Well Poncho.....to tell you the truth, STAYING AWAKE, was my MAIN reason to take them when I did years ago, when I was in COLLEGE, because many times I had to do them ALL NIGHTERS and I couldn't do it by myself, so I had this friend that would take the STACKERS and they would help her STAY up and as a SIDE EFFECT.."SHE" lost all kinds of weight, so I figured , "WHY NOT?"...I need the HELP,....and I am "ASHAMED" to say that I got so reliant on the pills for a while, UNTIL they stopped KEEPING me AWAKE, and STOPPED giving me the JITTERY feeling because my body was accustomed to it....and they did cause me to have MINOR grouchiness and dry mouth as well as all the other symptoms other people have stated, but I figured as Long as they were doing the JOB it was OK.....NOW...the most shaming part of ALL of this is that WHEN THEY DID STOP doing the JOB...I ACTUALLY "DID" turn to "SPEED" because of that SAME friend.....and I was HOOKED though, for a VERY VERY long time, I felt I had it all under control....the SAD part is that I didn't.....I stayed on MAJOR drugs, STAYING PRODUCTIVE meanwhile, for about 2 years....it was REALLY sad, and the friend who introduced me, she had to MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY to go into REHAB for years because the temptation was too STRONG here....she is WELL and BACK now, and as for when I stopped "SPEED"...I turned BACK ONTO STACKERS, in the HOPE that I would stop "SPEED" for good, and it did HELP....it was only AFTER I tried SPEED for a couple years, that I "REALIZED" then, that STACKERS were almost "IDENTICAL" to speed in a BOTTLE....and the feelings and side effects are almost the "SAME" for both...they can BOTH get out of control, because the dosage amounts with the STACKERS become TOO LITTLE and you end up increasing and increasing......so I STOPPED COMPLETELY, and I am HAPPY to SAY now, that for 6 years I have not tried ANY of the ABOVE.....

I realize that PEOPLE do sometimes have a DEATH WISH, and I BELIEVE "I DID" as WELL....there is a lot of SOUL SEARCHING one must do to get OFF these drugs, and I HOPE that you do SOUL SEARCH, but NEVER have to go down such a PATH OF ADDICTIVE SHAME, as I DID....

When I stopped taking the PILLS, it was a CONSTANT struggle, to NOT POP any, I would think about them CONSTANTLY, and the SIDE effects remained for a WHILE even though I did stop taking them....I'd say probably about 3 MONTHS....believe it or not ....THEY SCARE THE HELL out of ME now....and I am NOT trying to scare YOU, because YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY INTELLECTUAL individual, and GORGEOUS if that is YOU in the PICTURE.....

AS WELL, I DID READ SOME OF THE HEALTH RELATED ISSUE "THREADS" you POSTED b4 also, and I AM SORRY about ALL of the HEALTH issues YOU HAVE encountered.....and I DO UNDERSTAND where ALL these issues may be arising from.......YOU CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING WHEN YOU SET YOUR MIND TO IT....I TRULY BELIEVE THAT with ALL MY HEART!.....(AND YOU ARE RIGHT...THOSE DAMN PILLS are EXPENSIVE!!!)

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