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Mar 29 2009

Addiction Recovery: Meth Madness

Published by recoveryrocks at 6:51 pm under Recovery Edit This

Recovery from addiction is possible, including recovery from methamphetimine.

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive psychostimulant. It comes in powder, “rocks” or “crystals”and ranges in color from white to brown, contingent on how it’s cooked. Methamphetamine tastes bitter, but easily dissolves in liquids. It can be odorless or have odors similar to sweet, bitter, ammonia or solvents when cooked.

Street Names for Methamphetamine:
meth, crystal meth, bitch, speed, crank, chalk, chicken feed, geep, scootie, crystal, ice, glass, nazi dope, motivation in a bag, noze candy, satan dust, pootananny, powder monkey, tweak, zoom, sugar bugger, booger, Tina (Teena), Pink Panther

Routes of administration for methamphetamine:
Oral administration is the common route for medical use of methamphetamine. For recreational use, methamphetamine can be:

swallowed
snorted
smoked
dissolved in water and injected
injected without water (called a dry shot)
dissolved in water and inserted anally
inserted anally without dissolution in water (called a booty bump or shafting)
inserted into the urethra

Possible consequences of methamphetamine use include:

heart damage
memory loss
paranoia
psychosis
hypertension
insomnia
body odor
acne-type sores (called tweaker sores)
irritability
extreme weight loss
hair loss
discolored, rotten or missing teeth
corneal ulcerations
confusion
tremors
convulsions
anxiety
hyperthermia
depression
continuous picking at skin
strokes
respiratory problems
irregular heartbeat
cardiovascular collapse
delusions of parasites or insects crawling under the skin
mood swings
teeth grinding
malnutrition
deficient immune system
tachycardia or irregular heartbeat
blood toxicity
kidney damage
liver damage
blood clots
cardiac arrest
brain damage
death

It’s not called Meth Madness for nothing
Methamphetamine mimics adrenaline and triggers the brain’s fight-or-flight mechanism and can make users aggressive and violent.

Acute lead poisoning is another potential risk for methamphetamine users due to a common method of production which uses lead acetate as a reagent. There have been documented cases of acute lead poisoning in intravenous methamphetamine users.

Methamphetamine may increases user’s sexual desire and stamina, but it ultimately decreases desire and ability to perform. Many methamphetamine users report the inability to reach an orgasm.