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[Bare_head]

96 Xanax, 56 Lyrica, 28 Cymbalta.

nice only ever had xanax once and 0.5 did ko me, that was before any tolerance though :/

dont really get it scripted in the UK do we?

How does pregab compare too benzos? what kind of feeling do u get, how does ur gf use them btw? i hear they have a real short half life and have to be taken every 4 hours or so ? is this true? dosage wise for stabling mood? dosage wise for recreation?

 

[lurching]

Sorry to bike in like this, but Lyrica dosage for mood is actually only 50-75mg for me, every 6-8 hours

 

[mydrugbuddy]

Horses for courses, bupe has always been one of my fave opies since I first tried it. Probably third on the list with heroin and oxy above it. And you're just plain wrong on there not being a recreational dose after being on it a couple weeks or more. Is very recreational at all times for me...

Thats what i felt, some people are much better at making their points/cases than me. I am nowhere near as experienced with opiates as you 3 and Sam was kind of 'on one' that day so i had to back down. There are loads of people in the Other Drugs forum also agreeing that Bupe is recreational.

However i am having to go through a change of attitude towards it, as i wish to get off daily opiates, much as i enjoyed bupe. Im still quite conflicted in my attitude towards it. I have still had very bad dips in mood even whilst taking as much bupe as i wanted, so that gives me something to reflect on.

My main motivation to quit is financial tbh. I cannot sustain a black market bupe habit on £71 per week JSA. My need to not financially ruin my life is greater than my need to take Bupe.

I guess Im very fortunate that i found it easy to cut down to 1.5mg. Ive been on 1mg for a few days now though, and am beginning to struggle with that.

I dont know what to make of this thread re the competitive angle. Is it a kind of macho thing, like saying "i can drink 15 pints of beer" and still stand up straight or something, i dunno. I guess it boils down to whether the person is comfortable with what they are doing, and whether they feel in control or not.

 

[Bare_head]

Sorry to bike in like this, but Lyrica dosage for mood is actually only 50-75mg for me, every 6-8 hours

and recreationally? i have heard people saying 600mg/1200mg

 

[mydrugbuddy]

and recreationally? i have heard people saying 600mg/1200mg

Ive never taken more than 400mg, and that felt very creepy, almost like a bad trip. I dont like to go above 2 x 75mg pills per day as a creepy head space opens up IME. One 75mg is a definate mood lift, and seems to help quite a lot with opi withdrawals in combination with benzos.

 

[Sammy G]

And you're just plain wrong on there not being a recreational dose after being on it a couple weeks or more. Is very recreational at all times for me...

Really?

A merry-go-round after a heavy meal would've been more recreational for me after the honeymoon period ended, but it appears your mileage does indeed vary somewhat.

In any case, I think it's probably best not to espouse your continuing fondness for bupe in light of MDB's current situation, like...

 

[monstanoodle]

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Codeine Phosphate 30mg - 105 tabs (5 tabs 3 x daily)

Amitriptyline 50mg - 21 tabs (3 or 4 a few hours before sleep)

Diazepam 2mg - 84 tabs (4 tabs 3 x daily)

Temazepam 20mg - 10 tabs (1 or 2 before sleep)

Gabapentin 300mg - 21 tabs (1 tabs 3 x daily)

 

[Acid4Blood]

dont really get it scripted in the UK do we?

Dunno bout the UK but here in Ireland it is quite common to get perscribed 0.25mg xanax for anxiety. 0.5mg for more severe cases. I've never seen 1mg tablets perscribed here before.

How does pregab compare too benzos?

Similar headspace to benzos but physically it resembles high dose ethanol! (Balance very affected, numbness of skin, very drowsy etc.)

what kind of feeling do u get, how does ur gf use them btw?

Best way I can think to describe it is a drunk benzo feeling with added euphoria! My gf uses them for nerve pain - 150mg taken 4 times a day.

i hear they have a real short half life and have to be taken every 4 hours or so ? is this true?

