Home Remedies For Opiate Withdrawals

Thanks for the kind words my friend. You were dead on about the exercise, since i'm here on a surf trip. It's 100F in the shade, so sweating is no problem, haha. I'm feeling like i can sleep again already. As most of you know, outside the US, pot is quite accessible. A friend got some the first night i was clean and i tried it in desperation for relief. NO WAY! made me way too anxious and think way too hard about things! although i don't smoke often if at all anymore. i even purchased a plane ticket home for some rediculous amount of money for the next day to get help, but i stuck it out through the night and LUCKILY i cancelled it within 24 hours of buying it so i got the full refund. That lessened my headache.

The funny part is, i'm in a pharmacy (Pharm. D 5 years in!)program back at home! i know human anatomy and physiology like the back of my hand and how all these drugs work! how stupid could i be! my doc put me on these when i broke my cocchix back in the winter!

For me, a good book, some diphenhydramine (benadryl) at night, and lots of cold water and rest really helped. also, you will definitely lose your appetite, but eat some fruits such as oranges or bananas. other than that, i guess you just have to stick it out.

For anyone out there thinking about quitting, NOW IS THE TIME. the longer you wait, the worse it gets, unless of course you're taking these drugs for a legitimate medical purpose.

A final question to throw out there to the poster above who replied to my first post: Why was day 3 the hardest for you? I feel like it's only getting better after the initial detox.

Thanks again for the kind words and useful information. i'm stoked on life again, and all of you out there who are trying to quit should be too. From what i've read, i had it easy, but hang in there. Knowing that there's others out there going through the same thing is a big help after you can think straight again.

Best of luck,

M

Christ, I'm detoxing again, god I hate this. I have done it before from vicodin, norco's and lortabs and I'll be fine for months even years, then I get prescribed it for something and I get right back into it even though I KNOW better. I just miss that opiate feeling and have resigned myself to probably always missing it. I'm thinking about getting some tramadol to help...been on it before and it takes the edge off also have some ativans. This is first day of wd...I hope I'm strong enough to do it by which I know I can make it through the wd's....it's the long term keeping off that gets me.

I am on Day 4 of my withdrawals from a moderate addiction to OC's and percs. I use to snort a minimum of at least 90 mgs of percs a day. It has been a living hell. My boyfriend and I are in it together so at times I feel like it makes it harder because I am so irritated because of a horrible backache, absolutely no sleep...it feels good to know I have someone who understands me and I can lean on. My withdrawals are worse than his are. I have been sitting in my living room all day, reading these inspiring stories and feeling like I'm not so lonely. I have also been glued to The Cleaner On Demand all day which has oddly enough, been my savouir today. Seeing that life does go on after this horrible withdrawal period and knowing that the outcome is so worth all of this pain and agony. I couldn't imagine that I would ever know life without drugs but I am more determined than I have ever been to get clean. ( I have relapsed a few times ) But what I do know is that I don't ever wanna feel this way again. And I know that if I do relapse I will end up doing a higher dose of pills and make that withdrawal harder than this one. What I have found helpful is smoking a little bit of pot and drinking TONS of water. It's hard but you just have to stay strong and realize that life is so much cleaner sober. We are stronger people because of what we have gone thru, we have done it together, and we ALL have a connection to one another and have to stay together. BEST OF LUCK TO ALL! LOVE & HAPPINESS.

I have been addicted to pain pills for about 8 years now...Mainly Hydrocodone, some percocet here & there... Ive had to cold turkey withdraw many times, & you'd think that Id learn my lesson & not get back on them... BUT like most addicts, I guess I thought I could control it...

I have legitimate chronic pain problems, due to 2 really bad car accidents & other serious injuries Ive had & the pain I feel is so severe at times that I cant get out of bed. I have spent a lot of time in E.Rs, DR. offices, & urgent care clinics. Ive spent a lot of money... Ive lost friends, Ive lost respect from the few friends I have left, Ive lost everyones trust because I lied about how many I was taking, & I ruined a great relationship with a man who loved me & my son more than anything. I hate it so much, but at the same time, I simply cant handle the pain I still have from my injuries. My doctor finally decided to refer me to pain management but their office is being slow as hell to get the referral & insurance authorization done. (Its been 3 weeks since they were supposed to get it done) Im hoping that the pain doctor can help get me the surgery I need to fix the problems, the physical therapy, & then once thats done, wean me off the pain meds. Ive been told that this doc is known for doing that type of thing, so I guess Im hoping for a miracle or something...
I have 4 pills left & Im really not looking forward to what I know is coming. I know what Im about to go through, Ive been through it too many times already.

