How to stop the pain of opiate withdrawal?

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Tramadol is pretty good for mild opiate withdrawal, I can tell you that. I'm actually surprised how well it's making me feel (compared to what I felt like 2 hours ago). I'm posting because I see so much b.s. on the internet. Real experience is instead the best evidence of what works, what don't. Background:

I have a 'moderate-light' opiate habit, codeine & hydrocodone. I either take one or the other, not both, I actually prefer codeine. I'm a working man who can't afford to be bonkers/nodding intoxicated. Regardless I'll go into a withdrawal syndrome when I run out of my stuff.

I took my last codeine (60 mg.) before going to work today. Needless to say I began feeling the withdrawal as I was leaving work, some 8-9 hours later: pain/achy feeling in multiple places of my body & an uncomfortable 'tenseness'/tightness.

I took 2 50 mg. tramadols. Somewhere around the hour mark I began feeling 'pleasant' -- and the pain & tenseness disappeared! Not some of it but ALL of it. Right now I actually feel pretty good, but not intoxicated.

My worries about taking 100 mg tramadol have gone away, too. I was apprehensive nevause I've seen so much jive about tramadol. I don't understand why certain people say it has 'stimulant' or 'speedy' effects. That isn't the case at all (thankfully). It's more a 'light' relaxed/drowsy state very similar to dichloralphenazone (q.v.). I can only surmise that people claiming a 'speedy' effect must have *something* else in their system which causes that effect when adding tramadol. Probably something they aren't thinking of, such as residual THC from the last time they smoked pot. Or something. I take nothing else period except for codeine (or hydrocodone).

Not bad, the tramadol. I don't want to get dependant on IT but I can see it's going to make my evening comfortable & totally pain free.

 

 

Out of the 500 post's posted, yours helped me the most. Thanks. Day 6 struggling but doing it.

Go to your dr and get a script for blood pressure medicine it's. Called chlondinE.  

It works amazing !,!,!,,,,,   I swear to you NO chills, cramps, hot sweats , nothing! 

Then if you can get a script for Xanax . You'll sleep for two days and then you'll be fine.   Used this method to kick oxy's and a year long use of suboxone cold turkey. Please trust me.the blood pressure medication is a life saver

Im using chlondine now with another supplement i found online. It's called withdrawal aid. Has anyone else heard of withdrawal aid?  So far the combination has been working great to get off prescription pain killers. I would highly recommended it. Stay strong people! 

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My father became an opiate addict after he divorced my mother. I love him deeply and it was heart breaking to see him like this. He was a strong man and fun to be around, but he became a totally different person in that period. I started talking to doctors and doing my own research. I came across withdrawal aid when I was trying to find him a rehab program. I’ve read about the steps he needed to accomplish and about how much will withdrawal aid help. The product is made from vitamins, minerals, herbs, and can be bought without a prescription. Seeing that it was all natural, I decided I should buy it for him. Withdrawal aid really helped with the withdrawal symptoms and made it a lot easier for him. My father is just fine now and he even has a girlfriend.

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Hello it was hidden ( the OTC product that you used) would you mind telling me what it is? My friend is in horrible pain and has to work through it too! No days off! Please get back to me ASAP! Thank you for your time!

Hello, sorry me again, not sure the first went through and desperate to get the name of what helped you. Thanks again for your time!

I am a chronic pain patient, 20 years and I have tried it all. I am not addicted but due to pain management I have gone through physical dependency. Years ago I was released from the hospital and put on time released morphine while I waited for my Insurance to approve an out of network expert. I was so out of it that when the expert doctor prescribe me fentanyl patches I slapped one on without thinking. After a month of being on them and coming out of the fog I realized what was stuck on me and was so upset. Plus, on the third day I was withdrawing. I went to my next appointment and demanded off and explained what I was going through. He upped the dose. Next month same thing. Finally on the third month after reading a million forums and scared out of my mind I called him and said no more. He said I would need to check into a rehab. I told him to go to hell. I am not an addict and I have never been. He did this he needs to treat me like a human and make this as comfortable as possible. He said fine but it would take 6 months to titrate down. Then six months of secondary withdrawals until I was normal. I told him he did not know me and watch. I went from 100 dose patches to 12.5 in two months. Then said no more. I could have continued for another 5 months but it was hard enough and I wanted my life back. I went through the worst withdrawals ever. My husband worked away from home and their were nights I thought for sure I would die. I did everything I read about. Near infrared light, detoxes, saunas, working out, natural supplements (I am a trainer so I knew how to use this to hurry up the process). 6 weeks and I was good. I went to that doctor bright faced and energetic just to shove it in his face. Now I still have pain. I went to a knew doctor. Amazing man. I have been on so many things. But the last year I have wanted to get of regular pain meds and try to deal with my pain through relaxation and exercise and so on and use the pain meds sparingly. I am on diluadid now. 8mgs but I take 1 mg maybe twice a day. I got to 48 hours with Clonidine and Ativan and other natural supplements. My question is this. My leg pain and anxiety is always the worst at night. At 48 hours I woke up crying and had to take something. The Clonidine and Ativan didn't work. I have read about Imodium and sudafed. Can someone tell me the right way to do this so I can get passed 48 hours. My doctor will give me anything I ask for. Getting off was my idea. I have never been early for an appointment, taken more than given or showed up without extra in my bottle. In fact I have never taken what he has allowed me too. I just want to be off. I know this stuff is messing with my happy hormones. I am willing to try any combo. I am so close but can't get past 48 hours. I am now back to 1 mg twice a day, just to stay comfortable. Right now my chronic pain is nothing compared to the WD

