thanks Ticket! I use most of those ingredients too and it helps so much. My dos is tizanadine and clonazapam... But I have scripts so
its easy.
Plus Kratom. That stuff is great. I just found it today. I also find Epsom salt baths to be really nice too. I tried to get poppy pods but no luck. Plus im in a pain program and can't risk triggering a positive. I hope that what I hear about Kratom not being detectable in ursine after a week is true!
Thanks again!!!
I'm fairly sure that Kratom doesn't come up in urine tests, as it's not a 'real' opiate and the tests performed are testing for certain metabolites... It's not exactly an accurate way to test, to be honest, but it's kind of the best they can do without it being prohibitively expensive and/or overly intrusive. For instance, my ADHD meds cause me to test positive for amphetamines, and I'm on a registered database that can be accessed by LEO if I'm pulled over and drug tested by police... But, there have of course been times that I didn't take my meds for a couple of days, but *did* indulge in other substances, haha. I tested positive, but was let off because it's documented that my daily medication would cause that... So they're obviously not testing for primary drug use, but finding (likely) secondary metabolites, which many drugs would share at some point.
I have scripts for diazepam and alprazolam personally, so it's not a big to me to use them in those emergency times. But other benzos will obviously work if that's what you've got. My main surprising revelation was that using loperamide in conjunction with pholcodine (initially used just to combat the gastrointestinal upset and horrible coughing) actually had an impact on some of the other shitty WD symptoms. I didn't even consider that they would, being 'inactive' opioids in the way we generally think of them... But maybe just having *something* binding to those receptors helped dull the pain somewhat, along with the aforementioned GI and antitussive effects. It's not huge, but it's something, y'know?
Poppy seeds will do the job, rough and ready, but will definitely trigger a positive result for opiates if you're tested... As it's not 'helping minimise the affects of WD' but actually just giving you small amounts of morphine. Your mileage may vary, but I've found them extremely helpful in dire situations. And yes, definitely - Hot showers, hot, calming (caffeine free) tea, a healthy meal (or as much as you can), some routine and a recreational goal or aim that will make you feel good, but not cause emotional or practical problems if you can't complete it... All very useful tactics. I've felt like ending it all before because it felt as though I'd never be free of this demon, that I never meant to dance with, and sometimes just taking some of the worst effects away and giving myself something joyful to work towards, without beating myself up if I couldn't do it right then... Has saved my sanity and my life.
Hug a chicken, plant a seed, take a shower, change your clothes, take the rubbish out, order a pizza, edit a nice photo, download a movie you've been thinking about watching, sing a half remembered song to yourself, clean your glasses, have a shave, make your bed, turn the light out before you go to sleep, fill a bottle of water and keep it on your bedside table son you can actually stay hydrated when you can't get yourself out of bed... Man, every little thing is a win in those times and it all helps, even if it feels impossible at the time.
