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any one new to the fourm,and lurking / open fourm
by hippy, Nov 05, 2002 12:00AM
i was wondering if there was anyone new to the fourm
who might be lurking and reading, i wanted to welcome
anyone who is just reading the post, and if you had any
questions we could answer regarding getting off opiates
such as vikes, percs, hydro, oxy, lorcet. it's all the
same in the end. they all steal your life from ya,
they promise everything then damm you with and emptiness,
ans unhappiness.
peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who might be lurking and reading, i wanted to welcome
anyone who is just reading the post, and if you had any
questions we could answer regarding getting off opiates
such as vikes, percs, hydro, oxy, lorcet. it's all the
same in the end. they all steal your life from ya,
they promise everything then damm you with and emptiness,
ans unhappiness.
peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peace
curious1998
pixi
I posed the question last week about this drug because a doctor wanted to prescribe it for me and got responses that led me to believe it was addictive. My sister was on it for 2 years and I know she told me she had some trouble when she stopped taking it.
If you could give me somemore detail I will ask my sister about her experience.
Hang in there
Golden Slipper
i had to take soma for severe back spasams, i became
addicted to it mentally for about a year , it is a drug you can only take so much of before you end up not being able to walk or talk. they build up in your system and when you take them day after day you think you have only taken 3 or 4 for a day,
but you still have in your system from the day before.
it is a drug that reminded me of qualudes, so i guess i was chaseing a something that does not exist. i stopped taken them when i flipped over my truck, i took 3 or 4 on a sat morning.
went out everything was fine they hit me and i was like a someone who drank a bottle of wiskey in one minute.
once i stopped there was depression but i do not remember
painfull withdrawl.
it was mental. so i guess an anti -depression med would help.
like prosac.
i think the L-tyrosine and b6 would do the trick for depression
also, .
im sure some one will post it.
it has been posted before many times
This forum is great i've read some others and this one sounds like people that want to be drug free...
Thanks Chrisby
Thanks again so very much.
curious
(Tuxan),
Since you had cancer recently, I can not answer your question about the Methadone as I have never used it.
I would suggest however that if you are a die hard alcoholic, that you detox from that first. The Methadone will make the withdrawal somewhat less as will the blood pressure med Clonodine. When a hard alcoholic withdraws your blood pressure will shoot through the roof and if you have seizures, stroke, heart attack, or delirium tremens(DT'S), you may be in for serious trouble, severe suffering and even death possible. You will need to detox through a hospital setting since you are a die hard alkie and also had cancer and are on Methadone. That is a complicated mix.
Don't worry, the sickness from alcohol withdrawal will go away with treatment in about a week to one month. After a week it is mostly cravings for a drink. After a month you may not even want to look at a bottle. Then address the Methadone issue. Ask an addiction doctor first for they would know best whether to detox both at the same time or one and then the other.
I hope this helps, thanks for responding and keep posting and let us know how you are doing. Take care and God Bless.
(Hippee), Glad to see you back on the board and inviting new guests. I hope you are doing well. Take care.
Chathan.......wildcat
(Longhauler),
Congradulations on day-5!!!!! GREAT JOB. Keep up the good work resisting those temptations. I don't know how true it is, but I read somewhere, that once you are past the acute withdrawal, the cravings only last about ten minutes and if you can distract yourself in anyway then it fades for awhile. I don't know if that is true so don't quote me on it.LOL Anyhow good luck and glad to read you are doing so well.
Chatahan.........wildcat