Opiate addict, I have to do a CT...any advice?

[Locked_Maze]

I have been using pain killers now for a little over a year, to poping them to sniffing them, not good for they are oil based as I recently found out and now I have a sinus/nose issue internal yes I will be seeing a nose/sinus doctor. So I have went from 15 a day to 3 a day to 2 a day as a reduction, Ok now I want to do cold turkey and why? for I am sick of the reduction, the money lack of and finding the sellers, dealers are dry too, anyway what I really need to know is what to exspect for the withdrwls what some of you all went through, it would help me.

OK Q here how long before withdrawls kick in , ok like last pill's were I took 2
8:AM...

I would like to thank anyone who adds to this thread for I am really serious about ending this hell I am in. Oh and I am not craving that is the good news, that was done with. thanx

[Phinneas]

Congrats for making the decision to be done, LM. I hope you go to NA meetings, too, and work and honest program of recovery. That's what keeps me stopped!

My CT withdrawals were from a much higher amount and I experienced the following - chills, sweats, diahreah, muscle aches and leg kicks, aural hallucinations and insomnia. Doesn;t sound like fun, does it? It wasn't. But I got through it one minute, one hour and one day at a time. And I never, ever, ever have to go back and do it again.

It's always best to be under a Drs. care, too. You can be honest - they've seen it all before. Drinking lots of water-based fluids, hot baths, Ibuprofen and exercise helped me the most.

The withdrawals should start tonight or tomorrow morning. Hopefully they won't be so severe as you have tapered.

Good luck and please keep checking in, ok?

[Locked_Maze]

Originally Posted by Phinneas

Congrats for making the decision to be done, LM. I hope you go to NA meetings, too, and work and honest program of recovery. That's what keeps me stopped!

My CT withdrawals were from a much higher amount and I experienced the following - chills, sweats, diahreah, muscle aches and leg kicks, aural hallucinations and insomnia. Doesn;t sound like fun, does it? It wasn't. But I got through it one minute, one hour and one day at a time. And I never, ever, ever have to go back and do it again.

It's always best to be under a Drs. care, too. You can be honest - they've seen it all before. Drinking lots of water-based fluids, hot baths, Ibuprofen and exercise helped me the most.

The withdrawals should start tonight or tomorrow morning. Hopefully they won't be so severe as you have tapered.

Good luck and please keep checking in, ok?

OK, thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my thread.
I decided to stop using for it was not fun anymore, the money for the usage, I recall crying as I was using, then I would get the numb detached feeling from the drug, it is a drug that can help those who are in real pain, however It started out with a tooth that was pulled, my b/F who is on methadone for he injured his back, went into addiction, he was warning me months ago, fact he told me the week I had the Rx the first time I started to want more and more and no Rx I was hooked, that quick and poping them was not getting me high after a time frame, so I thought about hill billy high Oxy Cottin, so i felt well this is an opiate and it did get me really high, however i did not know that it would cause harm to the nose like cocaine for example, anyhow back to the doctor, i have to have this done be seen the internal damage I know is there. So I wiull need a antibiotic, I will have to go to the E.room penicillin don't take care of infections in my sinuses anymore, so I shall start that ASAP, I have an infection on the left side only...I will check in about two days and thank you

[Phinneas]

Wow... yeah, this is hard, ugly stuff when abused. Good luck with that infection. I also hope you consider a formal program of recovery if you have urges, cravings, depression, etc. It really does work. See you in a couple of days!

[kim4074]

Also watch out for the mental cravings that start to creep in once your body is through the physcial w/d. Thats were I got real weak and started taking one here and there thinking I was able to control it. BUT man was I wrong I do have pain but I was abusing the meds which is why I decided to stop them and then I caved a couple of days ago when while I was cleaning I came across 2 and for some reason I took them and my mind has been wanting more ever sense and it truley sucks that I did this to myself. So stay strong the worst is yet to come. Kim

[Gott2doit]

Once you get through the Damn pain of w/d I for one can it is a great feeling. I am going on like a month clean, I dont count the days but i know Im around a month.

