Hello everyone!

I’m currently in recovery from a high everyday opioids usage, specifically OxyContin which gets dissolved and injected into veins.

Since my way of assuming oxy is not a really common way here in Italy, the rehab doctor is, using her same words, learning how to treat me.

I talked to her about this nice community (❤️) and she since this may be a good way to share information with other people who are into recovery, she wanted some more information on treatment on IV opioids.

If anyone else has been using IV oxy and has seeked medical help, how was treatment done? I’m starting on methadone, which is the standard opioids alternative medication, but we have many questions about withdrawal from IV use, how it was addressed in your rehab clinic, and what helped you fight it (sometimes I get the urge to inject myself with water when I was in withdrawals in the past)

Thank you everyone for your input! 🌹

I've basically abandoned this account but just wanted to pop by briefly to share that he's still doing good. He recently "graduated" from his recovery group through Kaiser (they have free recovery groups for certain amount of time after going to rehab.) He now just does an online meeting weekly. He's going to go speak at the rehab he went to next month.

He goes to therapy every week (as do I.)

He's almost paid off all his debt (over $45k.) We dealt with hard things such as losing a dog and getting in a car accident the day after. Still he's been strong as has the whole family.

He's grown so much as a man, husband and father. It's been a journey with many tears but in many ways it feels we are coming out better for it. 💗

My ex-boyfriend’s death anniversary is in 4 days. It will have been 20 years which is just absolutely wild to me because I don’t feel old enough to have had anything happen 20 years ago.

Check in here.

Hey 16 days off methadone. I feel pretty much perfectly fine throughout the day until its time to go to bed. Then im in bed having crazy muscle spasms and anxious and my stomach starts going crazy. all my life when i get sick with the flu or whatever I've felt fine during the day too. Anyone else have this happen?

What the hell do I do? How long does this last? No amount of zquil or anything helps me sleep. I don't have benzos or anything like that

So I've been banned from r/opiates and r/fentanyl for location sharing... But maybe it was God sending me to this sub instead. I am at a hospital detox rn, coming off of raw fetty... Tomorrow is my last day. But they have been giving me the same dose of bupe for like 3 days, thats barely holding me...so they aren't really tapering me... I know when I get to residential tomorrow I will have to get on MAT, or suffer severe withdrawal. I actually took some 7oh and pseudo today to just help me relax. All I've gotten while I've been here is Ativan and bupe. Tomorrow makes 4 days. Idk why I'm posting this... For support or advice ig. Been fighting with heroin for over a decade I'm 30 years old.. been fighting with fetty for almost a year now. Can't keep on like this.

Hello! My husband used to take drugs for 10 years. He stopped 3 years ago. He started again 1 year ago wirh oxycodons and DHC. I'm very worried about him. We spoke about this a lot of times and he really wants to stop using it, but the problem is that after 1 day without pills he has very strong pain in his legs, he cannot stands up from the bed, his body is not working at all. I want to help him so bad , I read almost everything that exists, but I want your help from first hand. Thank you so much for your help ❗

Hey all. I’m a little over 48 hours into opioid WD. I used perk and hydro (not together) for about 6 years. Probably about 6 a day. I started tapering a month ago and have went cold turkey two days ago. My main symptoms are weakness and anxiety. I haven’t eaten in two weeks and I’m drinking as much Gatorade as I can but I still feel very dehydrated. I’m trying to be strong and hang on but what is worrisome for me is that when I do sleep at night my pulse is in the 40-50 and my respirations have ranged from 7.5-13. That isn’t normal for me during sleep and I’m so scared that I’m going to die. Trying to avoid the hospital due to the stigma that comes with this.

When will my energy return? I’m 5 months off of my sublocade shot. Use to be a pain killer(any I could get) and blue fent user for around 10 years. Was on suboxone for a year and then Got the sublocade shot in June of this year and have been doing good for the most part other than my energy levels. I’m not working out/exercising because when I get off work I don’t want to do anything. Any advice out there as to what could help me in my situation ? Thanks in advance. I feel like there’s no hope or like I’ve ruined my body permanently.

I know that's a pathetic day count to post about... But I'm hoping that posting will help me hold myself accountable if other people see my commitment rather than me just doing it alone.

