Immodium(Loperamide) is amazing for W/Ds

[gocards27]

Immodium(Loperamide) is amazing for W/Ds(Day 2, amazing!!!)

This is my first post, I hope it is in the right forum.....

I have had a pretty steady hydrocodone habit for the last 2 years....it is up to 150-220 mg per day and the W/Ds are pretty bad....if I don't take at least 15-20 mg every 2 hours I W/D bad by the 2 hour mark.

I called the methadone clinic and right now I am to broke for it...so I went and got 48 ct immodium.

I got up at 8:30 am..took 10 mg of hydro...by 10 am I was hurting..I took 15mg at 10:30 am....

at 11 am I took 20 mg of lipo..then 10 mg at noon...I felt weird at 1 pm...but not bad W/Ds

by 2 pm I was yawning but nothing horrible..yesterday after 3 hours I was sick as hell.

I felt fine..foggy as heck, but the body felt ok...I took 15 mg of hydro at 2 pm and now I feel amazing..way better then I would on just 15 mg of hydro alone....i plan on taking another 10 mg of lipo at 3 pm..I will post updates...but this definitely works.

 

[slowdive]

This is one reason why I am glad I am dependent on tramadol. It lasts so long. I take main dose when I wake up, and smaller doses in the evening. Withdrawal does not begin until morning when I wake up. It's horrible. I feel your pain. Tramadol has some pretty brutal withdrawal, too.

Sometimes I run out a few days early before refill is allowed, so I have to face those days of wd. I usually try to find hydrocodone to ease the tramadol withdrawal. And it helps. But only for like 2 hours.

As far as loperamide goes. I take it if I have no tramadol and can't find hydrocodone, etc. It does a great job at stopping the diarrhea. And some of the physical symptoms feel diminished. I thought maybe it was placebo. Since loperamide does not cross the BBB. It helps me a little. I still get agonizing, restless feeling all over the body, yawning, sneezing, etc. But it helps and for sure is great for the relentless diarrhea of tram w/d.

 

[gocards27]

It is day 2...I can't believe this...I took another 30 mg last night before bed..I woke up groggy, stiff, yawning, but still AMAZING compared to what I would of felt...normally I wake up in hell..uneasy, sick to my stomach, tired, sore....

well I took 20 mg about an hour ago..at 9 am I had a 10 mg hydro and then another 10 mg hydro at 10 am.

2 hours later..I still feel pretty good...normally that dose would leave me in hell at the moment..in pure hell.

How can this happen without it crossing the BBB at all...

I am not saying I feel 100 percent..but this helps dramatically...what a lifesaver

 

[TaupinJohn]

I always make sure I have loperamide in the house for WDs. I've never been able to make anything good last, so I experience withdrawals at least once a month, usually more. And the worst symptom is that I can't go anywhere or do anything because of the trips to the bathroom. It's depressing enough; the mental part of WD, without that "bonus." Loperamide is a must-have at all times, imo.

For me, methadone is, for the money, the best way to "maintain" without breaking the bank. Not that the high is so good (it isn't, after awhile) but because it lasts all day. I can take 20 mgs and know that for the next 24 hours I can think of things other than how I'm going to get more. For me, an 80 oxy is the best as far as feeling good goes (a couple mgs of Xanax doesn't hurt, as well) and after that, oxycodone, and then hydros. Tramadols will work in a pinch, so I try to keep those on hand, as well. I think the anti-depressant in them helps a lot, as well as the way it keeps me out of the friggin' bathroom.

Also, I take generic Benadryl at night to sleep. It actually makes restless legs more restless, but I can usually walk that off. And it helps me get to sleep, which is priceless during those days of hell before I can resupply.

One of the cooler parts of this forum is knowing that there are others exactly like me. If I didn't have that knowledge, I think I'd absolutely lose it, I think.

I was sent to jail while dosing 130 mgs of methadone daily at a methadone clinic, and I can tell you this: I'll never go back to a clinic again no matter what. Because coming off oxys or hydros or even benzos is a cake walk compared to the hell of cold turkey off that much 'done. I was in for 14 days, and was given Immodium AD and Advil twice a day. That's it. And now, when I'm going through a rough time, I remember those days of sweating alone in that cold hard bunk. I couldn't even cry, because I caught hell if anyone heard me. There is no problem that isn't smaller when compared to that hell.

(Sorry if I got off-topic there.)