So the title says it all. I'm about to go through WDs and I was just thinking back over all the times I've gone through this shit and it got me thinking what are yalls worst WDs horror stories? Tell us what you were on, why you had to stop, if it's important where you were when you kicked, and if you knew anything about any of the OTC ways to help with WDs like immodium or poppy seed tea or any of that stuff. For me my worst was quitting a 300-400mg a day Vicodin habbit. I would cold water extract the APAP out to get to the good stuff and I quit cold turkey. I was working 50+ hrs a week and doing several other things to support my habbit and quit all but my job and I even cut that back to 20-25 hrs a week. It was my first kick and I knew nothing of tea, or Imodium, or anything and just kicked it with nothing but pot and Xanax. It was fucking horrid. I was in SERIOUS WDs for just over 2 weeks and the PAWS lasted almost a year for some of the symptoms. It was terrible and since then I haven't had to worry to much. I've kicked a 20 a day and 10 a day habbit before also but the amount of time I used for was WAY shorter and I also knew about tea and all the other stuff by then so those kicks weren't anywhere near as bad. That's mine what is yours? I hope none of y'all have stories of current kicks like me hopefully this reaches you all pin point eyes and warm blanket a plenty
That 300-400 mg of Hydrocodone thing sound fucking horrible. I can only mildly relate to your pain. The only time I ever experienced severe withdrawal (I am ignoring times where it felt 'yucky' for two days and I was fine) was about two and a half years ago when I had developed a massive Tramadol habit. I was working as an Instructor at a University, so I had thousands of dollars to kill. Plus, Tramadol is dirt cheap. So I was up to around 500 mg of Tramadol per day, spaced out throughout the day (not all at once - that would give ANYONE a seizure - luckily I never had one - don't think that YOU [whoever reads this] can get away with what I did without problems), and because of my Schizoaffective Disorder, I had to leave the University. I was having psychotic breaks like every other hour and would cause disturbing scenes in the streets of the University. So my money was gone and thus I couldn't afford the 500 mg per day habit I had. I had to wait a month until I could even afford enough for a 150 mg per day habit. So I had to abruptly stop the 500 mg habit cold turkey and wait a month for more. I recall having to resort to massive quantities of Zyprexa (antipsychotic) and Klonopin to keep myself from going ape-shit crazy (considering I was already going crazy...). It lasted about a week and then three more weeks of feeling "not quite right". I can't put it into words, honestly, but it was a cross between having the worst flu of your life and drinking like five cups of coffee every couple of hours.
My worst was xanex. At first I thought it was the heroin WD's, and those were also pretty bad, but the Xanex had me screaming in the shower along with the H cravings. It was horrible. I have gone for a month or more without dope. It was a difficult test, but I found out that I was pretty tough, and it taught me how to suffer through it. Exercise helps me because it releases endorphins. Now, I do H about once a week, and I'm planning on tapering that down eventually to zero.
I'm with-drawling at the moment but it just began so there is still some opiates in my system hopefully I'll figure something out before it gets to the peak. Right now RLS is what is the most annoying. Usually by the 3rd day of IV heroin withdrawal I start vomiting every 5mins to the point where it's pure stomach acid and the taste of the stomach acid makes me vomit even more. Not to mention the fun of trying to piss out your ass and vomit at the same time. Sometimes I violently jolt every few minutes while in WD almost looking like i'm having a seizure. Usually left with anxiety and depression but when your that sick it's hard to think about much. One time I thought it would be a good idea to take adderall which I was prescribed at the time and then slam down a few beers when I was starting to WD and well once the alcohol and adderall wore off I was convinced I was going to die how horrible I felt. You just have to remind yourself that it won't last forever.
I have had several kicks over the last two years, Id say about 4. The worst was coming off 100mg Opana and about 300mg of Oxycodone per day. I was ill for about 4 days, from aches and pains to sitting on toilet so many times a day I broght a small tv into bathroom, the night sweats never allowed me to sleep and my RLS didnt let the wife sleep. I now have been on Subs for 7 months and that was jumping off 40mgs Opana and 90mgs Oxy/dose 3 times a day. SO I actually think I havent been through the worst, I think its yet to come but will show up in a couple of months when I jump from SUBS.
The worst i've had? I was prescribed 32mg of subx a day which was totally stupid looking back on it now so ended up going cold turkey lol big mistake,btw i was on this dose for almost two and a half years lets just say i would have rather been dead at that time.Also went cold turkey from opana which i got up to about 80 120mg a day up my nose.It wasnt half as bad as the sub withdrawls which lasted about 2weeks lol and i would have to agree 100% with polishman exercise. is a huge deal even though its the last thing you feel like doing even if its just. a walk just do it,anyways good luck hang in there theres light at the end of the tunnel.
Exercise and hot showers do wonders. I brought a chair into my shower and would just sit there for hours. Albeit this was a pretty mild withdrawal from doing 200mg morphine/day for a few weeks.
