The aimless hyperactivity experienced by some can be very hard to live with. The constant desire to move is exhausting. Unfortunately, the energy cannot be utilized. The sufferer usually wanders about doing a small part of one task, then another without achieving anything. One caller said ‘I wash two plates, then find myself putting laundry away upstairs. Two minutes later I am sweeping up leaves in the garden. My mind won’t let me use the extra energy I have had since cutting down my pills’.
Pressure of thought and speech often accompany this stage. Endless conversations (sometimes from years before) or the same song can go around and around in your head.
Relatives often complain that the user has become completely self-centred, talking incessantly about the drugs and withdrawal symptoms. The sufferer is usually very anxious about these symptoms, and may need constant reassurance that they will pass.
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