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Originally posted by Jimbo
I never took Meth, but I'm always sceptic on the fact you get addicted to such a point you cant stop for a few days or forever. why does he need the drug? his mind tells him DRUG DRUG DRUG or cause hes gonna puke all around the place if he doesn't? either of them he could go over it no?
I mean I smoke pot regularly for over 5 years now, and if I stop smoking for a week I'm not gonna turn nuts. I know meth ain'T the same, but I never tried it and just can'T understand how such stories can happen.
WHY DOES HIS BODY NEED THE DRUG? please enlighten me
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If you stop using meth, the following symptoms can occur for a year or more:
- Heavy depression
- Insomnia
- Paranoia & psychosis
Aside from that, your dopamine production is severely damaged *for good*, and since dopamine is a neurotransmitter that determines your sense of well-being, your average sense of well-being will go down... *for good*. Ofcourse, since meth does stimulate production of dopamine, taking meth again would increase your sense of well-being temporarily (although it would cause even more permanent damage to your dopamine metabolism).
And, since meth heavily stimulates dopamine production and dopamine is what reinforces behaviour, the behaviour of using meth is very quickly and strongly "learned"... what would normally take many years, is done in minutes to days with meth.
Ofcourse, there's also the point that meth raises your energy levels but depletes your "natural" energy levels in order to do that, so when you quit taking it, you will feel as if you're completely without energy.