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Trigger Warning Withdrawing Big Time

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speederman66

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Hello all,
I'm in a tricky spot right now. Finally am being forced to bite the bullet and withdraw cold turkey from all the shit I've been taking. It's fucking miserable as one could assume. I'm doing 3mg of guanfacine when I can. So far I'm on day two. I have an appointment to try and get on bupe somehow on the 22nd, so eleven days out. I have spotty health insurance so it's a long wait. Any tips? I still have to make it to work and to take care of people.

The worst of it right now is that nothing feels worth it anymore. I know once the main withdrawal subsides that I'm going to have panic attacks that won't go away for months. The depression coming off this stuff is fucking brutal. Nothing feels like it's worth trying for. Feeling totally stuck and alone.
 
speederman66 said:
Hello all,
I'm in a tricky spot right now. Finally am being forced to bite the bullet and withdraw cold turkey from all the shit I've been taking. It's fucking miserable as one could assume. I'm doing 3mg of guanfacine when I can. So far I'm on day two. I have an appointment to try and get on bupe somehow on the 22nd, so eleven days out. I have spotty health insurance so it's a long wait. Any tips? I still have to make it to work and to take care of people.

The worst of it right now is that nothing feels worth it anymore. I know once the main withdrawal subsides that I'm going to have panic attacks that won't go away for months. The depression coming off this stuff is fucking brutal. Nothing feels like it's worth trying for. Feeling totally stuck and alone.
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Hey how's it going (doesn't sound like good, but sounds Hopeful for the future which is important to hold on to) - im interested to know how your Kratom experience was in Sept, did you end up trying it?
 
I did try it, I used powder and then went up to 7oh tablets pretty quickly. Lately my DOC has been the tabs and my oxy and fentanyl.

Right now I feel a little better. Still very sick but trying to hold out until the appointment. Finally slept a couple hours and just woke up. I appreciate the reply and being checked on 😓
streaM Freak said:
Hey how's it going (doesn't sound like good, but sounds Hopeful for the future which is important to hold on to) - im interested to know how your Kratom experience was in Sept, did you end up trying it?
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Yeah for sure don't understand estimate sleep and I know it's difficult to feel like it's worth doing anything but if you have the choice of say a banana or a cookie, definitely go the banana things like that you know?

Do you get along with the people at work?
 
Thank you ☹️ it's reassuring when it's put in a simple way like that

I have a small group that I stick with at work who I like but we don't hang out
streaM Freak said:
Yeah for sure don't understand estimate sleep and I know it's difficult to feel like it's worth doing anything but if you have the choice of say a banana or a cookie, definitely go the banana things like that you know?

Do you get along with the people at work?
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speederman66 said:
Thank you ☹️ it's reassuring when it's put in a simple way like that

I have a small group that I stick with at work who I like but we don't hang out
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Yeah lots of people keep work and home life separate.

Well the 22nd is in two Thursdays, maybe would feel less like waiting if you had some things to look forward to between now and then. Doesn't matter if they're selfish things either like calling out sick to just chill - I knew teachers who would call out for really no good reason so going through withdrawals is absolutely valid
 
streaM Freak said:
Yeah lots of people keep work and home life separate.

Well the 22nd is in two Thursdays, maybe would feel less like waiting if you had some things to look forward to between now and then. Doesn't matter if they're selfish things either like calling out sick to just chill - I knew teachers who would call out for really no good reason so going through withdrawals is absolutely valid
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That's a good idea, I honestly hadn't even thought about packing the time in, and I bet that would make the time feel a little less like it's dragging along. Thank you so much 😓
 
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