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Opioids benzo addiction relieving opiate withrawal??

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bbgirlclueless

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so for a month ive been addicted to nubain (nalbuphine) an opiate,along with this im addicted to iv versed (midazolam) a potent but 3 hour acting benzodiazepine for my moderate to severe social anxiety.one day im riding on a bus and my last dose of nubain was the night before but i'd run out of versed.i started feeling a little tender all over my body...ii didnt know what it was and atributed it to feeling tired from the journey...but i was feeling quite anxious and when the bus stopped i went to the rest room and took my last vial of versed.the rest of the 3 hr journey was fine but when i came home i started feeling tender all over again,the night became a hellish nightmare for me..i couldnt move my body from one side of the bed to another,my body was as if someone had hammered me,i was shivering and sweating,diarrhea bla bla...it was awful,i just didnt understand what was happening,i looked up my symptoms and opiate dependence came up and i cursed myself for having taken nubain for so long without realizing i had become dependent,i thought now i'd have to deal with two different habits which would be so expensive plus i didnt really enjoy nubain,it helped me sometimes in certain psychological problems,but otherwise i hated feeling a little paranoid.i went out of nubain too since i'd always kept only some on me,the next two days were hellish.
when i went to work two days later i was so sick everyone started asking me if i was okay,id tell them i was tired from an overnight journey,i was convinced they knew i was a drug addict and they were hating me.i was so freaked out and freezing plus dizzy i went away from work in severe social anxiety (benzo withrawal makes social anxiety ten times worse) and got some versed,the moment i took it everything became normal,it was as if someone had covered me in an extremely warm blanket,the pains dizziness diarrhea sweating lacrimation all stopped immediatly. since then ive taken nubain only a few times and havent run out of versed yet i dont feel any opiate withrawal,the last time i took nubain was four days back.....sorry for the long post but has anyone got any idea as to why this is!! :?
 
why you haven't had any symptoms for 4 days? probably a bit of a taper down did it. Research your drugs next time man, no excuse to get addicted to opiates and benzos and not know it.

benzos don't really relieve opiate withdrawal, just make it bearable. Works the other way around too.
 
Unless I've missed something here (which is quite possible!), it sounds as though opiate addiction may be a non-issue. The Midazolam may have been what you were withdrawn from. Maybe the absence of the nalbuphine in your system played a small role in the matter, but sounds like benzo wd's.
 
Thanks for replying.and no im sure it was opiate withrawal.the sledgehammered feeling,awful restless legs nausia,excessive tearing..the only thing that was there despite benzo use was a bit of insomnia after last nubain dose 2 days ago,which went away
 
How long have you been addicted to midazolam? And how often do you have to dose it to avoid withdrawals?
 
Intravenous midazolam is definitely going to ease the symptoms of opioid withdrawl. Opioid withdrawl is hell, I know. But trust me, benzodiazepine addiction and withdrawl is much much worse. And this is especially true considering your circumstances; you're using an extremely potent short-acting benzo intravenously. This is a highly counterproductive approach toward combatting anxiety I assure you.

Since you're not feeling withdrawl symptoms from the nalbuphine, begin tapering down the midazolam. However, you should really consider a long-acting oral benzo like diazepam or maybe clonazepam to taper down with, rather than continue using IV midazolam.

If you have persisting anxiety, you might consider an SSRI or something else for long term management. Or stick to a long acting benzo like the aforementioned. But I can't stress it enough: Repeated dosing of a short-acting benzo is a recipe for disaster Please do yourself a favor and stop before things get exponentially worse.
 
ive dealt with a lot of anxiety,and ive been thru benzo withrawal,iit was awful.i once withrew from midazolam and the acute withrawal,though severe,lassted only nine days...i dont particularly know why.where i live its easy to get.im going to stop nubain since ive been threatened with a drug test...anxiety makes ur life such hell...i dont have the least hope left and keep numbing the pain
 
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