Okay before you go, "ya ok, you can't get addicted to Gravol," Read my story, you can. It is a nightmate experience that people do not understand why anyone would choose to be addicted and go through that nightmare.
I started taking Gravol when I was 12 to help me with my diagnosed mild insomnia and to escape the reality of my negative upbringing. At first I would only take a few at night, then as a few years went by I worked up to 15 a day, then when I was 19 I was up 25 a day. From age 20-25, 25 being when I finally quit, I was taking 40-60 a day. You build an imminity to them, forcing you to have to take more and more a day. NO ONE knew until I was 21 that I was taking them, my husband didn't even know until 2 years into our relationship. I don't know how no one knew or how I managed to function properly, especially when I was up to 40-60 a day(I am 5"3 115lbs). Here is my experience with Gravol:
Nowadays, most places keep Gravol behind the counter because of the addiction you can get from it. But when I first started taking it, it was still over the counter. I would buy amd steal it, rotating between the pharmasies and stores that were in the town/city I happend to be living in at the time. It was difficult at times because the pharmacy at times were beginning to monitor how often I was buying it, making it difficult to get at times. There was one drug store where the pharmasist knew I was abusing it as I was in 3-4x a week buying the bottles of 100pills, but he still sold it to me everytime he came in. I was obesessed with counting my supply, especially when I was high, and if I only had 40 pills left I would go get more. I never ran out for long. I overdosed and obvioisly survived twice.
THE HIGH: A NIGHTMARE
First off, yes if you take Gravol properly, it does make you drowsy. If you take it like I did, you get high, and in no way drowsy(Gravol is a downer). It basically felt like a live current going constantly under my skin all over my body. My legs and arms would turn into lead and become heavy. Some nights, I literally could not think at all, and if I tried to speak, I would stutter or forget what I was saying halfway through a sentence and couldn't remember what I was saying. I would stand/walk unsteady and wobbly. The worst was the auditory/visual hallusanations. I was contantly hearing things that when it was actually dead silent. I would see things that weren't there. I thought that every door (including front door) in my house were open, when really were closed, and my husband would come home at night to find every door open. The hallusanations made me soooo paranoid, constantly scared and skiddish. The next morning when I would wake up, I felt sooo sick from taking so much Gravol, I had to take more right away.
I quit taking Gravol last year after my body started rejecting it, otherwise I would still be on it. Gravol takes away your appitite, makes you irritable, paranoid, causes hallusanations and a long list more. There is withdrawl symptoms when you stop taking it.There is not a lot of information about permanent side effects of Gravol for people who have used it as long as I have as it is just being aknowledged of being an issue for abuse. I do know from my dr that my dissociation is worse because of permanent memory loss from abusing Gravol. Damage to liver, kidney's, and the stomach lining is also present. I cannot take certain medications anymore(codeine, cold/flu medicine).
I started taking Gravol when I was 12 to help me with my diagnosed mild insomnia and to escape the reality of my negative upbringing. At first I would only take a few at night, then as a few years went by I worked up to 15 a day, then when I was 19 I was up 25 a day. From age 20-25, 25 being when I finally quit, I was taking 40-60 a day. You build an imminity to them, forcing you to have to take more and more a day. NO ONE knew until I was 21 that I was taking them, my husband didn't even know until 2 years into our relationship. I don't know how no one knew or how I managed to function properly, especially when I was up to 40-60 a day(I am 5"3 115lbs). Here is my experience with Gravol:
Nowadays, most places keep Gravol behind the counter because of the addiction you can get from it. But when I first started taking it, it was still over the counter. I would buy amd steal it, rotating between the pharmasies and stores that were in the town/city I happend to be living in at the time. It was difficult at times because the pharmacy at times were beginning to monitor how often I was buying it, making it difficult to get at times. There was one drug store where the pharmasist knew I was abusing it as I was in 3-4x a week buying the bottles of 100pills, but he still sold it to me everytime he came in. I was obesessed with counting my supply, especially when I was high, and if I only had 40 pills left I would go get more. I never ran out for long. I overdosed and obvioisly survived twice.
THE HIGH: A NIGHTMARE
First off, yes if you take Gravol properly, it does make you drowsy. If you take it like I did, you get high, and in no way drowsy(Gravol is a downer). It basically felt like a live current going constantly under my skin all over my body. My legs and arms would turn into lead and become heavy. Some nights, I literally could not think at all, and if I tried to speak, I would stutter or forget what I was saying halfway through a sentence and couldn't remember what I was saying. I would stand/walk unsteady and wobbly. The worst was the auditory/visual hallusanations. I was contantly hearing things that when it was actually dead silent. I would see things that weren't there. I thought that every door (including front door) in my house were open, when really were closed, and my husband would come home at night to find every door open. The hallusanations made me soooo paranoid, constantly scared and skiddish. The next morning when I would wake up, I felt sooo sick from taking so much Gravol, I had to take more right away.
I quit taking Gravol last year after my body started rejecting it, otherwise I would still be on it. Gravol takes away your appitite, makes you irritable, paranoid, causes hallusanations and a long list more. There is withdrawl symptoms when you stop taking it.There is not a lot of information about permanent side effects of Gravol for people who have used it as long as I have as it is just being aknowledged of being an issue for abuse. I do know from my dr that my dissociation is worse because of permanent memory loss from abusing Gravol. Damage to liver, kidney's, and the stomach lining is also present. I cannot take certain medications anymore(codeine, cold/flu medicine).
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