Heroin Why does it feel like I am withdrawing after only a bundle in a 48 hour span?

[MikeySpikes]

I have not done any drugs or drank in a month and a half, I am planning on shooting dope this week. here is the problem!

I have been addicted on and off to IV heroin for a few years, I feel like even after a few bags I wake up sick the next day as if I was on a run for 14 days? It seems to me that ever since I was diagnosed with chemical dependency and other pretty words for a junkie in rehab, every time I decide to use, which is aproximitaly once every 1-2 months for a span of a bundle ( 10 Bags of NY Heroin) it seems to me I am in withdrawle?
I know A.A. calls it the phenomonen of craving but here is my back round, I have been an IV user for 5 years now. Probley out of the last 4 years though I have maybe used 1 year out of the past years if you added up all the days high rather than clean and sober.
Is it that the brain goes back to the state of which I was addicted to the substance and it was yearning for more?? Another reason I ask is how can I avoid this without tottaly not doing dope, my guilty pleasure.
I will be shooting up this week, I just would rather not go off the deep end. INSANTIY RIGHT?

 

[Ksa]

Because you are withdrawing, you used for 48 hours and now you no longer use. Lol.

 

[Corazon]

you shot up 10 bags in 2 days.

I have not done any drugs or drank in a month and a half, I am planning on shooting dope this week. here is the problem!

I have been addicted on and off to IV heroin for a few years, I feel like even after a few bags I wake up sick the next day as if I was on a run for 14 days? It seems to me that ever since I was diagnosed with chemical dependency and other pretty words for a junkie in rehab, every time I decide to use, which is aproximitaly once every 1-2 months for a span of a bundle ( 10 Bags of NY Heroin) it seems to me I am in withdrawle?
I know A.A. calls it the phenomonen of craving but here is my back round, I have been an IV user for 5 years now. Probley out of the last 4 years though I have maybe used 1 year out of the past years if you added up all the days high rather than clean and sober.
Is it that the brain goes back to the state of which I was addicted to the substance and it was yearning for more?? Another reason I ask is how can I avoid this without tottaly not doing dope, my guilty pleasure.
I will be shooting up this week, I just would rather not go off the deep end. INSANTIY RIGHT?

 

[Mr.Scagnattie]

For people who have been addicted in the past and gone through multiple psychical dependencies, it doesn't take long to get re-addicted. 2-3 days of using in a row is plenty of time for a lot of people to pick up another habit and end up with withdrawal symptoms. They will be mild however, unless you keep using.

 

[Tryptamite]

The members above me all said it. I think once you develop your first habit you change your brain chemistry somehow. Then even after months of being clean it doesn't take long to get re addicted. It's like your brain remembers exactly the state of dependence it used to be in and after you use it expects to get more.

Ime 48 hours would have me WDing slightly. The longer I go without the better it seems to get. But I still wouldn't chance more than 24 hours and not more than once in two weeks.

 

[NavtheSav]

switch to smoking, i know it's a huge waste, but it will lessen the psychological impact of the needle each time you use and can control dosage easy.

 

[BlueHues]

Yeah, 3 days and you're screwed and I wouldn't even call it mild! but, I never really had a chance to find out cuz if I use for 3 days and get sick on day 4 Ima keep goin for awhile anyways!

 

[served00]

Receptor downregulation

 

[itsALLfake]

receptor downregulation

boom

 

[Corazon]

unless i'm totally remembering wrong, or dope has been cut to shit...

ny heroin , if you haven't been using, ... like sniffing a half bag would get u nice right?
sniffing 5 bags in a day would be heavy usage, you'd be nodding all day , and have to vomit

shooting up is more potent, 10 bags in 2 days qualifies as pretty heavy usage. That has to be taken into account.

if u sniffed like a bag a day over the weekend, you'd probably just be feeling a little crappy n wishing you had more dope on monday morning while simultaneously making sales and moving up the corporate ladder IIRC

 

[Zerrr]

I have the same problem. I got 30 days clean one time then used 0.3 and had mild withdrawal for 3 days, followed by insomnia up until day 7. Ive talked to people in detox about this and we all basically get 'insta-sick' regardless of how long its been since the last use. I have a feeling (speculating) it may take 6+ months to get back to the way it was prior to your first physical dependency. Ive never made it past 60 days so I wouldnt know.

 

[BlueberryfishY]

Prolly because you are withdrawling after 48 hours from using a BUNDLE

 

[Deadhead420]

I had the same problem... quickly developing withdrawals again with only a short period of use. It takes your body some serious clean time before your tolerance resets and you can really chip again... I took a year off opiates and that did the trick for me. However, I still had mild withdrawals when I shot a gram of BTH over a week's time.

How can you avoid this in the future? Take at least 6 months to a year off opiates all together would be your best option. Failing that... don't use so damn much. 10 bags in 48 hours means you still have a fairly high tolerance. If you still wanna get high it's gotta be like... do one shot and that's it until next weekend. If you're gonna buy a whole bundle and then just binge on it then yea you're gonna have withdrawals... even someone who's never been addicted before would get withdrawals after like a week max using at that rate.