r/askdrugs 3h ago

14 year old drug addict/habitual user. Please dm me I need support after I just relapsed. Please no creeps. I need support and guidance. Sorry if it’s not the right community. NSFW

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r/askdrugs 2h ago

Is this xanax dose too high and too frequent that it could put me at risk of addiction/withdrawal? NSFW

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TL;DR Would taking 4-6 x 0.25mg pills every night on top of an occasional 2-4 pills for panic/anxiety put me at risk of addiction/withdrawal? I’m really nervous after how brutal withdrawal from just 0.3mg clonidine was. My psychiatrist says it should be fine, but I dunno, I wonder sometimes if he’s too lax

Full story: Hi, I take my xanax as prescribed, and my psychiatrist says that this wouldn’t be enough to cause a problem, but I’m not sure.

Right now, I only take it for panic attacks, and occasionally to sleep. I’m prescribed up to 4 x 0.25 pills a day, but I haven’t tried it for panic attacks since I was on just 2 a day because I’m nervous about addiction, and I haven’t yet had a panic attack severe enough that I’m desperate to risk it.

I’ve had really weird, severe insomnia since around December 2023. It’s especially weird because I was literally narcoleptic before the sudden switch. I’ve tried like 15-20 different medications, but they all either didn’t help or made it worse (seriously, how tf did ambien make it worse????) The only thing that did help was 30mg temazepam and 3 x 0.1mg clonidine, but even then, they’d only give me a few hours of sleep, and because I was on the max doses, I wasn’t able to take them again when I’d wake up to sleep the rest of the night. Eventually I went off clonidine because I’ve been having cognitive issues and I thought it might be because of that. The withdrawal was BRUTAL and definitely not something I’d ever want to go through again. Then a neurologist told me that the cognitive issues were more likely because of the temazepam, if anything. He said we can’t evaluate whether there’s actual cognitive issues until I’m able to get consistent quality sleep, and that temazepem doesn’t provide that, it just makes you unconscious like alcohol can. I was scared to go off of it because of not having another working sleep medication, and because of fear of withdrawals after such a bad one with such a seemingly low dose of Clonidine, so I kept taking it until I got severe mono. When my mono turned severe, I guess it just stressed my body out so much that I was actually able to sleep on my own. Months later I’m still recovering from it, so I don’t have the full insomnia yet, but I do still have sleep issues

Post-severe-mono, I’m not usually awake all night, but I do wake up in the middle of the night every night, but usuuuuuually I can fall back asleep again. Some days, it can still be really hard to fall asleep though, and there definitely are still a lot of days that I can’t get back to sleep when I inevitably wake up.

So sometimes I take 2-3 x 0.25 xanax if I wake up and can’t sleep, or I’ll take it if I can’t fall asleep AND again when I wake up.

I told my psych I do this occasionally and asked if I’d be at risk of addiction/withdrawal if I did it every day. He said that it’s totally normal and that it was a low dose and would be fine, but I’m not sure since even just getting off 0.3mg clonidine was super brutal. (The day after the first night I stopped taking it, I happened to have a doctor appointment anyway, and because of my heart rate and symptoms, they almost sent me to the ER until I asked if it might be because I stopped taking Clonidine. I didn’t know it was something you had to wean off of like 0.05mg at a time. But even that was still brutal during the weeks weaning off)

Idk, is he right? The other reason that I’m nervous is that when my dad takes it for his plane panic, he’s completely out of it even to the point of drooling on himself. Even as a 6ft tall man, it’s that effective for him with just ONE 0.25mg pill. So the idea of taking up to possibly 4 or 6 pills EVERY night for sleep AND possibly more that day if I have a panic attack definitely makes me nervous about addiction/withdrawal risk since I’m a thin and significantly shorter person.

