Hi, I have had to quit heroin and oxy cold turkey 3 times. I am not sure why I didnt learn the first time...
anyways there is a lot to cover, that i spent hours and days researching, i would just like to include it here, for anyone currently attempting, or concidering kicking the habit
If you can get
suboxone, or have a buddy with it, or whatever... get it. take it for 3-4 days, then be done. otherwise you can get hooked on that stuff which has a less extreme withdrawal but it lasts for weeks at a time! but man, it works so well for the really bad days.
methadone really doesnt work, it more of puts off the withdrawal a day or so, then you get to go through it... trust me.
so assuming you cant get suboxone here is how to survive!
narc-anon made a vitamin regiment, that dumbed down is calcium and
magnesium 3 times a day and multivitamins. lots of both. dont be scared it wont kill you, just dont go overboard it can make you sick. Those that used that treatment reported less severe symptoms, and i agree it does make a slight difference
From other research i found that L-Tyrosine will help with energy and I tried it along with something called MindZen, i found it at my Good Health store, on a recommendation there. Both help with mood during withdrawal. I highly recommend these along with the vitamins. Also fish oil has a lot of natural good fancy word ******** in it and it seems to help as well.
I wont cover restless legs, insomnia, crying for no reason, depression, anxiety, anger, all that because it has been covered. Get yourself comfortable before you attempt, take a week off work, and keep the vitamins and
advil and pepto-bismal close by. It will be aweful, you will hate yourself but it will be ok, dont be a wimp. Also, soft foods like pudding and bananas were the only thing i could eat for the first 3 or 4 days due to nausea.
Alcohol will help you with the withdrawal... but it will make it way worse when your crashing. I don't really recommend it, but drinking a beer every hour did make it easier although you already will have the runs... it will make it way worse.
One more thing that took me forever to find info on... guys will have something called hypogonadism (serious) which will make you very sensitive... if you have sex you will last an embarrassingly short amount of time. It sucks... just know its normal. its a testosterone deficiency, just wikipedia or google it for more info.
There you go, hope you all caught this, probably from google searches or whatever. Pass the information along. Get support, get help, do whatever you have to do. I really, sincerely, hope this helps someone out there quit. I have gone through this enough and dont want to keep wasting days. if your still using look at what a piece of ******** you now are. you may feel like your on top but you are slowly losing everything. has anyone ever heard an addict say "im so glad i started, im way more successful now"? Of course not. think of what you could have done with all that money! Stop now, dont go back!