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going to an Addiction Medicine/Psych for GHB/GBL detox?

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Boo

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I am thinking about going to an addiction medicine/psych to get some medications or some help to get off GBL. I've been taking it daily for about a year, but the past few months i've been taking it probably 20 days out of a month to sleep and several times daily to curb the dopamine rebound. if I don't take it every 4-5 hours my heart starts racing, i get an uncomfortable body buzzing, anxiety, restlessness, sleeplessless, irritability. My memory is total shit and sometimes I dont even recognize things at work that i've seen a million times. I'll go ask someone "hey.. is that a new _____ we got?" I can't even remember what I had for dinner last night. I've been trying and trying to taper the dosage and using klonopin and trazadone to help me sleep but even up to 10mgs of klonopin does little for me. I read somewhere on the internet that GHB withdrawal reduces the effectiveness of benzos. But anyway, I can't seem to get off it, and I commited the ultimate sin at work a few days ago: I took too much and passed out right in front of my boss for about 30 minutes. I was able to pull it off and say that it was from misdosing some hydrocodone cough syrup and no one made a big deal of it, but this is gotta stop. I constantly misdose & pass out inappropriately. my dosage level varies constantly. the same dose that was "just right" earlier in the day knocked me on my ass 8 hours later.
I searched BL but could find little information on it and i'm too the point of seeking professional help.
I am wondering if anyone has been through this and how it worked out for them. I am also curious if anyone knows what kind of confidentiality i can get from a psych. I dont want my company finding out, but i'll be using company provided insurance to pay for it. I can't let my company find out... I'd lose my job (no tolerance policy + frequent random testing), my house, my reputation, probably my fiance (he knows about the ghb problem, but i doubt he'd allow himself to be taken to rock bottom with me). is it possible to get outpatient treatment with complete confidentiality? or am I just playing with fire? i've also read on the internet that ghb withdrawal in severe cases can cause seizures. i dont want to try to do this on my own and fuck myself even more. any help is appreciated
 
dude, if anybody knows what you are going though, i sure as hell do. i had the EXACT same problem about a year ago. i know it is going to be ABSOLUTE HELL, but you've got to bite the bullet and pitch the rest of your stash. that is the only way i (and many friends) was able to quit. your life will suck for about 2-3 days while you withdrawl, but it sure is better than letting GBL run your life.
good luck, i hope you are able to get off of the stuff.
godspeed
 
oh, yeah...i really don't think it is nessesary to seek medical help for this situation. i did have some xanax to get me though, but nothing more than that and sheer willpower.
 
I will move this to the dark side, because inm Other Drugs our atitude is "Well, you need to just do more and those shakes will go away, have you started to take it to work with you? Why not?" ..
And because my macros app doesnt work, well, you dont get a link, go to The Dark Side and check it there!
 
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