DOSE: T+ 0:00 10 - 30 mg insufflated Methamphetamine (powder / crystals) T+ 0:00 30 mg insufflated Methamphetamine (powder / crystals) T+ 3:00 30 mg insufflated Methamphetamine (powder / crystals) T+ 6:00 30 mg insufflated Methamphetamine (powder / crystals) T+ 9:00 30 mg insufflated Methamphetamine (powder / crystals) T+ 12:00 30 mg insufflated Methamphetamine (powder / crystals) T+ 15:00 30 mg insufflated Methamphetamine (powder / crystals)
BODY WEIGHT:
170 lb
First Overnight Meth Session
I've used MDMA for about five years, 2C-I and 2C-B for about two. I've used LSD maybe one or two times a year for the last five years. I've also used some prescription amphetamines on occasion, like 10 mg Adderal. Just to give you some perspective that I'm not a total n00b when it comes to drugs. This trip report is about my first experiences with meth.
We first got the idea to get some meth when we got a hold of some powdered MDMA. The pills we liked the best were usually mixed with some form of speed, but this stuff was totally pure, and it was an awesome, clean roll, but a little bit mellow for our tastes. We decided what the hell, get over our stereotypes about 'dirty meth users' and get some of that to mix into the experience.
We got some crystal and tried it by itself first, snorting it. We started light, like 10 mg, followed by another 10 or 20 a little while later. Our first few times, we bumped up to maybe 40 or 50 mg total and then quit and rode it out. The effect was pretty subtle to me, but then amphetamines usually are for me. It was kind of like, 'Reality, Plus One.' I was a little more extroverted and energetic, but I didn't feel 'high' at all. Talking with my friends and even strangers was much more interesting than it usually would have been. Oh, and I was completely uninterested in eating or sleeping, of course. People talk about all these euphoric effects, but I took doses big enough that I started to get a little uncomfortable and I didn't want to take any more, and I never got any euphoria. Maybe it's just the way my brain is wired.
The first night, as we were coming down, maybe nine hours or so later, we dropped ecstasy and had a really nice roll. It was a fantastic way to come down from the meth. The second time, I didn't do that and when I tried to go to bed I actually ended up in a pretty bad head space where I was by myself and constantly analyzing myself in a really critical and hurtful way. Later, I realized that I had just been wasting my time and spinning my wheels and not really making any insights or progress, and I associated it with the meth. I resolved that meth was not a drug where I was going to get a lot of personal work done, and if that kind of loop started again, I should break out of it by doing somewhere else and changing the subject mentally.
The last time I used was at a party and we decided to stay up all night. We snorted about 30 mg at a time, at about 3 hour intervals, for about 18 hours total. Just whenever we felt ourselves starting to come down, we'd bump some more. It was a lot of fun hanging out and talking a lot. Towards the end, we were mostly bumping just to avoid having the come-down during the day, because we wanted to make it to night-time before we came down. The last few bumps definitely had an effect, but weren't quite as seamless as the earlier ones were. I could kind of tell that I was high, instead of being totally involved in the experience. I could also kind of tell that I was just doing them to put off the come-down.
We really mis-estimated the come-down. We figured if we stopped by about 3 PM, we would have nine hours or so to come down and get to bed. As if. By midnight, we were still wide awake. By 3 AM, I fell asleep, but my heart was still racing. I think I was just so tired that I crashed out even though I was still high.
I slept for about six hours, which surprised me given how much sleep I'd missed. I was kind of depressed all day the next day. Like, nothing was actually wrong with me physically or mentally, but I felt vaguely dissatisfied and, even weirder, I really really wanted the dissatisfied feeling to go away, which was weird, because it wasn't that strong of a feeling. By the next day, I still felt a little un-motivated to do anything, but was a tad better. By the third day, I was mostly normal again. So, a total of about three days to recover from what was basically a 1-2 day binge.
So, at this point, I feel like I've used the drug enough to come to some preliminary conclusions.
I can definitely see how managing this drug could be difficult. For me, at least, it has a 'high' feeling of about 3 hours, but then there is a looooong tail of about 6-9 more hours at least where I'm still under the drug's effects but I don't actually really feel it. For me, at least, it has a 'high' feeling of about 3 hours, but then there is a looooong tail of about 6-9 more hours at least where I'm still under the drug's effects but I don't actually really feel it.