The Devastating Reality of Methamphetamine Psychosis: A Warning

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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[@debrapierce515]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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.

[@timlewis7218]

Your right. I'm sorry about the pain.

[@debrapierce515]

@@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.

[@WJFK480]

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.

[@laceybowman1861]

Meth is not addictive for every user , no more than alcohol is

[@JoshuaAnzalone-zk5ht]

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.

[@Tiggersboxes17]

Hey we was some good looking addicts lol . our brain was fucked . feels great to be off that . 5 years now

[@deliajones9541]

Yes, we can tell your high!

[@SkinnyEatWorld95]

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.

[@LesleySmith-cv8jm]

I relapsed Monday smh got to pick myself up and try again

[@bridgetholbert]

🙏me too

[@tinabattersby3293]

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

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thank you for sharing.

[@user-ee1et2pm1z]

Good for you!!! Great job,,,your a very strong person!

[@joannehelm4432]

Has anyone ever heard of someone after years of heavy use quitting this drug going on to have a normal life without the effect and the psychosis schizophrenia can the mind heal my son is 42 years old. He has been addicted for six years now and what makes us worse For us is he-voraciously goes after the drug. He’s a policeman. He’s a fishing wildlife car. He’s everything that the fellow in the documentary talks about people are talking about him and he sees things. It is unbelievable he to be able to hide it from us but not anymore he currently is in jail for threatening somebody and the life of their children! I think it’s called ordering death threats. I have spent so much money. I don’t even want that to be my issue. I’m not trying to say that I have saying it. I bought him clothes after clothes and phones after phones and taking them in and he’ll be clean for 910 monthsWas back in school. I came home. One day his pack sac was packed He was going back to the streets and when he did that day, he is 10 times worse than he’s ever beenbefore. from what I’m reading there is no hope anyway for my son maybe in 10 or 20 years there will be but I think it’s too late for my son. I wait for the call every day. I don’t know what to do anymore.

[@lindseyyyy7]

​@@joannehelm4432I'm in recovery myself, going on 4 years now, it is possible but they have to really want to stop using ❤ you're son is in my thoughts & prayers, Ik how painful this must be for you

[@Jennifer-bw7ku]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[@steceymorgan814]

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!

[@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU]

Yes, dr.sporees I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

[@patriaciasmith3499]

Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You're strong. You got this Take it day by day.

[@steceymorgan814]

Is he on instagram?

[@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU]

Yes he is. dr.sporees

[@CasperBlackbird]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

It’s sad !

[@Medietos]

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.

[@DuskDoll_1999Official]

Going threw the same thing...my husband's ex wife (they have a kid together) wish she would get clean

[@flyg74]

I just recently reunited with an ex bf from 25 years ago he was on meth then till to this day. He lost all his teeth and has lesions on his liver. He said he only take hits twice a day and his a functional addicts.

[@bbb12124]

Because rehab is mostly a bs, virtue signaling racket. There are actually no treatments for stimulants. This is a medical fact!! And many addicts are big liars and will claim to be clean, but aren't. It's worth trying to stop on your own (I had small successes) but ultimately addiction, like life itself is deadly. Exceptions aren't the rule. People expecting otherwise are the problem. Society wants to put pressure on an already sick person and don't actually do sh... to help, except offering up trite moral platitudes. Imagine expecting a cancer patient to "work the program". If you don't have quick, safe, effective medicine for us, you have nothing to offer

[@zaraboycj]

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.

[@teresiamargiasso6841]

I agree

[@christopherluiz5974]

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.

[@cherontippett7690]

Very well spoken

[@yourangelinfleshorsackclot1523]

well said ...

[@cindy7400]

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 !

[@Kev777-c8k]

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

[@randybrown599]

35 years clean!

[@kdunnful]

Hallelujah glory thank you jesus for answered prayers.

[@JessicaBlaze89]

Congratulations 🎉

[@JChow-e1c]

It is just disgusting.

[@ronmaiorano8650]

No meth was a prevalent 35 years ago know that Germans used it for their soldiers at war, I was under the impression meth was not readily available to use 35 years ago

[@karlaabundis7706]

🎉 Congrats! I must ask how long did it take you to become determined to cleanse yourself from Meth?

