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Kidney Pains, Constipation, Small Amounts Of Dark Urine, Tenderness In Forearms, Headache After Smoking Meth. Could Have Done Permanent Damage?

I am 45yr old male in fairly good health. I have never done much meth at all, mostly coke and rarely ever abused it as i only did it once every 4-5 mos or so. I had been dealing with chest pain and indigestion so bad for a few weeks before my binge I had an ekg and blood work done at my practitioner s and my heart was ruled out. Then I started on a 6-8 day straight meth binge, only snorting it, doing it sparingly, about .25/day or less. Forced myself into eating 2-3 meals a day and making myself drink a fair amount of fluids and getting about an average of 2-3hrs sleep a night. After the 3rd day I started having some really bad chest pressure, ache, and burning pains around my armpits / pectorals, neck area and dizziness. Took blood pressure several times when the pain was at its worst, it was always around 120/90, pulse around 100/min, my normal blood pressure is around 140/80, pulse 70. Felt like I was pumped up with pressure, like flexing but I wasn t. I tried to tell myself it might be compounding my indigestion or a cold as it felt a whole lot like burning indigestion/bronchitis. But I also had really, really bad kidney aches and pains, constipation, producing very small amounts of dark urine, tenderness in my forearms and headache. I know that it was my cardiovascular but the insanity kicked in because I still had a whole bunch of meth left to snort. So I continued for 4 more days. All i could do was 1 or 2 small lines a day because of the pains it produced. As hard as it was I eventually forced myself to toss a big bag I had left right out as I could not resell it in good conscience or to continue to play russian roullete. All the pains in my chest were gone and felt normal again within a day, the kidney pains gone in 3 days. I know i need to see my doctor and I know it s your duty to suggest at the very least that. My primary question I would like to ask you here is have I had a heart attack or caused any serious long term damage to cardio/pulmonary system, kidneys or liver? Thanks in advance for your time, you provide a valuable learning experience here for everyone.
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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the symptoms you have explained were due to meth overdose. High dose of meth cause increase pulse rate and Blood pressure, irregular heartbeat (usually rapid breathing, high body temperature, diarrhea, urinary retention ( which may cause kidney pain) etc. Meth does not cause physical dependence that y u improved with in 2-3 days. it would be better to avoid high in future. better to go to a psychiatrist for de addiction treatment.

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Kidney Pains, Constipation, Small Amounts Of Dark Urine, Tenderness In Forearms, Headache After Smoking Meth. Could Have Done Permanent Damage?

hi thanks for choosing healthcare magic the symptoms you have explained were due to meth overdose. High dose of meth cause increase pulse rate and Blood pressure, irregular heartbeat (usually rapid breathing, high body temperature, diarrhea, urinary retention ( which may cause kidney pain) etc. Meth does not cause physical dependence that y u improved with in 2-3 days. it would be better to avoid high in future. better to go to a psychiatrist for de addiction treatment. Thanks