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Opioids Can anyone give tips on how to sleep during opiate/opioid withdrawal?

The ultimate non-opioid comfort combo for short term withdrawal/sleep (1week + 1week taper to min / end)

Clonidine 0.1mg - Very effective anxiolytic/sedative/calming, lowering BP & HR - reduces Norepinephrine in CNS
Diazepam 5/10mg - Long acting anxiolytic with robust muscle relaxant properties (2-3 daily) 2…..1…. 1/2
Pregabalin 150mg - Effective anxiolytic/anticonvulsant (2-4 daily as needed)

Clonidine 0.1mg will make it easier to sleep……over Valium & Lyrica combined lol ….even half a tablet would suffice 30min before bed

6’ 240lbs man ….this 3 shot combo would be a god send for opioid withdrawal (I’d even add 5mg Methadone)
Diazepam 20-30mg
Pregabalin 300mg
Clonidine 0.1mg
 
The ultimate non-opioid comfort combo for short term withdrawal/sleep (1week + 1week taper to min / end)

Clonidine 0.1mg - Very effective anxiolytic/sedative/calming, lowering BP & HR - reduces Norepinephrine in CNS
Diazepam 5/10mg - Long acting anxiolytic with robust muscle relaxant properties (2-3 daily) 2…..1…. 1/2
Pregabalin 150mg - Effective anxiolytic/anticonvulsant (2-4 daily as needed)

Clonidine 0.1mg will make it easier to sleep……over Valium & Lyrica combined lol ….even half a tablet would suffice 30min before bed

6’ 240lbs man ….this 3 shot combo would be a god send for opioid withdrawal (I’d even add 5mg Methadone)
Diazepam 20-30mg
Pregabalin 300mg
Clonidine 0.1mg
I am just wondering if a person has a tolerance to all three( gabapentin instead of Pregabalin) will it help at all or would you need large doses of all three?
 
You have to find comfort somehow. Research and find the best plan for you. To make it to the jump.

You have to ride it out however you choose. ...... And then remember how it felt and to never let it happen again.

Be wise. <3

I hope you get through all of it and know that you can !
 
Omg ! This thread had been a while.

Keep moving forward and find your strength because you deserve to be a Temple.

I know you all can. 🙏

Thinking of You. 💖
 
Trazadone, seraquil .
Never tried trazadone but I am on mirtazapine which is suppossed to be about the most sedating anti depressant.
Seraquil I always felt was a dirty feeling and almost always gabe me restless legs.

As far as meds to help sleep during h wd, my go to was always a benzo plus clonidine, also pregabalin seems to help.
 
I am just wondering if a person has a tolerance to all three( gabapentin instead of Pregabalin) will it help at all or would you need large doses of all three?
Well, everyone tolerance is different

Gabapentin 300mg capsules X 3-5 daily (poor oral bioavailability)
Pregabalin 150mg capsules (450mg daily max adult - 600mg a solid dose for adult male - 90% oral bioavailability)

Diazepam 5/10mg tablets are basic

I put moderate to lower doses because you want an effective combo to take the edge off, make you comfortable and able to sleep….Clonidine 0.1mg are truly a god send. Any walk-in clinic will script them to you …..an amazing anxiolytic and sedative……probably just as effective as Valium no joke

That 3-shot combo is the ultimate opioid withdrawal comfort med package…..me personally I’d add a super low dose of Methadone 2.5mg morning and 2.5mg few hours prior to bed (Methadone 5mg scored tablets) just for a week, and last week half a day in morning …….2nd week reducing all comfort meds to zero by 3rd week
 
The ultimate non-opioid comfort combo for short term withdrawal/sleep (1week + 1week taper to min / end)

Clonidine 0.1mg - Very effective anxiolytic/sedative/calming, lowering BP & HR - reduces Norepinephrine in CNS
Diazepam 5/10mg - Long acting anxiolytic with robust muscle relaxant properties (2-3 daily) 2…..1…. 1/2
Pregabalin 150mg - Effective anxiolytic/anticonvulsant (2-4 daily as needed)

Clonidine 0.1mg will make it easier to sleep……over Valium & Lyrica combined lol ….even half a tablet would suffice 30min before bed

6’ 240lbs man ….this 3 shot combo would be a god send for opioid withdrawal (I’d even add 5mg Methadone)
Diazepam 20-30mg
Pregabalin 300mg
Clonidine 0.1mg
So doctors really just give you Diaz, clonidine and pregabs? Like how the fuck would you even get your hands on that (not a real question obv). Shit just makes me want to physically assault every doctor I've ever seen. I went in yesterday and told him about the diarrhea I've been having since I got off the oxy, and the fucker said "I'll give you bentyl, sounds like IBS", oh fucking does it?? These are the type of motherfuckers trump SHOULD be throwing in them el Salvador prisons. (Joke, I'm obviously against that shit)
Fuck, man.
 
