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Opioids Please help me distract myself during opioid cold turkey?

ChemicallyEnhanced

ChemicallyEnhanced

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Took my last pill around 11:30pm (Saturday) and it's now 12:25am Sunday so I'm only just starting day one (obviously no withdrawal yet). Semi-purposefully ran out as currently cannot access opioids other than by prescription [it would take too long to explain why) and my next script isn't due until Friday, so I've forced myself into at least 5 days of cold turkey, which should get me past the really horrific parts (generally, I think day 6 is when you start to improve a little).
Maybe the worst part of opioid withdrawal for me is that not only are you going through hell physically and mentally but time slows down to this absolutely fucking unbareable crawl.
Normally, I can be reading, or binging a show, or playing on my switch or whatever and 2 or 3 hours can pass and I barely notice, but in withdrawal I can TRY things like that, but when I feel like a long time has passed I'll check the clock and it's been like 6 minutes.

What do you guys do to keep "busy" or distracted so you aren't just lying in bed or sitting on the sofa and thinking about how shit you feel?


P.S. I MAY even have fucked up that last dose. I plugged it. Pooped first and then did like a mini-enema to make sure I was empty up there first. Then about 10 minutes after I'd plugged it, I felt the need to GO again. I started feeling better (I'd gone like 19 hours without before that pill) at the same time. I wait like 7 or 8 more minutes and feel mostly normal again, but then REALLY need to go and...yeah, a lot of diarrhoea.
I really hope that doesn't mean I shat some of the dose out. There was only like 17 mins between plugging and shitting, but I DID feel it kick in first and I feel okay. It was only 30mg Morphine (so like 60mg orally or 20mg IV) so I definitely wouldn't have gotten high, but I do feel most of the mild withdrawal I was in has gone.
 
Tramadol low strength pills don't go for 50mg tramadol pill go for 37.5mg ones with paracetamol drink with glass of water about for low strength tramadol containing pills
 
shabih said:
Tramadol low strength pills don't go for 50mg tramadol pill go for 37.5mg ones with paracetamol drink with glass of water about for low strength tramadol containing pills
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I don't have access to opioids like Tramadol, unfortunately. They're also prescription only.
 
I so dont miss opiate wd goddamn

Do you have ay video games? Playing something like GTA will take your mind off opiate wd for awile. Do you have any Cannabis? When i had opiate wd what i would do is take a shitload of benzos them smoke a fuck ton of weed. Indicas are the best for opiate wd. Hash is usually Indica so if you can get that get it. I forget not everyone is in Canada though where i can just walk into the store and ask for hash or a indica.

What meds do you have for wd?
 
paranoid android said:
I so dont miss opiate wd goddamn

Do you have ay video games? Playing something like GTA will take your mind off opiate wd for awile. Do you have any Cannabis? When i had opiate wd what i would do is take a shitload of benzos them smoke a fuck ton of weed. Indicas are the best for opiate wd. Hash is usually Indica so if you can get that get it. I forget not everyone is in Canada though where i can just walk into the store and ask for hash or a indica.

What meds do you have for wd?
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No weed or benzos :(
Yep, I have video games. I'll try that.
Unfortunately, no meds, really. I have some Gabapetin (not a large ammount) and, to help with wd, that's it really. Might try and get some lope.
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
No weed or benzos :(
Yep, I have video games. I'll try that.
Unfortunately, no meds, really. I have some Gabapetin (not a large ammount) and, to help with wd, that's it really. Might try and get some lope.
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No way to get weed or benzos at all? Fck thats rough. Cannabis makes opiate wd so much more bearable. A landrace indica like hindu kush would be ideal. Or nice indica hash from that region
 
I once saw a tongue in cheek top tip on BL .. take a shower then run to bed and try to fall asleep before the burn starts again.

I've actually done it too when you've broken the back of your WD and have been awake for days it actually works. Games / Films / A cold room and a warm room if you can arrange it are my go-tos. I'm not posh enough to have one but my friend swears by saunas.

