solved nowadays with alarms on smartphone and such (back when I used it, smartphones were not yet widely in use).

newbie789 5y ago
> FWIW, I used amphetamine once, and have been prescribed on Ritalin. That one time I used amphetamine I felt like the biggest asshole in the world. This made me laugh! I don’t remember where I heard it but a phrase I’m a fan of is “amphetamines cause intense feelings of competency.”

newbie789 5y ago

retrac’s response to this is spot on so I’ll only add one thing. In my experience, there were two factors that got me up to 500mg+/day: tolerance and price breaks. When I first started meth it was incredibly affordable. I could get high all day off 1/10th of my $10-20 bag. Then it became 1/8th of my bag and then 1/4 etc. At some point it became (in my mind) uneconomical to buy little amounts because the $/dose got lower when I went from buying .1g to 1g, and then steeply went down again when I went from buying 1g to 3.5g. (As an aside I never really figured out the economics of meth at scale but the margins must be astronomical considering how big of discounts that street dealers are able to give for relatively small purchases and still make money) I thought I was being smart, saving money! It turns out that when I had more, I used more. Tolerance built up rapidly and I found that I had to smoke 50-100mg to feel anything. I also agree that it’s really not worth trying. Your concerns about the supply chain are valid. The difference between “good shit” and “bad shit” is enormous and can be the difference between having a nice day trying (pointlessly) to teach yourself Ruby and a day in the ER.