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Heroin detox... Need support

Troublemaker13

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Gonna go cold turkey after a week long bing 4-6 bags daily. Only 2 weeks clean prior. I have neurontin, vistiril, and a sub which I don't koan in taking unless I have to. Feel so alone. Family has no clue. I t hate myself for the shady liar I've become. Pleaee help me is you hand any advice. Thank you
 
You could look into using loperamide for a few days to help with the mental withdrawal. You need to be careful though if you're doing this, as loperamide has a physical withdrawal as well.

Loperamide is immodium, the most commong OTC anti-diarrhea pill. It is a potent opioid, but it's not psychoactive as it gets pushed out again immediately after it crosses the blood-brain-barrier. It does bind to the peripheral opiate receptors which is the reason it will still have a withdrawal. It can be a good tool if used correctly. Do a bluelight search for "loperamide for withdrawal" and you'll find tons of threads with great info.

Other than that; try to keep busy whenever possible. (I know sometimes it's just not possible to keep yourself busy while in withdrawal, that's the reason I added "whenever possible".) If the w/ds are causing issues with sleep too, you could try an OTC anti-histamine like diphenhydramine or promethazine. They are not physically addictive, but are well known for their sedative properties. In high doses they have deliriant effects, which is something you should definitely avoid at all cost.
 
If you go cold turkey use the Thomas Recipe (google it). Only issue with that is getting your hands on a benzo. I have on a few occasions got some from my PCP when I was like 2-3 days into a cold turkey and was becoming delirious from the lack of sleep, so he gave me 20 1 mg lorazepams each time. He also would provide a taper to prevent any dependency issues with the lorazepams.

Other than that I would say just stay positive. Sorry your question (if it can be called that) is kind of vague. If you could be a little more specific about what ind of advice you are looking for it would help.


BTW, there is a different section of the website for this type of post, called recovery support. Maybe a BDD mod can move it there because the mods over there will be more helpful and have better responses. The only benefit to it being here is more traffic/views, but along with that might come some useless responses. You are better off with a few really good responses than a bunch of pointless ones that might take the thread off course.
 
Appreciate the replies. Not sure what advice as I'm really just upset in back in the same spot. So far holding on but dope is def on my mind. Just want to hammer through and be done. Hopefully the neurontin helps me out. Thanks for the replies.
 
I'm not going to lie to you and say that I've been in your shoes, because I haven't. But I am here to talk to you any time you want. Please know that as long as you're breathing, you're not alone. If you look hard enough, there's always going to be that one person whose willing to listen. I would be more than happy to be that person for you.

I can give you information on where you can message me, seeing as you can't send private messages. Just let me know.

God bless, and welcome to the community.
 
Again thanks for getting back to me. I'm just having a tough time with it. It's been 24 hours and I'm holding up. I wAs sober and happy and ascrewed it all up. Now I'm kicking all over. But that's life i guess. One day at a time
 
Thats the only way to do it, one day at a time. Cold turkey takes a lot of strength to pull off, but its possible. I am over here taking Subs for the first time after around a 3 months heroin binge and I find this hard enough to deal with. I can't even deal with the cold turkey anymore, its too much.

I too know how tough it is being alone, not able to tell anyone. Even if you could most people wouldn't understand how tough it is.
 
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