I'm about to make an espresso, I just bought a new delta 8 vape, and it's college football Saturday so I'm hoping for a good day full of upsets!

ETA: damnit my own team got upset 😭 still sober tho! 💪🏻

whatsup friends

Can somebody plz explain this to me as best you can in layman’s terms cuz I understand about 10% of everything I’ve read in the last hour trying to find the answer. Why don’t drugs like ropinirole that help restore dopamine in the brain, help expedite recovery from opiates? Isn’t that what we’re lacking that causes us to feel like we’ll never be able to find joy in anything again during the 1st several months of recovery? Thx!

So former heroin addict 5 years off the needle. however this past year SUCKED. Job, relationships, myself all went way dow hill and I began abusing tianeptine, kratom, phenibut, some benzos, and alcohol.

After i'd sat around and off and on of 12 years of being an addict, dealer, someone that worked with the cartel on the west and gangs in the east, I never once got into any kind of criminal trouble. This time I had a mental break down with a lot of contributing factor and went from zero to 1000000 real quick. It's like I switch people and i remember very little of all this.

I was drinking and doing pills. then i got a whip canister. After sitting in the lot for a while, i got in a back road, took off my seat belt, and hit the gas and whip is as hard as i could. When i woke up(concussed and shamed) there was a tree sitting where my seat should be. Im luck to be alive and luckily no one else was involved. I take full accountability and actually look forward to putting in the work for real this time. I want to stand up in front of that judge remorseful but proud, proud that i'm taking action every day and taking the steps to better myself in every way. Today marks 8 days sober again and I plan on adding days till the day I die. Anyways, thanks for reading if you got this far. Could use some support and encouragement and especially advice!! Happened in Adam's county CO.

Sending love and healing to you all. this group was my sanctuary for a very long time.

❤️🫡❤️

Edit: My question is! What do you personally find crucial for early sobriety, beating laws all that? drop it here thanks!!

I've read about restless leg syndrome and for me and the nitazene withdraws it kinda felt like my whole body was being shocked for about 24 hours that first two days off. Just thinking about it makes me uncomfortable (but also grateful its over). I also lifted weights a lot then stopped that with the nitazenes so I bet that didn't help the experience. Also people call them zenes for short and I wish I could explain this, but the "zene" sound was (still kinda is) very electric for me, kinda like the body feeling of LSD, not a pleasant feeling in my gut but the vibes from a bad trip kinda had me frozen like a statue (if that sounds familiar give it time you WILL get back to normal and will have energy again. I was starting to wonder if I would. You will)

Opiates and benzos

So I’m prescribed klonopin and Valium but I don’t take them. I don’t want to get addicted but it’s nice having them around in case I need them. I am also addicted to opiates. I plan on using them for withdrawal from the opiates and was curious about a couple things. First how quick will my tolerance go up and after how long of using benzos will I go through withdrawal from them. Currently I use them maybe one a month if that.

When it comes to how I intend to use them for the opiate withdrawal, I want to take them for at least and week maybe two. What are your guys experiences with it?

Got some really nice news last night; my parents currently split their year between South Carolina and Massachusetts and they let me and my sister know that they are selling the house in SC and moving to a state and town that is only 2 hours away from each of us in order to be closer. I’m really pleased. I call my mom all the time and now I may have the opportunity to see her and my dad a lot more often. I’ve really enjoyed making it up to them for all the bullshit I put them through when I was actively using.

Check in here, what’s a small (or big) joy you’ve experienced lately?

Hi everyone,

Like many of you, I’m addicted to opiates. I’ve been using for over 7 years, with a few brief clean periods. I remember during one of those, I finally got rid of my RLS. But something always triggered a relapse, like a bad day or an argument, and I’d go back to using. Now I’m done. The oxy and Suboxone habits have ruined my life. I stopped Suboxone 6 days ago, but the withdrawals are bad. I’ve been using a little kratom to ease the Suboxone withdrawal, but I don’t want to keep using it.

Here’s what I’ve got to try: 30 100mg gabapentin, 150 red Bali kratom, 500mg magnesium supplements, and calm support coming today. I could get Soma or Xanax but I don’t want to because of my addictive personality. My girlfriend has Ativan, but I’m not sure about that either. I also have an electric foot massager coming and heard magnesium cream might help with RLS.

