Effects?

What are the short-term effects of using Tina?
What are the long-term effects of using Tina?

What are the long-term effects of using Tina?

Not only are the short-term effects of Tina use varied and extensive, but they can continue to develop into even more significant physical and psychological health challenges depending on the individual and patterns of use. Some of these consequences may be permanent. These impacts affect emotional, social and spiritual health as well.

Body:

These include but are not limited to: premature aging, malnutrition, loss of lean muscle mass, skin conditions, gum and mouth diseases including tooth decay, heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney and lung disorders, liver damage, stroke, impacts of acquired bacterial, viral and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), overall deterioration of immune system strength, cancers, and even death.

Mind:

Depression is one of the most common long-term consequences of Tina use for many guys. If you already suffer from it, the risk is high that long-term use will make it much worse and perhaps impossible to treat. If you don’t already have depression, you can acquire it through long-term Tina use. Suicide is a real risk for long-term users.

When Tina is used regularly over a long period of time ‘methamphetamine psychosis’ can develop. This is an emerging clinical designation whose characteristics can mimic paranoid schizophrenia. Methamphetamine psychosis can include one or more of the following: hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and (impulsive) violent behaviour. This is usually a temporary condition, most often occurring during binge use, but extremely frightening to experience directly or indirectly.

Research in animals and humans suggests that crystal meth causes long-term damage to cells in those areas of the brain associated with thinking, memory and movement. Effects last 12 – 24 months or perhaps longer, after last use. Recent research suggests that some brain damage from Tina use may be permanent. The brain can also generate new neurological pathways that mitigate some of this damage. This is an area of ongoing research.

Life:

The long-term lifestyle implications of Tina use extend beyond the already significant impacts of short–term use. These can include addiction, legal challenges, a criminal record, loss of financial resources and material possessions, loss of job, loss of social supports, loss of relationships, loss of marriage, loss of our ability to enjoy sex, and loss of self-respect.