what drug has the worst withdrawel?

[DubeMechanic]

This may seem like a stupid question, but which drug has the worst w/d?

I hear methadone and ultram are the worst from what Ive read here.

Currently Im addicted to morphine and Fentanyl. I have a taper schedule ready, now I just need to get _me_ ready..

Also I hear Soma is addicting.. well thats another favorite of mine.. but Ive never had w/d from it, and Ive been up to 12-20 a day (4 at a time). When I run out, thats it.  It does have a tolerance though, used to be 1 or 2 would get me messed, now I take 4 and not really feel a thing.

Also, my worst experiences were with Soma.. woke up twice in jail because of it.

Every day I read this forum and every day I get closer to quiting. Keep posting everyone! It really helps.

DM

[appleslice79]

Benzos... 100% absolute nightmarish hell! Several people who go through withdrawals are never the same after & in a horrible, horrible way. I'm tempted everyday to go back to them because after being on them for about 20 years then a 1 1/2 month fast taper off, I'm someone I don't like or recognize and can't stand being in my own crawling skin. I just want to feel normal. I have become a complete hermit. Can't even be around family very long w/o feeling awkward. I even feel awkward around my freakin dog! It's been five months since I quit and the mental anguish is completely unbearable. I still have physical **** too. The worst right now is "jelly legs" and extreme fatigue. And as for methadone & suboxone, that is a money making scam. Why would you use a more addictive poison to come off the initial addictive poison?? The pharm companies don't want to lose $$ and control to the street dealers so they made a pharmaceutical version of just about every street drug to make sure the $ stays in their greedy pockets.
So yeah, I've come off of 100's of mgs of morphine, oxy, soma, ultram, oxymorphone (missing a few)... all of those were cake compared to benzos. Clonazapam in particular.

[Ballgame]

You replied to a thread that's 12 years old

[harborview]

from one to ten the worst street drugs including acholic

[Leahgirl]

Sup everyone Imma young female 28 and have been on diff types of drugs since i was 18.First was Meth for about 3 years decided to quit cold turkey after hitting rock bottom..My withdrawals for a few months was sleeping ALL the damn time, depression and mood swings.The depression for me has been long term.Still havent been the same since my meth use! Now its pain killers anywhere from perks,norcs,tabs,tramadol...STILL the withdrawals are awful but honestly for me TRAMADOL has been the worse for me Vomiting,diarreah,insomnia or cant stay awake,chills,sweats,night terrors,mood swings,depression,suicidal thoughts, you catch my drift tho right?? The crap is horrible and I wish I would have never gotten on them.I hate life now and stay so depressed and have tried to quit so many times :(

[Pheonix_Rising]

I've recently come out of crisis from the ugliness of this disease. I'm just going to hare a few things I've learned from one of the oldest recovery center's in this country. I was shocked to find out that alcohol is just about the most dangerous substance to detox from when you've gotten so far in your disease that your body is riddled with toxicity including things like alcohol induced hepatitis, enlarged liver, enlarged spleen/pancreous, infected kidneys, bone marrow so low you may need a marrow donation like a leukemia patient, blood so thin if you fall you could drown in your own body from internal bleeding. Not to mention the violence of the effect of the actual detox process. I witnessed the horrors first hand and even thru an introvenus ativan/haloperidol protocol for 6 days what the devastating effect of alcohol can be. As awful as it is and as lucky as the person I witnessed go thru it is to live today.....the is only one detox thats worse. If you are some who has been abusing barbiturates/benzos/opiates and drinking alcohol with them. Then its 30 days if the most horrific detox IF you survive it. I've read throughout these comments that some are of the thought process to "do it myself". Thats the disease talking and the one thing this disease wants is to continue to be fed until you're dead. You can't go thru weaning/tapering and detox by yourself without professional medical help specialized in substance abuse. GO TO THE ER/HOSPITAL/REHAB. You will not survive this disease at home and you and your loved one's are not equipped to handle this. Everyone you're worried will find out....will be far prouder you for asking for help....than showing up to pay respects at your funeral realizing the torture you were carrying inside trying hide this from the world. It tried "under dr.'s orders" to help me loved detox at home.....was sent home with an RX of librium and told to keep them hydrated. They couldn't keep down liquids..vomited 17 times in the first 3 hours until they were choking on it and I heard the "death rattle". Then there was the convulsions, and DT"s....I did manage to get them to the ER before the really bad **** started. But that night I almost watched my loved one die. The dr.'s at the ER were horrified to find out that we were ever advised to do this at home. Bless each and everyone one you! I send prayers and healing thoughts to you all and any of your loved ones battling this disease.

