I know a lot of the people who go through WDs have this immense fear (partially from reading horror stories, especially on BL--while WDs suck, the physical part is easier since it is tangible--the mental part goes on, and on, and on, and infinity).
The truth be told--the poor man's WD cabinet contains lots of immodium ad (for, um, duh), some benadryl for the nausea (thanks, whome, this worked wonders), benadryl for sleep, and ibuprofen for muscle aches.
This cabinet can be worlds better if you add seroquel for sleep at night (nothing beats it during this time). Add some anti-anxiety meds for the daytime anxiety (and some adderals or ritalin for the sleepiness the anti-anxiety agents will give) and you can get through this easy. The above meds are pretty easy to score, especially when one is desperate enough.
Providing one plans in advance and can score the appropriate meds in time (always plan in advance), WDs aren't as bad as people paint them out to be. The fact is, it is the price we pay for fucking around.
However, if you can score subuxone, that is going to make the whole thing that much easier; but again, the hard part is not the sickness but the emptiness that follows...I recommend some THC for this, and--if you can control yourself--indulge in some of the drugs that get pushed to the wayside during an opiate==oid (sorry, no slashes) addiction--cocaine in small amounts (not iv or smoked, simply sniffed--keep in mind the post coke blues), K, PCP (in small doses, especially considering the depression), and even E (I suppose, never tried this one and imagine the post-E blues would be worse than cocaine blues).
If none of this stuff can be acquired, go with Internet benzos and tramadol...I don't want to hear anyone say they can't score these (I know, times get tough, unplanned WDs creep up, no money--cause obviously if said person had money they wouldnt waste it on tramadol and ambien to wait to come in the mail). Anyway, it sucks either and every way but it isnt as horrible as some make it out to be. Good luck.
Swybs