Headaches

• Paracetamol (Panadol)
• Massage

Nausea 

• Eat small meals and snacks often
• Drink plenty of water
• If vomiting, stop eating solid food and try small sips of liquid, or sucking an ice cube. Try a small amount of food once you have kept fluids down for a few hours
• Rehydration/sports/isotonic drinks such as ‘Powerade'
• Avoid citrus and caffeine on an empty stomach

Pronounced agitation or insomnia

Withdrawal symptoms are varied but people often report:

• Excessive Sweating
• Bad headaches like a severe hangover
• Abdominal pains and nausea
• Shaking, trembling, tiredness and muscle cramps
• Severe cravings in the first few days
• Hallucinations or visual disturbances 
• After a week anxiety, depression, aggressive outbursts, trouble concentrating and irritability often occur. 

Onset

• Symptoms can occur within a few hours or days of stopping 

Duration

• Can last for several weeks

• pimples around mouth and lips; Pale appearance; Tremors
• weight loss
• tiredness
• excessive thirst
• loss of sense of smell and hearing
• problems with blood production, which may result in problems such as anaemia
• irregular heartbeat and damage to the heart muscle
• forgetfulness and memory impairment
• reduced attention and ability to think clearly and logically
• liver and kidney damage
• irritability
• hostility
• feeling depressed or feeling persecuted
• chest pain or angina

• agitated, uneasy and aggressive
• hallucinations and delusions
• confusion and disorientation
• impaired judgement
• drowsiness
• bloodshot, glazed eyes and blurred vision
• irregular heart beat
• chest pain
• headaches
• drowsiness
• nosebleeds
• runny nose
• sneezing
• unpleasant breath
• slurred speech
• impaired coordination and muscle control
• nausea and vomiting
• diarrhoea

• People who use inhalants on a regular basis may become dependent on them.
• They may also develop a tolerance to inhalants, which means they will need to use larger amounts to get the same effect.
• Evidence suggests that long-term use of inhalants may lead to psychological dependence.
• People who are psychologically dependent on inhalants crave them and find it very difficult to stop using them
• People who are psychologically dependent may feel an urge to use inhalants when they are in specific situations.

Withdrawal

• Most likely affects inhibitory neurotransmitters, similarly to other sedatives and hypnotics. 
• Mesolimbic dopamine pathway activated.

• The effects of inhalants may start to be felt immediately and can last for 45 minutes.
• As the effects of inhalants begin to wear off, an individual may experience effects such as headache, nausea and dizziness.  These effects can last for several days.

• The drug is inhaled through the nose or mouth.
• It may be sprayed into a plastic bag, poured into a bottle or soaked into a cloth or sleeve before being inhaled.
• Some drugs are inhaled directly from the container.
• Sometimes they are sprayed directly into the mouth or nose.  This can be very dangerous and cause suffocation
• The effects of inhalants may start to be felt immediately and can last for 45 minutes.