[zebraa]

Thank you so much for all your comments. I am 51 and have been on valium since i was 17 so 34 years. I cannot find any dextox to take me I did go off them in 1999 and for some time lost my eyesite I was 3 weeks in dextox and it was hell to say the least but now detox will only take people for 5 to 7 days I am very scared, I wish you all the best I do truly understand.

[GreenButterfly906]

oxycontin, etc. is a walk in the park compared to methadone, subs. Had i know than what i know now! I quit "done" for 2 YEARS MATE, and still didnt feel right, i went back, stupid! You can never get off. 99.8% failure rate!

[owncore]

Ok this is gonna sound unexpected and outta the box here but, I have done lots and lots of drugs and overdosed 2 times on heroin. And although the worst experiance from coming down off any drug like your question states is to me alcohol i mean i can almost get outta bed if push really hard i go a day without my H but suboxone was pretty ******* bad to excuse my language lol now that I think bout it but alcohol was by far worse than any other drug but that suboxone hangover was pretty bad too. and i went a year straight on taking about 100mg a day so I know what i'm talking bout. I think that Opiates can be pretty bad if just 1 day you dont have any around then yeah it does last bout a good month of staying sober to be somewhat normal again. but ALCOHOL I cannot deny it, it was the worse withdraw I have ever had and some people their liver will shut down and besides mental of alcohol the people around you watched you act completely stupid . I guess cause this drug is legal no matter how many people it has hurt and kill and ruined their work day when alcoholics wake up for an epic drink night.

[owncore]

Ok this is gonna sound unexpected and outta the box here but, I have done lots and lots of drugs and overdosed 2 times on heroin. And although the worst experiance from coming down off any drug like your question states is to me alcohol i mean i can almost get outta bed if push really hard i go a day without my H but suboxone was pretty ******* bad to excuse my language lol now that I think bout it but alcohol was by far worse than any other drug but that suboxone hangover was pretty bad too. and i went a year straight on taking about 100mg a day so I know what i'm talking bout. I think that Opiates can be pretty bad if just 1 day you dont have any around then yeah it does last bout a good month of staying sober to be somewhat normal again. but ALCOHOL I cannot deny it, it was the worse withdraw I have ever had and some people their liver will shut down and besides mental of alcohol the people around you watched you act completely stupid . I guess cause this drug is legal no matter how many people it has hurt and kill and ruined their work day when alcoholics wake up for an epic drink night.

[janice242]

HERION IS PAINFUL TO GET OFF OF BUT AFTER A WEEK IN DETOX YOU'RE ALOT BETTER AND ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY...WHEREAS XANAX IS A KILLER.  IF YOU ARE ON BENZO'S FOR A LENGTH OF TIME...GOD HELP YOU.  THEY HAVE NOTHING TO EASE THE HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE YOU MAY GO THROUGH..HALLUCINATIONS...SEIZURES.  I WENT THROUGH IT AND ALL I CAN SAY IT WAS THE WORSE THING THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE.  EVEN NOW, I DON'T TAKE THEM, I STILL FEEL BAD FROM THE HORRIFIC DETOX.  HEROIN DOES NOT DO THAT.  THEY CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO EASE YOUR PAIN WITH HEROIN BUT NOT WITH XANAX. tUNLESS IT'S ANOTHER BENZO, THERE IS NOTHING.

[Hydroco_Done]

"Do yourself a favor, choose life over the evil that is pills."  Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Hydroco_Done]

Benzos, Barbs, Dones, and Alcohol, though dones probably take the cake on this one since the w/ds from them last so long.  Saw my friend w/d from alcohol cold turkey no meds and he was delirious wasn't really in reality I think he was having delirium tremors.  Opiates vary hydrocodone and oxy and those type of opiates aren't as intense but last a little longer (4-7 days) while morphine and anything similar are shorter in duration (3 days) but a lot more painful.  One of my friends was able to quit oxy np got hooked on morphine and now he's on subs, just to give you an idea.  When it comes right down to it, anything that can kill you from w/ding is the worst.

