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Heroin Heroin withdrawal taking forever; making me nuts

bdomihizayka

bdomihizayka

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I quit heroin (snorting- 2 month run, hopefully first and only) about 6 weeks ago. I am having horrible anxiety and appetite problems. I feel a bit agoraphobic, and I have zero appetite, neither which was ever me before indulging in heroin. I am also chronically fatigued/ foggy headed after this ingenious experience of mine.

Just wondering if anyone can identify with the side effects and let me know this is normal??? I am kind of freaking out, I didn't know the withdrawal would last this long (PAWS). I don't really see any threads on here of people going through the same symptoms. I am scared I permanently damaged my brain. I am almost tempted to get a bag and see if my side effects go away or are all in my head. Someone please stop me and let me know it's going to be ok. :?
 
Its pretty normal. Paws are nasty but they dont last forever. If you use now to stop them odds are high that you will feel better and justify picking the habit back up.
 
Using for only 2 months, most of what you're feeling is probably just mental, especially after 6 weeks. While PAWS could certainly be still going on, you really weren't using for that long, so I think you're making it a lot worse in your head.

Give it another couple weeks and if it really still is withdrawal, you should start seeing noticeable improvements.

Try exercising too if you can.. it will help a lot.
 
Yea, that's what i don't understand...my run really wasn't that long at all.... and i will give it a couple more weeks then go to a doctor or something....

That's what I'm deathly afraid of..... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...... i'd shoot myself before going through life like this....it's torture
 
I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the 90's. Not much fun, whatever virus it is takes at least 6 to 12 months before it leaves your body. And then even still, it never completely leaves your body. There is always something lingering
 
Mr.Scagnattie said:
Using for only 2 months, most of what you're feeling is probably just mental, especially after 6 weeks. While PAWS could certainly be still going on, you really weren't using for that long, so I think you're making it a lot worse in your head.

Give it another couple weeks and if it really still is withdrawal, you should start seeing noticeable improvements.

Try exercising too if you can.. it will help a lot.
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This...definately....

MY old boss did 300 mg of oxycodone a day for two years and quit cold turkey. He's a really positive person and works hard so after 5-6 days of being in his bed shitting himself dying from withdrawl, he was basically fine. He was working again and living life. Alot of it is in your head I promise you.
 
I wouldnt trip out about permanent damage yet. Eat healthy spend time doing things you enjoy even if thats other drugs besides opiates. Ketamine has helped my depression immensly. Mainly just dont use opistes cause your just gonna dig a deeper hole.
 
bdomihizayka said:
Yea, that's what i don't understand...my run really wasn't that long at all.... and i will give it a couple more weeks then go to a doctor or something....

That's what I'm deathly afraid of..... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...... i'd shoot myself before going through life like this....it's torture
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most of my w/d's have been like this. I'm an IV user, and over the last 2 years my pattern has been to binge for 3/4 months at a time and then clean up for about the same amount of time until, for some reason i truly cannot comprehend, i'll pick it back up and punish myself all over again. the physical w/d's are a cake walk in comparison to the weeks of worthlessness that follow. i have depression problems to begin with, which i have very recently come to identify as the crux of my willful slow-motion self-destruction. what i've found truly helps me through PAWS (besides 50 mg's of ketamine 3 times a week :) )is to exercise, as Scagnattie has mentioned, but more importantly to challenge yourself socially and intellectually.

now obviously, the very nature of PAWS and chronic depression will be to trick you with an inner dialogue like "don't bother!! you're not good enough you're just going to get hurt and be worse off then you were. there's a reason your life has gotten to this point and it's because you're a worthless ninny with nothing to offer no one. just stick to what you know, you don't want to shoot for the stars only to end up in the gutter." sound about right? well fuck all that. my PAWS turns around like lightning when i start re-integrating myself with positive friendships. i'll force myself to go job hunting, if only for a few more bucks an hour and a change of scenery. the money isn't the issue. it's to surround myself with people who believe in me and depend on me. it makes me feel good to be able to put in some overtime without a sourpuss face on, searching for any excuse to duck out because i'm 20 minutes late for my pre-dinner shot. it's cool get on the train and wind up at my dads house for diner instead of calling to cancel again from the dope spot.

it's the little things man, as corny as it sounds it's so true. it's gonna end eventually, it always does. but you definitely have the power to shorten the misery. stay up man, you're in my thoughts.
 
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