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Again, you can NEVER really truly be comfortable until enough time passes. Stay away from all narcotics in the interim.
My two cents...
June
Clonidine I use primarily for the wonderful knock out effect it has. Your blood pressure will sky rocket during w/d which makes for all that anxious, sweaty, I-can't-take-this feeling. One will help ease the symptoms, two will knock you out, three and you won't remember anything for 6 hours. Just remember to follow the duration between dosages. Says right on the script.
Valium is the best, because it seems with short term use, you don't have to worry about any addictive after effects. Xanax works great, Klonopin, sure, Ativan, but these I found had significant rebound effects after only a short time. We don't need that right now. But any of these are important and useful during the first week.
Robaxin is used every 6 hours. Again, follow the instructions, but you can take up to two at a time.
REMEMBER: You will know when to stop taking these type of meds. They are not fun drugs, so you will gladly put them down when you are through the worst. Then the REAL fight begins - sobriety!.
I thought I was just getting through the wds.. On night number 3 I found that soon after I took 2 robaxins my rls went away!! I dont know why I never put 2 and 2 together.. I gotta 100 of those things and didnt think about them after. Needless to say I went through at least another 3-4 days of terrible w/d....."jeesh"
Thanks for reminding about the robaxin. Hopefully I wont need to use it again soon!;-)