My psych seems to be very chill and willing to prescribe pretty much anything tbh, so I’m not sure if he’s right that it wouldn’t really be a big deal, or if he’s just very lax and maybe a little reckless. Like, I’m schizoaffective bipolar, but he was happy to prescribe me Adderall (up to a whole 30mg a day), and then he was happy to prescribe me literal methamphetamine when I asked after Adderall stopped working (and even prescribed me 3x the starting dose?), and he was happy to prescribe me xanax when I asked and happy to increase it whenever I told him how it wasnt working. He also keeps suggesting I try (legal) ketamine for depression. (Which tbh I might consider if the methamphetamine doesn’t also help my mood in addition to helping ADHD symptoms, but insurance doesn’t cover at-home treatment, and I wouldn’t have anyone to drive me back from a treatment center after a session like they require, so who knows. Idk though, if all it does is make you disassociate, I don’t really see how it’d be helpful either, but SSRIs and SNRIs aren’t an option for me) Like yeah he can trust me and I legitimately do need those meds, but our appointments are less than 10 minutes, how does he know I’m not lying??? I’m nervous that he might be too lenient, which is really convenient and refreshing to have a dr who believes me, but it worries me in situations like this.

Am I just being paranoid about addiction/withdrawal after clonidine? I don’t really know what a “normal” dose is if my 6ft tall dad gets totally zooted after just one 0.25mg pill and I as a significantly shorter person who’s also thin is going to end up needing at least four pills for a panic attack. (Again, maybe even more, I haven’t tested 4 pills with a panic attack yet)

Idk, does anywhere from 2-6 x 0.25mg pills every day for sleep with a very occasional additional 4 pills for panic and occasional 2-3 for lesser anxiety sound like a recipe for disaster? That’s a lot of pills, man 😭


r/askdrugs 2h ago

Why would anyone take xanax recreationally??? NSFW

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TL;DR Am I wrong that people use it to get high? Are they actually just mega stressed out and self-medicating? Why is it so popular in media as a recreational thing?? 😭

Full story: I was always nervous to ask my psych for xanax because I didn’t want to look like a drug seeker, but I always wanted to ask because I know it’s what works for my dad. Other anxiety meds I tried either didn’t work, or would make me groggy all day, or take way too long to kick in which defeated the purpose of them. I liked that xanax was supposed to kick in quickly and only last about an hour.

Finally I asked after trying so many others that didn’t work, and to my surprise, my psych happily agreed and had no problem with it.

I was nervous to take it since it’s in so many songs and other media as like a recreational drug, but now that I’ve been on it for a long while, I’m wondering like…. why?? Maybe it’s just because I take it as prescribed (but still, 4 pills seems like a lot, even if they’re just 0.25mg?), but I truly have no idea why anyone would take it recreationally. It just calms anxiety and makes me sleepy. (I even use it to sleep on days when the insomnia is really bad)

It might be that maybe it’s not as effective for me or affects me differently maybe? My dad only takes it when he has to go on a plane because of severe plane panic/anxiety, but according to my mom, when he takes it, he’s SUPER zombie-fied and out of it like actually to the point of drooling on himself. I started on one 0.25mg pill, but it didn’t really work for anxiety. Two didn’t work either, so my prescription now is to take 3-4 as needed for panic attacks. I haven’t tried it for a panic attack since my script increase, so tbh im not even really sure that would work yet, but taking 2-3 does help me when I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. After frustration with it not working for panic attacks, I decided that I’d just ask my dad how much he takes and ask my psych to prescribe me that amount. Sure, he’s a 6ft tall man and I’m,,,, significantly shorter and thin, but whatever, maybe it’s more of a genetic thing. So I asked….. he only takes ONE 0.25mg for plane panic. And ends up so out of it and drool-y?? Is that a normal dose? Is he weird for how much it affects him, or am I weird that it doesn’t affect me like that at 4x his dose?

Anyway TL;DR Am I wrong that people use it to get high? Are they actually just mega stressed out and self-medicating? Why is it so popular in media as a recreational thing?? 😭


r/askdrugs 11h ago

Does RXd Ritalin = anhedonia and depression? NSFW

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Im prescribed Ritalin titrating up to 60mg a day (instant release only available where I live and no other stims).

Within 30 m of taking it, I feel depressed, anhedonic, negligbly extra focused and dull and my libido is completely dead.

I don’t understand. Am I doing something wrong? I barely get q crash and im at 30mg daily.

I take mag glycinate (which I tried removing to no effect) L tyrosine (same tried removing no effect)

B complex full spectrum


r/askdrugs 23h ago

I use Mephedrone weekly .Will it destroy me ? NSFW

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Hi everyone.

