Start tapering off if you can. If you're in that deep medical intervention is your friend. Detox/rehab/hospital. You don't want to go cold turkey alone.
I did step 2 for a long while as well. i feel this comment in a lighthearted agreement haha. I keep finding my way back and this time i basically want tl stay
Mine was heroin withdrawal/detoxing cold turkey from a gram+ a day IV habit. It's essentially like getting the worst flu you can ever imagine, and multiply it by 10. I didn't eat for nine days. Only water. Shitting and puking at the same time, sitting in the bathroom for a full 12 hours straight, crying because it won't stop. And then being so sore that you can only trudge 20 feet maximum without collapsing. I think Trainspotting gave a lot of people the wrong idea of heroin withdrawal. It doesn't last a few days only; in reality, it can last weeks. Mine lasted, I would estimate, a full 20 days before I felt somewhat normal. But you're just depleted by the end of it. And would you believe that even after all that, I still went back to the drug? Several times, in fact.
Finally I just went the suboxone route; I'm not kidding when I say it's one of the most important drugs on the planet. Especially the injectio version, Sublocade. One injection per month for six months, and your body just naturally comes off the opioids because the injection creates a hardened ball of buprenorphine (the actual drug name) under the skin of the stomach that just slowly releases. Your body just naturally then comes off the opioids.
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u/CmonsterLuvin 11h ago
Shakes and cold sweats for four days and five nights. If you need help, the first step is admitting it and getting it.