Ephedrine having reverse stimulant effect.

[Riker29]

I know this sounds strange, but .....

When I take Ephedrine, if I do NOT go to the gym afterwards, I actually feel tired. More tired.

I don't tale too much, maube 12-15 mgs. I take it just in the morning, as a before-workout stimulant. But some days, I taje it and maybe I get delayed, somthing comes up ...... or maybe I just take it (every once in a while) on a morning where I am not planning on going to the gym ....

And I feel tired like an hour after taking it.

Whats up with this?

 

[E-Rawk]

do you think you might have ADD? Some stimulants like caffine or ephedrine have a reverse effect on people with attention deffecit disorder. I have add and it can have a reverse effect on me unless i take about 25-50mgs.

 

[wildcat]

I don't quite fall asleep, but it has a similar affect on me. I can take a double dosage of an ECA stack and not feel a goddamn thing. I sometimes likes the jittery feeling, but never EVER experience it when using ephedra based supplements.

wc.

 

[jamiec1]

thats mad
i get the same affect with caffine and other stims.
i has a 2 double expressos once and almost fell asleep.
same sort of thing when i took amphetamines sometimes.. does that mean i might have attn dev syn.
It might explain why i cant sit still for 2 minutes.

 

[decem]

yup... same thing with the ephedrine. i was somewhat addicted to it and took it 6 days a week for almost 3 years. it ended up slowing down my metabolism as well as helping me lose a shitload of muscle in the gym. it got to the point where i needed it to work out but when i worked out on it i would never get a pump.

as far as the coffee, i think there's actually something called caffeine intoxication. i know that when i drink 1-1.5 large cups of strong coffee... i'm cool. but as soon as i drink 2 or 3 cups, i'm knocked out and worse off than when i started.

i'll never take ephedrine again, and i'll only drink coffee in moderation anymore.

 

[ripped103]

yup... same thing with the ephedrine. i was somewhat addicted to it and took it 6 days a week for almost 3 years. it ended up slowing down my metabolism as well
decem how did you come off the ephedrine, im also addicted to it, i need it to wake up in the morning and got really sick when i tried to stop

 

[decem]

decem how did you come off the ephedrine

after a few months of shitty workouts and breaking my hand (the biggest deciding factor-as i didn't workout for 3 months) - i decided to stop taking all supplements and have never felt more like myself.

now i'm back in the gym and i'm so happy that i'm finally getting the pumps that i used to get before ephedrine. i'll never take that crap again... well, maybe, but only if i am trying to lose weight and then only for 2-3 months.

you will feel like shit and feel like you need it for the first 2 weeks.. and probably have even shittier workouts. but after the 2 week mark you should get your natural drive to workout back (since right now your drive to workout is solely due to the ephedrine - you'll see what i mean when you stop) and you'll start getting the pumps again and i'm sure you'll be able to stay off then.


just give it 2 weeks.

 

[dissto]

decem

you are absolutely right. thats exactly what its like. you rely on ephedrine for a good workout. i cant remember the last time i had a good workout without it. its sad. i cant get off. i say to myself, that i wont take it, then go to the gym and sit on a bench and stare into space. i feel like an addict. help me help me help me

 

[ragin']

i have a friend who complains about this. i'm gonna show him this post .... very interesting.

 

[EngiCream]

Wow, I thought I was the only one that felt like this when taking ECA or anything similar. On any given day I can take twice the normal dose and literally take a nap right after.

 

[decem]

decem

you are absolutely right. thats exactly what its like. you rely on ephedrine for a good workout. i cant remember the last time i had a good workout without it. its sad. i cant get off. i say to myself, that i wont take it, then go to the gym and sit on a bench and stare into space. i feel like an addict. help me help me help me

i'm telling you.. after two weeks off of it you'll feel like a new man.

in fact i was off it for 2 months then drove 2500 miles with a full bottle of ripped fuel in my glove box without even opening it... i don't want to touch it anymore.


shit.. honestly.. i bet if you took 2 weeks off of both working out and taking ephedrine then got back into the gym ephedrine free... you'd be stronger, bigger, and more cut within a month than you were in the last 5 months and you'd love every workout.

 

[FlexManning]

I know what you guys are saying. I've used a few different methods to wean
myself off ephedrine for awhile. One is to just take an ephedrine tablet and a
caffeine tablet and break them each in half and take them. If you usually take
a dose in the morning, then you wait til the afternoon and when you're dying
for a dose take half of one you'd be surprised to find out you feel about the same
as if you took a full dose (at least if you're fairly sensitive to ephedrine).
Before your workout just take a caffeine pill. Other times during the day drink
diet soda. You'd be surprised how much easier it is to cut back soda and Vivarin
than it is to cold turkey ephedrine.

I don't think ephedrine is all that dangerous, especially since the lethal dose is
outrageously high for a healthy purpose. However, for people like us it is almost
like the caffeine and cigarette routine that some people in the rest of the
population get into. Hell, it gets hard to take a morning shit without it.


Another thing, while I'm blabbing, what the hell is with people taking high doses
of ephedrine and caffeine? No matter how long I keep taking it I never feel like I
need higher doses. Higher doses make you feel like total shit. I really don't see why
anybody needs to take more than 25mg of eph. and 200 mg. of caff. 3x/day.

 

[Riker29]

bump

 

[Darksong2k1]

Interesting post. I feel fatigued sometimes on ECA products. Nothing in comparison to those damn Superclen Oxyflux tabs. LOL. That in itself is complete death of any functioning part of your anatomy for the time being.