Drug Stimulants

Stimulants speed up bodily functions and can induce euphoria, energy and alertness. Legal stimulants include caffeine, nicotine and ephedrine while illicit stimulants include amphetamines such as ‘ice’ or ‘speed’, cocaine and MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine or ‘ecstasy’).

A Stimulants Drug Addiction Can Be Especially Difficult To Beat

Addiction to stimulants drug substances can be very difficult to overcome because there is a strong physical component and a strong psychological one as well.

Stimulants increase the user’s alertness, energy, and a loss of appetite. This goes with physical effects like an increased heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration.

Stimulants drug substances include cocaine, meth amphetamine, and speed. These drugs are generally acquired illegally and can lead to serious addiction. They can also be quite dangerous as they encourage the user to forego sleep and food. The increased heart rate can result in heart attack or respiratory failure.

There are also considerable psychological effects to the compulsive use of these stimulants drugs. Heavy use will lead to paranoia, aggressiveness, and even psychotic episodes. This can encourage negative behaviours that might be linked to efforts to acquire the drug or to acquire the money to buy it.

There are also numerous stimulants drugs that can be acquired by prescription. Stimulants have been used for a number of conditions, including depression and obesity. As a rule, when prescription drugs like Dexedrine and Ritalin are used according to instructions, they are not addictive. But when they are used more regularly or in higher dose, they can result in a stimulants drug addiction.

The use of these drugs stimulates the release of dopamine, which is what gives the user the euphoric and pleasurable feeling. It becomes difficult to stop using the drug and to avoid relapse because for a period of months after the user becomes abstinent, they are unable to produce normal amounts of dopamine through activities that would have at one time given them pleasure.

This is why stimulants drug addiction (whether detox is needed or not) must be treated in a treatment centre that will help with behaviour modification.