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What is the worst drug to have withdrawals from?

What is the worst drug to have withdrawals from?

  • Heroin

    Votes: 100 13.4%

  • Methadone

    Votes: 99 13.3%

  • Oxymorphone

    Votes: 27 3.6%

  • Tramadol

    Votes: 22 2.9%

  • Benzodiazepines

    Votes: 292 39.1%

  • GHB/GBL

    Votes: 20 2.7%

  • Alcohol

    Votes: 47 6.3%

  • Meth/Amphetamines

    Votes: 39 5.2%

  • Cocaine/Crack

    Votes: 13 1.7%

  • Ketamine

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • SSRI/SNRI/MAOI/TCA/TeCA antidepressants

    Votes: 21 2.8%

  • Other Opiates/Opioids

    Votes: 65 8.7%
  • Total voters
    746
All Benzos. Was prescribed 3 mg Klonopin and 1 mg Xanax for 2 years. Hoooooooooly Shit ! I went to a detox center to get this over with and they put me on Phenobarbital for 5 days and sent me home.

I remember talking to the Doc in his office at the clinic and listening to him say "The Benzos are now out of your system. There is no more physical withdrawal. It is all in your head. The withdrawal you experience now is all psychological, not physical. It is like the phantom-limb sensation." Bullllllllll Shittttttttttt ! Benzos seriously fuck up your gaba receptors. I would get a panic attack every time I had a cup of coffee for months after wd. All in my head my ass!!! Omg I had anxiety so bad I would get a panic attack just answering the fucking phone ! Forget about anything else. This went on for about 4 months. Pure hell. I never thought it would end. Benzos are just evil.

And I had no physical anxiety before taking klonopin, just temporary life related stress. I don't recommend taking benzos to anyone. They are shit. Doctors that "push" them are sadistic.
 
1. Benzos/Barbiturates (or any CNS depressant)
2. Ritalin
3. Heroin

From worst withdrawals to least worse, I'd say benzos/barbiturates were most terrible, then methylphenidate comedowns, and lastly, heroin. Fuck, going cold off of 20 alprazolam and a tiny amount of secobarbital was perhaps my worst drug experience EVER. The comedown from a methylphenidate binge is just as awful, but at least it only lasts 12 hours max (for me, anyway), or until I sleep it off. Heroin withdrawal is also an awful experience, but not as bad as I anticipated (and I've cold kicked dope 15+ times).
CNS depressant withdrawal is so goddamn awful for a variety of reasons, one being the duration. I only had a bad benzo habit for 7 months, and barbs were a rare treat, but it's been 2.5 months since I quit them, and I still have extreme anxiety, paranoia, and agoraphobia. It's not uncommon for these symptoms to last 6-12 months. Also, cold kicking CNS depressants can be deadly, with seizures and delirium tremens, etc. Although the normal physical withdrawal symptoms are present, the mindfuck is the most excruciating. Everything makes me severely anxious or have a panic attack, and if you had bad anxiety before going on benzos, it's SO much worse, even though I thought I'd already experienced the worst possible anxiety. It's almost impossible to keep from going crazy, and I feel like I'm imprisoned by my own mind. There are really no words to describe how awful this is, and how much I regret getting dependent on these.
Ritalin comedowns, while not withdrawal per se, are almost as awful as benzos, as they not only give you extreme anxiety, but severe dysphoria that can make one suicidal. Methylphenidate psychosis is absolutely horrible, and you just can't get comfortable or nothing interests you, and you're extremely depressed and irritable. Taking a benzo or having a drink is an incredible help, and basically reverses the comedown. These comedowns scare th shit out of me.
Heroin withdrawal was not nearly as horrifying as the former two. Compared to benzo withdrawal, heroin withdrawal is a fucking picnic. It's excruciating physically, but there's really not a lot of psychological symptoms (for me anyway, I know others may have a different experience). I'd describe going cold off of heroin as excruciating discomfort, I've experienced things that were more intensely painful than dopesick, but when you're rattling, it's more like every bodily system is going haywire at the same time, and nothing is functioning correctly, which gets extremely frustrating. Also, it's impossible to sleep through the pain, so you have to be conscious for basically all of it. The worst symptom is the muscle spasms in your arms and legs, and the skin crawling/hypersensitivity. However, with heroin WD's, you're hurting so bad that it's the only thing on your mind, you can't concentrate on your fears and insecurities like you do with benzo WD. I'm actually pretty happy during dope WD, in spite of the sickness.
 