I heard you can get gabapentin through GoodRx—anyone know if that’s true? Any advice on how to manage withdrawal, especially RLS, would be appreciated.

PLEASE HELP!

I’ve been taking prescription codeine for 6 years, 224 30mg tablets a month, the doctors didn’t realise I was managing to order this twice a month, so thats 450 tablets a month. Then i would top up with otc codeine mixed with ibuprofen and paracetamol. I was taking upto 800mg a day, which is fucking ridiculous amounts. I told the doctors I was addicted, and I self referred to a local drug clinic who refused to give me buprenorphine so I’ve had to taper down with the doctors.. it hasn’t gone well as all I’ve done is take more and more otc medication as they’ve cut me down a tablet a week.

Well the other day I decided fuck this and quit all the otc at once, so that’s 260mg reduced all in one go. Today I am freaking out, my anxiety is through the roof, physically I think I’m stabilising (I hope) but my mental health is all over the place today and I feel like a complete and utter loser. Please tell me I will feel better soon?! I’m still taking 420mg of prescribed codeine as per my taper program with the doctors and I can’t believe even with such an amount of codeine in my system I still feel like this.

I’ve quit before and have my own methods, but I would like to hear what other people do as well.

I’m tired of this. I just want to be DONE! I spend $450 PER DAY. My life revolves around being a slave to it!! It is not worth it at all. And my tolerance is so high that I barely feel it and doesn’t last long. I basically just don’t feel like I’m WD when I do it now! It doesn’t hit like it used to at all. It’s been years of this shit I want out. I can’t afford this. I have to hustle everyday and have barely any money bc of it.

Please share what works for you & makes it much easier to go through

Hi guys,

Just wanted some advice for someone who’s used heroin for 4 months, 1 gram snorted a day. Am planning to come off using subs, and would like to be on subs for as short as possible. Would anyone who’s done this please let me know how they did it? If you have any extra advice could you please PM me as I may have some extra questions.

Thank you so much in advance.

I had over 2 years. In July my mom had an event that cause her to get a fill of a large amount of oxys. I live with them now so there is access. In mid July she told me she was sick of them and stopped taking them. That was the last road block I had in my mind to leave them alone. Since July 21st I’ve done some 5 times. Last was Wednesday morning I was pretty damn drunk and had access since I was home alone. I took more out of the bottles than what I consumed Wednesday morning. I just got over the oxy hangover 8 hours ago and I have some stashed. Drunk now and trying so hard to take them. I have to work in 14 hours so I’m just trying to keep in mind how much it will fuck my day up if I take them. It’s so hard. I want to put them back so they won’t notice them missing if they ever check. But I feel like I just need to flush them. So hard to just get rid of them even though every logical part of me wants them gone.

Edit: I’m not going to do them tonight. I should just flush them tonight but I’m afraid if I touch the bottle I stored them in I’m going to take them. Just going to let them lay for now and get through tonight.

EDIT: *I'm new to this forum and don't use Reddit very often, so I make some rookie mistakes (including writing too much and asking too many questions, lol). *Please feel free to let me know if the below post is just too long and unnecessarily detailed to read thru, or needs to be formatted better, etc...and I'll edit it accordingly. Or any other tips on how to improve my posts. Thanks!!

Hi all,

So I'm transitioning from 2-mgs of Suboxone twice daily (totaling 4-mgs every 24 hours) and starting the 100-mg Sublocade shot for the first time next week. Ideally, the plan is to only get this Sublocade shot one time, then let it gradually leave my system as a final form of tapering off the medication/buprenorphine altogether. (Obviously, my doctor and I have some backup options in case this doesn't work out as planned.)

But from what I'm told by both my doctor and my pharmacist, the weaning process should not be too difficult.

My doc makes it sound like a cakewalk—like this Sublocade shot will basically slowly leave my system, my brain and body will adapt to it, and I'll barely notice any withdrawal symptoms.

My pharmacist was more straightforward and real with me, saying that I might experience some withdrawal and that everyone is different. etc..

However, she did not go into the intensity of said potential withdrawal (like, are we talking detox-off-opiates-level misery? Or mild aches and sniffles? And for how long?)

