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to ochooked
Nov 17, 2008 05:10PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
You are feeling better so now it is up to you to make yourself better. You have to stay positive about this. It will get better. Eat right, drinks lots of water, vitamins and healthy food. How long have you been killing yourself. Yes it will take more time than a week but if you are already feeling better then you are well on your way. Keep going, keep up the...
To Sub or not to Sub - - That is the question?
Nov 17, 2008 05:06PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
I only disagree with one thing oc said. I think using sub for oxy and other opiate addiction is a good tool to stop the routine of addiction. After 5 years of 200mgs a day of hydrocodone and many failed attempts at quitting the sub has helped me. I am productive at my job again. My life at home is normal again. I am living again. Now I know there will be a da...
please someone answer my question
Nov 17, 2008 11:43AM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
I too have heard alot of horror stories. I have also heard some success stories. Fron what I can gather. The ones who got off pretty easy did have one thing in common. They took it very very slow on the taper. They would very slowly ween down to basically 1/2mg a day and then would take that every other day. Then every 3rd day and so on up to 5 days between d...
please someone answer my question
Nov 17, 2008 10:33AM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Good luck to you. The faster you can quit the better. Just be careful cutting your dose to fast. Just do what your body tells you and it should work out. To fast of a jump and you will have withdrawls. You can however just take some more sub if that happens. Try taking 2mgs at a time and see what happens. If you are comfortable, work from there.
please someone answer my question
Nov 17, 2008 09:13AM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Do not cut your dose in half. That would be like taking 15 vics a day and dropping to 7 a day. Lots of withdrawl symptoms if you do that. I don't think buying them off the street is a good thing to do either, just for this reason alone. If your taking 8 mg a day what I would do is cut that 8mg in half and then in half again and drop down to 6mg for about 3...
please someone answer my question
Nov 17, 2008 09:05AM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Hey if your jittery and having headaches you are probably taking to much sub. After one week on sub I was taking 4mg in the morning and 4 mg in the afternoon. It will take a week to two weeks to find out where you are really comfortable on it. However, if you are going to quit in two weeks then that does'nt really matter. I really thing 8mg a day is enough to...