heroin withdrawals. day 2. i need motivation

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I am on about hour 36 of my heroin withdrawal. I have to say that this has been an insanely painful road so far. My first day started with such violent vomiting I had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital and hooked up with IV and anti nasea meds. I have been smoking black tar heroin every day for about 2 months before I quit the other night. I didnt think I was as addicted as I was until I started realizing withdrawal symptoms coming sooner and sooner after each time i smoked. I have been sober since Sunday morning around 3AM. Please just tell me it gets better and soon. I have withdrawn before from heroin once and it was not as painful as this. Last night was awful with insomnia and a few hours of sleep that I woke from covered from head to toe in sweat. Is there anything I can take thats not from a pharmacy to help? I have been taking advil and I think it has helped but I cannot really tell as this is so horrifyingly painful. My body is so sore and I'm freezing and if someone touches my skin it feels right awful. :(
If you can share your heroin w/d stories w me and give me some help it would be so appreciated. i found this forum in the midst of a sweat attack and so far I have read such helpful things. Thank you so much!

stilltrying1965 · Answer

Hey bud iwas a heroin addict for 13 lost years my w/ds were much thesame as you for the first 48 hours It did not get better it got worse never of thetoilet could notstand thesiteof food sneezing,vomiting stomach pain cramps loss of sleep for 17days but you can get through themoh i forgot my wife was also a 13 year heroin addict we went coldturkey but we new ifwedid not stop we wereheading for an early grave.You can do this my friendthings will get worse before they get better. Dont give up heroin is not a life its an existance. You will end up in jail thesame as me ppl look down at us. So plz my friend fight fight fight with all the strenth you got I send you strenth and my total respect for doing what you are doing as its noteasy. Infact it will be the hardest thing you ever do in your life But also the best thing you ever do my wife is over 1 year clean im 6 months as i relapsed a few times not with heroi with cocain Good lck and may god bless you and make your w/ds pass quickly ,,,,,James

betatester · Answer

Vomiting blood would indicate a GI problem to me.  I have no experience with H but I do know vomiting blood whether it is dryish and looks like coffee grounds, skoal chewing tobacco is not good at all and if you are throwing up large amounts of blood that is still blood red would be something I would see a doctor about.  

I have experience of vomiting medium amounts (about 1 measuring cup worth to 2 measuring cups worth at worst) along with vomiting cofee ground looking stuff in days leading up to that and it was from all the prescription anti inflammatories I was taking for back pain and nerve pain in the legs.  I was severely ulcered and close to perforating where your stomach attatches to the intestine.  Lots of tummy meds and no NSAIDS and some time in the hospital got me home.

Are you taking tons of ibuprofen while in WD?  Things like motrin, advil, aleve?  In high doses they are very hard on your stomach.

Grumpy86 · Answer

Has anyone vomited blood during H w/d ?

Imfreefromthrdragon · Answer

Hey Bro just wanna know if u stayed clean..?? im on my day 5 of not doing herion and im felling pretyy OK now not to bad so wish me luck guys and hope ur clean james.. ANd 2 months of using herion isint a big problem but using it for a year like i did is a very big problem anyways IM ouTZ

dominosarah · Answer

This thread is from a year ago.......

Holliee · Answer

check your in box please....

rick412 · Answer

hot showers and lots of prayer. you will be though the worst of it in the next 2 days . don't look for a easy way out like other drugs.i've been made to come off a coupl times and it ***** but if you want it you can do it. i tryed the subs. please don't go there. withdrawls from methadone now 9 days clean. just now feel like i can take a deep breath.this time it was my choice.but h has a short life and you started withdrawals the first day. so hang in there better days are coming. and take sleep when ever you can. thinking if i stay awake allday i will sleep tonight don't work. if you can get 10 mins 20 30 take it .it maybe all you get that day.i now get 2 to 3 hours a night . and i'm grateful for that.as soon as you feel like you can go out find a meeting.stay strong your amost there and im very proud of you and you should be to god bless

buprenex · Answer

ALKA SELTZER/WITH GOODIES POWDERS, ALEEVE, YOU CAN TAKE IMODIUM LIKE 10 TABLETS-DEMEROL LIKE CHEMICAL MAKE UP, TAKES A FEW HOURS 4 BUT IT WILL NARCOTIC FRUG RELEIF. IT NOT HUGE BUT GOOD. 7 TO 10 DAYS 10 DAYS MAX. BATH HOT AND SHOWERS AT THE RIGHT TIME ARE HUGE. HEAVY XANAZ AND HALCION FOR SLEEP. iF YOU GET SLEEP, IT EASY TO COPE.  i TAKE ONE ZANAZ AND ONE HALCION EVERY HOUT UNTIL UNSLEEP.COURSE YOU GOT TO GET THE MEDS.