On the other hand, she did essentially echo my docs theory that my brain/body will adapt as the Sublocade shot leaves my system after one month, which sounds hopeful?

She reassured me that the transition off Sublocade should not be overly challenging considering my current low Suboxone dosage, the reduced starting dose of Sublocade (100 mg instead of the typical 300 mg), and the fact that this is my first/only experience with the injection. She also emphasized that more severe withdrawal symptoms tend to occur in individuals who initiate treatment with higher doses of Suboxone or Sublocade, those who use it for an extended period, or those who abruptly discontinue higher doses without tapering.

The thing is, while of course hearing this is encouraging, this option sounds a little too good to be true.

Question:

• I guess I'm just looking to hear more experiences from other people out there who have actually experienced going through this, or know people who have—rather than just from medical professionals who have only heard or read about it in theory.

• More specifically, it would be helpful to hear from anyone who switched from a similarly low dose of Suboxone, started off on the 100-mg Sublocade shot and/or only received one dose of the Sublocade shot, then weaned off of it completely after that.

That said, any and all forms of advice or thoughts are welcome. 🙂

I'm mainly asking because I've heard tell of some bad experiences going off Sublocade. (For ex: people will wean off of it and feel fine for a while, but then when it finally fully leaves their system, the real withdrawal kicks in...hard.) And I don't have a backup plan for that, yet.

Of course, I'd love to hear otherwise, lol! But as others here know, none of this has been easy from the start (duh). Being an addict was miserable. Detox was hell. Staying clean was pretty difficult, at first. And tapering down from 12 mg to 2 mg Suboxone was no picnic, either (albeit easier than I expected it to be).

...And so I just can't imagine that, after several yrs of opiate addiction followed by reliance on buprenorphine, going off of it will be the most enjoyable process. Lol.

I'm still going to go through with it, and I'm looking forward to being off of it! But I just want to ready myself for potential discomfort and get a better feeling for what I should really expect, from the best-case scenario to the worst-case scenario.

I'll poke around here for similar questions/answers, as well.

Thank you in advance!

PS Just to be extra clear, I'm seeking personal experiences and insight, NOT medical advice.

My middle son has had problems with drugs and his behavior since he was 13. When he was 25 he moved with his younger brother (20yo) to California. They lived there for 4 years and were not happy so they moved back home. My husband and I bought them a house to move into together , which took a few months to get ready, During that time my sons would fight all the time and I suspected they both were taking drugs. My middle son would feed me info saying his little brother is doing drugs. I would ask if he knew for sure and he would say no but just look at him its obvious.

When their house was finally ready for them to move in together , my younger son came to my husband and I and told us he cant move in with his brother. It was very difficult for him but he told us that his brother got him addicted to Oxy when they were living in Cali. He said the reason they fought so much was because they are both addicts and he cant stand how awful they treated each other and how bad he feels being on it. He said in order to get clean he has to cut his brother out of his life completely until he gets clean .

My husband and I first told our older son that his brother won't move in with him because he is addicted to oxy and needs to get clean. We told our older son how proud we are of his younger brother for coming to us for help. We thought maybe that would get him to come clean to us with his addiction, as well. He did not. All he said was "oh , he could have come to me and I would have understood and could have helped him." He has been living in the house by himself for a couple weeks and my husband and I went to talk to him and told him we know everything. That he got his brother started on oxy and we know he takes 400mg a day (prob higher now). Of course he denied everything . We told him until he can be honest with us and get clean we will not continue to give him money .

It's been a couple weeks now and I haven't seen or spoken to him, except for a couple necessary texts about a delivery or something. I don't know if I should reach out to him or go over and talk to him again. My last text was telling him we love him and this is all we can do until he gets clean . That we are here for him when he is ready to be honest. My question is do we not reach out to him or should keep trying? Should we go back over to talk to him or reach out in some way?

I forgot to add that his psychiatrist prescribes 4mg of klonopin a day and 45 2mg xanax every month. He also gets extremely mean and treats the people he loves like shit. I really thought when his little brother cut him out of his life that would get him to wake up! They were extremely close. Any suggestions I greatly appreciate , I'm at my wits end!

