What are the Effects of Amphetamines?

The effects of amphetamines, like the effects of any drug, vary from person to person, depending on physical size, condition, individual psychology, and what other drugs are ingested. Generally speaking, amphetamines increase the rate of bodily functions, especially breath and heartbeat. Amphetamine will also decrease appetite. Users can feel more alert and confident, and can be extremely talkative. As tolerance to the drug increases, increased amounts of amphetamine must be taken to achieve the same effect. Prolonged use of amphetamines has a long-lasting and profound effect psychologically, causing sleeplessness, irritability, paranoia, and violent rages. Coming off of methamphetamines, users will feel exhaustion and depression. In order to recover from using amphetamines, many amphetamine addicts have gotten involved in programs like the one we offer at Gulf Coast Recovery.

About Methamphetamine Abuse

Methamphetamine Users Methamphetamine abuse is a serious and growing problem. Abuse very commonly causes dependence or addiction to methamphetamine, which in turn causes serious effects on health and behavior. Initial effects of methamphetamine abuse are wakefulness and confidence, the ability to engage in more physical activity, and a decrease in appetite. Long-term methamphetamine abuse causes irritability, paranoia, violent rages, and serious health problems such as damage to the brain and heart. Chronic methamphetamine abusers must increase the dosage of methamphetamine in order to feel the effects of the drug, even as its negative effects increase. It is also common for methamphetamine abusers to feel as if worms or insects are crawling under their skin. Withdrawal from the drug can cause further anxiety, aggression, and paranoia, and also typically results in fatigue, depression, and an intense craving for methamphetamine.

What are the Effects of Methamphetamine?

Methamphetamine, which is also called “meth,” “crank,” “crystal,” “glass,” or “ice,” has very serious effects. Initially the effects of methamphetamine are wakefulness, self-confidence, and energy. Breath and heart rates increase, and appetite decreases. Even in small doses, the effects of methamphetamine can be extremely harmful: picking and scratching at the skin, repetitive nonsensical behavior, psychosis, memory loss and other neurological damage, hallucinations, violence, and increased risk of contracting infectious disease.

Methamphetamine Users

While methamphetamine is becoming increasingly popular as a club drug, methamphetamine users consist of many ages, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Commonly, heavy methamphetamine users become seriously impaired after prolonged use of methamphetamine, becoming erratic and violent, agitated, and confused. Long-term brain damage and cardiovascular damage can occur in methamphetamine users. The negative consequences, particularly behavioral consequences, can persist for years after use of methamphetamine is discontinued.

Methamphetamine Facts

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant that can be ingested orally, injected, smoked, or snorted. The use and manufacture of methamphetamine is becoming increasingly widespread. Amphetamine abuse can cause a myriad of mental, physical, and psychological problems. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 5.2% of our population aged 12 and older has used methamphetamine at least once. Also according to the ONDCP, the number of admissions to treatment for methamphetamine treatment has increased from 1% of all treatment admissions in 10992 to 5.5% of all admissions in 2002.