If it gets really bad and you can't focus try focusing on breathing gently (not hyperventalating). It can get you through some of the worst times.

Anyway .. best of luck. Negative re-enforcement from withdrawal is the WORST!
 
paranoid android said:
No way to get weed or benzos at all? Fck thats rough. Cannabis makes opiate wd so much more bearable. A landrace indica like hindu kush would be ideal. Or nice indica hash from that region
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Sadly no. I would sell my grandparents (if they weren't all dead) for a single Xanax bar.
I'd rim Donald Trump for a single strip of Diazepam.

^Okay, I'm being hyperbolic, but you get the point.

I'm taking 2-3 times my normal dose of Gabapentin (it does help in a similar, but less effective way to benzos...like a low-dose of a light benzo, like 10-20mg Chlordiazazepoxide (Librium) maybe) and also I normally take 800mg/day (400mg 2 x day) of Sodium Valproate. It's not known how it works (for seizures) but it's theorized it works by indirectly increasing GABA in the brain, so I've been taking like 2400mg/day.

I just order 144 Loperamide pills on amazon and they'll arrive tomorrow. Gonna try to minimise my use of them, but they'll come in handy I think.

soughosageh;sog 35 hours down
 
kinkyjohn said:
I once saw a tongue in cheek top tip on BL .. take a shower then run to bed and try to fall asleep before the burn starts again.

I've actually done it too when you've broken the back of your WD and have been awake for days it actually works. Games / Films / A cold room and a warm room if you can arrange it are my go-tos. I'm not posh enough to have one but my friend swears by saunas.

If it gets really bad and you can't focus try focusing on breathing gently (not hyperventalating). It can get you through some of the worst times.

Anyway .. best of luck. Negative re-enforcement from withdrawal is the WORST!
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I HATE the heat part of withdrawal. I don't mind the cold flashes, really, because a hot drink and blanket help and it's kinda cozy, but the flashes of burning heat are awful. And I get the heat in WAVES that are accompanied by waves of intense anxiety.

Yeah, it sucks that withdrawal kinda reinforced relapse because it's such a torturous experience, you ended using again because it;s like "NOTHING is worth this". That's why I deliberately ran out of opioids on Saturday because I KNEW it would not be possible for me to get any until Friday morning, meaning I COULDN'T give up the withdrawal for at least 5 (and a half, actually, Sat night to Fri morning) and the first 5 days are by far the worst (IME) and you gradually start improving from day 6, so I'm hoping by the time I CAN access Morphine, I'll be past the worst of the withdrawal and that will be motivation enough for me to NOT pick up the prescription and even ask my doctor to cancel it as a repeat rx.
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
I HATE the heat part of withdrawal. I don't mind the cold flashes, really, because a hot drink and blanket help and it's kinda cozy, but the flashes of burning heat are awful. And I get the heat in WAVES that are accompanied by waves of intense anxiety.

Yeah, it sucks that withdrawal kinda reinforced relapse because it's such a torturous experience, you ended using again because it;s like "NOTHING is worth this". That's why I deliberately ran out of opioids on Saturday because I KNEW it would not be possible for me to get any until Friday morning, meaning I COULDN'T give up the withdrawal for at least 5 (and a half, actually, Sat night to Fri morning) and the first 5 days are by far the worst (IME) and you gradually start improving from day 6, so I'm hoping by the time I CAN access Morphine, I'll be past the worst of the withdrawal and that will be motivation enough for me to NOT pick up the prescription and even ask my doctor to cancel it as a repeat rx.
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Good luck .. but when you feel better is often the worst time for the cravings and the worst time to indulge. Being able to get at morphine on day 6 sounds like a BIG risk. If you can at least manage a week off "straight," after day 6 then you've climbed the hardest part of the never ending mountain of sobriety.

