I'm thinking of starting a generic opiate/opioid withdrawal symptom thread. Somewhere to discuss coping techniques / medication etc.
There have been a few related threads over the years but, as far as I can see, there's no general thread.
Threads about
using benzos, threads about
codeine withdrawal, threads about
Ibogaine,
methadone taper,
maintenance, recovery and treatment for opiates, and
Lofexadine for Buprenorphine withdrawal.
The
maintenance, recovery and treatment for opiates thread seems like the closest to what I'm thinking about, but there's a fair bit of tl;dr in it, and it's focus is not really on dealing with withdrawal symptoms. It's more about rehab, replacement therapy, stuff like that. I am thinking more of a thread dedicated to sharing ways of combating the withdrawal symptoms.
I'm being a bit self-interested here as I'm having my first unpleasant experience of opioid withdrawal, and it would be nice to have people's ideas and experiences all in one place. Also I've been littering other unrelated threads with my drivel on the matter.
But as my experience with opiates and opioids is not all that extensive, perhaps I'm being a bit naive and it makes more sense to have multiple threads on specific aspects of the topic.
So, people with more experience than me, please let me know what you think. If it's a good idea, I'll go ahead and start it. If it's not, I'll start a fresh AH7921 withdrawal thread. But I'd rather not do that as it seems like there is a fair amount of crossover of withdrawal symptoms between the various opiates and opioids, and therefore there will be common ways of coping and medicating, and it would make sense to have this information in one place.