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morphine addiciton

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James Skankton

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i been hiding this for years from my loved one. usually take about 3 30mg morphine pills a day. tried to kick with benzo'z ,immodium the whole 9, with no luck. i can go 2 days but then get violently ill. ANy suggestions on kicking?

Also am a sloght alcoholic - 5 or 6 beers a day, some days a few whiskeys mixed in.


Ive had a fucked up past few 3 years, with the two closest people to me Die. I am hurting bad inside, I have no insurance to go talk to someone. Also i get these pills basically free which makes it even worse.


I ve been lurking bluelight for about 8 years but only posted a few times. Any help greatly appreciated, and peace to you all.
 
James, I started on oxymorphone and norcos from my pain doctor. A few months back I said I wanted off all the meds. He put me on morphine sulfate, immediate release, 30 mg every 8 hours. I tapered that down to 15 mg every 8 hours in about 3 weeks. A few weeks ago I switched to cutting the 15 mg pills in half and now take 7.5 mg every 4 hours. It sucks because I live by an alarm clock but my doctor says it will be easier to taper further with almost no WD. I went through some wicked WD when I went from the oxymorphone and norco to a seriously way too low dose of morphine. He gave me clonidine patches which helped greatly with the WD. I continue to wear the patches to avoid ay further WD tapering. I am a wuss when it comes to WD. My symptoms were insomnia, restless leg syndrome, severe anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Seems like I am forgetting one but probably for the best.

I can tell you that tapering will be easier than CT. The patches are fabulous. Quit drinking though cause you don't need to mix morphine and booze anyway. Assuming your pills aren't long acting just cut them up and taper every 4 or 5 days. Just do one dose at a time. Slower wins the race :) Faster speds up WD.

Good luck to you!
 
3 30's a day. What I would say is just stop taking them and kick. Cold turkey. Sounds easy doesn't it? Make it happen.

peace.
seedless
 
bagochina said:
3 30's a day. What I would say is just stop taking them and kick. Cold turkey. Sounds easy doesn't it? Make it happen.

peace.
seedless
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I hate attitudes like yours ^

WD is WD and does not get easier because we aren't taking abusive amounts of dope! My opiate use has all been doctor prescibed and only taken as directed till I started to taper and then less than prescibed. Did you read where I became suicidal when I went to morphine from the oxymorphone and norcos? Isn't that hardcore enough for you?

CT is not the answer for most people! That works for people when their dealers get busted or they have no money. The OP said they could not get past two days!!! Read and say something constructive not stupid!
 
I dont think it was a stupid comment. Just stating the obvious I guess.

James if you can make it thru 2 days with no pills, you can make it thru 3. Things will start to look up. I would suggest telling your loved one what is going on and that you want help. It is usually easier getting through w/ds when you have someone helping you. Maybe she can hold your pills and reassure you that everything will be ok. Stretch out that time in between dosing and stop. Like help mentioned maybe tapering will help which is a given but sometimes stretching out and prolonging the w/d can make things alot harder. Benzos help, catapress patches help but what I think really matters is just making that decision in your mind that enough is enough. Good luck, keep us updated.

help-

I was in no way belittling your opiate use, opiate w/d is opiate w/d but it definitely has varying degrees of intensity. Maybe I shouldnt have thrown in the cold turkey comment, it was late when I typed that. I was also scripted opiates from my doctor for the last 8yrs, before that a long history of heroin. Sometimes I do think doctors can help prolong the madness but I am no expert on pain management.

peace.
seedless
 
taper taper taper

your lucky its such a low dose, you can do this.

also support is key, failure is high with out it.....
 
you sound in a world of pain,

maybe a combo of codeine extractions if you can get them over the counter and poppy tea, poppy seed tea. diphenoxylate, dihydrocodeine, doloxene. all these are opiates i know but it sounds like half your problem is running out of your morphine. one thing you can do is use one drug, say morphine than its lesser cousin, doloxene, then its less potent rival codeine until your taking a few immodiums a day, takes some resolve thou. cant understate the benefit of sboxone here either! sorry running out of credit...... good luck
 
bagochina said:
I dont think it was a stupid comment. Just stating the obvious I guess.

James if you can make it thru 2 days with no pills, you can make it thru 3. Things will start to look up. I would suggest telling your loved one what is going on and that you want help. It is usually easier getting through w/ds when you have someone helping you. Maybe she can hold your pills and reassure you that everything will be ok. Stretch out that time in between dosing and stop. Like help mentioned maybe tapering will help which is a given but sometimes stretching out and prolonging the w/d can make things alot harder. Benzos help, catapress patches help but what I think really matters is just making that decision in your mind that enough is enough. Good luck, keep us updated.

help-

I was in no way belittling your opiate use, opiate w/d is opiate w/d but it definitely has varying degrees of intensity. Maybe I shouldnt have thrown in the cold turkey comment, it was late when I typed that. I was also scripted opiates from my doctor for the last 8yrs, before that a long history of heroin. Sometimes I do think doctors can help prolong the madness but I am no expert on pain management.

peace.
seedless
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My apologies seedless. I was cranky and tired when I wrote that as well. WD terrifies me. I have a husband who is unable to help me because he doesn't understand what I need when I am in WD. He freaks out! My world cannot stop to give me a week to go to detox either. My family depends on me and they are more important than I am. Their opinions of course! My pain dr has helped me detox by cutting my meds in half each month which causes intense WD. I find tapering works better. I went too low last month so sat at my dose for the past month. Tonight I am starting the taper again. Just one dose and from 7.5 mg to 3.75 mg. I take the morphine every 4 hours now too rather than every 8 hours. My internist said that would work better and just to do it and not say anything to the pain dr. I just want to be off the morphine. I want to sleep for 10 hours straight!
 
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