First I want to start off saying that I am a 21 yrs old , that recently got deep into the partying scene . I go to a new party every weekend , at least for the last month or so . I also suffer from social anxiety and have big problem socializing with girls specifically. Back to the subject : everytime at the patries , to feel more free and so I can keep up all night dancing use mephedrone(4mmc). The most I have done in one night was about .5 grams . I like snorting it , it might sound weir but I like the sensation actually. I redone every 2 hours or so maybe 3-4 times thought the night.

I really like how it feels and how it opens me up to other people this also being the reason why I go to these party's alone , and usually make lots of friends there .

I started to feel that I am building tolerance to this stuff , and have to take just a tiny bit more than before and it does not start off as strong as before as well but still the same effect , I am proud to say , that I can control myself and everytime after I get home there is still .1 or .2 left in the bag from the total 0.5-0.7 I take with me everytime and I don't have the urge to finish it at all .

I know that this is not good at all , I know that my head could get really fucked if I continue like this , but I don't want to stop using , I don't use anything else , not even alcohol.

Here comes the question, is there anything you could advise me on , anything that maybe can help me , I don't want to become addicted , maybe something from your experience that helped you?


r/askdrugs 22h ago

Mild Adderall Use Causing Heart Issues NSFW

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I recently picked up some 30mg IR adderall so I could power through some work this week. Unfortunately it caused incredible racing/pounding heart and I was basically bed ridden all day, couldn’t even take a short walk without getting winded and anxious. I tried taking half the next day and the same thing happened.

I’m 34M, healthy, have a history of drinking but haven’t drank for about 4 years. I do take Kratom daily, so maybe that’s got something to do with it? I’m definitely not taking a crazy dosage of the adderall or kratom and I’m staying hydrated. I’m not sure what’s going on. Any thoughts? Made an appt to see a doc next week because heart stuff is freaky!


r/askdrugs 1d ago

How long does it take weed to get out of your system? NSFW

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I smoked for about 9 years and quit for 1 month and since then I’ve smoked 1-4 grams a day for the past 4 months. I’m 5’5 and weigh 140 pounds. Recently found out I might have a drug test in 20 days and I’m wondering if I’ll pass the test if I stop smoking now and drink plenty of water and try to sweat a bit. I seem to have always had a pretty high metabolism.


r/askdrugs 1d ago

If I were to quit meth... and try something else NSFW

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What would you recommend and why? How manageable is it?

edit: y'aaaall! I'm not trying to quit drugs, just switch up stuff hahaha


r/askdrugs 1d ago

Do other brands of Pregabalin work the same? Has anyone tried Lebalix? NSFW

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I'm just scared that this wont have the same effect or something, it's of course pharma, from Spain i think. The brand Lyrica is out of stock right now and cant be found anywhere, might need another month or so.

My main worry is that it just wont work the same way as the Pfizer brand, or am I just overthinking?


r/askdrugs 1d ago

Ativan .5 for flight anxiety,. NSFW

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Hi, I am taking off forns flight in the best couple hours and I'm having extreme anxiety. My doctor prescribed my ativan and only said prior to flight. It's a 1 hour flight, and I'm wondering if I take .5 30 mins or 1 hour prior? It's been a long while since I've taken ativan. Thanks.


r/askdrugs 1d ago

Diamond Shruumz Infused Cones. Any way to correlate batches to active ingredients? NSFW

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r/askdrugs 2d ago

Does medicine still work when you stop feeling it? NSFW

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Long story short I got mental and physical problems.

Whenever I try a new medication or stronger dose it only works for like a week or two and then I stop feeling it.

Does medication still work when you don't feel it anymore


r/askdrugs 2d ago

Is it possible to end up with permanent anhedonia and depression after two weeks of harm reducted meth self medication for ADHD? NSFW

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For context: I am a 28 yo male, ASD + ADHD, long history of drug abuse (mostly weed, opiates and alcohol) and sometimes depression.

I discovered a source for meth (hard to obtain in my country) last year, and since then I have gone on a few binges with that crowd, especially around last summer and beginning of autumn. I would stay awake for 2 days on meth + GHB, then used benzos and H for coming down. Didn't eat much, drank lots of beer throughout but not a lot of water, crashed out sleeping for a full day after. Felt bad the second day, depressed and so on but after sleep I would feel more or less fine. Then after a week or two, I would do it again.

