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Withdrawal Anxiety?

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Painkillerkhaos

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First of all, since I am still fairly new to this site I am not sure if this is posted in the correct place. I do apologize.

Anyways I am an on and off addict of almost four years. Mostly on. By that I mean I would get high until I no longer had supply, then I waited until the next month. I would use 20-25 days out of the month. I would take almost anything with a good euphoric buzz (off course only what I knew off which wasn't many things). My main two drugs were Oxy,and Vicodin. Since I would have to spare what I had, near the end I was taking I'd say about 30-70mgs a day! I had also tried Tramadol, which doesn't work for most, but was a good substitution for me.

Other things I have tried to get high off, that were somewhat of a success were Gabapentin. Not really euphoric, but it made the not having opiates bearable, and Xanax which was dumb because it had no recreational effect on me. I am not a drinker, I refuse since I am currently the only non-alcoholic in my close family, and I have alcoholic friends. Also I do not smoke weed anymore. Can't for reason I'd rather not discuss.

Here's the deal, I am now pretty much 100% cut off of all opiates. No more Oxy, Vicodin, or Tramadol. I have some Gabapentin, but honestly it'd be enough for two days, and since your tolerance for rec effect goes sky high after one use, they'd have to be pretty spaced out. I was on Paxil,and Prozac for depression, and have some of them left. I also have Cymbalta which was given to me as a "trial" to hold me over until I could see my doctor (this was years ago, and I still have almost two full bottles of 30 each). I have Xanax as well. They are the .5mg pills. As I stated above I found no rec effect at all. .5mg, 1mg, 1.5mg, and 2mg all did nada. Anything over 2mg made me to tired to function.

The Xanax has not helped with my anxiety at ALL. I feel as if I am being suffocated. Like someone is pushing a pillow down onto my face. When I do take the Xanax it does call me down, but the breathing issue issue is still there. Even on 2mg of it. The only time that issue seems to go away is when I have opiates in my system. I would sit and deal with it but its to the point where I am literary driven insane. All I do is think about breathing, and am I going to die from this?

Remember I am almost 99% cut of my Tramadol, Oxy, and Vicodin. I have Gabapentin, and Xanax. This anxiety only seems to disapear when I have opiates in my system. I kid you not. Two days ago I was lucky enough to get one 5mg Percocet. I was desperate and sniffed it to get the faster effect. Boom, instantly felt better. 100% like it was never there.

I have tried all sorts of relaxtion methods, and breathing methods which don't help. Relaxing, hot baths, calming tea. Nothing what so ever. Is there ANYTHING I can do? Please help! :?
 
xanax should help at 1mg, if not then 2mg, it's a strong drug and potent it has to work. Maybe you aren't anxious enough to notice. U can buy gabapentin online legit so go do that, wait a month, then taper slowly and get off it before side effects get too shitty and you will be a free man, if that's what you want.

anything u can do? get a script or order some gabapentin, phenibut or pregabalin
 
yeah that's bad anxiety, if gabapentin fixes it then by all means use it responsibly and taper off of it. It's not near as bad to come off as opiates or benzos.
 
The paxil may help after a little while if you take it regularly.
 
yeah hurts your balls lol. Okay for depression, not great for anxiety. I'm trying buspar right now to cut down my benzo use, doesn't seem to do a thing but it takes a couple weeks to build up i guess.
 
I guess I'd rather deal with this now, then if I were to stay on opiates for another, who knows how many years.
 
but I was depressed, and had mild anxiety (nowhere near this bad) before I became addicted. Noone ever seems to believe me when I tell them opiates aren't only for pain. There cure anxiety, and depression as well.
 
If it's mostly withdrawal anxiety then it should get better in a few days if you stop taking opioids and let yourself detox from them. You should never try to treat a condition that is caused by the use or discontinuation of a drug so you should wait until you are finished with the withdrawal before treating the anxiety with anything other than short acting drugs like xanax, which you also have to be careful with since it can cause dependence and withdrawals too.
 
yeah that's just withdrawal anxiety; valerian root may help if you go the natural route. There are some other vitamins/minerals (magnesium) that people know better than i do, so i'll let them chime in
 
It has happened on my 5-10 clean days a month, and even when I went clean for 6 weeks, but never this serve. Also this would be the only withdrawl effect I've got, ever. No headaches, no puking, no flu like illness. Just insomnia but that's normal for me, and obviously cravings.
 
Painkillerkhaos said:
but I was depressed, and had mild anxiety (nowhere near this bad) before I became addicted. Noone ever seems to believe me when I tell them opiates aren't only for pain. There cure anxiety, and depression as well.
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+ 1. On opiates is the only time people can stand to be around me, or I feel comfortable in my own skin. Oxy in particular does everything I want from all the other pills combined. Problem is while I don't dose to get blown out, I do overindulge for euphoric effects. No self control, at least while I have them.
Told some H addicts I knew and asked about methadone treatment. As a manner of continuous but controlled use of something my mind and body seemed to need to function like "normal people". They made clear it was an incredibly bad idea. No ideas since then.
Funny thing. I self treat for chronic pain, chronic fatigue, anxiety and anhedonia...most likely all due to painkiller and amphetamine use. Too much too often for too many years. They made me need them apart from addiction-dependance.
 
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loperamide,is in anti-direrheal meds,cimetidine is in anti acid meds,generic will work,grapefruit juice,i can go into details if someone needs,it works,take 4 pills that have cimetidine in it the anti acid,take 6 anti-dir.pills that has the loperamide in it,drink full glass of real grapefruit juice,helped me wonders,killed opiate withdrawals,give the meds 1 hour,if still need more,dose again.
 
Don't smoke weed. Above I said for reasons id rather not discuss, but I have a lung problem. Can't be around any type of smoke.
 
^How are you feeling now?

Did you have anxiety before you started using opioids? Withdrawal can cause a lot of anxiety, but it can be even worse for people with pre-existing anxiety, it's like you get all your anxiety back times 100. I wouldn't take anything long-term for it until you see whether or not it improves once your withdrawals are over. You could just try to mask/lessen it for the short-term by alternating the Xanax and gabapentin in the minimum amounts necessary (don't take these long-term though) and/or try some herbs/supplements (of course check for any interactions between the herbs/supplements and the Xanax or gabapentin if you're going to take them close together). I would be shocked if the Cymbalta helped, Cymbalta takes around a month to even notice an improvement on depression/anxiety (if it works at all, it really depends on the person - it didn't do anything for me).
 
Maybe its physical and not psychological. You said you have a lung problem. What if a physiological breathing problem is triggering fight-or-flight secondary anxiety?
 
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