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Lpisajunkie

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Hello all,
im a first time poster, long time reader. Long time. Anyway to make it short I've been an opiate addict for the better part of ten years. My doc is heroin. I had a lot of clean time recently, relapsed after a surgery, went on subs for 5 months. Tapered and detoxed from that, moved back home and relapsed on H. It's been about 3-4 months of pretty much daily IV Use. .2-.8 a day depending on money etc. anyway. I did my last shot 25 hours ago. I have 4mgs suboxone. A couple benzos. Like 2 300 mg gabapentin and come other Otc meds and blood pressure meds. We will be here in humid as fuck Florida for a week. Just got here today. I've taken 1.5 mg of subs and .5 mg Ativan so far. I'm ok. Mostly mentally miserable. I guess I'm just looking for some sound advice about how to go about doing this. I want to be done bad. It's been long enough. I figured coming here would distract me, but I don't want to be sick and ruin my family's vacation. Any advice or words of encouragement would be most excellent. Thanks.
 
Greetings!! ^^
Glad to hear you are working on quitting opiates. I'm in the same boat, the Opi Boat! lol

I suggest checking out The Dark Side if you would like advice on coping with WDs or something to keep your mind distracted.
Or maybe try reading through this thread it is very good as well.

My best advice personally would be to keep your mind occupied at all times, and drink lots of water. Especially if you are in Florida and it is so humid. You will make it through, and remember, the worst part is only the first 3-5 days, after that it should be significantly easier physically.
I find that the mental part is the hardest though, that's why I mentioned keeping the brain occupied as often as possible. Try to keep talking to people, even if you don't feel sociable. Just enjoy the vacation as much as you can and stay positive!! ^^
I believe in you! :)
 
Welcome to Bluelight, LpisaJunkie <3

As Papaverium said above, The Dark Side (TDS) may help you in terms of addiction help n detox also Other Drugs is a good sub-forum for helping posters with information on detoxing off opiates.

I'm sorry I can't be of further help but I sincerely wish you the best on Bluelight :)

Evey
 
Dude I'm leaving my last college class right now and have 4-5 days open to kick I'm in your situation. How much more benzos you got just like 4 mg Ativan? And just 4 mg sub? I'll be here to reply I'm gonna be dying too
 
About 4 mg total. So like 2 mg left. I wish I had more but I'm 23 hours from home. Probably a good thing. I'm feeling like shit but staying distracted helps a lot right now. I have metropolol which is a blood pressure med. not ideal like clonodine. But it helps a lot during the day. The first 4 days are awful for me usually. Hang in there. If you have 5 days to kick in comfort somewhere take advantage of it. But at the same time I think because I've been out on my feet sweating my ass off all day it's helped. Night time is the worst of course. But I have to keep going. Stay strong. I'll reply when I can.
 
Dude u might wanna pick up some immodium, it'll help u get through ur vacation when ur last sub dose wears off. Can't remember the generic name ATM I'm drawing a blank for obvious reasons lol. Can't believe I can't remember it lol. Anyway I guess it's like an opiate and get the trick done. I usually wouldn't mention it cause IMO cold turkey is the best way to just get it over with but many people here swear by it and have used it to help them kick successfully. Good luck I hope this helps!
Edit- loperamide! That's it!!!
 
I should have mentioned I also do have some loperamide. It has helped me a bit in the past when wding. Thanks for the advice!! And invisible helper thank you. I'm trying. I'm also a chick. ;). Hope you are doing ok. Today's been rough for me. I'm still up now at 2 after a super long hot day. Hoping to get a bit of sleep soon.
 
Lpisajunkie said:
Hello all,
im a first time poster, long time reader. Long time. Anyway to make it short I've been an opiate addict for the better part of ten years. My doc is heroin. I had a lot of clean time recently, relapsed after a surgery, went on subs for 5 months. Tapered and detoxed from that, moved back home and relapsed on H. It's been about 3-4 months of pretty much daily IV Use. .2-.8 a day depending on money etc. anyway. I did my last shot 25 hours ago. I have 4mgs suboxone. A couple benzos. Like 2 300 mg gabapentin and come other Otc meds and blood pressure meds. We will be here in humid as fuck Florida for a week. Just got here today. I've taken 1.5 mg of subs and .5 mg Ativan so far. I'm ok. Mostly mentally miserable. I guess I'm just looking for some sound advice about how to go about doing this. I want to be done bad. It's been long enough. I figured coming here would distract me, but I don't want to be sick and ruin my family's vacation. Any advice or words of encouragement would be most excellent. Thanks.
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I'm going to send you a private message. Should come through by the top of the hour.
 
Damn i feel for you man. Been there many times. I would say try your best to stay hydrated and eat when you can. Sunlight is good as well to get that vitamin D your body is probably craving, though every inch of you wants to just stay in bed and suffer like hell.
As for the benzos what kind do you have, they will definetly come in handy. Try to stretch the subs out as long as you can, and hopefully it will help you as it is a damn strong opio. Stay strong man.
 
I think you need to try to taper your remaining dose as much as possible in gradual intervals. Consider mentioning to family you aren't feeling well to buy some extra sluggish mistakes or give you the benefit when looking sucky in public or making various faux pas.

Imodium will help tremendously. Hydrate, consider swimming, hot tub, or some exercise later on. I would TRY really hard to break one of the sub .5 doses into a .5 and .25 after 24 hours assuming you can bare it. I couldn't, but if you can you'll feel better later.

Gabapentin can be helpful too. I would personally take them today to help sleep or get through an evening. metoprolol is good for anxiety.
I hope you he feel better..

Good luck,


I would break the sub up into 0.5g increments and take one every 24 hours for four days, but that's personally. I would do your best to show willpower with the doses and try to be in as much comfort while recuperating as possible and hopefully you can turn the trip into a positive vacation. It could get an amazing time to start fresh or new.

It can be a good thing, but obviously very hard. I commend you. Good luck
 
Thanks for the responses. I have been tapering my last dose. I have 2 .25 ish pieces left. Loperamide. And some more Ativan. My family also actually knows detoxing. Although their sympathy is slim they know why I'm a sweaty agitated mess all day. It's nice having people to communicate with on here while I'm going through this. At 4 pm today it's been 4 days since my last shot.
 
Welcome:)! For starters I kind of find it funny that many called you "man" or "dude" here when you are most likely in Florida wearing your BIKINI sweating your butt off and not your b*lls!! I mean this as a joke, everyone:). Truly:). Maybe laughter has been my best "medicine" for the last several days because I too am in the same "boat":(.

Distraction though? I REALLY feel that is a primary key for SURE!!! I sat around "moping" for the last several days with 4, 10 mgs of methadone (coming from a 100-150" mg per day oxycodone addiction). I feel (personally) that when it comes to wds no one can give perfect advise because everyone's wds are different. Many say: "suck it up. It's like 3-5 days of the flu" yet that's not the case for some. For those that it is? I SO MUCH wish I was you. On a good note though, yesterday I forced myself to do things and kept thinking I'd die for sure yet here I still am:). I even somehow watched funny TV shows and actually laughed:)!! Something I had thought impossible!!

The biggest advise I would give you is the same as everyone else's and TRY, TRY, TRY to (whenever you feel anxiety ridden) just lay back, and listen to and watch the waves:). I KNOW it must be SO hard (especially with family around) but just hang in there:). Keep talking to others:). And know that YOU WILL BE OK:). Much love from; "another bikini wearing woman":)
 
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