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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
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the spike in BP is the worst for me since it spurs anxiety, RLS and all those nasty PNS symptoms. runny nose, yawns, tremors ect...that throbbing feeling and not being able to get comfortable was always the worst part for me.
 
How Much of Dopesickness is in your HEAD??? Thoughts???

When your going through DTs how much of it do you think is actually in your head? I have an interesting tool for going through DTs that involves trying to convince myself that I'm actually just terribly ill from a bug I've caught. Just like I have a really bad flu and there's nothing I could do about it but weather it. I find taking this approach to DTs has helped me very much in the past. This suggests that a percentage of "dopesickness" is controllable through mental practice.

Thoughts? %)
 
Are you talking about DTs (delirium tremens, caused by alcohol withdrawal), or dope sickness (opiate withdrawal)?
 
Well thank god I broke my oxy habit about a year ago. But when I would go into w/ds, I used to same tactic as the OP. I just told myself I was sick with a bad case of the flu. Didn't always work, but sometimes it would relieve me of some bs. But yea, the success of this tactic (in my opinion) is directly related to the daily dosage and frequency of use.

For example, if I was using 40mg of oxy per day for about 2 weeks straight, the flu tactic will work. However, the times where I was going a lot heavier - 160mg/day for 2 weeks, it didn't work so well. The negative effects were too overwhelming to mentally convince myself I had the flu.
 
I'm talkin' about dopesickness. Sorry, I use DTs were specific to alcohol. I just thought it meant detoxification symptoms. I figured it was a universal term. Thanks for the clarification though!
 
Word. I think that a lot of it is in your head. I know a guy that doesn't know about withdrawals, since he's older and just started using a lot of pain killers within the last couple of years. He will run out early, and it doesn't seem to bother him. He just thinks that he is uncomfortable due to the pain in his leg. He definitely does a large enough amount to be withdrawing from when he has to go a week without them.

I would say the same thing with me. When I had no idea about it, I just thought I was feeling shitty for a few day. Once I was around other people that were talking about it, then I put the pieces together. I think it feels worse when you know the cure (more opiates), and just can't get it.
 
I would say almost all of it is in your head. The physical symptoms are real, but they are magnified by the cravings.

People come out of the hospital after major surgeries, and take large doses of painkillers for months, and they get sick when they stop. But since they do not relate this sickness to the cessation of their opiates, it is not nearly as devastating for them as it would be for somebody coming off of a recreational habit.


Also, for oral and nasal users out there, wouldn't you say you feel better as soon as you swallow your pill? You know it is going to take 40 minutes to kick in, but as soon as you swallow that oxy you feel better. At least that is how it is in my experience.
 
I think that physical symptoms are very real but anxiety and such is def more mental and before i really knew about withdrawal the anxiety wasnt there or wasnt as noticeable. But as soon as i get a line its allllll gravyy.
 
Hmm, when I get out of bed after 8 hours in the morning, I DEFINITELY do not think the last 8 hours of sweating, turning, being cold as Fuck with 6 blankets, kicking, etc....was all in my head.
I say NONE of it is in our heads.
 
I'd say a good 25% of it is mental. I always found that actually DOING something while in w/ds made life a little easier. I would always try to go to work if I was sick or at least go for a bike ride or something because nothing is worse than just sitting around all day thinking about how fucking sick you are and how you have no money and you can't get anything and blah blah blah blah blah.

take your mind off your situation and the situation gets better
 
I don't think it is as much mental as some are saying... When tapering bupe, I would be able to feel exactly how long it was since my last dose just by how strong my symptoms were. Sometimes I would forget to dose and sure enough, a few hours later I would get an ugly reminder.

I agree that if you didn't realize that the bad feeling was caused by withdrawal, you could attribute it to other things, but you're still feeling the pain regardless.

Activity while in w/d provides some relief, sure, but I'd attribute this to physical changes caused by activity. Similar relief comes from things like hot showers.
 
Pegasus said:
I don't think it is as much mental as some are saying... When tapering bupe, I would be able to feel exactly how long it was since my last dose just by how strong my symptoms were. Sometimes I would forget to dose and sure enough, a few hours later I would get an ugly reminder.

I agree that if you didn't realize that the bad feeling was caused by withdrawal, you could attribute it to other things, but you're still feeling the pain regardless.

Activity while in w/d provides some relief, sure, but I'd attribute this to physical changes caused by activity. Similar relief comes from things like hot showers.
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I agree, but feel like you can go longer if it slips your mind. I'm tapering off of benzos, and I usually take a valium around 11am, which is usually when I begin to feel anxious, and shaky. If I'm busy any completely forget, then I can usually go another 5 hours or so without it.
 
I definately agree that if you keep busy it helps tremendously. I've also noticed that watching movies helps me through it. I think the most important thing is to try to keep busy while in W/D, try and keep your mind off of it. Which is very hard.
 
i think that some of the worst parts are in your head.

its definitely horrible physically for sure but i seem to torment myself mentally on top of it.

weed benzos and movies with hopefully a long hot shower seems to help.
 
moving this to the dopesick thread. Do a search before you post a thread next time, we already have a "dope sick mega thread for all dopesickness discussion" :)
 
Apart from all the symptoms already mentioned in the other posts, I always hate having to walk around in the sunshine wearing a long sleeve jacket and jumper to combat my withdrawal chills while everyone else is walking around in shorts and t-shirts and looking at me like I must be care in the community patient.
 
Used to be a cook at a family restaurant. On my broke days, I'd be laying on the kitchen floor curled up in a ball! W.D.'s SUUUUCK!!! Keep on pushin Oppyandme
 
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