Thanks in advance for any help!

I recently relapsed after being clean for nearly 2 months following a detox.

I’ve been taking a box of Nurofen Plus (Ibruprofen 200mg and Codeine Phosphate 12.8mg) every single day for the past 2 weeks.

Before my detox I was taking over 1200mg of Codeine Phosphate for over 3/4 years.

I’m planning on stopping again, will I have a really bad withdrawal? I need to kick this habit!

Thank you all for your guidance x

So when I had my opiate habit, I also had a methamphetamine habit. As many Redditors know, if you're a functioning opiate addict, amphetamines can be very helpful for getting through the workday.

Now I'm clean. 60 days off fent 40 days off sub, getting better every day.

I've ALWAYS had severe add/adhd from the time I was a child. Before my opiate habit I was prescribed adderall and it was a lifesaver. Kept me organized and focused blah blah.

Now that I'm trying to clean my act uo I talked to my doctor and he recommended a low 30mg dose of Vyvanse, which is a long acting amphetamine with less potential for abuse than say adderall or Desoxyn (which if you're not familiar with is PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE METHamphetamine typically prescribed to the morbidly obese or severe narcoleptics). I will tell you from personal experience that if you think adderall makes you focused, with desoxyn you'll build a fucking house all by yourself. But I digress...

The bottom line is this, adderall, vyvanse, desoxyn, dynavel, ALL of them are some form of amphetamine, dextroamphetamine or methamphetamine. I have no desire to see my old speed plug. But sometimes I think "I'm taking fucking speed (prescribed from the doctor) anyway. What am I accomplishing here?"

I'm sorry for these esoteric and philosophical questions, but the whole recovery business is SO FUCKED UP, I don't know who to believe half the time. Is the vyvanse killing brain cells and destroying my liver just like crystal meth? I mean methamphetamine metabolizes into amphetamine after a few days anyway.

Out of EVERY drug I've done, I still maintain my longest and worst withdrawals were from subs which were medically prescribed.

I guess there is no real question here, but it's really amazing how they can label methamphetamine "Desoxyn" and give it to u at rite aid.

I am on day 15 and still feel restless. When will it end? I was on 4 - 5 mg at the end but at the beginning 0.5 - 2. I used them for 2 months.

I had to make a very brief title so, here’s the details:

He managed stopped for a week (he had to go abroad) and now he is using quite little and his aim is stopping eventually completely. He has a doctor to discuss his medicines and quitting plans.

Sometimes I find him high after we both return home in the evening. That gets rid of my excitement to share my day immediately. I cut it short and I happen to give short answers if he tries to talk to me. Also, often he doesn’t sound like “himself” or his speech and questions are…funky?

He gets really upset that I don’t act “normal” towards him. I don’t want to have a conversation with him and I act a bit cold, not cuddly bubbly like “normal”. I mind my own business. He gets really offended that I am not acting close, thinks that I am a bit mean. (I am not mean, I am distant. Because, I do not feel like being close when he is high. I don’t get attracted in any way anymore.) I think the contrast is huge for him because if I am close with someone I am quite sweet, hyperactive and sharing around them, I joke around and talk a lot.

However of course, I want to make him feel supported. Still, I think that I would throw up if I would force to act normal to him while he is obviously not acting normal and ignore how he is. I really don’t know how to act towards him when he is high… Also, I know that he feels depressed and less motivated if I act distant towards him. I feel overwhelmed and puzzled, I would appreciate some help and opinions :)

24+ hr post with out opioids and i was on them for over three years i am disabled and every time i would ask my doctor to get off them they would say maybe later and at this point im going to be fucked up and in pain. There is no escape they are bandages to just mask whats going on ive heard horrible things about the withdrawals and the process of making the cravings not so bad just wishing i could talk to someone that understands i cant do this alone i didnt think i would have to do it alone

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i’ve been addicted to oxy (real) for basically the whole year tried and tried to get off it but yet just end up relapsing i need to get off ur as i have to spend 2 weeks away for a new job trial the start of December my last dose was 120mg 2 days ago and i don’t know the what the best route to go down whether to continue cold turkey or taper down or what but i thought i’d ask in here as i’ve seen some incredible recovery stories and thought this would be the best place for advice