D

[Locked_Maze]

Thank you so much, I just logged in since I started this thread:
Well the withdrawls were to point I shook, I mean i was shaking so bad I had to have two percs, all was fine, it really looks like I am going to have to go to rehab, the reduction? never mind that I got high today, not as high as I wanted, you are right damn cravings kicked in...I will be honest with everyone. I am bouncing. I ran out of percs and B/F got an Rx of Oxy Cottin slow realse and I have been taking 10 mgs a day, then he leave me two in the AM, he is all messed up and he is on methadone, sigh...honest? 20 mgs don't get me high and the slow release I learned a long time ago, crushing and sniffing does nothing for me...I am here and that says something, I am going to ask the doctor that i will be seeing if he can get me into rehab, i don't want methadone, I heard of a medication called, well it starts with an S and this is better than methadone....reductions are a waste, not doing well in that and cold turkey day two? before i did take some percs, i took 50 mgs of vailum, and a 1 mg of xanax, have an Rx for these and don't abuse, I will say that the v's and the xanax did not take away any of my withdrawls...

[Phinneas]

Sounds like rehab and an honest program of recovery is what you need, Locked_Maze. And don't feel bad, this disease grabbed most of us by the throat and we couldn't quit and stay stopped alone either.

The Rx you are looking for is Suboxone. Talk to your Dr. about it and see if it is an approriate option for you.

We need to do whatever it takes to recover, LM. Best to you on your journey!

[awis25]

Yes, I had all them sysmtoms as everyone else...I had sweating, chills, stomache pain/cramps, body aches, freezing (always), headache, horrible mental cravings, restless legs, depression (massive crying), anxiety, and that creepy crwling feeling. I had soo many things, I just couldn't deal. So this is my millionth detox, but no more CT for me....I am doing a med detox that will onlt last a few days. Right now I am feeling pretty good, but earlier I was about to die....CT WD is really bad, but it is good you have weaned down, bc that helps alot....I am one day clean and loving it!!! Hang in there opiates are the worst!!

[bcterry]

Glad you're here reaching out for help, Locked. I think the drug you're referring to that is used to detox people from opiates is Suboxone. I had tried going to the methadone clinic for a long time, only to end up more in the grip of the disease than i had ever been. Eventually, I decided I couldn't live that way anymore and started an out-patient rehab program that used Suboxone for those people on opiates.

The Suboxone is much different from methadone, as it gives you no high, but it prevents the horrific symptoms of hardcore withdrawl from occuring. It also contains a narco-blocker, Naloxone, so you don't have to worry about using any opiates while taking the medication - if you do it will either send you into horrible withdrawl or you'll feel nothing.

I stayed on the suboxone almost 6 months, slowly tapering my dosage. Now I'm totally clean. A recovery program of complete abstinence from all drugs is what NA suggests. For me, that would have been impossible in the beginning. Now, it's a reality.

I'll have 1 year clean on June 22nd, and this program has saved my life and given me one back that is better than I ever thought it could be. Give this way of life a chance, if you give yourself to the the program, you'll be glad you did.

Ben

[REHAB]

I was on methadone for around 3 years and many other things before that. I decided to go the suboxone route b/c I had a friend who did it that way he is clean now. Thing is you have to start detoxing pretty bad b/f you take it. I had so much drugs stored in my brain I was still fine by the fourth day, but doc said wait four days and take the meds. It sent me into rapid detox.I detoxed in 2days which should have took about 8. ****! IT hurt so ******* bad, but I'll never touch that **** again. So, yeh it sucks, for a while, but its like powerball winner at the end of the rainbow. To be able to wake up and think what to do today w/o drugs is AMAZING. Best of luck, and I hope you make it through the phycological and physialogical maze that is detox and begining recovery. NA was my answer, believe in it. Daniel son