[@rebeccamartin2399]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sorry to hear. I've seen some older individuals use it as well.

[@markhopkins222]

@@PsychiatrySimplified there are thousands of folks 55 and above using meth

[@jasonmounger9152]

Well that explains why they get so strange and violent 🤔

[@karenberg4903]

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.

[@Bolsa1971]

So many friends my age still doing it. Never make it to 70. Seems like the cut off time 😢

[@danielhanawalt4998]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thanks for the feedback. 🙏🏼

[@markmcgoveran6811]

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.

[@danielhanawalt4998]

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

[@JohnSmith-sj2dk]

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....

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Devastating!

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

man thats a difficult story i feel for you and your loved ones❤

[@declanlee6894]

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

[@JohnSmith-sj2dk]

@@declanlee6894 Thank You, I do not wish this upon anyone.

[@Pushing_Pixels]

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.

[@Woedy818]

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.

[@KyKane]

the dope is not the same all across the us

[@1badombre82]

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

[@Woedy818]

@@1badombre82 oh for sure. I know I keep my distance..can’t have her in my life all like that

[@WilliamSimmons-z3b]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thanks for sharing and happy for you

[@dkjens0705]

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.

[@JudBurkett-pp2mi]

Ty 🙏

[@SauceDoe-h3z]

Don't forget the capital G brotha

[@ZebVanZandt]

@ user-gq4 WTG, for realising the problem then choosing the right path and actioning positive behaviour choosing Life 👍🏽 You’ve kicked Ass & stay on your current path 🫶🏼Awesome.

[@marthaaldridge5346]

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 😢😢😢

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

So sorry to hear!

[@marthaaldridge5346]

Thank you for your condolences. She is very missed, I wish the Meth would disappear from earth

[@Brandiisbeloved]

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

[@marthaaldridge5346]

@Brandiisbeloved Thank you for your kind, comforting, words. I appreciate them very much

[@Mpxyzm2by]

I was addicted for 6 years too. My heart goes out to you…

[@naomilynn4239]

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

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sure sounds scary. !

[@1badombre82]

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.

[@elmeromero913]

Hey i just wanted to know how long did it last after your last dose

[@spectrespartan8140]

Fuck that happened yrs ago its the new p2p meff thats doing it and alot is cut w cath salts also or "bath salts"

[@richardgrant9590]

Me too. Same mixture. I don't like what it's doing. Gonna stop this week. Both. I've stopped fent , heroin, methadone 250mg a day cold 20 times . Meth been 2 years and I know it's fuking me up. I haven't quit it because it got me off the opiates. But I am this wk.

[@badboygoodgirl]

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

[@unknownpresences5627]

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

[@andreaberryman5354]

I'm seeing the reason why: real estate investors out-pricing locals, leading to deaths of dispair.

[@christophermarcone5504]

💯 😢

[@jacobsmith3517]

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

[@jacknjill3000]

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.

[@lori-annefay4138]

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.

[@laceybowman1861]

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.

[@davetheknave666]

man it's the PERC smokers!

[@yourangelinfleshorsackclot1523]

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 ...

[@joenoun]

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

[@inkstain7193]

@@davetheknave666it’s fentanyl not perc.

[@carlorizzo5308]

To every action there is an opposite reaction The more euphoric reaction will cause the most negative reaction

[@SunnySullyTX]

Never actually looked at it from that perspective so true it’s actually kind of scary

[@Mpxyzm2by]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@EDubb91]

​@@SunnySullyTXyeesh heard Paris Hilton say one time "The highest high comes with the lowest lows"...

[@marieordos]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sorry to hear. That must be tough

[@donkeyballs3307]

My uncles been on it for 35 years & I can tell immediately, soon as I see him ,weather he's high or not

[@BushyHairedStranger]

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….

[@mistiroberts1576]

My cousin has been an addict for decades. She lives at a bus stop and nobody recognizes her except her mom

[@laceybowman1861]

Then she's not an addict .