Im writing this just because I know theres someone out there who can relate to it or understands.... I dont know what else to do really...
Im sick of being sick & Im sick of everything that comes with the physical dependence that comes with the meds that releive my pain.

So, tomorrow, I'm back to being in W/D Hell for a week or so. I'll take aleve, immodium, benadryl, & smoke a bowl... Drink a lot of fluids, take hot baths, & try to just get through it.
The sweats seem like the longest part of w/d to me. . I've gone 2 weeks & still sweat & have chills. Its like my body cant regulate its own temperature.Does anyone have any "remedy" for that? Or anything that has worked for you? Cuz I HATE that part of it. I can handle the rest of it for the most part but the sweaty, clammy thing is the worst.

I have been using OC and dope for over 2 years, start with OC now on to 1/5-1g of dope a day.

Took my last shot last night! I am 24 hours into it...but I cheat.

Poppy seed tea: I go down to the local market and buy about 3.5 lbs bulk poppy seeds. bring them home make a tea (lotsa on the net about this)

Ill drink just enough so i feel okay, the next day less, by the 3rd day, you don't need tea, and you feel very very mild lingering WD effects.

I also tapered from 1g a day to 1qg a day(took 2 weeks) before doing this, I even tapered down the last QG into about 3 baby shots, ya know just to get me straight. I have used this method 3 times, with success. once to lower my tolerance so I could afford my habit, another cause i didn't have cash, and this time for a job.

Hello all. I found this forum searching for opiate withdraw. I have been taking hydrocodone for about 6 months for a herniated disk that I had removed about a month ago. I could not get my script filled over the weekend and started withdrawing this morning before I got it filled later today. Wow, I felt like sh*t till I was able to eat 3 Lortabs. Anyway I plan to stop taking the pills as soon as my back is better. I think I will be able to stop but I know it will suck. But what I am really writing to say is do not start taking antidepressants endless you absolutely have to. Recently I finally was able to stop taking Zoloft after trying to quit for over a year. SSRI withdraw is horrible, not as bad as opiate withdraw but close. So if you can manage to get by without taking antidepressants then don't start taking them its just another drug that you will have to kick.

What has really helped me is a strong multi-vitamin actually intended to help with drug craving's and withdrawals, it is called crave control look it up. It does not help with the physical pain, sweats, diarrhea, that weird feeling in you head, the restless legs, and all the other nonsense but today is day three, took a little time off work and basically just laid around, then the physical stuff wasnt that bad, take some Tylenol pm and sleep it off (your not really going to sleep without some help anyway). Going back to work tomorrow and so far mentally I think I can handle it, hoping to get clean, looking to join the armed forces so I need to clean up my act. After a steady year of oxycontin abuse its no where near easy, but if I can anyone can, try the viatamins and hopefully it will help out.

Well, I am going through the first 24 hours of withdrawal and it is probably the worst thing I have ever experienced. My best friend lives miles away in America, but he went through withdrawal for dope a few times and he always warned me about how bad it actually was. This day seems to be going by incredibly slow. I first started using dope last summer but managed to quit before it got too serious. Now that I work at a pharmacy and the opiates just sitting out there on the counter was too much for me to handle. So one thing led to another and I was up to shooting 80mg 3 times per day. (Just after I woke up, after lunch, after dinner) This became a vicious cycle that consumed my life where I felt like i functioned as a better person. I suddenly realized that there was only 2 pills left in the bottle and i would soon be going down a long road. I kept thinking that i should use the last 2 pills to ween off but that never ended up happening. I found that using multivitamins and omega 369 pills have helped a bit. I sure hope this ends soon cause i gotta work tomorrow. :-( Its really hard to go through this whole process alone but once your at this point, you are usually alone anyways. This forum has definatly opened my eyes to the amount of people who are sharing this experience with me, and hopefully after this, I will be clean. Now as the storms roll in, i lay here on this couch writing this message to all of the people who will read this hopefully finding some help in their time of need. That funny feeling in your head that I have read about is telling me to get high to stop this feeling of worthlessness and pain, and i am afraid that after this when I am at work and have a chance to get more oxys, that maybe I will, but I hope I won't!

