Methamphetamine and Headaches: What Users Say

• Own...
• December 24, 2022

Methamphetamine for Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Works great. Losing weight. I had to cut to a lower dosage in the beginning due to side effects: breathing issues, chest discomfort, and headaches. But once I lowered the dose, it worked great, and I started noticing weight loss shortly after I started taking the supplement/medication."

• RIc...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 23, 2017

For ADHD "I barely had enough time in the day to meet the obligations of my job until I began taking methamphetamine. It really energized me to focus on the task at hand and nothing else. Shortly after I began taking methamphetamine, I received two promotions at work and was given an additional supervisory role. As an added benefit, it curbed my appetite, allowing me to work through lunch and, in some cases, even dinner without taking a break. Also, there are almost no physical side effects, unlike Vyvanse and amphetamine salts, which made my body and head ache, as well as gave me a craving to chain smoke. The only downside is the availability at the local chemist, it seems the refills can only be handled through a tribal doctor or local shaman."

• ADH...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 30, 2019

For ADHD "I am a male in my late 20s, diagnosed at a young age but never pursued pharmaceutical intervention as a treatment until I was 17. Started with methylphenidate 108 mg daily, extended release once stable, and then to Adderall IR 15 mg twice daily because of negative side effects like headache, hyperfocus, dehydration. Even though I tried to choke down water and general ill feeling that I have learned were attributed to the norepinephrine agonist properties. I started Desoxyn at 23 years old, and it is notably smoother. It starts working faster because of its increased potential to cross the blood-brain barrier, and it has a long lingering time active because of the body's extra difficulty metabolizing methamphetamine vs. amphetamine. Desoxyn works on dopamine and serotonin, not on the adrenergic receptors."

• Lyk...
• October 12, 2017

For ADHD "I was in 8th grade. I had no problems other than ADD. My doctor prescribed this to me. I was on it for a few years. After a few weeks, it was hectic. I’d take them and be super sensitive to light. My head would be pounding. I’d sleep in the middle of the floor in a pitch-dark room just because the cold felt nice on my pounding head. If it wasn’t that, it was hot and cold flashes. When I didn’t take them, I'd have super bad breathing problems, and I’d panic. The littlest thing would set me off. I’m now 20 years old. I have major anxiety problems that started when I stopped taking it. Of course, most of my anxiety disorders were personal experience and trauma, but my main anxiety, the random attacks, were caused by this medication."