[@jazpurgarcia831]

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.

[@chelseahuffman9542]

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

[@milascave2]

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.

[@SheikhN-bible-syndrome]

65$ a ball in texas if your lucky

[@Will-n8k]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Yes I realised that it’s much cheaper than in Aus . Thank you for your feedback. 🙏🏻

[@Will-n8k]

@@PsychiatrySimplified you are welcome and thank you for raising awareness. So many people talk I love your actions.

[@jonklein4923]

I've been off of it for over 2 years and I just watch movies every time I get bored

[@Andrea-LovesYouStill]

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.

[@TsK4211run]

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..

[@lilbattybaby]

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.

[@ChikisLopez-yb2dj]

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 ❤

[@aimeehenderson9637]

So many prayers for you! You can do it!

[@matthewsecord7641]

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.

[@cg0401]

I had A neighbor 20-some years ago who kept bringing it to me I in A lightbulb. I was like wth!! It tasted so nasty. It wasn't for me. She was A farmer's wife and had unlimited access to the fertilizer they used to use. She lost everything!! About caused her husband's farm. Lost custody of “her” children. It was very sad

[@devgru8197]

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.

[@marydawson7959]

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!"

[@devgru8197]

@@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.

[@crksmknwrlck]

That's called projecting. Literally projecting. And threats. You tried to cause legal issues. But biting your ass instead

[@pendizzy6352]

Clean sober 13 yrs. That isht was hell

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Well done!

[@MaNuLaToROfficial]

how did you quit?

[@LesleySmith-cv8jm]

I relapsed Monday smh

[@karlaabundis7706]

Congratulations 🎉 I must ask how long did it take you to decide to become sober?

[@jessicamartin2786]

Please help me? How to stop this money sucking, evil, poisonous toxic shit?? It's getting so expensive and you never get what you pay for. 85 % of the time this stuff has been mixed with the most cheapest, foul tasting fillers you'd think giving up would be a walk in the park (after dark)....but Noooooo!!! Nose is a constant running tap, leaking everywhere!! I stink, I'm homeless, because i chose this shit over anything else that could be good for me. And actually since I'm taking an antidepressant, and smoke meth, I've actually gained weight!! 30 kilo!!?? Explanations highly appreciated right now? And yeah, like the self absorbing character I've become is fucking epicurean!! LoL, i don't think that is the right word to describe, but I'm sure y'all get it..❤

[@danielmartin531]

Big reason people's teeth fall out on this is their sense of time gets skewed badly. They might remember to brush their teeth once a week, it dries out your mouth, and you get cravings for sugery stuff.

[@thelairdknows2389]

Thanks for this. I have often wondered why people lose their teeth, but couldn't find an answer on the Internet.

[@Rose-SingingWolf]

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

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sorry to hear. It can lead to mETH psychosis .

[@CovenantAgentLazarus]

I lost a friend also of many years.

[@CrestlineWindows]

I work as a chemist and can tell you first hand. Most of the "meth" on the streets is not really meth. Similar structures/ usually quite toxic

[@crankyoldbroad4635]

What are the differences?

[@misssexandsafari]

One of my fav humans IS ON IT. It’s so SCARY. I’m so terrified of him. It’s SO TRAGIC. Mercy!

[@JimmyJohnson-uq6um]

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.

[@Postulatedstate]

I'm sry

[@mattsmith817]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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.

[@mattsmith817]

@@PsychiatrySimplified thank you for the information.

[@flawlessstrategy9972]

Anhedonia. Yeah, your dopamine function/production needs to be repaired, over time.

[@DanIIvergeldedios]

Just like to ask if those over the counter dopamine supplement can counteract the anhedonia symptoms ?

[@chrisbee487]

I'm from the UK and injected amphetamine for 11 years. I turned 3 years abstinent in July. Well done in your Sobriety.

[@jacknjill3000]

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.

[@marydawson7959]

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.

[@icysurfer1]

Maybe the worst thing, after one quits, the personality issues never really go away. Fear issues, avoidance, shame, and more.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

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!

