Inpatient Detox-First Time

ScarletFires

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Alright, so I finally made the call to the local inpatient detox place. They did the over-the-phone screening and I have to call back first thing tomorrow once I have talked to my insurance to see what/how much they will pay for. There is a chance that they will have a bed for me as soon as tomorrow. It is just coming on a year for my every-day opiate use, a few months ago I stopped telling myself "I will stop after today" "This will be my last time, then I'm done" and a couple months ago I would finally admit that-YES! I am an addict, I am hooked both physically and mentally. Now I have reached the point where I am tired of always searching, hunting, hoping etc. I love opiates but I love myself more. It's time for me to get ME back and stop letting my every second of every day be based on if I am getting high and how high I can get.

So anyone else ever give inpatient detox a try? How was your expierence? What should I expect? I have never done any program or rehab..only tried quitting C/T (never lasted very long) and I quit for about a week on suboxone (buying on the street) only to not be able to get suboxone anymore and to go right back to using. I am not 100% sure but I believe all they give you here is clonodine but I really don't know. So any words from anyone would be appreciated.

Thanks guys!<3


Oh and if I posted this in the wrong spot, sorry, still trying to get a hang of it all.
 
Hey ScarletFires:) Im not going to discourage you from doing this.. but really why are you going to pay all this money for these people to do job you can do better on your own?
The medications I would explore the use of fror detox would be:
>Clonidine< DOSED EVER FOUR HOURS..
one of either
>NEURONTIN< >HERE< >HERE<
OR >Lyrica<
OR >Phenibut<
>A BENZO BUT JUST AT NIGHT<
>a nsaid<
>melatonin<
tylenol

You can do this.. believe me you can.. the reason i know is that if I can do it so can you;)
 
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Ahh, I know that I would be able to do it too..the only problem is that I just moved back to my mom's house (I actually started doing opiates while getting them for her..but that"s another story) and her fiance has no idea about our use and he is remodeling so he will basically be in and out of all the rooms at any given time for any amount of time. Point being-I don't really have an environment where I can push through this appropriately. I was thinking about taking a mini-vacation when I got my taxes back by myself and roughing it out in a hotel but also try to get out/take walks/explore once I was able. I don't have the info on how much money, if any, I will have to pay at this detox place yet so I was trying to get a feel for everyone's opinions and thoughts.

Thank you neversickanymore, oh and I want to pm you but it keeps making me wait a certain amount of time until I can send another message.
 
Thank you! I have been fully swallowed up whole and spit out then swallowed up again several times it feels haha.

And I don't mind, I use about 210mgs a day of oxycodone. Around here people call them blues or perc 30s (although technically there is no perc 30). The mg range based on how much $ I have/if I have to split what I have with my mom. If I have the $ I will do as much as I can handle then some and if I'm borderline broke I will even do just a half and feel kinda shitty for the rest of day/night. And when my guy is out I will do pretty much whatever I can find, 10s, 15s, 20s, the Vic's or Percs with APAP (uck), morphine, ops, opanas (love em, but makes withdrawal worse). I use to be able to get fet patches and I would suck the gel out and methadone a couple times. I tried dope when I was younger with my best friend and just puked together all day lol. There's only been like 2-3 times when I was getting sick a bought a couple bags. As of now no one knows about my addiction, except my mom and my dealer-so while I have a couple friends that use dope and if I tried it would be easy to get-I don't. I know how fast I will spiral down if I get started with H.

Oh and usually route is snorting.
 
Or really I already have spiraled down-but ya know what I mean. And I forgot to mention my mom can get a script of dilaudid 4mgs once every month or so-not a huge script and it takes about 3 days after she calls it in so we'll binge out on those asa we get em.

136 and no insight about inpatient detox guys? Lol
I'd really appreciate hearing about people's thoughts/experiences. Or if you haven't done that, then how did you go about stopping? Maybe I should make another thread about people's paths to being done with their doc or something?
 
With only 15mgs, I don't feel like I have done anything but it keeps the sickness at bay for a little while. Within about 2 hours I feel the most tired I ever have in my life and by evening I have the yawns, hot/cold sweats etc. Basically start to feel the sickness except the rls won't be too bad and I will usually be able to sleep that night.

I also have some gabapentin, I had found a leftover script from when my sister use to be prescribed. I will take about 1600mgs in staggering doses so when I can only get a low dose of oxy that helps with rls and sleep. Unfortunately I am running low on these.
 
Since you have insurance Is there anyway you would consider seen a doctor and having them prescribe the correct medications and in the correct dosages for you? <3 If you have these and jump you will see the light at the end of the tunnel a little after three days.. if you taper you will feel rough and then when your done with the tapper you will feel better a little after four days.. IMO there is no way not to pay the piper.:\
 
Sorry to say this but if you go to detox you can't go back to live with your mum who is still using, i don't know your exact situation, but there seems to be some co-dependance, if not a lot... it will never work...