Hi all,

Posted here back in June when I was forced into a detox when I left the country for some time. Stupid me, back at it again. 60-70mg of oxycodone a day (6-7 10/325 endocets). However, this time i've got the upper hand. :-D

On day 3 with no OC, and feeling GREAT! the secret? TRAMADOL! (Ultram or Ultracet) Doctors will literally throw this drug at you, as it is currently not scheduled in the US and thus very little potential for abuse. It's as easy as going to the doctor, claiming to have some back pain, saying you don't want to use opiates/narcotics, and say you did some research on this drug on the net and came to the conclusion that this is the most viable option. This, however, i was prescribed for pain from a previous surgery on my leg that's been giving me severe pain.

Now i know substituting one addiction for another is NOT the answer, but this is very useful in controlling w/d symptoms (haven't felt any, sleep great). Believe it or not, this drug actually gives a similar opiate buzz that we all know and love so much. The effects last at least 3-4x as long (for me), also. just 2 ultracets (75mg tramadol total) is enough for the entire day, and i wake up feeling great. I know how desperate we can get when experiencing the hell on earth aka opiate w/d, but trust me, this helps A LOT as long as you don't abuse it.

Stay healthy, and best of luck to all.

I am in day two of WD from lortab, stopped cold turkey from 4-6 10's per day for seven years. The Kratom definitely helps, still just have no enrgy and sleeping is a bithch. Headaches is afternoons. Anyone have any ideas for the energy and headaches as well as the energy issue.
thanks

Here I am posting again. Coming off of another binge. This one last a little more then two weeks. I am on day two and its not all that bad. I've made a list on here of all my tips an suggestions. One can sorta power through mild withdrawal. I drink a few beers slowly throughout the day, take very small amounts of marijuana. Also take sleeping pills an OTC pain killers.

I use long lasting opiates, so the WD is usually less pronounced but with a longer duration.

I am so glad that every time I do this I catch myself early enough that the WD isn't too bad. Back in the day I was so out of control. Using for really long durations, any kind of opiate I could get my hand on. I will never go back to that place.

Guest on 9/13/09

The energy and sleep should return to normal eventually. Do not be afraid to use some OTC sleeping aid to knock yourself. Also make sure you are eating, sometimes that helps with the fatigue.

Really watch the Kratom, only use it for a few days if you have to and take the least amount. It can be habit forming and cause withdrawal as well. I am using a very small amount of kratom right now and plan on stopping tomorrow.


Anyways I'm the same guest that posted on 9/20.. doing okay. Day 3 is less pronounced, hopefully tomorrow will be better. Work went okay today but I am really glad to be home. Just going to drink a few beers, take some OTC pain meds and smoke a little bit of bud. I swear the only time I really smoke marijuana with any consistency is when I am in WD.

By the way, if you are addicted to nicotine, prepare for increased cravings during WD. I had my first cigarette in over a year two days ago. Going to get right back on the gum next week and taper off quickly.

Suboxone is good for a 2 week taper but it never works out. your still withdrawling by the 15th day. Methadone is never ever a good idea. your just setting yourself up for an even worse addiction. Im on day 1 of my withdrawl not even 24hours in. Pot helps ALOT although its still not enough all it does is make me think about opiates. Im going to try kratom but from my last experiance with it.....it didnt do much. Just felt like a teaser opiate high...maybe? opiates are the worst thing on earth. you will never get over them. i was clean for 2 months before this binge and the whole time i felt incomplete and had major anxiety. luckily this time i dont have to detox from Valium at the same time like before. Ive decided to get some kratom and give it a shot maybe try a higher dosage. Do not take anti depressants for the depression they will only make u a diff person than u were while u were on opes. the only thing that works is ,,,,,,,,not doing it in the first place.

Same guest that posted on 9/21/09 -

Today is day 5 and I can tell I am pretty much over the hump. I'm still not 100 percent, am slightly fatigued and a bit anxious/down in the dumps. It doesn't help that it has been cloudy and rainy all week.

Anyways after awhile, 2 weeks of use can cause 2 to 3 days of pure suck and 2 to 3 days of discomfort. Not worth it at all.

I used a little bit of kratom up until tuesday (very small amounts) it helped, I can see it helping much more in larger amounts but for my purposes I didn't want to take all that much. Just wanted to get this over with asap.

Remember you can become physically addicted to kratom, use with caution.

Thank you for mentoining the addictive aspect of kratom! I was asked about this awhile ago and I told this guy not to try it but he did anyway...I don't know how he's doing but it was very sad and frustrating. Thanks for backing me up...