[@StanBrohnSBFilmArts]

​@@BushyHairedStrangerare you dumb?!?

[@chemafiya]

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.

[@christophermarcone5504]

​​​@@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"

[@donkeyballs3307]

​@@BushyHairedStrangerthey tried that in Vancouver bc Canada, it doesn't work ,they need strict ,locked away ,rehab ,not free hard drugs

[@Gunner84]

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

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Yes the comments on the thread highlight the devastation. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@justincruz5057]

I tell you how it feels from my personal experience. When I first started meth I remember just having such high energy. Feeling likes I was invincible, i was introvert but when I started taking meth I couldn’t stop talking to people, it left people stunned solely cause they didn’t know of someone who could go that long talking . The more I took the more I started to lose my shit. The less sleep I got the more hallucinations I got. One day turned to two , 2 to 3 , etc. there were weeks at a time I would be up fully energized just waiting for my next shift to start. A thing I hate that people don’t truly understand about it is that your responsibilities drop drastically. In your eyes you think you are doing something positive. On the outside you show everyone how crazy you are. There were times where my friends would tell me stories about me scratching the floor, yelling at someone , searching for dope where there wasnt any to begin with. The only thing I enjoyed about it was the nonstop sex. I could go at it for hours and I enjoyed all the sex I got. There were a couple times where I got meth bites, just imagine your whole body just spiking of itch. Taking a cold shower along with ant itch cream. IT never worked not once , I would think it was in my head . I had rashes head to toe, it was unbearable. I hate this thing called meth for real. You find your way back into my life when I don’t need you. I have an addictive personality and I know that. It’s so easy for me to pick something up so fast. Stay safe folks and stay meth free please . Many blessings

[@kellymcphaul2793]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4DOcnpnirV3oJY

[@yourangelinfleshorsackclot1523]

"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" ...

[@1badombre82]

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.

[@kellymcphaul2793]

@@1badombre82 Big yikes.

[@appy85]

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!

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

I’m sorry to hear. Hope he gets the help. Wish you well

[@1badombre82]

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

[@brianjansen3103]

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

[@CatsMeowPaw]

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.

[@bbb12124]

Why do people have kids knowing the risk there? Is that a rational choice? Want to help an addict? Stop the alienation and look in the mirror, something that most people who offer "help", failed to do because they want an easy scapegoat. They want to see you as having a drug problem rather than a human problem.

[@EDubb91]

​@@bbb12124 Plus people usually only talk about the highs of using it, they don't really go into depth about the lows and the effects on the health side of it

[@Pootycat8359]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thanks for sharing. I did think of breaking bad . Good point

[@luisarmendariz4249]

Yeah I have a couple friends from burque they been at it for years

[@BushyHairedStranger]

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 $$

[@Wintermute909]

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.

[@Pootycat8359]

@@Wintermute909 I haven't seen any of those movies. I was referring to the series, "Breaking Bad," which is all about meth.

[@FlushingStatic]

Methamphetamine is also a fda approved medication in america called desoxyn.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

You are correct.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

@@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!

[@prettyhatemachine8887]

​@@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.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

@@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.

[@unknownpresences5627]

​@@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

[@yessicaplascencia2389]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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.

[@blacksandee]

I am going through the same thing with my brother, know that you are not alone...

[@flawlessstrategy9972]

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.

[@blacksandee]

@@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.

[@yourangelinfleshorsackclot1523]

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" ...

[@matthewclapp2028]

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

[@Brandiisbeloved]

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

[@komarbat23]

💯

[@johnwadsworth7086]

37 years powder free for me I quit in 1986

[@natazer]

I've never heard anyone ever say drugs were the best decision I've ever made.

[@bbb12124]

Gee, because it wasn't a decision..Ya think? The dopamine cycle started long before one gets hold of an "illegal substance". Less cherry picking of facts about reality or a person's life story and it will make more sense.