Not that I believe in sobriety, but it has it's place and it does work wonders for some people and I genuinely wish the best for all those trying for it.
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
Took my last pill around 11:30pm (Saturday) and it's now 12:25am Sunday so I'm only just starting day one (obviously no withdrawal yet). Semi-purposefully ran out as currently cannot access opioids other than by prescription [it would take too long to explain why) and my next script isn't due until Friday, so I've forced myself into at least 5 days of cold turkey, which should get me past the really horrific parts (generally, I think day 6 is when you start to improve a little).
Maybe the worst part of opioid withdrawal for me is that not only are you going through hell physically and mentally but time slows down to this absolutely fucking unbareable crawl.
Normally, I can be reading, or binging a show, or playing on my switch or whatever and 2 or 3 hours can pass and I barely notice, but in withdrawal I can TRY things like that, but when I feel like a long time has passed I'll check the clock and it's been like 6 minutes.

What do you guys do to keep "busy" or distracted so you aren't just lying in bed or sitting on the sofa and thinking about how shit you feel?


P.S. I MAY even have fucked up that last dose. I plugged it. Pooped first and then did like a mini-enema to make sure I was empty up there first. Then about 10 minutes after I'd plugged it, I felt the need to GO again. I started feeling better (I'd gone like 19 hours without before that pill) at the same time. I wait like 7 or 8 more minutes and feel mostly normal again, but then REALLY need to go and...yeah, a lot of diarrhoea.
I really hope that doesn't mean I shat some of the dose out. There was only like 17 mins between plugging and shitting, but I DID feel it kick in first and I feel okay. It was only 30mg Morphine (so like 60mg orally or 20mg IV) so I definitely wouldn't have gotten high, but I do feel most of the mild withdrawal I was in has gone.
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if you can get in a HOT shower take it right away, sit under the shower as hot as you can stand.
Good CBD loaded Hash & Pregabalin will do well but for the pregab you need a very low tolerance, when you are dopesick 600mg will fix you up quite well but you'll NOT Be 100%.


ChemicallyEnhanced said:
but the flashes of burning heat are awful. And I get the heat in WAVES that are accompanied by waves of intense anxiety.
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I can relate 100%, I go from freezing cold to the point where it feels like I am being boiled alive, the anxiety is constant too, my mind goes over all kinds of stuff & when it stops doing that all I think about is getting a £10 bag of Heroin.
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
What do you guys do to keep "busy" or distracted so you aren't just lying in bed or sitting on the sofa and thinking about how shit you feel?
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That is all a Junkie when sick can do, sorry to tell you this but it's the truth. You have NO WAY to escape the sickness, you can do anything in the world but it'll still jump on you in a second & smash you to pieces.

I have been where you are a million times, it's really bad & I can understand how you feel 100%
I hope you get well soon. The only escape from it is to score OR sit it out, sorry but that is the truth, NO Junkie can escape the backside of an opiate withdrawl, you pay back every single moment of pleasure in vomiting, shitting, unable to sleep, thinking of dumb stuff, time goes by SO SLOW which drives me mad, when you have only slept 7 hours in 4 days it starts to get to you.

I send you the best, I am being 100% legit I really feel for you as I KNOW from direct lived experience how bad it is.
 
shabih said:
Cold shower
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That's what I do, the goal is to do something in limited space which is hard to do, and cold shower is surely hard for the body but just a trick for mind, u will immediately feel better when u get back to bed.
 
shabih said:
Cold shower
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The time I was going into a HOT shower I got hit by some cold water, I was so dopesick my skin looked like it does on a chicken.
The cold water hit me on the head then ran down my body, it made me scream & I vomited & sprayed orange liquid shit out my backside at the same time.

That is what happened when I had a cold shower when dopesick.
 
Zopiclone bandit said:
The time I was going into a HOT shower I got hit by some cold water, I was so dopesick my skin looked like it does on a chicken.
The cold water hit me on the head then ran down my body, it made me scream & I vomited & sprayed orange liquid shit out my backside at the same time.

That is what happened when I had a cold shower when dopesick.
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Haha sorry to hear that, but to be honest cold turkey is not a good option
 
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