Opiate Withdrawl Right Now: Need Some Advice...

[CO B-man]

Maybe it is a good sign that we haven't heard from him today? Maybe not? I hope he comes back and updates us.

yup

 

[ALIN]

This stuff was way over prescribed. This has created an OXY crisis in many areas of world.

 

[racoon_city]

dont sniff it,

that will make things much harder once u try to get off it

 

[BigCracker]

This stuff was way over prescribed. This has created an OXY crisis in many areas of world.

I recently heard a Dr on the news say that in 5-10 yrs we'll rarely hear of people being addicted to illegal drugs because the abuse of legal drugs is growing so rapidly. The baby boomers are hooked on pain pills and their high school kids get used to Bogarting them regularly resulting in them becoming addicts themselves.

I swear, it blows my mind how younger guys discuss their Prozac Dosages as if were a rite of passage into adulthood. I remember a time when being depressed was a sign of weakness or a sickness nobody wanted to talk about. Now it's a socially acceptable state of mind. To be dependent on these drugs at such a young age is pretty scary. If you can't handle the stress of college and relationships in your early 20's, I can't imagine how you'd be able to cope with having a wife, kids, monthly house mortgage, and an asshole boss in your late 20's/early 30's. Then again, you could always take more drugs??? Talk about vicious circles. The irony of this is that many of these socially accepted legally prescribed drug addicts point their fatty fingers at guys that smoke weed-a drug that nobody has ever even died from. Prozac WD's often involve suicidal thoughts. Weed WD's are virtually nonexistent by comparison.

 

[welloiledmachine]

FyI: Suddefed cold and flu symptom medication really helps. Been there, done that. and a week on the suddefed and your withdrawl should get better. Its just the first week that sucks. Hang in there.

 

[Beachboy6294]

NO, NO, NO

Opiate withdrawl is not dangerous or life threatening. It's uncomfortable, but he will get through it. The only way to succeed is to quit.

I have to disagree with you on that one I was on Oxy's for two years due to 8 surgeries and at the end I was taking 320 mgs a day and 40 mgs of percocets and I tried to stop on my own and I went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital where I spent 4 nights after. I was on a very large amount though!

I know that Xanax does help you to calm down some and also I would get in my jet tub or a warm bath to help my joints from aching! I also know that weed helps some too. I had a friend that when he came off of them he took methadone the first two days & it helped him but I wouldn't recommenD that at all. I would really talk to your Doctor and see what h can give you to help because take it from me it's very dangerous and painful to do it on your own cold turkey!! Good Luck bro. I've been off of that stuff for 4 years now and I am so happy to have been able to live without it!!

 

[Beachboy6294]

This is a myth. Do you know what the success rate is for addicts that go through a program like AA or NA??? It's about 5%. The success rate for addicts that quit on their own? It's 5% as well. Although I do think having someone to confide in and help you through WD's would be beneficial.

I actually joined EF as a part of conquering my 5yr daily nubain habit(mainline painkiller similar to morphine). I didn't quit by choice. My dealer just encountered some problems right before I was supposed to score so I was forced to quit cold turkey. How did I deal with it? The 1st 24 hrs clean wasn't so bad-butat the 24 hr mark I was tired, constipated, nauseous, and seriously considering a road trip to mexico to score on my own. Thank God I felt too shitty to make the 5 hr drive. I felt like clenching my fists and flexing all of my muscles I was in so much pain. I also couldn't sleep no matter how tired that I was. I smoked a lot of weed for the anxiety-it seemed to help, but not much. After about 3 days of absolute hell, I started feeling a little better. I made myself go to the gym. My workouts were shit-but I felt slightly better afterwards which made it worth the trip. I still couldn't sleep more than an hour or so a night. I would take 2-3 showers throughout the night to try to relax myself, but it only helped a little. After about 3 weeks of this I started sleeping a few hrs at a time and feeling much better overall. I still had to keep myself busy posting on EF, going fishing, and riding my motorcycle to keep from thinking about how bad I was jonesin'. After another week I seemed to feel normal-but the thought of shooting up still entered my mind 5-6 times a day. After about 3 months clean I still thought of shooting up-but only once a day or so. After about a yr I started realizing just how fucked up I was-I hear it takes that long for your brain chemistry to return to normal. Anyway, it's been almost a yr and a half
I've been of nubain now. I've been offered it a few times but I couldn't do it. The 3 days of withdrawals was incentive enough to say no-but the month of sleepless nights that followed is really what scared me into never wanting to use it again.

Good luck bro-you're about to test your manhood. Smoke weed, stay busy, and stay away from other users that don't have what it takes to kick.

I agree with you Cracker it took me a long time before I didn't crave it and I mean sometimes I dreamed about it and woke up freaking out cause it felt so real that I thought I had taken something. As time passes by you get stronger and stronger!! The main thing is you have to want to quit not because somebody else wants you to and I find that I know more people that have went to meetings and after talking about it it made them want it more and they would run out and do it!

Jumpshot you nailed that one on the head because that it what my Doctor told me is that if you have an addictive personality and you give up say pain killers and that lifestyle you have to replace it with something else and for me that was working out again!!

 

[drols of steel]

If your still having trouble PM me bro, I went through it for 5 years SEVERE ADDICTION with Oxycontins apx 400mgs per day 5 80's a day crushed and snorted to break down the time release. I've been clean for a long time now and my life has never been better. @ my worst I was 145lbs @ 5' 11" I'm now back up to 215lbs...GOD BLESS GEAR, Well and alot of devotion to diet and the gym. Well, Good luck bro and God Bless. Hit me up if you ever just need someone to talk to, whatever. If you want PM Me, I'll even give you my # if you need someone to talk to thats been there and done that when it seems like you just want to say Fuck it and use...and You will...Want To...Maybe not actually use, but trust me. There will be at least 100 times over the next ?? Years that you will deeply consider using, and it's those times when you need good bro's and family. It helps when someone actually "KNOWS WHAT YOUR FEELING" Peace, Drols

 

[BigCracker]

Poor bro is probably spraying out of both ends. He's probably about 1/2 way through the worst of it. Hopefully he can't score cuz he'll eventually have to start all over again.

 

[Cauliflower Ear]

you can come to a meeting with me...i used to rail and slam that shit...fuckin the blue 80's and deloted is even gnarlier than that