Withdrawel Kit / Open Forum

[DubeMechanic]

Howdy all

Hope you all are doing OK (so far as an addict can be). Ive found a lot of inspiration here, THANK YOU.

I know there are several schools or thought on stopping this crazy cycle of addiction: Cold Turkey and Taper. Also some folks recommend taking other drugs to help out the WD symptoms, others dont.

Well, Im slowely creating a "WD Kit," I have a bucketload of Wellbutrin, about 5 klonopines and a few Ativans and am saving them up for the Big Day. Every week I get a few more and am actually surprised I havent taken them just for the buzz. A month ago I would of eaten them as soon as I got them. Guess I want out of this nightmare BAD.. Im also slowly collecting up the Thomas Recipie stuff.

Im currently on Duragesic 100mg patches and plan on switching to oral morphine, tapering over a couple weeks till Im down to about 25 mg morphine/day, then going CT

My question is this: What dosages of these (klonopine etc) are recommended? The _last_ thing I want is to wind up addicted to something else so I figure 5 or 6 days tops taking the other meds.

When tapering Ive heard that you should take as much as makes you comfortable (...riiiiight...) but I doubt that would work for me. I plan on doing this over a couple weeks at most. I should save the Klonopine till after Ive taken my last morphine? Anyone else gone this route?

Thanks for any help.

DM

[bmac]

That reminds me,I am the maid also.I better get to cleaning,after
chasin' those little girls aroung there is a mess here.I just love the mop!!I won't chicken out,just kiddin'.I like walking too
much not to have this surgery.
                       see ya
                       Bill

[peaz]

Don't chicken out.  Get this overwith so you can move on.  I know you'll handle everything well.  And you're right--it won't be considered "using" if it's for a legit reason and you take it as directed.  You've really come a long way, and have been an inspiration to people on the board.  
Time to get some stuff done around here---the maid hasn't been worth a **** lately......... (that would be a joke, Bill...I'M the freakin' maid.......) Peaz

[bmac]

Thanks for the post.I was chasin' little girls.It seems to be my job now.Oh well I could be chasin' something else you know.
I have been clean for I think 47 or 48 days.But that will end soon.I will be on Kadian which is the same as MS contin because of the knee thang but this time I won't consider it using.I will
just look at it as if I weren't taking it I would be hurting way to bad.I have an appointment today with my doc and he wants me back on it.But my knee replacement surgery will be coming up
next week unless I chicken out.So I will need some pain relief.
Well thanks for the thought this morning.I need all the thoughts and prayers I can get.
                                peace,
                                 bmac

[peaz]

Hi!  Aren't you going on nearly two months clean??  I can't remember the actual count.  I try not to be  a "counter" and keep track of days sober, because to me it implies that after a certain time of "a whole lot of days" that it will have been long enough and okay for me to try "just a few".  So I just say "I'm sober" and that's that.  I did count in the beginning, though, because it ws the biggest  motivator I had.
Anyway, glad to hear you had a fun weekend w/ the (ahem) "little girls", and have a great Monday!!! Peaz

[bmac]

No,but I think the call she received was info enough.My nephew is in Kuwait in a tank unit and he was suppose to come this week but he was told 6 more months.I wonder what that could be about.
My wife is in a mash unit and she is in a head trauma unit so if
we do go to war I am afraid she will get that call,but hey,if
I could go I would.You have a good day,it's pouring rain here
and it's going to be a rainy week.Well,see ya!!!
                                bmac

[athena]

got a good laugh out of that did ya?I did too lol Hope your day is off to a good start.Has your wife heard anything else from her unit?You and her will be in my thoughts.

pixi