Panic attacks after ritalin abuse

NickyNacker

NickyNacker

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My name's Nick. I started having panic attacks in June 2008 after abusing ritalin (I know, stupid). Before last night, the last one I had was in October. Over the weekend I stayed up for about 30 hours, and had a lot of caffeine. By sunday night I was very anxious and had another panic attack. I decided to get online and look for a forum, and that's when I signed up here. I've never talked to anyone else that's had really bad anxiety and panic attacks, so I'm glad I finally decided to sign up to a site like this. My panic attacks are generally me getting really overwhelmed with emotion. I get really nervous, scared, and confused and it's hard to think straight. One of the main things that is going through my mind when I have one is that I'm scared I'm going to go crazy and do something bad, or that I'm just a bad person in general. Another thought it that I'm going to hell. Also, when I'm in the middle of one I keep telling myself "What if these aren't panic attacks I'm having, what if I'm just psychotic and I just don't know it yet..". I also get this really weird lonely feeling that I can't even explain. It's not normal loneliness, it's this strange horrible depressing feeling like I'm the only real person and everyone else is fake. Idk..
 
Remus

Remus

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Hmmmm

Ritalin (methylphenidate)

Side effects

Very common (affect more than 1 in 10 people)

* Nervousness.
* Difficulty sleeping (insomnia).
* Headache.

Common (affect between 1 in 10 and 1 in 100 people)

* Decreased appetite.
* Reduced weight and height gain with prolonged use in children.
* Rise in blood pressure.
* Increased heart rate.
* Awareness of your heartbeat (palpitations).
* Irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias).
* Emotional highs and lows.
* Depression.
* Irritability.
* Aggression.
* Agitation.
* Anxiety.
* Abnormal behaviour.
* Dizziness.
* Drowsiness.
* Movement disorders (dyskinesias).
* Gut disturbances such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea.
* Dry mouth.
* Skin reactions such as rash or itching.
* Hair loss (alopecia).
* Pain in the joints (arthralgia).
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Good job you stopped when you did
 
NickyNacker

NickyNacker

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i was taking 50 miligrams when i was prescribed, but i hadn't taken it in a year when i abused it. only abused it once. took 14 of them, and ended up doing cardio for 4 hours without realizing it had been that long. that night i couldn't see anything unless it was held up right to my eyes, and i felt like i was dying. the next day i woke up feeling like i had been hit by a bus and it was hard to breathe. that's when i had the first panic attack, and didn't sleep for 2 days. ended up in hospital for 2 nights. they put me on ativan, but only for a month for fear i would get addicted. gave me zoloft, and put me in therapy. ever since i have this feeling that the ritalin just did something permanent to my brain or something cause my emotions are ridiculously out of control.
 
Jake123

Jake123

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Nah, I don't have ADD, but Adderall has many different effects which could potentially help me. For example it's been used for treatment-resistant depression (depression where normal medications and therapies like SSRIs, Neuroleptives, CBT etc. haven't helped), amongst other things.
 
NickyNacker

NickyNacker

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Jake123 said:
Nah, I don't have ADD, but Adderall has many different effects which could potentially help me. For example it's been used for treatment-resistant depression (depression where normal medications and therapies like SSRIs, Neuroleptives, CBT etc. haven't helped), amongst other things.
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ohhhhhh ok
 
Noca

Noca

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Jake123 said:
Nah, I don't have ADD, but Adderall has many different effects which could potentially help me. For example it's been used for treatment-resistant depression (depression where normal medications and therapies like SSRIs, Neuroleptives, CBT etc. haven't helped), amongst other things.
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Just make sure to manage the crash on Adderall or you will end up more depressed then you were before.
 
Noca

Noca

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Jake123 said:
Impossible!
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What goes up must come down. I once learned that when I took 50mgs of Adderall XR. It sent me high as a kite then dropped me through hell. (mind you I was prescribed 50mgs for some reason, im now on 20mgs)
 
Jake123

Jake123

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Noca said:
What goes up must come down. I once learned that when I took 50mgs of Adderall XR. It sent me high as a kite then dropped me through hell. (mind you I was prescribed 50mgs for some reason, im now on 20mgs)
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No I mean it'd be impossible to be any more depressed lol
 
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