i took xanax daily for about 2 or 3 months. i started off taking 4 mgs at once and worked up to taking 16mgs. i only did a short taper when i quit because i didn't think that i'd been taking xanax for long enough to go through withdrawals, even at high doses. how fucking wrong i was.

the w/d's were fucking terrible. i get severely depressed and suicidal. i knew that i did not want to die or kill myself and i knew that i wasn't going to, but i thought about dying and killing myself all the time. i cried almost every day. i would go for days without sleeping. my body and especially my hands were so shaky that it was almost comical. i do definitely get anxious about certain things, but no one's ever told me that i'm an anxious or nervous person. the anxiety from xanax w/d's is indescribable to someone who hasn't experienced it. one of my roommates would come home and my heart would pound and i'd start sweating and i was positive that they knew that i did too many drugs and that they were going to call the cops on me. whenever they'd make a phone call i'd try to listen in to make sure they weren't calling the cops. my knee dislocated when i was 13 and it still twists about once a year. if i'm watching a sports game or a movie and i see someone's knee get injured i get a pretty big twinge of anxiety, but nothing like anxiety during benzo w/d's. when i was out eating lunch with my mom and my aunt on day 4 of hainv no xanax an image of a dislocated knee came into my head and i could not get it out. i started moving my leg around and shifting positions pretty much uncontrollably because the idea of my knee twisting made me so uncomfortable and edgy that i couldn't sit still. nothing i told myself about how ridiculous i looked or how impossible it was for my knee to dislocate when i was sitting down made any difference. the anxiety totally overpowered my rational mind. my aunt and my mom are totally anti-drugs and they knew that i was fucked up on something. even that couldn't make me sit still and i can always maintain on any drug, aside from drinking too much booze. i couldn't drive because i was too afraid of getting into a car accident. i craved xanax so bad that i'd tear apart my room every day looking for stray pills, even though i knew i wouldn't find any. i don't know how i had the strength to not buy any more. the worst was when i'd think i was my normal self and then the depression and anxiety would hit me all over again and i started to be afraid that i would never go back to being normal. it was about a week and a half before i could control my behavior and act somewhat normally around other people, but the depression and anxiety lasted for a lot longer.

now if i ever take benzos for more than a few days in a row i make sure that i have neurontins around. they are fucking lifesavers! they totally take away the cravings and make the withdrawal symptoms almost non-existent. i've taken opiates (only tramadols and heroin) for more than a month a handful times and i've never gone through withdrawals. i swear it's because i've always started to take neurontins when i want to quit.
 
My worst withdrawals have been with quaaludes (yes, real ones) and opiates.

Opiate withdrawal probably made me feel more depressed, but quaalude withdrawal is a horrid monster as well. I actually vomited from those withdrawals, whereas I have never gotten nauseous from opiate wd.
 
methadone..the first three days r not 2bad the next ten o hell take me into your warm embrace
 
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I've lost count how many times I've suffered heroin withdrawals over the past 40 years which is seriously horrible. But back in the 70s I was taking about 30x10mg valium(blue ones) and df118s. To be honest, whenever I couldn't get any, the withdrawals were a nightmare. I was having fits which was like dying. It was like being on a perminant bad trip from acid. I shook so bad from head to toe. My nerves were shot to hell, I was in a 24 hour nightmare and all this went on for 6 months. Once the doctor gave me some 'epinutin' which blocked the fits and I stoped taking the valium, I put up with the other symptoms and after 6 months I was over it. It was worse than coming off H which I can do in about 6 weeks.
On the pills I also accidently overdosed and ended up in a coma and woke after two weeks on an artificial resporator because I was unable to breath by myself. I was so scared when I came round, I was like between life and death and I was looking down at my body pleading with god not to let me die. I was so desperate, I didn't wanna die. When I did come round I had wires and tubes coming out of every part of my body.
So I would say that benzo's are the worse to come off.(diazapam etc)
 
I agree Benzo's are worse.

