ChemicalSmiles
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Diphenhydramine at doses of 50-100 mgs are great for helping me sleep... but during opiate w/d's...... diphen is a NO- NO.
I found this out the hard way... I have been using hydrocodone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone recently....... I stopped cold turkey and tried using ambien and diphenhydramine to sleep. Since I wasnt using the opiates an extremely long time, and ive been through plenty of worse heroin withdrawls... I figured id get to sleep with the combo.... well I ended up getting restless legs and the diphen at least doubled the strength of the RLS.
The restless legs/arms subsided just under 5 hours after consuming the diphen so I know it was the culprit. I heard skuttle buttle about diphen and rls but disregarded it in the past... after this experience 3 nights ago I stupidly consumed it again by accident (out of habit, take it usually 6 nights a week) last night and had repeat effects..... I would tell you if I experienced restless legs tonight without the diphen but I took methadone and im not in withdrawl anymore.....
But the night before last when I abstained from the diphen, I had no restless legs while still in withdrawl.....
so yes..... memphis is right... "fuck diph"
at least during withdrawl
I found this out the hard way... I have been using hydrocodone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone recently....... I stopped cold turkey and tried using ambien and diphenhydramine to sleep. Since I wasnt using the opiates an extremely long time, and ive been through plenty of worse heroin withdrawls... I figured id get to sleep with the combo.... well I ended up getting restless legs and the diphen at least doubled the strength of the RLS.
The restless legs/arms subsided just under 5 hours after consuming the diphen so I know it was the culprit. I heard skuttle buttle about diphen and rls but disregarded it in the past... after this experience 3 nights ago I stupidly consumed it again by accident (out of habit, take it usually 6 nights a week) last night and had repeat effects..... I would tell you if I experienced restless legs tonight without the diphen but I took methadone and im not in withdrawl anymore.....
But the night before last when I abstained from the diphen, I had no restless legs while still in withdrawl.....
so yes..... memphis is right... "fuck diph"
at least during withdrawl