[@bbb12124]

Gee, because it's not a decision! Ya think? The dopamine cycle started way before one's introduction to "illegal" substances (likely somewhere in the wound...so much for reproduction, right?), which btw included marijuana at one point. What I've never heard is the truth or consistent moral philosophies from lying, disingenuous anti-drug propagandists

[@TheHandThatBites]

20 years? Try 20 weeks. I've just watched a 23 year old guy lose everything. Tragic and traumatic.

[@wokeness420]

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.

[@avo616]

Street price in West of Aus is $300 for .5 grams. It got much higher during Covid, with people buying a point for $150

[@lordsevent]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

So sorry to hear. Please speak to someone - your local crisis team or doctor for you and your family.

[@DETERWEBER]

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.

[@MaNuLaToROfficial]

how did you get clean?

[@bbb12124]

Lots of these people get online and lie or engage in wishful thinking. It's not like they have to prove their claims. Statistically, most meth addicts do NOT recover. The amount of people claiming to have recovered doesn't match the data.

[@sanjaychoudhary8849]

Please do a video on mdma's positive effect and negative effect.

[@unorthodoxcreationz]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thanks for sharing. It sounds hard - hope you make the best decision for you and your family.

[@asiamlavon]

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.

[@livefromdesolationrow]

I hope you are able to get the help you need.

[@mjjumps]

Me and you are in the same boat.

[@Vern-u8j]

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

[@Brandiisbeloved]

reach out to a local church and seek God. He is Hope.

[@andybrown3016]

You stayed awake for a month? I didn’t think that was even possible

[@theNarcissistNaturalist]

With that kind of hyper-sexuality, it sounds like you may have Schizoaffective disorder with Bipolar 1. Just a thought.

[@cody_go_create]

@@andybrown3016sometimes you can have these micro sleeps. Often times while moving around even.

[@komarbat23]

@@andybrown3016she definitely crashed a few times during that month lol

[@ThigaiNguyen-b7v]

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

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sorry to hear. hope you get better.

[@beepresent8636]

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?

[@rolandberger7493]

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".

[@psychoskate970]

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.

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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.

[@codyspencer7047]

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 👍

[@skatefast10202]

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.

[@basedsouljah]

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)

[@basedsouljah]

@@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.

[@April-kk6bv]

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.

[@chuckydombroski]

I’ve had this same thought

[@Bludcharg4214]

How can I resolve this

[@April-kk6bv]

@@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

[@r.c.k.6403]

Yeah. The heads around here can be diabolical. Gettin' into some really sick shit. And you're right about the demons.

[@bbb12124]

Wicked crimes such as?

[@DavyErni-y6c]

After 36 hours of being awake on methamphetamin you hear this cracking sound , it,s the sound of the brain cracking . And the start of psychosis. And the entrance to lots of shrink visits . Be carefull you only get one brain per life 🙏😇🥰🥰❤️&Understanding Psychosis.

[@Germaineross209]

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. 😢

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Yes it is a devastating addiction. The comments section has many heartbreaking stories

[@christophermarcone5504]

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

[@evonne315]

It's not hyperbole. Not in the least.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

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!

[@rebeccamartin2399]

There was a KZbin 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.

[@bbb12124]

Perhaps not hyperbole but vague indeed. Care to elaborate?

[@christophermarcone5504]

@@bbb12124 that's a vague question .

[@Jorde-u4u]

I had a guy helping me out and he got tangled on Meth, today he is crazier than a goat, homeless, divorced, dirty, schizo, paranoid...that 💩 is the devil...My buddy spoke only nonsensical rants..has all his belongings in a shopping cart...brike my heart to see him in such condition

[@douglasmatheson403]

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!!!!

[@LeonBosset]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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.

[@Petequinn741]

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

[@theNarcissistNaturalist]

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.

[@jackchop1576]

I have bipolar I disorder and ADHD and take Vyvanse for that and it calms me down. Same with Adderall.

[@Mpxyzm2by]

If you tried to street version it would be a diff story, js

[@mattt2094]

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.

[@bridgetteendsley9420]

My brother is on it and he knew what I when he thru with that bs. It ruined my life and destroyed everything

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sorry to hear! It is devastating as it affects the person and families. So sorry!

[@TitaniumExpose13]

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”.

