any one new to the fourm,and lurking / open fourm

[hippy]

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hippy]

i am an addict, i have abused anthing i have ever taken.
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, .

[hippy]

there are people here at the fourm who know the way to taper from methadone , some mathamatical fourmula.
im sure some one will post it.
it has been posted before many times

[chrisby]

Hi everyone I've been reading the forum addictively for the last 2 weeks Thanks for the invitation. It has been helping me out quite a bit lately. 2 years ago I got hooked on vics than percs oxys. Was told to got to a methadone clinic so I did and started on 25 mgs a year later I was up to 50 why they let you do this I don't know. I weened myself back down to 25 in the last to months and got stuck there. After alot of research I discoverd buprenex and got lucky enough to find a docter to detox on it. (For $1000.) It was a little shacky changing over but now I feel fine. I was just wondering if anybody else has tried this route. and if so how hard was it to get off the buprenex. I have disc problems so I don't like clonidine for withdrawls because it doesn't help with any back pain.
           This forum is great i've read some others and this one sounds like people that want to be drug free...
               Thanks Chrisby

[curious1998]

Thank you to everyone who responded to my Soma problem.  I started taking it when I hurt my back, I have a very addictive personality, and should have never started it.  I have to take 3 or 4 to get any relief from my back pain now. (at a time) when I have tried to go off, the w/d's are similar to coming off Vics.  Restless legs, trips to the bathroom etc.  I'm having more of a problem coming off these then the Vic's.  I thank all of you for your non-judging responses to my problem, this is by far the most caring forum I have ever seen.  By the way, do I find the L-tyrosine and b6 at the vitamin store?  

Thanks again so very much.
curious

[Bodymechanic]

Clonidine is the drug of choice for detox regardless of the substance.  Tyrosine is available in the health food store. If you have an addictive personality I suggest that you investigate deprenyl.  It boosts your natural production of dopamine. Low dopamine levels are a very common problem in the addict.  Low dopamine levels may be the reason that some people find it hard to stop using drugs permanantly. Deprenyl reduces the chance of senility in old age.  Animal studies indicate the use of deprenyl on a regular basis increases lifespan by 20% and more.

[puma]

(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