THE STIMULANT ADDICTION CYCLE - From childhood onwards and how prescription drugs could be the cause of thousands of children becoming dependent on drugs long term + watch Channel 4 news item. exposing the number of under six year old kids who are medicated for their immature behaviour with 'sledgehammer' anti-psychotic drugs SHAME ON OUR SUPPOSEDLY 'CIVILISED SOCIETIES.'!

The 'Highs' to 'Pain' Rollercoaster.

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THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION.

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Stimulants create a cycle of feelings and behavior in users. When someone is high on amphetamines, he or she feels invincible, happy, and alert. But after those feelings fade, the person crashes and feels depressed, anxious, and nervous. In order to feel good again, he or she will take more stimulants and then crash again. That's the cycle: get high, crash,feel bad,take drug, get high, crash,feel worse.

This cycle of getting high and crashing puts a person on the road to addiction. Addiction is when a person can't function—on both a physical and a psychological level—without something. Once a person starts using stimulants, his or her body will need more and more and for longer periods of time. Soon, the craving for stimulants will take control of the person's life.

Addiction can be both physical and psychological. A user can psychologically depend on the high brought on by stimulants. A person can become physically addicted because he or she develops a tolerance to the drug, needing larger and larger doses in order to get the same high.

People sometimes use stimulants over and over without stopping—even to sleep. Users call this “going on a run” or “tweaking.” When they finally do stop using, they come down off the high even harder. Then they can become very angry, hostile, and depressed due to sleep deprivation and the harm that does to the physiology.

As addiction develops spiralling out of control normal life is harder to maintain.

Read more: Stimulant Addiction - Withdrawal, Addiction Is A Process - SOURCE: http://science.jrank.org/pages/clo3u6erce/Stimulant-Addiction.html#ixzz1JUniZjRY

 ISSUES WITH STIMULANT ADDICTION.


Addicts should pay attention to the trigger mechanisms that serve as stimulants to an addictive cycle. Knowing the kind of circumstances that tend to "kick off" addictive behavior means that the addict can either avoid the trigger or formulate a plan for keeping the trigger from "working."

Addicts need to find alternative ways of responding to their trigger mechanisms. This means learning to deal with need in a more wholesome way. For instance, if boredom is a trigger, the addict needs to learn some way of handling boredom without resorting to the addictive behavior. If the trigger is depression, the addict must seek help in discovering the underlying cause of the depression and overcoming it. Suppressing depression is never a cure — it only prolongs the depression.Normalising sadness can also help ,we all feel fed up quite often.the key is what we do about it. 

Everyone feels shy and nervous at times.

Stimulants Addiction

What are stimulants?

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Stimulants, also known as "uppers", refer to several groups of drugs that tend to increase alertness, elevate blood pressure and increase hart rate and respiration, as well as increase physical activity or energy. Some people use stimulants to counteract the drowsiness or "down" feeling caused by sleeping pills or alcohol. The up/down cycle is extremely hard on the body and dangerous. Amphetamines, cocaine, 'speed' and caffeine from high caffeine drinks such as cola drinks are all stimulants. High levels of stimulant of any kind or mixes can cause circulatory problems and sudden death through heart failure.

Historically stimulants were used to treat asthma, obesity, and now are more commonly prescribed for the treatment of narcolepsy, ADHD, and depression that has not responded to other forms of treatment. Amphetamines include three closely related drugs- amphetamine, dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine and Adderall), and methamphetamine. Street names include "speed", "white crosses", "uppers", "dexies", "bennies", "dead road" and "crystal".


What are the warning signs?


As with other drugs, stimulants can become addictive. Physical withdrawal may occur when discontinuing use. Withdrawal may include: fatigue, depression, and sleep disturbances.

In addition to physical effects, users report feeling restless, anxious, and moody. Higher doses intensify the effect, and the user can become excited, talkative, and have a false sense of confidence and power. Prolonged use can result in psychosis: seeing, hearing, and feelings things that do not exist (hallucinations), having irrational thoughts or beliefs (delusions), and feeling as though people are out to get them (paranoia).

Stimulants can lead to extreme mood fluctuations,fears,paranoia and psychosis.

What are the effects?



Amphetamines increase heart and breathing rates and blood pressure, dilate pupils, and increase appetite. In addition the user, may experience dry mouth, sweating, headache, blurred vision, dizziness, sleeplessness, and anxiety. Extremely high doses can cause users to flush or become pale, have irregular heartbeat,even heart failure, tremors, loss of coordination, and even physical collapse. Long-term heavy use can lead to malnutrition, skin disorders, ulcers, various diseases related to vitamin deficiency, lack of sleep, weight loss, depression, brain damage that can result in speech and thought disturbance. Amphetamine injection or high dose medication can create a sudden increase in blood pressure that can lead to death from stroke, very high fever, or heart failure. 

Mathew Smith died March 2000 from Methylphenidate use for six months.