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Munchies from Opiates and Benzos?

Methacodone

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Ok, I was a chronic weed smoker for 8+ years. I quit smoking about 2 months ago. I know smoking Cannabis gives you the 'munchies'...
It was very hard for me to quit smoking, for minor cannabis w/d symptoms that I couldn't live with that included, insomnia (couldn't sleep), loss of appetite (Couldn't eat), minor aches and pain, moderate anxiety and depression. Smoking for that long DID give me a BAD withdrawal as I mentioned.

If I cant eat or sleep, how would I live?...

When I got addicted to BENZO's, about 4 months before I quit smoking. I was seeing that I didn't need weed while I was on Benzo's.
I'm also on 80mg of Methadone daily. But I guess the Methadone wasn't enough to mask BOTH hardcore OPIATE W/D and Cannabis W/D. Methadone saved my life from opiates, to sum up the methadone.

As I kept taking Benzos with my methadone everyday, I had less and less desire to smoke weed as I wanted to quit smoking anyways.

Ok, like I stated above, its been 2 months now without smoking.

Now, I'm currently tapering off of Benzo's. I was abusing Xanax and Valium for 6+ months. I was taking Xanax way more than the Valium, I actually went on to Valium to try and taper myself off of benzos. Boy was that a wreck, my tolerance went sky high after I used Valium. Seperately, I would use 8-10mg of Xanax daily, or 100mg of Valium Daily. Together, I would use 4mg of Xanax, and 50-60mg of Valium, daily. So I obviously needed help.
I made an appt. with my Doctor and told him what was going on. He said boy, those are high doses. He RX'd me KLONOPIN 1mg Pills, and 0.5mg pills. I got the generic version, so it's Clonazepam.

He told me Clonazepam and Xanax are equivalent in strength. But the Clonazepam has a much longer half life. Which he's 100% spot on.

He told me start on 7.5mg of Clonazepam weekly, and go down 1/2mg every week.
I've been doing just that.

But back on topic. Methadone and Clonazepam seem to go amazing together. I mean, amazing like, holy shit I feel AMAZING type of amazing. lol

But the problem is, I was gaining weight on my methadone alone, because I would eat lots of sweets, cookies, candy bars, cakes, donutes, etc.
Now that I have Clonazepam on top of that, I've been eating 2x the sweets, and gained A LOT more LB's.

Before I started methadone. I was a skinny little boy weighing at 150LB's. After a year on 'done, I got up to 190LB's. After another 6 months, I went up to 197LB's.
I've been taking Clonazepam for lets say 2 months now, and I'm gaining A LOT more weight....from 197LB's to 216LB's in less than 2 months!!!!!!!!!!!
and this is WITHOUT weed.

Does this happen to a lot of you guys, or is it rare, or is it common, or whats going on. I'm a guy, and I look like im fucking PREGNANT (LMAO)...or we can call it an ugly BEER BELLY.

I can't STOP taking my MEDS. Because if I DO, I'll go into SEVERE opiate/benzo w/d and possibly DIE.

Any suggestions from you BL's?

Anything will be helpful,
thank you very much,
-Methacodone
 
Clonazapam is known for weight gain.

Just hang in there. Gaining 40 pounds (while excessive seeming) is preferable to straight withdrawals, am I right?

In fact, eating a bowl of crushed glass is probably preferable to withdrawals from benzos...

Jesus, I seriously thought I was dying ...dying in a manner most foul and drawn out, from my extreme benzo, kratom, phenibut + alcohol addiction. You have lots of company in that department, and have come to the right place!
 
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I tend to get the munchies more on Valium than I do on opiates.......but the one thing I have done is never consistently eat junk food like you've stated above.

When I crave something sweet, I eat fruit, & lots of it, strawberries, grapes, etc .......its good for you & healthy, & you won't gain unneeded weight.

I've only gained 5 pounds in 2 years & I don't even exercise........just walk couple times a week.....& I weigh 140 pounds.

You gotta stay away from candy, donuts, cakes etc.......I think all that stuff is nasty anyway. Its bad for your teeth & body.

Junk food is just as bad of an addiction as drugs or anything else.
 
Personally I haven't had too much experience with benzos however for me when I would IV opiates such as dilaudid, roxicodone, or heroin I experienced somewhat of a decrease in appetite during my high. In fact eating would very often result in puking prior to me developing a decent tolerance
 
Personally I haven't had too much experience with benzos however for me when I would IV opiates such as dilaudid, roxicodone, or heroin I experienced somewhat of a decrease in appetite during my high. In fact eating would very often result in puking prior to me developing a decent tolerance


My gf is the same way, her hunger has been decreased by opiates, while mine has increased.......strange, because weed makes everyone hungry.
 
Never have gotten the munchies from opiates before, if anything it's the other way around where it seems like there's not enough candy or sugar around when I'm sick. I can remember i used to be up all night smoking cigarettes and being Bruce Lee in the bed because I couldn't stop kicking when I was trying to sleep, and then I'd be up at 5am making french toast or pancakes or something like that with sugar in it. I do not miss those days man.
 
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