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Please help guys insomnia due to w/d's is unbearable

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bigriz

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I quit using oppana 40's eleven days ago cold turkey after two years of use i had a life changing event that propelled me into this decision and i thought i had gone thru the worst of it on the bathroom floor for the first five days, now i have'nt slept in six days and i feel im slowly losing my good clear head and make a poor choice and use just to sleep but not yet im not given in to this if i can help it i was hoping for some advice on how to get to sleep before i go crazy Damn W/D's SUCK SUCK SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wish i knew how long thisis gonna last I'm tellin ya I'm exhausted
 
^^I second this. Melatonin was my savior during some of the worst Opana-induced withdrawals I've ever experienced. For some reason, they lasted significantly longer than heroin withdrawals.

Getting comfy and cozy and watching a movie or television can be a nice distraction. When I was w/d'ing and caught up in my head was when I found sleep next to impossible, as you've described.

I hope you get some rest!!

~ vaya
 
bigriz said:
where do i get that those arent exactly the kinda drugs im used to looking for?????
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Any pharmacy/drug store; it's a natural supplement, you'd find it in the aisles with such things as Vitamin B, 5-HTP, etc.
You don't have to hit up a shady street corner for melatonin, thank god :)

~ vaya
 
bigriz said:
where do i get that those arent exactly the kinda drugs im used to looking for?????
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Its actually a chemical that your pineal gland produces when you sleep. You can buy it OTC at a local drug store like CVS or Rite Aid.
 
thanks guys ill giv it a shot i really cant seem to find anything else so might as well try it and forget watching TV that just keeps my mind way to active i actually stayed on here just reading for the last three of these days finding an inspiration to stay clean
 
bigriz said:
thanks guys ill giv it a shot i really cant seem to find anything else so might as well try it and forget watching TV that just keeps my mind way to active i actually stayed on here just reading for the last three of these days finding an inspiration to stay clean
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Do you like to read books?

I have a whole collection of Haruki Murakami books that got me through the initial stages of withdrawal on several occasions... I am so fascinated by his writing, but if I am really tired (and here is where melatonin will come into play) the act of reading wears me out and I'll fall asleep - either on purpose, or by accident! Either way, it's a beautiful thing...
 
Good luck with your withdrawal,bare in mind you won't feel shit forever and you will eventually sleep again.
Congratulations on making a start cos that's never easy,always seems easier to just carry on taking the drugs.
All the best mate, hope you start feeling better soon.
 
all those physical symtoms are gone have been for six days now its just this damn persistent insomnia
 
Add dextromethorphan to that list, but don't over do it, and don't get it with other ingrediants in it, other than say guaifenesin (which will just make you extremely nausious, and vomit if you take too much). The other combinations in DXM syrups are antihistamines or APAP, which you don't want to mix with diphenhydramine or IBprofen. I would only use the DXM on the first couple nights. After that you're abusing it (if you don't have a really bad cold).

Also, keep your cold water intake up. Even slight dehydration during this period is a lot worse than being moderately dehydrated on a normal day. A couple warm showers or baths a day (hygene aside) helps with this [and the pain] as well.
 
guess yall can figured out what that life changing event was now i just through away a 100k job in this economy damn i dont think theres a single reason to ever do drugs again in my opinion
 
i know how you feel been coming off suboxone havent slept since fri but i know this will soon pass good luck
 
bigriz said:
I quit using oppana 40's eleven days ago cold turkey after two years of use i had a life changing event that propelled me into this decision and i thought i had gone thru the worst of it on the bathroom floor for the first five days, now i have'nt slept in six days and i feel im slowly losing my good clear head and make a poor choice and use just to sleep but not yet im not given in to this if i can help it i was hoping for some advice on how to get to sleep before i go crazy Damn W/D's SUCK SUCK SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wish i knew how long thisis gonna last I'm tellin ya I'm exhausted
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Eleven days? Try 11 MONTHS of insomnia courtesy of benzo withdrawal. You'll be over this in another week.
 
When I was going through methadone WDs, I felt like I was going to go crazy from lack of sleep! Nothing seemed to help until I tried Doxylamine Succinate. It's an OTC sleep medication. Very safe and it will not cause physical dependance. Unisom makes a sleep medication with Doxylamine as the active ingredient. They also make one with diphenhydramine as the active ingredient but diphenhydramine (benadryl) never helped me personally.
You can find both kinds of sleep medicine in generic also. Just read the back of the box so you don't accidentally get the wrong one. I would get one bottle of each and see which works better for you. Keep us updated! I know it's difficult but you can do it!
 
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