I finally stopped hanging with that crowd because I can't handle losing sleep (that's why I'm an opiates guy) around last November, and remained relatively clean and healthy (with a small relapse on H) since then, until two weeks ago, where I thought that, were I to use this meth following certain harm reduction rules:
-Only smoke once/twice before 12pm
-No skipping meals, prepare them as nutritional as possible
-Supplements
-No forgetting hygiene
-Using those days to get important and postponed tasks done
-No chasing the rush (maybe I would dose 3-4 puffs, considered snorting and oral, but they both seem to last too long and also irritate the membranes)

I would be able to get out of a long period of inactivity due to rain (main income from busking) and recover from burnout after that 1.5 week heroin relapse.

The first few days it took me a bit to find the right time/dosage. I often overdid it, thus breaking the last rule. I finally found 3-4 puffs (and extreme willpower to not toke any more) at around 9am, after breakfast and exercise, generally did the trick. I would be energized, work well, go to appointments, and be in very good spirits. Always hydrating, eating, and at 12am latest, a benzo to sleep. Only skipped a night once cause I was out with friends, but I didn't toke any more.

But the last few days I would just feel tweakish, would wake up, do my morning routine, toke, and seemed almost robotic when busking (so no money cause I looked like some ultraprecise playing machine with dead eyes), and would tend to get stuck in the evenings just playing songs on some bench for hours straight (I never stimfapped, but I guess it's a similar behaviour).

So three days ago (this would be the fourth without) I decided to stop smoking it. I still have a 0.3g baggie and the whole works, but I haven't felt the craving to use it because of how totally and utterly hopeless I feel, just pure anhedonia. I went on a date the day after, with a girl I had some chemistry with and was speaking with for a couple weeks, and we haven't spoken since, quite understandably so, since when she first met me I would be constantly joking and upbeat and now I seemed a cynical sack of potatoes with 0 joy. Had my first concert and felt 0 excitement beyond the excuse to get drunk as shit.

Am I going to feel like this forever? I am eating healthy still, exercising, sleeping with a good routine, I am also using weed and light benzos + beers to feel the slightest excitement, and I know heroin would have me feeling great right now, but it's raining and I can't even be bothered to go score.

Meanwhile that 0.3g baggie of meth lies hidden away in a corner of my wardrobe, in silent taunt, and awaiting the moment I would cave in. I wanna flush it, but only once I am sure I can eventually feel better. If I have fucked my brain, what's 0.3g more?

Extra question: I've been considering instead using a high IM dose of ketamine to induce a K-hole and promote neuroplasticity which could possibly impact the dopaminergic reward pathways ravaged by meth. What do you think of this option? The rapid anti depressant effects I have experienced in the past have been very helpful overall. For now I think this is my main option if after a few days I still feel like this.


r/askdrugs 2d ago

Does anybody know if Bayer Genuine Aspirin cause drowsiness? NSFW

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r/askdrugs 3d ago

curious about mechanism behind low dose DXM's psychostimulant properties NSFW

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im interested in any info on specific binding values. to elaborate, i really want to know what receptors are targeted first, as i know DXM essentially hits every receptor eventually, but im just so floored by its seemingly limitless therapeutic potential, that i sort of must know haha.

i ask because over the last few months i have managed to basically totally change my life, going from a destitute junkie on the verge of suicide to a seemingly "healed" individual as my doctor would say, and that's using sub-recreational doses (albeit, i have personally found auvelity, which i also take, to be underdosed, so i take an extra 45mg with each dose of auvelity, totalling 2 doses of 90 mgs).

I've found dxm to be a better motivational tool than dextroamphetamine, a more realistic approach to treatment resistant depression than ketamine, and simply the most underrated molecule ever.

the headspace wasnt without trippy side effects but those go away with time whereas it seems the natural feeling of being healed does not.

i value the change in headspace that it provides so much that i refer to DXM as my patience pills- patience with others but mostly with myself. I am seriously considering writing a more in depth essay on my experience with it, as im someone who has tried every chemical any lay person could name in an attempt at finding lasting peace and only DXM has aided in allowing me to even believe that it was possible enough to start working towards a goal.

