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Benadryl - Diphenhydramine

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So tonight is night 1, 24 hours after my last oxy dose. I know it is going to be miserable and I am desperate for something that might help me. I know benadryl is supposed to make you tired, but I have also read the horror stories about how terrible a trip on it can be. I want to take enough that it is SURE to knock me out, but I don't go down easy. 50mg valium + alcohol won't even put me out (involuntarily I mean). So how much of this benedryl shit can I take without risking a bad trip? I am thinking maybe 300mg? (it is the pure diphenhydramine HCL stuff)
 
I would start out with 100 mg's and see how you feel after that, it's not that strong for knocking you out if your withdrawling. I was prescribed by a dr. 100 mg's a day, so your not even near risky "triP" doses yet..
 
100 mg could still be unpleasant, even if you aren't thrown into a full on deliriant experience. Diphenhydramine is obviously an anti-histamine, so even a dose like 50 mg could have you down, even if you aren't "put out" by higher doses of GABAergic drugs like benzos and alcohol. Anti-histamines are iffy in opiate withdrawals, but if I were to take diphenhydramine, I'd take 50 mg for sleep.
 
no 100mg wont be unpleasant atleast not for me. You feel very tired and kinda spaced out. no hallucinations or crazy shit.

i recommend 100mg
 
A couple of more hours of re-watching season 3 of The Big Bang Theory and I will dose 100mg and see where that gets me. I assume if it's not enough, I could add 50mg and it will kick it up a bit? With Oxy if I try and re-dose it does nothing.

I should say I got almost no sleep last night, only ate half a chicken breast and a potato today. So I assume it should kick in fairly quickly and noticeably? I am bad like that. If a drug doesn't make itself abundantly clear to my brain, it's like a reverse placebo where I assume it won't do anything and it doesn't.
 
I would actually advise against taking Diphenhydramine for WD's. I did it my frist time quitting and it made the RLS about 50x times worse. To the point where it spread throughout my whole body and I was violently throwing myself around my bed for hours. It was a terrible terrible night and I wouldn't wish that on anyone... Maybe try Nyquil or some other sleep aid. Just my opinion...
 
Well I already have the Benadryl so going to throw the dice with that. Box says 10 x 50mg. I will try 100mg and see where it gets me. Besides, I should have a new scrip for Oxy tomorrow, so even if things go bad with the Benadryl, it's just one bad night either way, and a lesson learned. I don't have allergies so I've never so much as tasted the stuff.
 
ime you cant really knock yourself out with dph, youll just beconme tired & maybe start to hallucinate....
 
100 mg is not a definite mistake, but I warn you that I think it very well could be. 50 mg should be sufficient if diphenhydramine will do the job, if it won't then I think higher doses would just increase discomfort while still not being effective in inducing sleep. I advise 50 mg.
 
Could take longer than that. Anti-histamines don't seem to "pack a punch" at least not for me. It may take longer than 20 minutes to feel anything, and likely will. Even if you have an hour, and still don't feel anything, I wouldn't take more.
 
Well I ended up taking 100mg, since I already had the other pill out of the package. Yeah, I know, story of most of our lives. ;)

Anyhow, ok. I will lay back, watch Big Bang Theory (and The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy and Cleveland Show once their downloaded) and wait.
 
Well, 100 mg isn't ridiculous or anything, just wasn't what I thought would be ideal. You probably will end up sleeping, especially if you dosed the two tablets at different times, so 50 mg starts to kick in before the other 50 mg, and you sleep. At least you get your oxy tomorrow, so whatever happens you know that.
 
shady4091 said:
I would actually advise against taking Diphenhydramine for WD's. I did it my frist time quitting and it made the RLS about 50x times worse. To the point where it spread throughout my whole body and I was violently throwing myself around my bed for hours. It was a terrible terrible night and I wouldn't wish that on anyone... Maybe try Nyquil or some other sleep aid. Just my opinion...
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this. i took it while going through wd's and IF i fell asleep, i would only be woken up about 10-15mins later with a shock. it was literally a shock that went through my body. it was scary. and i only took 100mgs. but thats just me. were all diferent/
 
Well that shit knocked me the hell out way more than Oxy ever did. Wow.

At first I had jitters. Felt like my whole body was wound like a spring. But I just wrapped myself around pillows and squeezed them with my arms and legs, kinda kept my muscles tensed, and within 15 minutes I was out like a light. Didn't wake up til 9 hours later.
 
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