Yes, you are so very right. I use to think that my mom just ate little tiny quarters of the pill and she would ask me to get them for her every now and then, then eventually a bit more frequently and at that point they were only a phone call and a 6 minute drive away. She would give me one just for getting them for her. Ha, I remember one 30 would last me a couple days. As it was so easy to get and I did so frequently for her I started buying my own..then getting mental cravings which lead to starting to do it everyday. Some how she and I had admitted to each other we actually snort them (and she had another source so she was in way deeper than I could've imagined) and the next thing I know we are getting them everyday together and just fueling each other's warm-hot opiate fire. If I didn't have money she would buy and vice versa. I made good tips 5 out of 7 days so every morning we'd drive together to score..sometimes feeling bleak from not having enough the night before. There would be mornings our dude wouldn't answer until 10am and we'd be quietly hurtin'. I was making good money and I never had a dime to show for it. My two days off we would usually be suffering then the next day my mom would get paid and her check was gone in a matter of usually two days. On top of my nightly tips ($50-$450 a night) My paycheck was usually between $600-$980 and I would give her some cash to get by on and pay our bills (well sometimes) then use ALL the rest for pills for both of us. Needless to say-we are bad for each other and our habit grew quickly.

I recently signed up for another semester at college, moved back to my mom's and took a huge pay cut to get a job revolving around what I am going to school for to help my chances at a career once I finish. So with this pay cut we took a pill cut also. I came to the point where I admitted to myself that I AM ADDICTED! and wanted to take this opportunity to better myself completely. I quit c/t and made it three days in until my mom was at work, sickish (she wasn't quitting just couldn't find any atm) and asked me to go get a couple pills-she was working and couldn't leave. At this point I am really sick but proud of myself. So I go get her the pills..drive about 30 seconds down the road from where I got em' and pulled over. I start crying (overly emotional stage) and caved in and blew two and a half 30s right off the shameful bat.

I also was able to get us some suboxone not too long after this incident. We talked and she agreed she had to quit. I had planned out a quick sub taper for us and everything was going great. Until mom took more subs than needed and then I haven't been able to get my hands on any since. So yes, we are still currently using.

I am SO ready to quit and I am willing to do whatever it takes. Even if that means 'leaving my mom behind'. I am not doing this to spite her-but I am doing this because I love her and myself. I want her to see that I can do it and hopefully, when she is ready-I can help show her the way. After I called the inpatient I was supposed to call back with insurance info etc but I have not. As you said neversickanymore that piper must be paid. I am moving in with my sister within about a week until I have enough money saved to get my own place again. She has a spare room and also has a one month old baby so once able I will be helping her out as much as possible-kind of a win-win.

My sister does not know of my addiction and I am going to tell her I have a horrible case of the flu and can't leave my room due to the baby being around it. I could tell her, but I just don't want her to see me in that light as stupid as it sounds, esp since I helped her through her addiction of speed/adderall. Recently I have not been using as much as I was. When I wake up in the morning I have one blissful second of no problems and then reality sets in and I am hurting. But I want to taper a bit plus save money to pay her weekly/help with groceries + baby stuff.

So, I guess you guys didn't need all of that information but it felt good to write. I will start a new thread when the time comes with my progress and through the jump. You guys and great and hopefully someone will read it and see that they can do it too and maybe get some tips.

I am sure I can find it through forums here but does anyone have any tips on getting through the withdrawals? Perhaps a survivor kit of sorts, I find it nearly impossible to eat but perhaps I am supposed to? Easy/good for me things that I should eat? OTC meds/doses/days? Things I should get prescribed by a dr.-how to go about that?Words of wisdom etc appreciated but if ya all feel like it's been covered too much I will be doing the research so no worries! Also-I have been thinking to not baby myself with other things and just feel it full-throttle. I feel like that's more deserving.

Thank you all, much love<3
 
Isn't telling your sister these things going to put her in unnecessary worry.. she was an addict. why not come clean. addiction has enough bull shit astigmatisms with out us continuing them on our selfs.. nothing to ba ashamed of here.. so, so, SO many amazing people have struggled with this.. including you and your sister.. loose the guilt and shame as all all it ever does is drive use and makes us feel like shit and we dont deserve to fell like shit anymore than we already do in active use.. IMO you are making some really strong choices<3

So many amazing people have struggled with addiction here is a good thread has has a bunch of them in it.. This thread I in Drug Culture and it can be triggering...

Who is your favorite drug addict(s) and/or user(s) of all time?

You got this and there is no need to hang in the dark.. let some more people in if you can as you need not be afraid.. the portion of our brain that is addicted also controls our emotions.. including fear.. it doesn't want people on our side as then it has even less of a chance.. its not dumb as it is you and you dont seem anywhere close to anything but very smart.
 
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