the reason for the feeling hot is the brain is messed up. when on opiates the brains thermostat is un-regulated. The way opiates work is by overloading your brains receptors. when the opiate floods your receptors it leaves your brain unable to regulate simple everyday functions like body temp and sweat glands. imagine if someone was throwing a ball at you. You most likely could catch the ball and still be aware of your surroundings like a car alarm going off.. Now imagine someone throwing you 100 fast balls one after the other repeatedly!! your ability to monitor your surroundings at that point would be next to nil because there is no time to focus on anything but the large amount of fast balls flying at you.. Well with the over load that the opiate gives your brain it makes your brain struggle to do other things. Hints why they call it a dopa mine receptor overload.. hope this helped. You can try to lower your temp or what your body thinks your temp is by putting a cold damp towel around the back of your neck as you do things like vacuum. feeling the wet cold cloth on your skin will force your brain to respond to the coldness of it effectively making your brain think that you are colder than you really are...

Hello all! I was on here ONE YEAR ago and BEEN CLEAN SINCE!!!! This is like my anniversary more or less.

Does the Immodium thing work? YES!

I tried it 2 times and the second time did it for me. The mental part was the hardest. The feelings of pain meds or sub, I 101% honest just didn't want to feel like that anymore.

The feeling of being CLEAN is X 1,000 is better then any drug out there. I promise you that.

I basically wanted to come back here and read my old posts (es355gibson name) and see what I was thinking back one year ago.

Guys - it breaksdown like this:You are taking XX drug now.. then what? Score more... then what? Score.. Then what. IT CANNOT go on forever. I did pain meds for 10 freggin years and you name it, I did it and with a big supply and no dang money. Also, I have a family and 2 kids, wonderful well paying job, house etc, all the stuff.....But secretly on the side, downing pain meds. Mentally I was just done.

I honestly think that is the biggest hurdle, the mental. The physical will go away with immodium and take less and less each day AFTER 5 days. IT DOES WORK.

Sub on the other hand, I took that junk for 20 days and no way, the fog of that c**p and 'want-want' was WAY to strong after 3 days of not taking it. Strictly against subs 101%

Read back to November of last year, it was hard figuring HOW to do the immodium thing, but works, saved my butt. Clean for right about a year. The REAL feelings of happy / sad etc is way more powerful then a buzz

I was taking at the time of quitting 20-30 Norco 10/325mg and few Roxy 30mg DAILY.

I took them all one day as 'going away party' and before I went to bed, took 20 immodium.

Woke up the next day feeling ok, maybe 80-90% total. Lazy? Yes a bit but not really. Then 10 immdioum 3 times a day (breakfast, lunch dinner) for 5 days. After that, each day, took one away... days went on and ZERO. Felt fine. Little foggy but 3 days later, I was 100% truly free!!!

Guys I am serious, I have been there where you are, 10 years worth. Just the amount of money gone... Screw it. I couldn't do it.

YOU just have to think and think hard, change your mentality of what these pills are, what advantage do you have taking them, what are hurting (your back pocket and possibly family finances) JUST THINK.

Seriously, I thought I was last person on earth quitting, just loved it waaaay to much but the above mentioned things started to get worse after 10 years (family, money, job) and I had to do something.

I can say while quitting, Klonopin with immodium sealed the envelope on any anxiety, but SMALL amounts through out the day.

I had to put this in writing to HOPEFULLY help someone else because it saved my life, family, job and having money for family things etc.

***Feeling of FREE of RX's is Way-Way-Way better then anything. My childhood stunk, that was my reason of taking them, that's my thinking. But you have to think "Why am I taking these?" Sort stuff out and set goals with the immodium

All that stuff about imoddium clogging you up.. BS not true a bit. Maybe 1-2 days out of 3 weeks I took them, who cares, nothing happened to my body.

This is not bs.  I swear to whoever you want me to!  Vit c helps tremendously.  I wouldn't believe it either but I promis from the depths of my soul that it does,

I've been on different opiates off and mostly on for the past 10 yrs.  I have been crazy addicted and not to piddly amounts.  For example, I will take 150mg of hydrocodone a day easily.  This will go on for a year or more until I can't take my life anymore and decide to clean.  This is one of those times.

ive heard others say 500mg every hour.  Personally I take 8-10 thousand mg at once and go for several hours.   Night one I slept like a baby and trust me,  I've been thru w/d many times without anything and sleep is just a distant memory at that time.  I take vit c and nothing else and all of my wd symptoms disappear.  Sweats, shakes, diarrhea, pain, irritability, mind numbing depression.  All of it.

so please, you may think I'm nuts but look it up.  Someone actually did a study on vit c and heroin wD.  It works.  It won't hurt to try, right?  And there nothing in it for me.  I'm just trying to help.  Just realize you have to take a lot.  If you're taking too much, you'll have diarrhea, so cute back a smidge.  Too little and you'll have some wd symptoms, so up it some.  

I hear ya, toughest thing ever to stop. Makes you wanna kill yourself at times but it is possible to quit.

Ahh i feel your pain, but the upside is i guess you can't really die from it. I found some cool Youtube vids with home remedies for at home detox and withdrawal. One of the things sworn up and down to be effective was some new stuff called withdrawal aid?? I don't know about it...has anyone tried it? Im thinking of buying it on amazon it has some decent reviews on youtube. I just loaded up on my gear and I'm ready to go! Wish me luck...it's gonna be a tough road ahead.

I have been taking hydrocodon for about three yrs and I realize that I'm addicted . Do anyone have any suggestions to make the withdrawal easier.