Hi all,
I've just come off MMT last month, and a couple of weeks later I got the great idea to do H just recreationally, as a way of interrupting paws, like a vacation. Well I have to say that was a pretty stupid decision, since all of the mental sidefx of paws were literally reset to 0, and I'm just starting to slowly get to the point where I was right before the mini relapse. I even had some physical wd fx, though with lesser intensity.
My question is about recovering your natural opiate system. Do those extra receptors in the brain that were used to getting methadone or H need to go dormant and then die off? How long does it take for this to happen? The way I see it, if you take any opiate at all, even once, you're just reactivating those receptors and setting yourself back to square 0 with healing your brain. Then you might get the wrong impression that you need opiates to feel "normal" where in effect occasional use is what's making you feel abnormal for the other 6 days of the week. I have been off opiates for 10 years prior to relapsing last year so I can definitely confirm that things do indeed go back to the full healthy state, I'm just wondering how does this happen on the receptor level in the brain??
I've just come off MMT last month, and a couple of weeks later I got the great idea to do H just recreationally, as a way of interrupting paws, like a vacation. Well I have to say that was a pretty stupid decision, since all of the mental sidefx of paws were literally reset to 0, and I'm just starting to slowly get to the point where I was right before the mini relapse. I even had some physical wd fx, though with lesser intensity.
My question is about recovering your natural opiate system. Do those extra receptors in the brain that were used to getting methadone or H need to go dormant and then die off? How long does it take for this to happen? The way I see it, if you take any opiate at all, even once, you're just reactivating those receptors and setting yourself back to square 0 with healing your brain. Then you might get the wrong impression that you need opiates to feel "normal" where in effect occasional use is what's making you feel abnormal for the other 6 days of the week. I have been off opiates for 10 years prior to relapsing last year so I can definitely confirm that things do indeed go back to the full healthy state, I'm just wondering how does this happen on the receptor level in the brain??
it is a process that can take up to a year or more and our minds continue to clear even more after that big shutdown that many experience. Also right before the big shut down I got quite the addictive push for a week and I almost caved and went back to methadone literally three days before the miracle so just something to think about. 