[harley_roze]

  I understand what you are going through,  I have been on and  off opiates for 16 years and am now back on them for a serious back injury.  I run out,  I cry,  the depression from it is unbearable.  As unbearable as the addiction.  I quit for awhile to,  cold turkey and stayed clean for two years but it came back when I got hurt.  No surgeon will operate on me,  the bones in my spine are calcified, I have bone spurs, two compressed discs and Severe Disc Degenerative Desease and the reason they wont do surgery is because I could get worse or the bones could shatter.  I don't know about that one,  atleast I can still walk but only when I am pumped full of painkillers. Otherwise I walk like a 80 year old and I am only 48.There have been times I have felt suiciadal over it but God keeps me hanging on and for what reason I really don't know.  You keep your head up,  it's people like you that are helping me.  Thanks.

[donewitis]

You might not have noticed but this is an old thread. Also if you were to read the many new 'threads', you would see that Tramadol is highly addictive and I have read that the w/d's from that are as bad if not worse than any opiate. Do yourself a favor, choose life over the evil that is pills. If we can do it..no doubt you can too. If you want help, start a new thread.

[mike_746]

me 2 it *****, the worst thing ever. what work is tramadol, you can buy it online with out a scrip. it cost alot $140 for 180 pills and its c.o.d. but it works because it is a opioid.

[soberliving36]

LI am a 36 old mother of severely mentally handicapped daughter. I am also an oxycontin addict, i have been in treatment for the last 6 months. I have been taking suboxone for 110 days, i have a constant nauseated feeling, very, very low energy. Is this normal? Because it is affecting my life to the point i am not functioning at all , the house is a mess, and it takes all my energy to just to provide the basic care my daughtet needs. I fear relapse everday. Plz help. I feel desperate and stuck in a cycle that i thought would have passed by now.ty!nd i am

[Mudd5150]

My vote goes to Methadone for the pain factor and the how long it takes before you feel better factor.  My 2nd vote goes to the other big boy on the block nowadays BARS. Xanax w/d ***** just as much but for diffrent reasons. You get the shakes, convulsions in the worst cases. you dont sleep for at least ten days and your heart beats so hard it actually makes your whole body move along with the beats. I know this because I got thrown in jail for ten days while on a meth program at 135mg/day plus taking 5 xanax bars daily. So i went cold turkey from that. Didnt sleep a wink for the ten days. I could tell the meth was bad because I didnt even start withdrawing bad till day 3. The xanax had me dyin the first 3 days. Then they mixed sort of. I actually became quite mentally f-ed up after about 8 days. I started having these waking dreams that they were letting me go to starbucks to get coffee. :) So I was delusional to the fullest. Don't recomend it.

[mo2000]

Hi there!

I'm so sorry about what you are going through :(

No One has answered you because this thread is from half a decade ago!! Try going to the top of this page and hitting the green button that says "post a ques
tion" and start your own thread.  You will get many more responses that way, as people tend to look over old threads.  There are a ton of nice people here willing to help you!

[concernedwifeandmom]

Im very worried about my husband he is on norco and morphine and yesterday while we were driveing he had a very bad spell we had to take our kids and him to the nearest gas station i called 911 and well he is home now im scared yesterday i thought i might loose my best friend all because of those harsh drugs . i learned he has been having severe anxity at night thoughts of death and sweats can anyone help me help him ? Thanks a concerned Wife and Mother

[scared to be sick]

hi ive been injecting dilaudid 8mg x4-6 times aday, i want to stop, but i know i cant go cold turkey ended up in the hospital last year start from 3 days only in a detox center my kindenys started to fail, shut down and i was badly dehidrated and everything was out of wack, potasium and salt lever everthing stared to shut down even my liver and my memory started to go before i even mad  it to the detox ,anway ended up in hosptal after 3 days in detox pucking up my bile and al the crapy things that go along with it. i just wanted to start eating my pills the way im supposed to do 2 -8mg four times a day for my cronic neck and back  pain, i want to know can i go from injecting to eating them and getting away with 4 a day , i just dont want to get sick, and if you could also tell me what i can also take over the counter vitamins to help i f ill have w/d so after and almost dieing last summer im scared but i got to stop this craziness. signed SCARED TO DEATH

[Roxy30mg]

