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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards

if tapering off opiates but then indulge one day

Really this depends on how much you will be indulging. I had instances where I was on a taper and then decided I needed a holiday, I would do a gram or so on that day and it really messed up the taper bad. If it was one hit probably wouldn't do too much damage besides set you back a few days. In my experience I could never taper with H, too many variables, purity and measurement issues, it just never worked for me in all the myriad techniques I tried.
 
Well yea it was my birthday and i got screamed at by my parents so i wanted to feel better and indulged. i figure it might be ok since im starting methadone on monday.
 
phatass said:
i think it will mess things up more psychologically than physically.... if you're tapering, and "relapse" before you've even finished you taper, are you sure you want to taper at all for real?
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+10 for that post, PA. As soon as I read the OP'S question, I was getting ready to ask the same question.

Because it COULD fuck up your "plan," so to speak. But I mean, if you're starting on Methadone on Monday, well... I guess it's whatever. But, just make sure you stick with your plan of tapering & getting clean, man. Make a journal or something, and jot down how you're feeling, if you want to use, etc. I know that "method" has helped some people stay clean, or at least get their taper in order...

Good luck, brah!

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Jeeze, I don't recommend mmt, but maybe you need to experience that hell before you commit. I have known so many people and myself included that went the mmt or subs route and it just made everything twice as bad. Another crash and burn, twice as bad as the last. If you feel you absolutely can't go to a detox for 30 days and must choose your poison you should go suboxone since I've found myself many a day locked up in a hotel room shooting crushed unfiltered subutex tabs all night, the Temgesic Kind from Pakistan. Suboxone is a little safer and not as easy for you to abuse with the naloxone built in, and Methadone... man you could end up a slave, forever chasing a ghost. To each his own, I wish you luck.
 
in opiate land, tapering down from H is similar to tapering of Xanax in benzo land. so short acting, irregular blood levels, craving escape (the reason you indulged i believe) and esp. with H youre right...purity levels and other factors. IMHO, i have never succeeded with tapering off a drug using my drug of choice...I had to switch to something else or else have medical help to relieve symptoms. thats just me though...im sure many people have succeeded where i failed. as for MMT, if you start on monday, what is the reason for the taper? are you unsure about quitting H? treatement is only as good as the strength of ones resolve to want to quit. i applaud you however for trying to get off the H...its no small feat. be safe.

Fletchacet
 
Well, to answer your question, Fletchacet, i guess there is no point to taper if I am starting methadone on Monday. Hence, I (am) rationalized (ing) a binge.
 
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