gina09 · Answer

Keep hanging in there and please keep us posted as to how you are doing, ok?

bravobreeseff · Answer

thank you everyone who responded. I did end up hunting down some xanax, after literally hours and hours of begging people to help me find some. I am on day 3 now, I think around hour 55. I am still down in the dumps and having stomach cramping but i feel worlds better than the last two days. I even cried out of happiness that I actually am going through with it this time. its so easy for me to score some h, and i had all my dealers texting me about the "bomb new **** that just came in" and i just turned my phone off and got through it. I took LOADS of hottttt showers. Never did burning scolding water feel SOOOO good. I still feel ancy like I want to just jump right out of my body. But wow, i cant believe I made it this far :)

cattalina · Answer

The last time I CT'd off H I had a couple bottles of NyQuil, Jack Daniels, & seroquel... it wasn't fun but I got though it.  I wouldn't recommend my personal cocktail as it can be very dangerous.  If you can stand long enough get into a super super hot shower and stay as long as you can - that helps alot with the skin crawlies and whatnot.  The best advice is just to kick your way thru it.  The worst part is normally over by day 4... PM me if you need someone to talk to.  I've kicked H more times than I like to admit!  Good luck

refusingbondage · Answer

Just want to say hang in there... this wont kill you, you may want it to, but it will just hurt like he11 (as you know fairly well at this point).  Try Tylenol PM to sleep - I doubt it will work when you are in the most acute phase of wd, but it's worth a shot.. Time is your best friend.  Count the minutes if you have to..
Just Dont give up, you CAN do it.  You are so brave to be at hour 36 and have already suffered 36 hours - please stay strong.  Best of luck - God bless.

Pill Popper in AL · Answer

just reading your message. hang in there! i have never taken H before, but i know about withdrawl. what city do you live in? i only ask because 20/20 did a story on a town in ohio (i think) that alot of the residents where addicted to black tar heroin.
anyway, take care of yourself and i'll be praying for you.
lisa

daystrom · Answer

You can get loads of smack but no benzos?  Strange.  Where I live we actually have a place known as "Benzo Corner". :)

Black tar eh?  We do not have that stuff up here, just Vancouver #4 (SE Asian, mostly Afghani), a white to just off white powder, much closer to pure diacetylmorphine HCL salts I reckon.  That tar is Mexican correct?  Do people inject that?

Again, I wish you well man.  I would really ask around for valium though, turn every rock over you can.  They help big time IMHO.  Straight CT is brutal.

Ray

bravobreeseff · Answer

Thanks I will check out the stuff you mentioned. 

I wish I could score some valium but unfortunately I have no doctor and no insurance and no way to get any drug besides heroin. Which is sad. All my friends are addicted and the people who used to have other goodies for sell only have h now. Its a sad place in my city.

daystrom · Answer

Not from a pharmacy?  Do you mean not Rx?  Not much really.  Antihistamines might help with the runny nose/watery eyes.  Ibuprofen does help with the aches, a bit.  Imodium for the GI distress.  One thing you might wanna try is dextromethorphan.  Get it in an unadulterated syrup like the brand name DelSym cough medication.  It is a NMDA receptor antagonist and will ease some wd symptoms as some are a result of over activity at those receptors.  As far as dosage goes, take what you can tolerate, twice a day, but keep in mind that over 200mg of DXM will result in trippy, dissociative PCP like effects, which I personally abhor.  Try it for the first 4-5 days, which tend to be the worst.  

And chin up mate.  Remember, it could always be worse.  I withdrew in a jail cell once and got little pity from the guards, save one who slipped me a few Tylenol 3s on the sly, which did virtually nothing to help given my HUGE habit.  By day 3 I was vomiting, sweating and shaking uncontrollably, I could keep nothing down, I was very near hallucinating at times.  At that point the doc who was in for his daily visit took pity on me and gave me a jab of demerol in the rear end, which I got every 6 hours from then on out until I was released two days later.  I loved that man.  In any event, take care.  I wish you well.  It ***** but hang in there.

You really should have scored 10 or 20 valium though, but your call mate.  All the best!

Ray

cathy5841 · Answer

i have no heroin experience, others her do.  just wanted to offer support...someone will be along soon tohelp ya.  check out the thomas recipe and aminos in the health pages...there is some great info there to help with the w/ds.