Clonidine isn’t a controlled substance so that’s easy

Pregabalin is scheduled less than Valium (Diazepam) …..so these require speaking honestly and respectfully with a doctor to get a Short term script for Low Therapeutic dosing and only for 1 week, plus an additional week of dose reductions , third week you could end with 1/2 tablet Clonidine before bed

If u can build a report or emphasis on your dedication to be free from all drugs, but are requesting low dose comfort meds for initial week and gradual/rapid dose reduction 2nd week and third week tapering off to nothing

They would feel comfortable…..even I say I’ll take a daily pic of my pill counts and show you at next appointment. I’m taking as prescribed and nothing diverted to illicit market
 
Never tried trazadone but I am on mirtazapine which is suppossed to be about the most sedating anti depressant.
Seraquil I always felt was a dirty feeling and almost always gabe me restless legs.

As far as meds to help sleep during h wd, my go to was always a benzo plus clonidine, also pregabalin seems to help.
The use of seroquel as a sleep aid is increasingly frowned upon because of potential side effects. Restless legs would fit to that. I wonder if there is a cumulative effect between seroquels RLS and RLS from withdrawal.
 
Idk you tell me. I got high every day on pods and stopped about once or twice a week except a couple of times. I had cold sweats. Idk is not that bad. Meth made me sleep for days though.
 
Idk you tell me. I got high every day on pods and stopped about once or twice a week except a couple of times. I had cold sweats. Idk is not that bad. Meth made me sleep for days though.
What? Meth made you sleep? Was it fentanyl?
 
Just received another gram / 1,000mg of Avizafone (Pro-Diazepam) a rapid acting, water soluble pro drug, once IM administered rapidly metabolizes into the API being 100% pure Diazepam (Valium)

Methadone 100mg oral tablets
Methylphenidate (Ritalin) 70mg IR oral tablets

A beautiful oral Speedball, easily converted into a hybrid Brompton Cocktail 🍸 by adding Pregabalin 300mg, Alprazolam 1mg, Diazepam 30-40mg …..and ethanol / Gin 2.oz drinks

Such a beautiful oral cocktail…..the legendary Brompton Cocktail 🍸…..or professionally formulated IV Speedball

Euphoric opioid (Oxycodone, Diacetylmorphine, Hydromorphone, Methadone)
Dopaminergic stimulant (Methylphenidate (Ritalin) #1 , Dexedrine IR, Adderall, Desoxyn if lucky
Gabapentinoid (Pregabalin or Gabapentin)
Benzodiazepine (Diazepam, Alprazolam, Lorazepam, Etizolam
Ethanol (Gin or Rum)

Ketamine & Cocaine 50/50 mix…..blasting little lines here and there every drink or two
 
Just received another gram / 1,000mg of Avizafone (Pro-Diazepam) a rapid acting, water soluble pro drug, once IM administered rapidly metabolizes into the API being 100% pure Diazepam (Valium)

Methadone 100mg oral tablets
Methylphenidate (Ritalin) 70mg IR oral tablets

A beautiful oral Speedball, easily converted into a hybrid Brompton Cocktail 🍸 by adding Pregabalin 300mg, Alprazolam 1mg, Diazepam 30-40mg …..and ethanol / Gin 2.oz drinks

Such a beautiful oral cocktail…..the legendary Brompton Cocktail 🍸…..or professionally formulated IV Speedball

Euphoric opioid (Oxycodone, Diacetylmorphine, Hydromorphone, Methadone)
Dopaminergic stimulant (Methylphenidate (Ritalin) #1 , Dexedrine IR, Adderall, Desoxyn if lucky
Gabapentinoid (Pregabalin or Gabapentin)
Benzodiazepine (Diazepam, Alprazolam, Lorazepam, Etizolam
Ethanol (Gin or Rum)

Ketamine & Cocaine 50/50 mix…..blasting little lines here and there every drink or two

hahaha, I have barely slept in several days. In the early morning hours I even tried sleeping on the floor with my legs elevated 90 degrees that some dude in this thread said helped him with RLS in jail. The moment my brain clicked into sleep my legs kicked right off the wall and woke me up again in agony. I feel like that cat in the sleep deprivation experiments, trapped on a platform where he'd fall into the water as soon as his muscles relaxed from falling asleep.

Why didn't I think of this before?! I mean maybe you posted in the wrong thread, but damn, if I could get my hands on 100 mg methadone and a few other goodies mentioned in your post, I bet I'd sleep like a baby!
 
Surprisingly, clonidine helps with sleep while going through withdrawls. It's a blood pressure med.
 
I went to work on opiate withdrawal and I just messed up the buttons on the elevator once
Work and withdrawals are a bad combination
I know some people can do it with a lot of other medications but honestly just the thought of having to acquire all those meds and then find the right doses makes me want to stay on what keeps me functional
Even if I know its also what's going to be my downfall if I don't quit
 
Stay away from benadryl and antihistamines during withdrawal as mentioned by a mod in another thread it will trigger horrible rls and anxiety. This actually caused me to ruin a withdrawal and relapse one time because I took a benadryl and it was crazy RLS and anxiety.

What's the science behind this? I would have thought the sedating antihistamines would help with anxiety (a little)?
 
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