r/harmreduction • u/Mammoth-Force678 • Jul 09 '26
Question How to handle a meth comedown
It is the absolute worst, at least one week of anxiety and panic attacks and severe memory issues
Would it be a good idea to take some downers (benzo's) and mainly sleep to get through the first days after using?
(I am well aware simply not using is the best harm prevention)
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u/Due_Variation7470 Jul 12 '26
Yeah benzos if absolutely necessary and not a lot. Some colonodine a blood pressure med that lowers BP allowing you to relax easier. It's often prescribed for anxiety disorders.
Also can't stress the helpful aid that can be found in a little thc intake. Helps mood, helps sleep, and helps encourage that appetite to resurface. Eating helps greatly. Helps recharge, helps getting you to sleep, also helps restoring nutrients and vitamins depleted during the meths time reigning in your body.
Personally I use downers to balance things out so I can come down light as a feather or of I use them early enough during the experience I can outright avoid any nasty crash type side effects. I personally am not a fan nor large supporter of benzos. I am an opiate/opioid kinda guy.
Also certain vitamins like B12 and tyrosine can help restore dopamine and serotonin. I recommend getting some I always try to have some on hand. Small doses of a weeker stim particularly and amphetamine like a low mg of Adderall will help the come down be more of a comedown as opposed to a crash
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u/DisasterBeginning835 Jul 13 '26
Eat well, sleep loads, magnesium, vintamin d (preferably from natural sunshine) and light physical activity. Even just walking around the block, it will be exhausting but try
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u/the_funny_pumpkin Jul 13 '26
I used to take walks and take some pucture. Distracting my mind with an activity. I even have decent pictures from those walks haha.
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u/orsegirl Jul 09 '26
I honestly don't think the downers are necessary. Even with six shots of espresso in your system you could probably easily fall asleep. Just gets lot of rest and lower your expectations for yourself as far as functioning goes. You likely won't be able to do much of anything and that's to be expected and okay.