[@sidka8435]

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.

[@Rick_Yates]

You are correct, Methedrine and Benzedrine were legal in Australia from a chemist, no script needed up until early 70,s, My father was a truckie Perth to Sydney or Melbourne all the way on "beans". He and his mates were all rave talking lunatics, broken marriages ,violence, bankruptcies, road crash injuries and fatals as meth can switch off suddenly. Most truckies would bury a stash at certain mile posts along the highway, say 200 miles apart, Stop ,,pop a couple of yellow pills, a can of coke/ beer to active the gear and away again, never eat and all built like walking x-rays.

[@sarahhale-pearson533]

This explains the zombie like state that we see in the homeless population flooding our streets in North America.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

A lot of that is fentanyl likely. Gives the fenty bend.

[@corilia9529]

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

[@curtiscarlson8958]

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.

[@nannettefreeman7331]

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. ✌🏼

[@curtiscarlson8958]

@@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.

[@MaNuLaToROfficial]

@@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

[@salemaw]

Big fan here. Your content is very valuable

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thank you. i really appreciate your feedback.

[@HoneyComb224]

I still have scars on my face from thinking there were bugs in my skin. The first time I felt like a walking static TV. The static you see on your TV is how my legs and body felt as well as the feeling of lifting your foot up to walk with a thousand pound rock weighing you down. Before I got clean from all substances, I OD'd many times, I thank God every day that I'm still here. Thankfully though I am 14 years clean and sober from all substances. Pray for these people because they are hurting, they are living in shame, they don't have much control, they're human beings with the disease. People make fun of tweakers all the time and I can't stand it because if you aren't in an addict's shoes then you really don't have much to say on the matter

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thanks for sharing! Sounds scary. And well done on your recovery. Wish you well

[@HoneyComb224]

@@PsychiatrySimplified Thank you

[@woutervanlent5181]

I had hoped to learn more about the consequences for babies born to an addicted woman

[@Jakethesnake7321]

I was a major meth head in the 80’s & 90’s. Did it every way. Smoking was the best. I was crazy. Got tired of it and quit.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Im hoping you think it's the right decision

[@zippyandticker]

Train spotting written by Irving Walsh was specifically about the Scottish heroin scene. It has nothing to do with meth amphetamine.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Yes that's been mentioned in the comments. error

[@bugsbunny8691]

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.

[@ferguson8143]

Interesting gives me something to pounder about now for me personally

[@sandrashevel2137]

My Uncle, 65, just started using meth. I cant understand why?😢

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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.

[@sandrashevel2137]

@@PsychiatrySimplified sex addiction thats all i know.

[@adamm1998]

Street prices in Seattle are $100 an ounce. Crazy cheap, no wonder people never come down

[@sanjaychoudhary8849]

Please do a video on psychedelic negative and positive effect .

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

A video on psychedelics coming up soon. Filmed and working on edits

[@susanjacobs6461]

My severlyvalcholic friend did heavy meth and " blues" along with crack and daily heavy vodka. Now he is in a Shelter and says people who used to live upstairs are in his head allll day talking, commenting...it gets worse when he is sober . What a can I do? He is angry id I tell him he is brain damaged.

[@brucejensen3081]

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.

[@jennt9012]

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

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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

[@jennt9012]

@@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

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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

[@Mpxyzm2by]

Lmaooooo

[@crankyoldbroad4635]

I guarantee others can tell. They may not know what you're on, but they know something is very off about you. You're only fooling yourself if you believe otherwise.

[@Jonibaloneyji]

Adderall did it to me! Used to pick up my prescriptions every 3 months. It became a nightmare.

[@vvonpanzerr3092]

I had meth induced psychosis, was picked up by AFP (Australian Federal Police) wandering around the airport.. because I stole 15k from work defrauding fake timesheets for months, while high on the drug. In my head I wanted to fly to Sydney to apologise to my company, the AFP called the ambulance because I was out of my mind, thinking they sent hitmen to kill me. I ended up in the psych ward and put on an involuntary health order for 12 months. Work didn't press charges.. I'm 4 years clean 🙏

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Thank you for sharing! And well done on your recovery. Must have been harrowing!

