Recognizing Stimulant Overamping
Overamping can lead to heart attack, stroke, seizure or overheating!
Physical symptoms of overamping could include:
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Falling asleep/passing out (but still breathing)
- Chest pain or a tightening in the chest
- High temperature/sweating profusely, often with chills
- Fast heart rate, racing pulse
- Irregular breathing or shortness of breath
- Convulsions
- Stroke
- Limb jerking or rigidity
- Feeling paralyzed while awake
- Severe headache
- Hypertension (elevated blood pressure)
- Teeth grinding
- Insomnia or decreased need for sleep
- Tremors
Psychological symptoms of overamping, or “mental distress” could include:
- Extreme anxiety
- Panic
- Extreme paranoia
- Hallucinations
- Extreme agitation
- Increased aggressiveness
- Restlessness or irritability
- Hypervigilance (being super aware of your environment, sounds, people, etc.)
- Enhanced sensory awareness
- Suspiciousness