Half life is around 6.5 hours. Pregabalin does seem to have a very long come-up time. However it is highly water soluble so whenever my gf gets a bad episode of nerve pain I open 2 capsules & empty the pregabalin powder into a glass of warm water. When she drinks this it kicks in faster than if she just ate the capsules.

dosage wise for stabling mood? dosage wise for recreation?

As lurch sez, for mood... 75mg. For recreation.... 300mg+. (IMO)

 

[brimz]

Is That a months script MR A4B ?

N you Mr Noodle The Temazepam is that 10 a week or what ?

I take it the 105 codeine is a months worth yeah .

With me The Oxy is weekly \as is the Moggy Juice but the methadone is daily n so are the diazepam but that will change back to weekly soon .

If i wanted to do it by the month it sounds far more impressive !

112 10mg oxynorm

840 ml Of Moggy Juice

84 10mg Diazepam

1568 ml Of methadone .

That's 28days actually not a calender month

 

[Acid4Blood]

Is That a months script MR A4B ?

My girlfriend's monthly script is 112 Lyrica (150mg) & 30 Cymbalta (60mg) for her diabetic nerve pain/fibromyalgia.

The xanax were scripted to the guy I bought them off!

 

[brimz]

That's cheating

 

[monstanoodle]

N you Mr Noodle The Temazepam is that 10 a week or what ?

I take it the 105 codeine is a months worth yeah .

All of those meds are a week's worth.
And as for the Codeine, 105 ÷ 7 = 15: 5 tabs 3 x a day.

 

[brimz]

I geddit . so that's 210mg of Codeine a day yeah ?

Once i was at a Surgery that wouldn't prescribe Methadone but instead they gave DF118s . They said that a 30mg DF is = to 3 mls of done . I was getting 12 a day , pretty shite tbh but they did have my benzo's covered at 60mg of diaz n 40mg of Temazepam a day .

I rarely used the DFs they didn't touch the sides with my habit .

 

[mydrugbuddy]

im sick of feeling sick and grotty, with these bupe reductions. Its gonna be such a long haul, i think im about 5 days into the new lowered dose of 1mg and there is still not an even the slightest inkling that my body is beginning to adjust.

Im taking a few days break from the modafinil. Just taken my first Wellbutrin/Bupropiyon extended release pill. Reports say it goes very well with Mirtazapine. From what I have gathered it doesnt seem to be like a typical anti depressant in that you have to wait weeks for it to take effect and im looking forward to see what effect it has.

 

[monstanoodle]

I geddit . so that's 210mg of Codeine a day yeah ?

Once i was at a Surgery that wouldn't prescribe Methadone but instead they gave DF118s . They said that a 30mg DF is = to 3 mls of done . I was getting 12 a day , pretty shite tbh but they did have my benzo's covered at 60mg of diaz n 40mg of Temazepam a day .

I rarely used the DFs they didn't touch the sides with my habit .

Aye correct
Getting DHC instead of Methadone is becoming more common if an Opiate user / addict goes and sees their local GP. Either that or they'll just refer you to the nearest clinic. But - In my experience - It cost a lot of money to travel to the clinic every week and Codeine + Benzos has worked better than Subs did. And I didn't even want to shake hands flimsily with Mr. Green 8(
That said though, Methadone has a proper long Half-Life so your more likely to feel better for the whole day - With DHC you'll have to get it prescribed 3 or 4 times a day.
And it doesn't sound like it's helped you much at all.

My left lumbar back has been extremely painful for 2 days and I've noticed that that side is perturbing more than the other, so I think I've got a swollen muscle and I'm going to resort to taking Temazepam and some Gabapentin as a Muscle relaxant today because I don't want to run out of Diaz and I'll find another way of help with sleep.

im sick of feeling sick and grotty, with these bupe reductions. Its gonna be such a long haul, i think im about 5 days into the new lowered dose of 1mg and there is still not an even the slightest inkling that my body is beginning to adjust.

Im taking a few days break from the modafinil. Just taken my first Wellbutrin/Bupropiyon extended release pill. Reports say it goes very well with Mirtazapine. From what I have gathered it doesnt seem to be like a typical anti depressant in that you have to wait weeks for it to take effect and im looking forward to see what effect it has.