[@TsK4211run]

Don't say you weren't warned kids.

[@marydawson7959]

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!!!

[@bbb12124]

​​@@marydawson7959And those pictures will range greatly, which shows that the point that OP wanted to make is stupid. How the heck can one warn against something they can't even fully understand? Also notice how those DARE programs were notoriously silent about alcohol. Lots of ridiculous caricatures in the videos. indicative of people who don't know what the heck they are talking about. The ignorant teaching the ignorant. Laughable.

[@shawnalston2155]

I don’t understand how drain cleaner, gasoline and other disgusting chemicals can get someone high.

[@brandonmcalpin9228]

That’s not how that works 😂 Learn chemistry basics first. Those things, such as sulfuric acid or better yet, acetone(paint thinner) are used to clean out the other nasty chemicals from the crystals. They’re used to purify the drug. Meth is insoluble in acetone, in other words the two won’t mix. Therefore, you can clean it, separating the meth and the other chemicals from each other, let it dry and it won’t leave a nasty taste or trace. There’s no acetone left on the substance afterwards and the nasty chemicals used to create the final product will no longer be present. It’s called washing. You do this several times until it’s as pure as you want it to be. You’ll lose quantity in the process, but the quality will be much higher.

[@talonmathis4426]

Sir I got meth induced psychosis 13 years ago if I lose sleep to this day I still slip psychosis any help plz I live in a rural area the Drs here can't help me I've been on Valium for seven years of this time I want to change this mistake I'm clean and have been for 13 years

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sorry to hear. We can provide specific advice however treating insomnia after an assessment is possible. There are many options . Please see our video on insomnia and hope you find a treatment provider. Wish you well. How to Evaluate and Treat SLEEP PROBLEMS and INSOMNIA? - A Quick Guide | Psychiatrist Explains kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKPHqWRnp6mUb9E

[@simonewebber-nq9ep]

Hey there, i have some ideas on this, build your brain back. Clean water and food that benefits the brain such as walnuts and omega containing foods. Check out purslane the Greeks call it man's herb, and then there was that Greek guy who said food as medicine. What would Hippocrates think of today? Do your research you'll find what works.

[@aimeeannvasile4482]

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!

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

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

[@deborahtaylor2758]

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,

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Sorry to hear. Hoping follow up can be arranged

[@aardvaarkmaark]

Thank you for the easy to understand explanation of meth. I'm a former meth addict with six months clean time. It's a difficult but not impossible journey back to the real world. I do have a question; what about someone who's been diagnosed with ADDS and has been on some form of amphetamine most of their life. I have a friend who has been diagnosed with ADDS and started out with Ritlalin and has graduated to Adderall. He's showing signs of amphetamine psychosis. Is there hope for him!

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Well done on the abstinence and recovery. Can I clarify what ADDS is ? . If symptoms of psychosis are present on a stimulant it’s important to get medical intervention as it’s unlikely to settle on its own.

[@aardvaarkmaark]

@@PsychiatrySimplified Sure. There are so many acronyms it's difficult to get the terms correct. Attention Deficit Syndrome is what he's diagnosed with. He's also hearing impaired. He's often delusional, can't sit or remain still, is convinced people at church are out to get him, often hypersexual, for example, he's always grabbing his crotch, fractured speech. I strongly suspect he's taking Adderall.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Should be raised with treating physician as Adderall can increase the risk of psychosis / mania in vulnerable individuals

[@jackiesable4372]

I am a psychiatric nurse here in Tucson Arizona, the amount of meth induced psychosis that comes into my facility daily is astronomical

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Have you seen a change in presentations? Severity? Or cut with other things over the last few years ?

[@joshfloyd7755]

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.

[@KyKane]

@@joshfloyd7755 this sounds spot on

[@joshfloyd7755]

@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.

