How can I ease morphine withdrawals?

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with u, I was taking 60mg Morphine 3x's a day ER tablets, for chronic back pain, I took them EXACTLY as prescribed, never more, never less, Never ran out, Never had to buy them off the streets. Told my dumb DR. I wanted off of them cause I felt like an addict, was told there is a difference between being addicted & being dependent so I believed him & cont. to take them. Finally decided I had ENOUGH after 6yrs. of taking them, weened myself down to 15mg 2x's daily for a couple days then went cold turkey, It WAS PURE HELL ON EARTH, whoever says if u take them as prescribed for actual pain u CAN NOT get addicted is truly fooling themselves. today is day 11 for me, not gonna say I feel fantastic or even great but it's not as bad as the first 3 days. The 2 things that have helped me is a vibrating massager that i just set on the bed next to me & turn it on & it soothes me rite to sleep & also from reading these post is KEEP BUSY get them natural endorphines moving again, it really helps to exercise, clean, dance, whatever u have to do to keep moving...today is better than yesterday & I no tomorrow will b better than today

i was on 360ml a day for 4 years for pain from chrons for the first 2 months i lowered my dose down to 120 ml a day for 1 more month then last sat june 23 2012 i went cold turkey today is june 27 2012 and i must say in the begining i thought i had gone to hell and meet the devil himself i took lots of mineral natural remadies to heal my addicted body i got from the heath food store you see your body is the adicdd t not your mind pray to god for strenth and get lots of rest today i feel truly free from the chians of drugs for all of ;you out there trying to get off drugs, i pray all of you.

yes morphine is unbearable, but so is life. You are going to have to deal with it. think about the ending goal, a week of tough times for the rest of your life is a pretty good ratio if you asked me. And yes I was a intravenous morphine addict for many years. Prison pout a stop to all that, but don;t get me wrong, i have used once in a full blue moon. quitting is one thing, but staying off is another. do other activities, but mostly set a realistic goal, the key word is realistic. and go from there, everyone is different. I do sincerely wish you thee best cause I feel the despair, but keep in mind it is a temporary type of despair and when you do, and you will get out of it, life is great, better than when you first fell into this trap. You will prevail , take it from me. I'd say good luck but just do it and you will prevail!!!

After reading many posts it occured to me the question isn't really addressed" How can I ease the symptoms of morphine withdrawals?" There are lots of scared people, and I must say "Be Afraid"... Having survived 2 withdrawl periods, from 10 hydrocodone 10/525 per day and graduating to an allowed dose of 2/ 30mg ER twice a day - also 4/ 15 mg IR daily when needed.  After detox from hydrocodiene twice I prommised NEVER to allow myself to repeat that stunt! Been pretty sucessful with that until June 28th (2 days ago)  I'll try not to put too much emotion into this but all I have to say is I am REAL TIRED of having others rule my life, due to my honesty and a doctors ignorance and fear of the DEA here I am 56 years old going through detox....Again....Hah! to my great surprise I believe I can answer that question...First some stats that are needed, I'll try to be brief...
                     For at least 7months I have reduced the dose daily to 1/ 30mg /once a day...For me this worked, I felt normal and out of pain, isnt that what it's about?  I believe this is vital to cut waaaay back, when the pain dr. uaed me I reg. clean for opiates. ( I had taken my last 30 that I had in possesion) my script lapsed 4 days to a new doc. I was truthful about eating some THC this is why I have no meds now!  I was horrified... my daughter asked me " How does it feel to withdrawl?" I said it's like seein a TREX comming at you and you have nowhere to hide!" You KNOW you're goin down! soooo
                     Oh yeah if you don't have a "Higher Power" now might be a good time to re-consider...Because no# 1 is
                     

                            Pray for  help cause your'e gonna need it, this is key for sucess esp. for me  as my higher power is real and has helped me before, in ways man can't...
                            cut way back on you're meds for at least 6mos.( unknowingly I was de-toxing that whole period, as a strange sneeze would overcome me, wierd I thought, this is a withdrawl symptom!
                             Relieve the symptoms! I read this one.. This time I went to the natural food store and asked someone who has gone through this Wow was he on it! this is what I bought:
                             1 ENDURE; PERFORMANCE ELECTROLYTE, reduced muscle cramps(I bought the liquid form 12 drops) he said your electrolytes drop drastically, hence muscle cramps.
                              2 MELISSA SUPREME/Gaia drops prop. blend incl. lem. balm ,german cammomile, passionflower,scullcap, wild oats milky seed, gota kola, mineral salts  dose/ 40 drops
                              3 Tumeric 900mg/ 2caps
                              4Sound Sleep/ Gaia 1 or 2 caps Passion flower,Kava Kava, scullcap, Calif. poppy herbs and root, Blue valerian, Hops strobile, Gota Kola
                              Other stuff I purchased;  Yogi Tea, Rest and Relax sampler : Celestial Seasonings, Detox A.M. : dead sea salts w/ lavender : lots of liquids, REAL yogurt,
                             Just a little side note the guy said at the nat. store that the very thing that got me in trouble was the thing that I needed most, Boy was he right!I started all of these supplements about 5 hours before the 24 hour period was up since my last dose of morphene, all was good although my stomach was wretched, so I got online and looked up THC....And as I progressed into the beginning of the withdrawl symptoms I made an ex. decission too add this last componet (since it blocks the pain receptors this is key!) This is the key that turns all of these into a working symptom reliever, along with hot baths and showers to massage the brain, I am astounded at how wonderful I feel!  2 days working on 3 wow never could I have written this before, my mind is clear, I am able to eat, just feel a little bitchy...no leg cramps I have had normal sleep, feel weaker than normal, wow I wanted to share this asap.  Hope...Peace, Dawn

