Opioids are opioids are opioids.. The biggest difference is the half life and the ROA, for the most part. Fent is way more dangerous when mainlined versus taken as an epidermal. I think the majority of people using heroin started out using pills, I've seen so many people, myself included, progress from eating vics to smoking oxy to smoking h to injecting h. I didn't take the last step, but I'm not sure I wouldn't have in time.
Is this your first time trying to quit?
Typically the acute WDs last about 2 weeks, so if you can make it through that you will be past the hardest part. The rest is just about developing healthy ways of coping and a healthy lifestyle. If you think a maintenance program will benefit you, it might be worth talking to a counselor at a opioid replacement clinic. Again, if you can go without I would think that is the better option, but some people say that a maintenance program helped them achieve lasting sobriety and a healthy lifestyle.
It might be helpful if you look into PAWs, or post-acute withdrawal symptoms. They are things like Psychosocial dysfunction, Anhedonia, Depression, and Impaired interpersonal skills. A lot of times people can make it past the acute withdrawal symptoms but get discouraged when facing PAWs.
Irritability is pretty common, it may be beneficial to let those who are close to you know what you are going through. Even if they don't understand addiction, it may help them understand your behavior. It can serve as a chance to educate them on some of the withdrawal symptoms. Simply saying "I quit taking my medication and some of the side effects are anxiety and irritability" might be enough to help them understand your behavior. It doesn't make it ok, but when things calm down and you apologize it might help them to accept it. The truth is that this is something you are experiencing, like it or not, and there isn't much you can do about it beyond pushing through. It's too late to avoid it, things have already been done. In reality, you are addressing a difficult problem, which should not be frowned upon. Currently, your options are to face your problem and go through WDs, or ignore it by taking more opioids and let things get worse.
It's a difficult time socially. I think most of us find it very embarrassing to talk about. Ultimately we can not control the way other people think, and it doesn't do much good to try to. We are not shaped by the image of use in other peoples' mind.
Is this your first time trying to quit?
Typically the acute WDs last about 2 weeks, so if you can make it through that you will be past the hardest part. The rest is just about developing healthy ways of coping and a healthy lifestyle. If you think a maintenance program will benefit you, it might be worth talking to a counselor at a opioid replacement clinic. Again, if you can go without I would think that is the better option, but some people say that a maintenance program helped them achieve lasting sobriety and a healthy lifestyle.
It might be helpful if you look into PAWs, or post-acute withdrawal symptoms. They are things like Psychosocial dysfunction, Anhedonia, Depression, and Impaired interpersonal skills. A lot of times people can make it past the acute withdrawal symptoms but get discouraged when facing PAWs.
Irritability is pretty common, it may be beneficial to let those who are close to you know what you are going through. Even if they don't understand addiction, it may help them understand your behavior. It can serve as a chance to educate them on some of the withdrawal symptoms. Simply saying "I quit taking my medication and some of the side effects are anxiety and irritability" might be enough to help them understand your behavior. It doesn't make it ok, but when things calm down and you apologize it might help them to accept it. The truth is that this is something you are experiencing, like it or not, and there isn't much you can do about it beyond pushing through. It's too late to avoid it, things have already been done. In reality, you are addressing a difficult problem, which should not be frowned upon. Currently, your options are to face your problem and go through WDs, or ignore it by taking more opioids and let things get worse.
It's a difficult time socially. I think most of us find it very embarrassing to talk about. Ultimately we can not control the way other people think, and it doesn't do much good to try to. We are not shaped by the image of use in other peoples' mind.