[@BlueEagle6666]

@@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

[@ferguson8143]

I started doing it when i was 14 and I'm 38 now daily along with 30mg oxys but i don't pick my skin or think bugs are on me as hell i don't even know what a toothache feels like or even lost one tooth not even my wisdom teeth but i also shower daily along with brushing my teeth and eating

[@JChow-e1c]

Kids should be warned/educated about the dangers of meth and other drugs from a young age.

[@bbb12124]

Lol. DARE programs for kids is the height of irony and stupidity. First of all, 90% of the crap isn't retained or translatable to real life. And secondly isn't it funny how sex health programs are problematic but they will introduce DARE to kids.

[@davidbarber9312]

This is false. The potency is not getting stronger. It's getting weaker 15 to 20 years ago. When the clean stuff was around the Annie a gram with last you a week and it was around $100 for a gram. Nowadays you can get a gram for 20, 30, 40 bucks and it's bullshit so whoever tells you is getting stronger, they have no idea what they're talking about

[@Roberto-gb9il]

It sure ain't the "crank" that we grew up with😢

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

​@@Roberto-gb9ilRight. It's not getting stronger, it's getting stomped on and mixed with Fentanyl.

[@milascave2]

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.

[@PsychiatrySimplified]

Yes you are correct

[@madisonohare4012]

I have never understood why people self medicate. Just go to the doctor and get treated for ADHD. Meth is poison

[@MaNuLaToROfficial]

lol just because you can get a prescription for something doesn't make it NOT poison just saying

[@cyndigooch1162]

​​@@MaNuLaToROfficialThat's exactly right and one of my neighbours has been seeing a psychiatrist for many years, who is akin to a drug dealer! He ended up putting her on Dexamphetamine, then she started injecting it, along with other psychiatric drugs, which destroyed her mind and health, yet he keeps on prescribing them. She even had a heart attack once and I was hoping he could be charged for neglect, or whatever, but it didn't happen. I've given up assisting her because she has abused me in the past and I don't like her anyway. I know many other people, including my own late mother, whose lives are affected by many different psychiatric drugs, which blunt empathy and compassion for others, as well. 😥

[@MissK504]

A lot of the time, they don't know they're "self medicating" until they've been on a drug for a bit. Then they notice how much better they function and feel. By then, why go to the doctor? We got this😏....jk

[@MrGluey666]

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?

[@markhopkins222]

Used meth for 45 years since 1976 and still use almost daily. I have seen everything that you mentioned in this vid. It seems to me that females are effected differently than males. I know tweakers, the ones that get paranoid ,the ones that run around freaking out. But I never got paranoid and for the last three years it is pretty much my coffee in the morning. Don't get really high do not use after 12 in the afternoon, eat sleep my biggest issue is sweating tons and keeping my fluid levels up. You learn things after 45 years as a addict. I am 62 and in Augusta Ga meth is cheap cheap cheap A ounce once sold for $1500 or more today its $150 to $300.And yea I have heard everything from everybody I guess I am a function addict.

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I pray that you are healed and fully restored in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. I am not sure if you want to stop but either way Jesus is calling your name. He wants to replace everything you crave. He is good and he loves you unconditionally. He patiently waits for you to answer his call. God bless you.

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@@aHavenForTheLost Thank you

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[@flawlessstrategy9972]

Can you elaborate on what you said about it affecting females differently? My brother started dating a girl who uses, but she seems to function, and he threw his whole life away into homelessness in just 6 months. Or, heck maybe he even lied and she doesn't actually do it. Who knows anymore. There are so many lies. He blames his downfall on everyone but himself...

[@markhopkins222]

@@flawlessstrategy9972 most of the females I have seen really on it strong. It seems to intensive their emotions. They seem always paranoid either super happy or sad a lot of depression when they come off of it. But to be fair also some guys go thru the same thing except they seem to not be able to control their anger. My cuzzin had his on business doing well he meet a young girl and started doing meth with her. I tried to give him advice from my years of doing the shit but he is a narcissist and said it could not do him that way. He started at age 56 never got high on anything before. He now lives in his truck has lost everything and still says it is not the meth that caused it. It is a terrible drug and has ruined many lives of family and friends. They will not seek help until they hit their bottom and sometimes that is to late. Hope this helps a little.