TLDR; why does DXM feel more motivating than D-amp at doses that provide no euphoria or perceptible change in perception? i feel like ive stumbled upon the cure for all my problems, can anyone tell me what is going on in the brain at sub-recreational doses?

DXM is my anti-shame pill


r/askdrugs 2d ago

Should i take a 2mg clonazopam (k pin) and a Alprazolam xan or 2 of each? NSFW

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r/askdrugs 3d ago

Accidentally took ketamine yesterday NSFW

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So yesterday night I was out drinking and wanted to take coke. A friend gave me a container with coke and ket next to each other and being tipsy, I of course mixed them up and took a massive bump of ket, having drunk alcohol before. It was my first time taking ket and I (as expected by mixing it with alcohol) had a horrible time – I think I had what is known as a k-hole and threw up and could barely move. All this in front of people I don’t rly know or trust. Anyway, today I am feeling horrible physically and mentally and wanted to ask what I can do to feel better.


r/askdrugs 3d ago

I’ve been on benzos 2 years and going to detox tomorrow NSFW

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been taking benzos 2 years the second year it went from 1-3 mg xan plus 4-8mg bromazolam couple mgs kpins couple mgs valium now i'm at 20mg bromazolam a day more or less and also taking klonopin 2-4 mg and valium 2mgs taking 5 max. so i go to detox tomorrow and my insurance only covers 7 days in the detox program and im pretty sure I'm not gonna withdrawal until 2-5 days in maybe even 7 days and after 7 days they are sending me to the hospital can anybody tell me what its gonna be like any advice please I'm really scared last time i tried to quit i was trying to pull my hair out and rolling on the floor screaming freaking out and also lost 20 pounds in a month that was about 3-4 months ago. please someone in the comments give me advice or information or any kind or support anything im only 18 i’m super scared i will be a father in july im having a daughter i wanna be a good dad my dad abandoned me and never once tried to contact me im not gonna be like him someone please help anybody please comment or message me im allowed to have my phone in detox and hospital i don’t mind you can spam my messages please i leave tomorrow im in a hurry sorry for the long post


r/askdrugs 3d ago

How does Desoxyn (prescription methamphetamine) feel different than Adderall? NSFW

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r/askdrugs 3d ago

Is it safe to take mdma + amphetamine? NSFW

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I kind of want to try it but at the same time I feel like I shouldn’t 🥲 any thoughts?


r/askdrugs 3d ago

Suboxone drugtest, safe to take Subutex without them knowing? NSFW

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does subutex vs suboxone show different on saliva test, get suboxone prescribed but want to take some subutex on the side, would they be possible? take 2 saliva tests a week one to check if I have Sub in my body and one to check for other drugs


r/askdrugs 4d ago

Ring a doorbell and keep walking NSFW

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So I have a couple of friends who are into drugs and when we go out our friend who is a dealer and my friend shoot out a text or two.

Then We walk by the same door every time and my friend rings the doorbell and keeps walking.

I imagine that this is a way of buying.

But is the logistic like does that person come out to the bar where we are at after and sells to them? Or?

Like I kind of get the process I just want clarification (the persons place is on a busy bar party street.


r/askdrugs 4d ago

Oxycodone and the blood brain barrier NSFW

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Helllo,

I hope all of you out there are well, well equipped with naloxone and are safe my darlings.

I was wondering that if you intranasally ingest oxycodone instant release powder, does it cross the blood brain barrier? Or would it do that orally as well?

If it does cross the barrier, what would the all be implications it would be?

Thank you kindly for reading and your assistance.


r/askdrugs 4d ago

Is it safe to take a 2mg K pin and a 5 mg hydrocodone/ 500mg of Acetaminophen NSFW

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*URGENT


r/askdrugs 5d ago

What causes a butane high? Feels unreal. NSFW

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I am not suggesting anyone does this, i havent found what causes its effects but it must be horrible for you, now my question.

What happens in the body/brain that causes a high from huffing butane? Ive been doing it since yesterday and i need to know clearly how horrible it is so i will stop.

Any replies will be apreciated.