Hello, I have a question about withdrawals and how long I can expect to have them. I started doing some Percocets at night to help me get to sleep and I won't lie I also enjoyed the high. Eventually I didn't get the same effect and the dosage had to go up.Then it got to the point where it wasn't fun anymore I just had to take more. As my tolerance grew, so did my need. A so called friend of mine stared selling me his script for 30mg Roxicodone. They were nice and a lot stronger than the 5 or 10 mg Percocets. At first it was just a nightly thing but now has become every 4 to 6 hours. The dose I take is not the full 30 mgs each time though. I do realize if I continue taking them my tolerance with grow even more. I've started taking Oxycontins at low levels just to be able to sleep the night through without having to wake up in pain to take more of the shorter lasting Roxy's. The problem I'm facing know may be the best thing to happen to me. I can no longer get the supply of pills I once could. Now I have to get what's available on the street level. I don't like this feeling of unsurety. I do know that I will experience withdrawals if I stop cold turkey now. What I need to know how long they will last. I have just gotten some 40 mg Metadose tablets. I've tried breaking them into eighths and they seem to last longer and relieve any withdrawals from the other pills. How long can I take the Methadose and not get hooked on them? I'm taking only 5mgs at a time now. Would  doing this for a short time help me beat the Roxy and Oxy withdrawals? Any information you can tell me would greatly help!

[Roxy30mg]

Hello, I have a question about withdrawals and how long I can expect to have them. I started doing some Percocets at night to help me get to sleep and I won't lie I also enjoyed the high. Eventually I didn't get the same effect and the dosage had to go up.Then it got to the point where it wasn't fun anymore I just had to take more. As my tolerance grew, so did my need. A so called friend of mine stared selling me his script for 30mg Roxicodone. They were nice and a lot stronger than the 5 or 10 mg Percocets. At first it was just a nightly thing but now has become every 4 to 6 hours. The dose I take is not the full 30 mgs each time though. I do realize if I continue taking them my tolerance with grow even more. I've started taking Oxycontins at low levels just to be able to sleep the night through without having to wake up in pain to take more of the shorter lasting Roxy's. The problem I'm facing know may be the best thing to happen to me. I can no longer get the supply of pills I once could. Now I have to get what's available on the street level. I don't like this feeling of unsurety. I do know that I will experience withdrawals if I stop cold turkey now. What I need to know how long they will last. I have just gotten some 40 mg Metadose tablets. I've tried breaking them into eighths and they seem to last longer and relieve any withdrawals from the other pills. How long can I take the Methadose and not get hooked on them? I'm taking only 5mgs at a time now. Would  doing this for a short time help me beat the Roxy and Oxy withdrawals? Any information you can tell me would greatly help!

[Roxy30mg]

Hello, I have a question about withdrawals and how long I can expect to have them. I started doing some Percocets at night to help me get to sleep and I won't lie I also enjoyed the high. Eventually I didn't get the same effect and the dosage had to go up.Then it got to the point where it wasn't fun anymore I just had to take more. As my tolerance grew, so did my need. A so called friend of mine stared selling me his script for 30mg Roxicodone. They were nice and a lot stronger than the 5 or 10 mg Percocets. At first it was just a nightly thing but now has become every 4 to 6 hours. The dose I take is not the full 30 mgs each time though. I do realize if I continue taking them my tolerance with grow even more. I've started taking Oxycontins at low levels just to be able to sleep the night through without having to wake up in pain to take more of the shorter lasting Roxy's. The problem I'm facing know may be the best thing to happen to me. I can no longer get the supply of pills I once could. Now I have to get what's available on the street level. I don't like this feeling of unsurety. I do know that I will experience withdrawals if I stop cold turkey now. What I need to know how long they will last. I have just gotten some 40 mg Metadose tablets. I've tried breaking them into eighths and they seem to last longer and relieve any withdrawals from the other pills. How long can I take the Methadose and not get hooked on them? I'm taking only 5mgs at a time now. Would  doing this for a short time help me beat the Roxy and Oxy withdrawals? Any information you can tell me would greatly help!

[sharonver]

Erin,

I can't imagine anyplace letting her suffer too much. Especially if it is a rehab hospital.  They will probably try to make her as comfortable as possible.  One thing in her favor though is that she is on a low dose and for a short period of time, that in itself is a godsend!!! Email me if you want to talk more about it.

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