I have only now just today returned back to something like full health/energy. The symptoms that i had after ceasing an o-dt binge of several days were indistinguishable from the Flu. So i thought, what if i have actually just got the flu, and not withdrawls atall .....
This got me to thinking about reduced immune system functioning.....
I can give you in a nutshell what several internet articles & scientific papers concluded - extended use of opiates down regulates the bodies natural production of the immune systems t-cells (which fight disease & infection), once you suddenly stop using opiates, you are left defence-less, in effect leaving you totally at the prey of whatever bugs you may be exposed to.
I'm convinced this is what happened to me, and it was not opiate withdrawls as such atall.
Until now, I was fortunate enough as an adult to have an extremely robust immune system, ie, seldom even getting a fucking cold let alone the flu. But since bingeing on o-dt ive had the flu twice in ten days !
This may sound very bizzare, but in a way this is probably a good thing for me. It's gonna make it physically impossible in practical terms for me to become addicted to opiates, as much as i might be psychologically liable.
Maybe if i lived in sterile isolation i could binge away. But as not I'll have to limit my use to once per week/ per fortnight....Hopefully that shouldnt fuck up my immune system.