Opioids Just a warning - watch out for Clonidine.

[Them Witches]

I once shot clonidine with morphine. Had to stick my head out the window to catch my breath

Clonidine IV is amazing and hits like a freight train. I found this out when I had a colonoscopy.

While doing the pre-workout prep of overkill laxative juice, I managed to flush out all of my medications out of my system. I was in withdrawal from 5 different medications.

During the colonoscopy pre-game interview/screening with the anesthesiologist, I was coming unraveled. He told staff to get the IV's in me quickly because he is in withdrawals from his medications.

During the screening, I acted like I had a high tolerance to Clonidine because I have taken 1.2mg PO in one sitting before a few times and I take 0.9mg daily. He said Clonidine IV, "It hits different." It was the first drug he gave me pre-surgery. He chuckled after quickly pushing the calculated dosage because of my response saying, "Mercy... Boss."

The anesthesiologist was the most caring I have ever meet. Before the Propofol, he fixed each drug I was in withdrawal from one by one allowing me to sit with each dosage for 30-40 seconds. Clonidine, Versed, Fentanyl, Phenergan, and then Propofol in order. This was the only and first time, Propofol knocked my head back without having to count.

He told my sister before I woke up afterwards, "He will not need any pain medicine until tomorrow." At the time I had a 520 MME daily dependence. I do not know what he gave me pain killer wise while under GA for pain at 2pm but he was correct.

 

[Them Witches]

I take duloxetine for fibromyalgia. That's an awful drug that I will probably be on for the rest of my life because coming off of it is so bad.

I see. I was on Duloxetine 120mg for 18 months. It was not helping with my pain so I decided to stop taking it. Oh did I get a rude awakening.

I tried to taper down by opening the capsules and counting out the little beads to make accurate dosing. I was struggling with the transition.

Then I found out that people were having the same issue. A handful of people said they used Wellbutrin (Bupropion) to assist the detox period.

I tried it and it worked. It was rather painless and I used Clonidine to help with that. I forget how much Wellbitrin I needed for 120mg Duloxetine.

Look into it if you can. Cymbalta did not work for me and I found out that it does not work for many others regarding "nerve pain relief"

 

[rentedbythehour]

Clonidine IV is amazing and hits like a freight train. I found this out when I had a colonoscopy.

While doing the pre-workout prep of overkill laxative juice, I managed to flush out all of my medications out of my system. I was in withdrawal from 5 different medications.

During the colonoscopy pre-game interview/screening with the anesthesiologist, I was coming unraveled. He told staff to get the IV's in me quickly because he is in withdrawals from his medications.

During the screening, I acted like I had a high tolerance to Clonidine because I have taken 1.2mg PO in one sitting before a few times and I take 0.9mg daily. He said Clonidine IV, "It hits different." It was the first drug he gave me pre-surgery. He chuckled after quickly pushing the calculated dosage because of my response saying, "Mercy... Boss."

The anesthesiologist was the most caring I have ever meet. Before the Propofol, he fixed each drug I was in withdrawal from one by one allowing me to sit with each dosage for 30-40 seconds. Clonidine, Versed, Fentanyl, Phenergan, and then Propofol in order. This was the only and first time, Propofol knocked my head back without having to count.

He told my sister before I woke up afterwards, "He will not need any pain medicine until tomorrow." At the time I had a 520 MME daily dependence. I do not know what he gave me pain killer wise while under GA for pain at 2pm but he was correct.

As someone who worked in the OR, I can tell you anesthesia always wins. We call this better living thru chemistry. I think people are scared of being honest with any DR about what they use. It's so important to be honest with at least anesthesia. They're the ones in charge in the OR, not the surgeon. Trust me when I tell you it's never fun to hear the words 'i don't know what you just did, but stop!' going from skin prep to chest compressions in a 2 minute span of time is what we would call a 'pucker' moment.
But anesthesia is your best friend in surgery. Theres not much you can do that they haven't seen before. They usually just want to make you as comfortable as possible, safely. For anyone who uses, and redheads for some reason, that means a different amount than they would usually use.

 

[rentedbythehour]

I just came across this article. I thought I was share it since we were just talking about the withdrawals from cymbalta

Antidepressant withdrawal may be more persistent than doctors realize

A systematic review finds that some people experience withdrawal symptoms for months or even years after stopping antidepressants. The study highlights the lack of reliable evidence on how common or severe these symptoms are—and how best to treat them.

www.psypost.org