You said it. Which drug are you coming off of?
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I'm not coming off any substances. I've been off prescription painkillers for a long time (several years).
I'm just terribly depressed now.
Edit: I lied there. Unintentionally. Actually I am dropping mgs fast of a gabaergic medication I been on for 3 years. Gabapentin. The shit turned on me. Side effects outweigh any long gone benefit n i gotta get off this crap.
So I do realize I'm suffering withdrawals every time I taper down ... until a couple- few days pass n the brain seems to stabilize on the lower dosage. Fuuuuuuuuck this stuff.
Sometimes I think doctors scribble out a script just to shut ppl up. Then of course tolerance builds over months / years n you go up up up on dosage. That's when things got ugly, here after going from 1200 to 2400 mg/ day. Later raising to 3200 (Dr prescribed ) and beyond (self inflicted as tolerance grew AGAIN ).
I'm VERY quickly tapering. In 2 months I'm down to 1/4 what I was using.
Oh God the withdrawals are Hell. Seem to be gettin worse with each taper--- I'm stealin stuff from my brain n body that they've grown accustomed to over a 3 year jolt. It's angry, the brain. It takes time to adjust.
I'm worried of course about how ugly the PAWS may get ..... cross that bridge when I crawl towards it I guess.
For how I have a decent couple weeks stabilized then I drop some mgs and exist in a living Hell for a bit. What else can I DO? I need out and away from---- I refuse to treat myself w other substances (*though I DO use imodium as needed ; been doing so for years on bad IBS ).
SO I just thought I would amend my response. I didnt mean to lie --- a hazard of the game here; half the time I just can't fucking THINK.