StaySedated said:
heroin withdrawl is worse than oxy withdrawl imo. but not by much...

i've never done methadone but i can't see it being worse than heroin withdrawl. but thats just me and once again i've never tried methadone.
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I'm with you 100% on the pills. As for the Methadone, it's same as coming off H, just twice as intense and stays in the system far longer. I promise you mate, methadone w/d is worse than heroin w/d. ( i read one of your earlier posts).
 
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I took xanax 6mgs a day for 2-3 years and it was ruff coming off those... But for the last year or so iv been iv'g 160mg methadone thro a thingamijiggy that I rigged up from hospital iv lines and a large syring that you can get at a pharmacy. Well I quit cold turky from 160 mg and it's the worst thing I've ever gone thro in my life.. I really feel like just blowing my fucking head off to make it go away...so I'd have to say methadone is way worse to come off of at really high dose's then anything. And those of you that say you can't die from opiate wd.. Your wrong I've almost died from dehydrtion and I had a seazer..your can die from opiate wd.. At least methadone withdraw. Oh and if and when I make it throu this pure fucking hell I swear to god the wd's are gonna be enough to make me never touch that sick and evol drug again... EVER
 
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traybuck said:
I took xanax 6mgs a day for 2-3 years and it was ruff coming off those... But for the last year or so iv been iv'g 160mg methadone thro a thingamijiggy that I rigged up from hospital iv lines and a large syring that you can get at a pharmacy. Well I quit cold turky from 160 mg and it's the worst thing I've ever gone thro in my life.. I really feel like just blowing my fucking head off to make it go away...so I'd have to say methadone is way worse to come off of at really high dose's then anything. And those of you that say you can't die from opiate wd.. Your wrong I've almost died from dehydrtion and I had a seazer..your can die from opiate wd.. At least methadone withdraw.
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Why in the world are you shooting up Methadone? That is stupid, it already has a oral bioavailability over 80% and IV'ing Methadone doesn't give a rush. Just take it orally. Its just as effective.

But yes, Methadone is a horrible drug to withdrawal from. For two weeks I never left the bed with exception of the toilet which I'd have to spend unclogging from all the puke and shit. I wanted to blow my fucking head off it was terrible. All the classic heroin withdrawals enhanced with a much longer duration.
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
Why in the world are you shooting up Methadone? That is stupid, it already has a oral bioavailability over 80% and IV'ing Methadone doesn't give a rush. Just take it orally. Its just as effective.

But yes, Methadone is a horrible drug to withdrawal from. For two weeks I never left the bed with exception of the toilet which I'd have to spend unclogging from all the puke and shit. I wanted to blow my fucking head off it was terrible. All the classic heroin withdrawals enhanced with a much longer duration.
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It is stupid that's forsure.. But I've argued this with to many ppl so I'm gonna just say my part and be done.. When 160mgs of done get slamed in you in under 1 min THERE IS A RUSH that's what I've been chasing. And noo it's horrable for you witch is why I'm on day 10 of wd's tryin to stop. No drug is good for you so I'm sick of ppl sayn how bad shit I've been doing is when we are all doing drugs that are bad for us..
 
traybuck said:
It is stupid that's forsure.. But I've argued this with to many ppl so I'm gonna just say my part and be done..
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Argued what? You just admitted it's stupid; and you can't die no matter how bad opioid withdrawals are. GABAgerics CAN kill you.

If you think that dehydration is going to kill you from opioids your too stupid for not being well hydrated, and they don't screw with what you'd call your seazer [sic] threshold. :)
 
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Argued what? You just admitted it's stupid; and you can't die no matter how bad opioid withdrawals are. GABAgerics CAN kill you.

If you think that dehydration is going to kill you from opioids your too stupid for not being well hydrated, and they don't screw with what you'd call your seazer [sic] threshold. :)
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I was talking about the rush you fuckin dick.. Ppl HAVE died from methadone withdrawl in jails from cold turkey...Do some fucking researce..thats why thay give it to you in there..
 
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