Hello....
So my dog has been a user for a year or so I would say..... and in that time she is now up to maybe 9-10bags a day, and it's usually a mixture of sniffing and IV but mostly IV...
She knows this is not healthy. She is 24... went through this issue a bit when she was around 18/19 but only used for a month or so and just stopped using, probably because it was an experimental phase. She learned how much she enjoyed it though....
So basically she got into some bad company, and was dating someone that was using and it just became a habit, repetition, etc. A few things she is worried about :
The withdrawal. Her body has been on a schedule, and the routine is what is making it a little more difficult. Her body has been used to her doing it at the same hours everyday, give or take a little but she can tell this has effected her body when she goes into withdrawal from skipping a dose.
What do you all think about tapering down? I want to do that just to lessen the WD a little bit, but is it better to just STOP??? Well I'm sure it is but.... does it actually help to taper??
The hot flashes are the INTENSE, she sweats like crazy and usually as a person she doesn't sweat often at all... She has some xanax, valium, and some nyquil. I think that what she plans to do is just try and sleep it off as much as she can the first 2-3 days or so, just so that the aches and pains and restless leg and heart racing and anxiety isn't so touch. Afterwards, she plans on doing some xanax here and there when she just can't take it anymore, just to be able to function. She knows her heart will be racing and will have very bad anxiety.
Is it just me or does everything feel foggy and dizzy and clearer (visually) when it's out of your system? Do you guys think this is going to be extremely painful for me? A friend of mine who uses a little bit less than me went through it, and she said that in about a week she actually started feeling OK.....
A huge concern for her is staying clean. She KNOWS in her mind that this is NOT the way to live. You CANNOT live a happy life and do drugs! Yes I'm sure you can always find money here or there, be able to get away with hiding the habit or using on and off and getting away with it.... but why? Part of her just enjoys the feeling and it's been such a comfort, more so it's been a ROUTINE for so long that that is what is going to be hard. Like I mentioned, she does it usually every X hours a day, first thing when she wakes up and of course she does it before she goes to bed (not right before but still). She knows she needs to consume herself with things, like taking her human to the human park and maybe pick up hobbies, heck even smoke more weed because it's great.
What are some constant reminders you all tell yourselves? She hates relying on this.... when you have it it's great but how depressing and useless is it to CONSTANTLY chase after something, depend on something... that really does destroy you? It helps but it's temporary.... and it stops you from living. It really does. It helps you get by living a lie.... living a fake life..... and I think she is really tired of that. But she is terrified of what's yet to come.... but she loves her girlfriend and we will never be together if she has this habit. She loves her family and it's tough to see them and go on vacations worrying if she has enough to bring, or if she can bring it at all. She hates the constant spending of money. She hates the damage she's done to her body.... the waste of money.
But she wants to change this, and she needs some support.......
So my dog has been a user for a year or so I would say..... and in that time she is now up to maybe 9-10bags a day, and it's usually a mixture of sniffing and IV but mostly IV...
She knows this is not healthy. She is 24... went through this issue a bit when she was around 18/19 but only used for a month or so and just stopped using, probably because it was an experimental phase. She learned how much she enjoyed it though....
So basically she got into some bad company, and was dating someone that was using and it just became a habit, repetition, etc. A few things she is worried about :
The withdrawal. Her body has been on a schedule, and the routine is what is making it a little more difficult. Her body has been used to her doing it at the same hours everyday, give or take a little but she can tell this has effected her body when she goes into withdrawal from skipping a dose.
What do you all think about tapering down? I want to do that just to lessen the WD a little bit, but is it better to just STOP??? Well I'm sure it is but.... does it actually help to taper??
The hot flashes are the INTENSE, she sweats like crazy and usually as a person she doesn't sweat often at all... She has some xanax, valium, and some nyquil. I think that what she plans to do is just try and sleep it off as much as she can the first 2-3 days or so, just so that the aches and pains and restless leg and heart racing and anxiety isn't so touch. Afterwards, she plans on doing some xanax here and there when she just can't take it anymore, just to be able to function. She knows her heart will be racing and will have very bad anxiety.
Is it just me or does everything feel foggy and dizzy and clearer (visually) when it's out of your system? Do you guys think this is going to be extremely painful for me? A friend of mine who uses a little bit less than me went through it, and she said that in about a week she actually started feeling OK.....
A huge concern for her is staying clean. She KNOWS in her mind that this is NOT the way to live. You CANNOT live a happy life and do drugs! Yes I'm sure you can always find money here or there, be able to get away with hiding the habit or using on and off and getting away with it.... but why? Part of her just enjoys the feeling and it's been such a comfort, more so it's been a ROUTINE for so long that that is what is going to be hard. Like I mentioned, she does it usually every X hours a day, first thing when she wakes up and of course she does it before she goes to bed (not right before but still). She knows she needs to consume herself with things, like taking her human to the human park and maybe pick up hobbies, heck even smoke more weed because it's great.
What are some constant reminders you all tell yourselves? She hates relying on this.... when you have it it's great but how depressing and useless is it to CONSTANTLY chase after something, depend on something... that really does destroy you? It helps but it's temporary.... and it stops you from living. It really does. It helps you get by living a lie.... living a fake life..... and I think she is really tired of that. But she is terrified of what's yet to come.... but she loves her girlfriend and we will never be together if she has this habit. She loves her family and it's tough to see them and go on vacations worrying if she has enough to bring, or if she can bring it at all. She hates the constant spending of money. She hates the damage she's done to her body.... the waste of money.
But she wants to change this, and she needs some support.......