My doctor put me on 500mgs every 6 hours,and now says he's getting flack from the college of surgeons to make me stop. it took them 2 years to fix my broken neck and 4 surgeries later they say they won't touch me anymore because it's to dangerous. meanwhile I have spinal cord damage and my nervous system is slowly dying,my left side is slowly loosing all muscle mass. i am cutting my intake by 400mgs/week and the withdrawals are almost suicidal,but think of your family and kids if you have them. it will give you the strength to keep fighting. and where I live,it's a6 month wait to get into a hospital. go Canada,what a joke.

I was prescribed Oromorph 5 months ago for chronic stomach/back pain. I realised I was becoming dependant on it last week. I stopped it abruptly 5 days ago. For the first few days I felt like death. Still suffering but not as bad as it was. I'm led to believe it takes about 10/12 days to get it out of you system so a few days to go yet. It's bloody hard going and I sometimes feel absolutely wretched but I've got this far and am not turning back. Keep the faith

i,m also weaning myself off m.s.t.,s at this moment.i started on 2 60mg,s per day as i emigrated to a country that does not do dihydrocodiene which i was presscribed for pain & was on them many years.one time i run out of my m.s.t.,s as i forgot to make an appointment with my dr but didn,t realise i was so low on my m.s.t,s.i still had dihydrocodeine from my own country not many but they easily got me through the next 5 days no problem.at present i,m dropping steadily by 5mg,s every 2 weeks which i,m finding o.k. & working at the same time.i do have a lot of support from my partner & Dr also..df,s do work.i,m not taking any sleepers or calmers whatsoever but i,d say u def need support eg. get someone close to you that you trust with u,r life to keep your pills for you also ask them to disspence them to you morning and night at an agreed time..all i can say is the best of luck.i,m now down to 20mg morning & 20mg at night.you will get there...

Just who the hell do you think you are? I would say obviously an id**t! I am an esteemed member of the medical community and yes find myself addicted to morphine. It only takes a little time and bang you are there in the cycle of addiction! Do you think any one of us started out by saying dam I can't wait to get addicted to this sh*t! No but we all find ourselves at one point having to face the music and getting off the stuff. I would have quit a long time ago if there were a place I could go to say hey I got a huge problem I need help with. When you are a medical person its not that easy. If you do, then you are turned into the state licensing board and face sanction. My point is I guess it doesn't matter how we ended up here the fact is we are. Support us man like we don't feel bad enough goin through withdrawl. Stop being a pious jerk an get some compassion! I'm on day 3 of cold turkey and I wanna die!

This post was oh so true like you were I'm in the eye of the storm! Oh how it sucks I hate the hot cold chills I was sober straight n clean from 2002 thru April 2012 and lost the time to a bad choice. Although I've only been on it for 4 months the withdrawl is just like when I banged it back in 2002. You had great advice! Thanks

Damn right I am also a hardcore morphine addict... Once a week that's hilarious! I use 400 milligrams a day sometimes more!

You mean morphine right?

I am so happy for you.. it sounds like you got it licked!me well I'm not so lucky. I started taking morphine in high school im now 32 years old. I want to get clean more than anything in the world! where should I start methadone, suboxin? I am so f***ing scared! happy for you though!

You are so lucky.... If you knew all the stuff I've taken you would say that's impossible you would be dead.nope, I'm still sitting next to the furnace in hell. and I haven't even started to detox yet!omg! I'm so scared no paralyzed with fear. I think I've seen the face of the devil himself!

MlkKll- I have been where you are and know exactly how you spend your days worried that you have enough sh*t to feel normal. Like you said sitting next to the furnace of hell. In 2002 I had used about 1000mg a day. I had an endless source as u can see from my call sign I'm a nurse. That fact I was a nurse made everything far more complicated but u know I got off it by going to treatment it was really the only way. Like you I had been on it so long it was all I knew. Believe me bra. It was pretty dam nice. They got me through the terrible time. I hope this is an option for you. I pray for you and hope you can get off it all. V

Mee too right now noone understand. Im a lonely girl right now. I take methadone and perks