Fentanyl Withdrawal Symtoms

We're the same age buddy and I am pretty much the same boat as you. 100mcg patches now for 5 years. 10 patches per month. By the 4th hour, WD starts with tearing eyes (left one is worst) and RLS. I've learned to stretch out a 100mcg patch to 72 hours by changing half of it every 36 hours. Your body always has 100mcg/hour but they are "refreshed" every 36 hours. To start, you must wait until a whole patch is 36 hours old, then cut the next one perfectly in half (use a ruler and a new single edge razor or Stanley knife). Put the unused half back in the pouch for 36 hours. Make sure you know which one is to be changed next! Mark the old one with a permanent marker. I put an "O" on it. Now, to get off the patches, start cutting the next patch halves a tiny amount smaller than half. I reduced by 1/8 inch per week. You can start to take even more than 1/8 inch off the 2nd week and so on. I managed to get down from 1 full 100mcg patch to a bit less than 1/2 patch in total in 2 months this way. I'm now off them completely after 4 months. My doctor couldn't find words to express his joy when I finally told him that I no longer wanted or needed any more. He did give me some diazepam for the RLS and fast heart rate. I found out something very interesting about RLS and how WD causes it. I was also on Endep as a pain adjunct. That drug WITHOUT an opiate WILL exacerbate RLS immensely. So I had to also wean myself off that too. The diazepam helped me a lot and it's been a long road to freedom. I've been clean for 7 months now. Yes, I still have back pain but it's nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Long term opiate use will actually CAUSE more pain. Sounds crazy but so true. Now all I take is aspirin. I also use my bicycle as much as possible. You can do this if you are really determined. Don't give up!!

what is ativan?

I am currently going through my own battles and issues with fentynal weather it be a freind a famiky member or myself. Its nice to come on to a forum and read your posts and no that we are not alone in the battle. I am writing about the fentynal that are in the form of a pill, they have many names green monsters, greenies, fentys, and fairy dust. They have rocked Alberta and BC and is leading the way for record breaking overdoses and the death toll is rising. These have been available to the public of course by illigal distribution were the makers of these pills keep getting richer and the people keep getting sicker. I believe they can make a pill for pennies and they sell for anywere from $20 per to $60 per depending on availability they look exactly like a oxy 80 and have the same markings as a oxy 80 the only things that distinguish the two is they are green all the way through, the taste and smell are also key factors. I have been a user of them for over a year were I at one point built a tollerence level of 10 a day my pocket book and bank account have been demolished. I found myself very quickly being dependent and rely on them to function on a daily basis. I found away to supliment my habit in turn made them more available at time of need. I have cut myself down to 1 1.5 a day a huge feet from what was a desimating number. I have been writing a book called the " Green Monster" were my dialog includes true life storys and events of myself and others that have been plagued by this so powerful opiate. It has story's of struggles story's of death, story's of murder and story's of happiness. I truly feel we as people were never told about the reality of this drug and what it was and what it was capable of doing to us. We are improperly informed and this to me is disturbing, Health Canada finally put a notice out to the public about the drug and have finally released a antidote called Neboxin were clinics and hospitals can administer this and reverse the effect ofitverdose it has saved many lives. I would very much like to be a part of getting the awareness out to the public and would like to share your story regardless of the outcomes even if your battles were a success or still battling with addiction, I would like to hear your stories if you have lost loved ones or feel as though you are loosing someone to the battle of addiction. I would like to add them to my book you can choose to remain anonymous. I am planning on becoming a substance abuse counselor after I have defeated my own demons and truthfully give all I have to helping others before we all loose loved ones to this new age epedemic

I would love to hear your story

Thanks,

PS thanks for all the words of wisdom and knowledge and allowing us all to have a chance of success in detox and know you are not alone in the battle

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It's a anti anxiety medication perscribed by a doctor for accute anxiety attacks. It is usually taken sublingual but can be perscribed in other forms.it can come in little round white and green pills in .5 and 1 mg doses.

Ok I was in the patch 25 for two months having problems the whole time I have Ativan it says ale 1tab every 8 hours and I am also taking clonedin even this is day 5 and still crying had bloody foreshadowed and nose bleeds .... What to do please

My wife used patches for 11 years. It took her 2 yrs to get off her patches. The solution was to decrease the dosage slowly every 6 months. She would go thru withdrawal symptoms every time the dosage was lowered but planning ahead before switching it helped. Taking a couple of weeks off from work to deal from the withdrawals after switching. The stages were from 100 to 75, 50, 25, 12 mg patches and the biggest was the last one to zero, which was at the end of last year. 6 months now without any fentanyl and she still wrestles with short of breath and low energy levels. But she feels much better now and her recommendation is to withdraw slowly and gradually long term.

I withdrew before my first failed back surgery from fentanyl patch 250 mcg 180 Avinza. Soma 350 and Vicodi Es. I did it over 10 years ago. Took me 20 days felt like a bumb in the gutter could not move. Thank God my bathroom was in the bedroom. I had a second back surgery but fought long and hard before going on meds . I have so many things wrong now on one strong Med now . A was abruptly taken off last month put on a time realse type and not happy. When I have good days which are not often I could cut my dose from one tab from 2. I am careful. I'm not a marter but I take my clean time of 18 years very seriously . I feel bad when I have to take meds . Never abuse my meds . Now am being treated like a street junkie. I can't drive walk with a cane can't do much without my son's help. I'm severely disabled. You are so lucky not to have to take medication . God Bless .You pray for me to find someone to help me.

That's ridiculous…you'd be better off on the drugs.

I see that you wrote this and you're ago. I don't know if you're still around for a reply. I am going off fentanyl patch right now, cold turkey could you be of any help to me?

Excuse the typo, it should read over a year ago.

were did you go ?
I tried once and they gave thing to help and I had to go back on the patches just to live and I don't want to anymore. I need a place that would help not cold with no help and that was a sharp place. Then my insurance you cant be addicted to fentanyl????

Thank you for giving me the motivation to get off this garbage. I'm still trying to find myself in this life and hope getting sober is a good start. I only hope to wake up in the morning with the same drive I have now. I hope God hears my prayers and helps me through this transition.

Well good for you but you are quite a jerk for not believing in severe withdrawals that can last weeks even months (Post Acute Withdrawal Symptom or PAWS). 

Suboxone is a terrible option. My doctor put me on it for five years because of my addiction to oxycontin and morphine. But, the FDA only approved it for short-term use to ween patients off of opiates. It's not meant for long-term use. In fact, long-term use can damage your frontal lobe, along with other parts of the brain, for the long term! I now suffer from partial onset seizures. The neurologist believes its due to long-term suboxone use. When they did a scan of my brain after 4 years without ANY suboxone or opiates, they found that half of my frontal lobe was "grayed out". That's the decision-making part of your brain. Worst of all, even though it's a partial antagonist, the withdrawal symptoms are similar to that of methadone because of its long half-life. It stores in your bones and muscles like methadone. When I went to detox, I was there for 40 days, along with the methadone addicts, and there were heroin addicts leaving after seven days. So, please try to stay away from this medication if you really want to be healthy and sober. I abused the Subutex just as much as I ever abused anything else. It's a band-aid, and it will cause more harm than good if not used correctly.

I have taken Xanax that was mixed with fentanyl. For about a month. No idea what dose because they were a bad batch. I'm going cold turkey and I'm having panic attacks and extreme anxiety. At some points it feels like my heart is beating out of my chest. I just need to know that I won't die from withdrawal? Then I can just fight the storm.