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shorey
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 Posted: 10/13/05 - 02:00 Post subject: crack withdrawls |
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I have a friend who has tried crack only few times in his life. Now he keeps telling me he is addicted and he has to continue. I cannot believe he could addict with less then 5 times that he has tried crack. When I told him to stop it, he claimed he could not take withdrawal effects. Can you tell me more about this, because I am despaired to find out the truth?
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sallis
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| Posted: 11/14/05 - 09:00 Post subject: |
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Crack is an extremely powerful drug, and its addiction is inevitable. The truth is once an individual has tried crack, they may be unable to predict or control themselves. Crack is probably the most addictive substance yet devised, so you could be free to believe your friend is already addicted. Crack users need more and more crack to attain the same high and avoid the intense crashes. They become physically and psychologically dependent on crack, which could be a result of only a few doses taken within a few days. This dependence on crack leads to crack addiction, so for now we could say he is only dependent. To balance off the intense lows, crack users often use other drugs, so that could be alcohol, hash or marijuana in addition to crack. Crack withdrawal symptoms include but are not limited to agitation, depression, intense craving for the drug, and extreme fatigue. There are reported and anxiety, angry outbursts, lack of motivation, nausea, vomiting, shaking, irritability, muscle pain, and disturbed sleep.
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claracourtneymc
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| Posted: 05/12/07 - 11:51 Post subject: Crack/cocaine Withdrawal |
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| I have never smoked crack but I have injected cocaine. The crash was so damn awful from cocaine that I couldn't handle it. So, I don't do cocaine because the crash is too darn awful to justify the high. On a side note, I suffer from major episodic depression, so I can't help but wonder if the crash was doubly awful for me because of my depressive tendencies. Any thoughts, folks? |
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| Posted: 08/12/08 - 05:53 Post subject: Daughter in troubled state |
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My daughter is 27 yrs old and is pleading for help to get her off of methodone. My heart aches day after day wanting her to be her normal self with confidence, energy and love. She has separated herself from all family and friends that are clean and working. She is exhausted and is now to 20mg per day and the clinic will not decrease her as she requests.
There is no medical excuse for her and she is has taken these medications without perscription or even researching the drug prior. It saddens me to know many parents are suffering because of the irrational behaviours of their children. What happends next with my daughter is unknown. She cries daily, hates life, and is scared to death, does not sleep and is pleading for help. One doctor wanted to put her on lithium and said she was bi polar. What is the matter with these doctors. Someone needs to start a clinic that these people can go to to withdraw and have support 24hours a day. She lives with a guy who is or has been a crack addict and eats pills til the cows come home.
My daughter has a great job and I am fearing she will not be able to help herself before it is too late. I have only seen my daughter maybe five times in the past two years as she knows I am disqusted with her and dispises her partner.
Does anyone know what would be the best treatment for her and if so what I can do. Beware she also take trazodome to sleep and smokes pot daily in order to get rest. She says her skin crawls and she feels like she is coming out of her skin. HELP PLEASE |
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