My GP and I once tried Bupropion as an Anti-Dep because of it being an NDRI - Thinking the Dopamine aspect would help me out a lot, but in I didn't have a good reaction from it myself - Really tense, RLS type feelings, restless in mind also and lots of other nasty shit - So I switched back to Amitriptyline.

But I really hope it helps you out drugbuddy And hang in there with the tapering - And if you feel like it's happening too fast, then tell them and have a break from tapering and just stay at that dose for as long as you feel the need to before starting the tapering again!

 

[mydrugbuddy]

Im not sure what to make of it so far, i feel a bit over stimulated and on edge, maybe half a pill would be better. It has helped to almost totally over ride the grotty feeling of bupe withdrawals though. Im in control of my own taper as getting it off the black market. Thanks for the support though, im gonna stick to 1mg until i feel ok on it. There is no going back up from here, it would just undo what ive been through the last 5 days or so. Sooner or later it must happen. Ive got just about the right amount of bupe to complete a taper if i can reduce at weekly intervals, if its gonna take longer than that im gonna have to buy more. I dont want to have to do that, but im not gonna reduce further when im not even comfortable on the current dose either. The worst thing is that its all totally self inflicted and i feel like such an idiot for getting myself into this mess in the first place.

 

[curious_24]

You're doing really well and you're evidently in the right frame of mind. You'll get there!!

 

[monstanoodle]

^ Absolutely, curious - drugbuddy you're in the right mindset and doing brilliantly
And sorry, I didn't know you were getting yer Subbies from the dark side of the colour spectrum ( ) but that just shows your determination doesn't it

Would having to buy more not being a good idea due to cash issues, or that having more would have your mind playing the addict role and make you want to take more?
It's grand that the Bupropion is helping you with the WD nasties! So yeah, even if it is making you feel a bit over-stimulated, within a couple of weeks your brain and body will simmer down and you'll just get the positive effects from it %)
It's also interesting to hear about Bupropion helping with Opioid cravings as well as Nicotine! It would be worth the evil overlords of GlaxoSmithKline doing a study into it's potential aid for other addictive drugs and their users to see if it helps.

 

[mydrugbuddy]

bit of both about the buying more bupe moonstanoodle. Those are the 2 reasons i dont want to get any more of it.

ive had to take immodium today due to a stomach upset. Ive read about people mentioning how that can prevent bupe being 'wasted' on relatively useless opiate receptors like the ones in your guts as the immodium is doing that job, so you get more out of the bupe. I actually feel totally fine today after the wellbutrin and immodium for the first time since lowering my dose to 1 mg about 4 days ago i think.

Im not sure which of these has had the greater effect, so the next thing is to isolate which substance is of most benefit. If it turns out that just a couple of immodium pills makes getting off bupe this dramatically easier then fuck it im gonna cheat, get off the bupe, and then deal with getting off the immodium. Its about 50 times cheaper, easily and legally available. Must be the weakest of opiates but perhaps its just enough to help prevent the relatively mild grotty feelings im going through. Im not gonna be taking 80 immodium pills like ive heard of some people doing and claiming they get high off it, even i think thats nuts.

I think its kind of 'cheating' a bit, but if using other drugs makes it easier to get off a difficult to get off drug im gonna do it. It cant be that hard to stop taking 150mg of immodium, if i find out thats really waht helped. I think it was more likely the mild stimulant action of the wellbutrin.

The bupropion is not so much helping with the cravings, i dont crave it, i want out. It seems it may help with the wd symptoms. Not trying to be pedantic but there is a difference.

Thank you also for the encouragement.

 

[lurching]

Hey MDB if you say you're feeling "grotty" from the bupe WD, what do you mean exactly, shaking/puking, cold sweat, the shits and unable to look at bright lights? Or more of a lighter flu/depression kind of thing? I'm asking because you may be able to taper down even quicker than you are doing now, which may be a good thing if you want off ASAP instead of dragging it out.