Hi- just introducing myself. i have used this website many a time to get information. It's a pretty incredible site and the forums are well-rounded and insightful - for the most part!
The reason i signed up, after many years, is that i decided to cold-turkey off buprenorphine after about 7 years. i have been around the block with opiates and opioids since my teens. I have the tolerance of an angry rhino in heat. My cold-turkey kicks are legendary- in my 20s, i didn't sleep for over two weeks. Doctors say that is impossible- but i know the truth- and they know so very little- in general- there are some good docs out there....
i am not judging anyone- but i never meant to be on bup this long. But between my terror of kicking and waiting for the right time, the band played on. Trying to taper only sent me in the other direction - i started shooting my pills.
I finally just said screw it- I'm jumping off shooting cold-turkey. i waited in bed for two days for it to hit me. Nothing. I got up and moved around- nothing. it has been 8 days now- and for some insane reason i feel better and better every day. The worst nightmare is the not sleeping- but I've been over-sleeping if anything. Just my normal depression... and the loneliness is awful.
i can't imagine WHY or HOW this is possible- but here i sit. I have no idea. Some say the big hurt is still on its way- I'm not listening to that. i ask that you please not suggest that I'm still gonna kick- we all know that the psychological aspect is as bad, if not worse, than the physical.
So- hello all. I know alot of info so i hope to be of help as well as being helped on the forums. I wouldn't recommend my method of kicking- but it IS true.
Cheers!
xenon666
The reason i signed up, after many years, is that i decided to cold-turkey off buprenorphine after about 7 years. i have been around the block with opiates and opioids since my teens. I have the tolerance of an angry rhino in heat. My cold-turkey kicks are legendary- in my 20s, i didn't sleep for over two weeks. Doctors say that is impossible- but i know the truth- and they know so very little- in general- there are some good docs out there....
i am not judging anyone- but i never meant to be on bup this long. But between my terror of kicking and waiting for the right time, the band played on. Trying to taper only sent me in the other direction - i started shooting my pills.
I finally just said screw it- I'm jumping off shooting cold-turkey. i waited in bed for two days for it to hit me. Nothing. I got up and moved around- nothing. it has been 8 days now- and for some insane reason i feel better and better every day. The worst nightmare is the not sleeping- but I've been over-sleeping if anything. Just my normal depression... and the loneliness is awful.
i can't imagine WHY or HOW this is possible- but here i sit. I have no idea. Some say the big hurt is still on its way- I'm not listening to that. i ask that you please not suggest that I'm still gonna kick- we all know that the psychological aspect is as bad, if not worse, than the physical.
So- hello all. I know alot of info so i hope to be of help as well as being helped on the forums. I wouldn't recommend my method of kicking- but it IS true.
Cheers!
xenon666
