Complaints caused by chemsex
Although everyone is different, one thing is certain: the longer and more intensively you use, the more your complaints will increase. Complaints can relate to a variety of areas. Common complaints with regular use of stimulants such as Tina, 3-MMC, crack and other uppers are:
Physical
- Severe weight loss or poor appearance
- Poor resistance/being sick often
- Dental damage
- Sleep disorders
- Lack of energy
- Body restlessness
- Muscle spasms
Mentally
- Feelings of depression
- Feelings of emptiness, loneliness and apathy
- Feelings of despair
- Suicidal tendencies
- Intense feelings of shame and guilt
- Strongly fluctuating moods
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Paranoid thoughts/hallucinations
- Long-lasting psychoses
Sexual
- Obsessively engaging in porn, sex or cam sex
- Reduced or no libido
- Crossing sexual boundaries
- Sexual abuse or rape
- No more sex without chems
- More and more frequent STIs
Social/societal
- Problems at work or study
- Debt and/or financial problems
- In trouble with the law
- Social isolation
- Neighbourhood quarrels
- Loss of contact with family and friends
- Loss of job, home or partner
- Suicide attempts