addicted to gravol

I know you wrote this a month ago, but I hope you read it.



I used gravol in much the same way your fiance did. I would take 50gm and stay up and just enjoy the feeling then go to sleep. Then I upped it to 100mg, then 150mg. I sometimes would take 200mg at a time.



That all changed when I developed severe heart palpitations because of the Gravol. I was lucky and walked away from it fine, but your fiance risks heart damage and possibly death if he keeps it up.



Best of luck to you both.



Oh, and by the way, and this might sound like a violation of his trust, but you need to tell his family about this. You guys can try to work it out together, but if more people know about the issue, the likelier he is to stop. He basically needs a support group. He might not think it's a big deal, I certainly didn't, but it will take a toll on his health eventually.

I drank alcohol heavily one night,then i couldnt sleep,took-3 gravols-then 3-then 3 more,called and ambulance-i almost gave myself a heart attack,the dr, said hes seen 4 people od and die from it from trying to get a good night sleep,very scary,be careful everyone.

Gravol is NOT benign! I should know...my beloved Fella is addicted to it. Yes it is a shock when you hear it is gravol, but make no mistake it is a dangerous drug at high levels. My Guy became sober for a yr and was doing good. Now he is back on it and has disappeared to his bedroom. It is not a high that is so called "fun" but it does fog your mind and subdue your body and this is often what an addict wants to do to remove themselves from the spiritual pain they are fighting to avoid. Also NOT all Gravol are behind the counter, here in BC Canada it is not. I wish they would put it behind the counter! Anyway I have never been addicted but I sure hate what it does to wonderful People.

Is it ok if i take 50mg everytime i want to sleep soon, because im having trouble getting sleep at night, specially if i wanna sleep early at night?

I only take gravel only 2 tables a night to try to get sleep cause thus 6 weeks have bin he'll to me from my Dr who is supposed to promise me ever month my night liquid meds twice a month and 2 others medication that's he's supposed to give me but for some stupid no good Dr LIJE I have in Niagara falls ONTARIO should of do this to any patient in the world here is a Dr that knows what he is supposed to do you don't cut people of sleep meds or pain or ativan meds when they need them always to help them out properly to function each day PROPERLY for 6 weeks of being in a yo yo bat sleep problems that I have is horrible of not being able to sleep properly ever night or day I can't function well LIKe this having migraines 6 weeks daily from lake of sleep and a torn rotary cuff injuries that is from June 9 from someone attacked me from where I live and this person did it purposely to me that lives in the same building and to top that off I take gravel to make sure I get a constants sleep with my night liquid I'm supposed to get fir every month that my Dr promised me, and I 've on gravel for years I'd only take small doses of 2 tablets a night fir the last 6 weeks gravel doesn't work talking 2 tablets I won't take any more than to to try and get to sleep but I'm still up most of all hours of the night how can a person function when you only get around 30 to 20 hours sleep abd up all kinds of different hours in the day and night here ummmm?I can tell you it's horrible to be able to sleep a full 8 hours sleep with out waking up to go to the bathroom abd then I end up eating in the middle of the night to try and get myself to sleep on a full stomach or drink sugar cause it puts me to sleep I'm hypoglycemic and I can be diabetic if I don't watch what I'm doing here to try and get sleep properly here it's even complicating to try and get full time work cause of this sleep problems I have since I was 16 and I'm 44yrs old person female, and I live 40 minutes from my Dr.and I have always call the shoppers drug Mart to tell him to let me have this meds so now I'll see him this Tuesday and I'll have a whiteness to verify this in front of my Dr to tell him what it's LIkE to live with a person who dosent sleep properly and everything and live in a 2 bbedroom apartment, any idea's WRLL I'm sure for people who do HAvE server sleeping problems will know what I'm going threw and when I had 4 torn rotary cuffs in the same left arm from November 2013 to now any ideas how much problems I had trying to get to sleep in pain on top of this all and always getting migraines daily and I have to sleep with ice packs on my head all the time yes if know what's it like living with these symptoms then I'm sure you can relate of what this Dr is putting me threw 6 weeks of he'll right mow and this Dr calls him self a Dr.a Drs Oath is to help patients get better and treat them properly for the symptoms ""not torture them to be in pain with out medication make the patients feel worst and and feel like a yo yo bat from even getting withdrawn from meds a person that takes them regularly for the right reasons um yes I know if I was a Dr I MAkE sure I would give each and every patient what the need to make them better all the time I have a aesthetics background and I always treated my clients with the best care and everything abd giving the great advice on products knowledge etc... so I called the physician of surgeons and filled a complaint against him and hey said go see the Dr for a appointment and then call us back if he prescribed them or? ??and I said he better cause I'm not a very happy person I'm very irritable when I don't get my proper sleep and I'm don't like being that way cause I am a really nice person but my parents are running out with this Dr jerking me around for 4years already

FYI Dymenhydrinate can be highly addicting, even to those who do not use it to get high. Like any addiction there is a physical as well as a psychological component. Many people do in fact develop a resistance to it beyond just adapting to the drowsiness so common with it's use. If you are only using it occasionally, this should not be an issue. If however you use it in the IM (intramuscular) injection formula, then it really can be. Despite what these "know it alls" say, Injection formulas are kept behind the counter and require a prescription even in Canada.

Incorrect. Dimenhydrinate in it's injection formula (IM/IV) is prescription only in Canada and carries a high cost. It also reports high addiction rates among long term users, and the study was not focused on those using it recreationally.

Yes u can b addicted I'm living proof.... & I live in Toronto & a lot of pharmacy's actually the majority of all of them have it behind the counter.

I take 14 of gravol a day I don't know why and haven't taken it for a week but ended doing today I'm so mad at myself . I don't tell anyone about this they will think I'm weird or not get it. I'm scared depressed ect.. I'm glad there r people who take gravol like me I thought it was only me and alone with it .i just wish I wasn't so stupid:( is there anyone here that could tell me when I'm gonna feal better off it

I take gravol 5 days a week for sleep. Will that cause additction?

yes people can get addicted o gravol, I should know I started my gravol addiction 4 years ago, now I go through a bottle of 100 tabs, 4 times a week.

I got addicted to generic gravol by proxy. I am addicted to codiene and need to take a large dosage to reach euphoria but it makes me vomit (toxic amount...like 10-14 pills at a time) so I needed to take large dosage of dimenhydrinate to not vomit (6 pills to go with the 14 pills of codeine)

I am not addicted to both of them. I'm rehabbing though.

I can verify that you can be addicted to gravol. I am addicted to the substance and have been trying to get off of it for yeara

I AM CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO GRAVOL, I LIVE ICANADA. I GO THROUGH A BOTTLE OF 100 PILLS, (50MG) EVERY 3 DAYS. MY STOMACHS BLOATED, EYES BURNING, SWEATING. WHAT IS THE SAFE WAY TO COMEOFF THE DRUG, WITHOUT FEELING THE SIDE EFFECTS?

Since I came across this site looking for help with my addiction to gravol I am pretty sure it's real. I can't go more than 24 hours without it and I take around 12-30 tablets a day. I have been through so much c**p and I started taking it to sleep and deal with chronic nausea. Trust me this is for real. Now I need help getting off it. I don't know what to do or how to deal with the debilitating withdrawals.