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Methamphetamine Addiction
Methamphetamine addiction can take on a variety of forms. This type of addiction can be low intensity, high intensity or binge. A person with a methamphetamine addiction of a low intensity is not psychologically addicted to methamphetamine, but uses it fairly regularly – generally by snorting or swallowing the methamphetamine. People with a low intensity methamphetamine addiction use methamphetamine to stay awake for longer periods of time. Or, they use it to help them lose weight. On the other hand, a person with a high intensity methamphetamine addiction or who is a binge methamphetamine user wants to get high faster and to have a more intense reaction. Therefore, he will inject or smoke the methamphetamine. A binge user uses methamphetamine less frequently than a person with a high intensity methamphetamine addiction, but more frequently than a person with a low intensity methamphetamine addiction. People with a binge methamphetamine addiction take methamphetamine to experience a rush. A rush is the first response a person with a methamphetamine addiction feels after injecting or smoking methamphetamine. Low intensity users do not experience this rush from swallowing or snorting methamphetamine. When a person with a methamphetamine addiction experiences a rush, his heart races and his blood pressure, metabolism, and pulse increase dramatically. This rush can last for 5-30 minutes. This is because the methamphetamine stimulates the adrenal gland, causing it to release adrenaline. After the person with a methamphetamine addiction experiences the rush, he becomes high. At this time, the person with the methamphetamine addiction feels smart and argumentative. The person with the methamphetamine addiction will often interrupt other people while high, which can last anywhere from 4 to 16 hours. To continue the high, many people with a methamphetamine addiction will smoke or inject more methamphetamine while still high. This is called a binge. Each time this is done, the initial rush becomes less and less, as does the resulting high. Ultimately, the person with the methamphetamine addiction no longer experiences the rush nor the high. The person with a methamphetamine addiction will be physically and mentally hyperactive during a binge, which can last 3 to 15 days. After a binge, the person with the methamphetamine addiction experiences depression and emptiness. At this point, many people with a methamphetamine addiction will use other drugs to overcome these feelings, usually alcohol or heroin. The erratic cycle of a person with a methamphetamine addiction makes methamphetamine a very dangerous drug for all involved in its use.
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