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rolls said:If anyone else here has tried to quit cold turkey, stagger it and its easier. You don't have to do a taper which can be torture as you want to keep taking more until you get high.
Take 2 days off, then use as you would regularly, then take 3 days off, then 4. and then do a taper with a low grade opiate such as codeine. This will take a while but you won't experience the horrible withdrawals for that long.
cold turkey is the method of choice for most, because when you have stuff lying around...how the hell are you going to be able to resist putting it to use if you're addicted to it? you gotta have like mad buddhist self-control and be prone to delusional ideation..like jogging in the park at 4 am to obtain a 'natural high' while you 'taper down'.
please. this tapering nonsense is for the automaton psychiatrists who treat us to recite in calm mental-ward tones.
i think they key things for successful withdrawal.. are
1. be a man and face the horror. youll go through WD and it will pass...it passes quickly. Keep a positive outlook and preferably, substitute the drug you're tapering from with the euphoriant of choice....preferably, benzodiazepines, which eliminate WD unless you've reached Junkie status...in which case you shouldn't be looking to bluelight for help as you should know exactly what to do.
2. memantine [Namenda] and to a lesser extent, piracetam. Namenda is an anti-alzheimers drug...but since it has close to zero side effects, it does nothing for alzheimers, but make sure grandma gets a script for it anyway.. because the stuff is very good for reducing tolerances of every sort and eliminating cravings. I've used this stuff and it's proven to be VERY effective. Piracetam is not the same, I hear... Downside is, Namenda is made by Forest Labs and is EXTREMELY INEFFECTIVE as an alzheimer's management drug, thus its very expensive and no insurance will pay for it so make sure you live in a gentrified part of town and have crazy wasp insurance. Psychiatrists will actually give you this stuff if you ask them for it...just tell them youre confused sometimes and namenda helps you be alert and remember your grandson's name in the airport....billy or bobby or whatever his or her name was. [ref to donezepil commercial]