Question by bluefancypants: can aderall or ritalin be prescribed for methamphetamine withdrawls like methadone for heroin?
I want to quit using meth, but I will lose my job. I can’t afford the down time.

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Answer by laurajustice33613
No, Aderall and Ritalin cannot be used for meth withdrawls. They’re amphetamine based drugs so to prescribe them is compounding the problem.

Check your local listings for drug treatment centers and see if they have an outpatient treatment program. They’d be the best people to tell you if there are any drugs that can be prescribed for withdrawls.

Also, check your local Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous or Cocaine Anonymous chapters for meetings and get yourself to one pronto. They’re the best people and there are many online meetings if you don’t choose to go to one in person.

If you need to, feel free to email me with any recovery related questions and I’ll point you in the right direction. My email is the same as the Yahoo ID I’m using here.

Answer by erin_leigh_hall
I work in Mental Health in Australia and we are trying to get dextramphetamine approved in the treatment of methamphetamine withdrawal. The big problem with methamphetamine withdrawal is that you have burnt out your seretonin levels and it will take months/years to rebuild these depending on how long you were using for.

good luck with quitting, its going to be tough, hope you make it.

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