Getting off dope

HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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Is beginning to look hopeless. I've got to leave town for 4 days, soon. I'm really worried about how that is going to go.
 
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SeeRockCity

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Your worried about not having ganja for 4 days?
I hear that! Sometimes I have to go 'without for a week or two...it's no fun.
You could always make something edible to take with you.
I like to make canamilk.... the stone is unbelievable....
but you could make some canaoil or something easily transportable in a small medicine dropper...
is this travel by car? plane? train?
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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I was sort of planning to use this as a way to quit. I was working my tolerance down. using significantly less and less over 2 weeks. But, after just a short day without a few days ago i am seeing that it did little for me.
I don't want to get on methadone. I hate to be sick on this trip though. I'm meeting up with my father for the first time in some years. Bad timing.

Believe me. I want to get off dope for good.
 
xGrimace

xGrimace

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HeartlandHank said:
I was sort of planning to use this as a way to quit. I was working my tolerance down. using significantly less and less over 2 weeks. But, after just a short day without a few days ago i am seeing that it did little for me.
I don't want to get on methadone. I hate to be sick on this trip though. I'm meeting up with my father for the first time in some years. Bad timing.

Believe me. I want to get off dope for good.
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Best way, cold turkey. Probably the hardest way in the book but very effective if your willing, and alot easier in the long run. You cant ease yourself off dope because you will eventually have a bad day or something n say fuck it.
 
zack66

zack66

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You could go on suboxone for a few days then ween yourself off those. Careful with subs they will grab you just like dope or opes. They are good for a one week kick.
 
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schuylaar

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HeartlandHank said:
I was sort of planning to use this as a way to quit. I was working my tolerance down. using significantly less and less over 2 weeks. But, after just a short day without a few days ago i am seeing that it did little for me.
I don't want to get on methadone. I hate to be sick on this trip though. I'm meeting up with my father for the first time in some years. Bad timing.

Believe me. I want to get off dope for good.
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Well if you cut back then spent a day without to see then IMO you're not gonna get it down on your own..its gonna be too painful. I have a few suggestions if they haven't already been posted and what I would do step by step

1. Send ahead ONLY what you will require for trip via FedEx or UPS..NOT US Mail. Enough so you won't be sick because you are correct this is an important time and you don't want to WD during this.
2. Before you leave, locate a psychiatrist who it CERTIFIED with Suboxone and make an appointment so you have for when you come back.
3. Follow thru with #2.
4. In addition to Suboxone you will be treated with Valium so you don't convulse and perhaps some Gabapentin to ease nerve pain..it's easy..typically someone will have to hold those meds for you in the beginning.
5. This is key..WELLBUTRIN after about 3 months..it will cut any cravings you have going forward AND you WILL have cravings even after your clean..so this medicine is very important to the success of staying clean from H.

You CAN do this.

Lemme know if you have any questions<3
 
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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If you are serious, find a NA meeting and go. You will meet some good people who have been through it and will help. Meeting your father for the first time in years might not be a good time to get straight, as much as I hate to say it. That's a lot to handle at once. I mean personally, I would just bring enough not to get sick and hopefully things will be great with your dad, and you can go home and with conviction and with some help from your new friends at NA you will get better. Addiction sucks, been there and going on 5 years straight. If I can do it, anyone can. Stay strong. Peace
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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I think I've got my plan. I'm going to take a drive to the nearest pill mill... There I can get a legal (but shady as all hell) script for vicodin. No problem with a legit script on a plane. That gets me through this trip. Upon return, I go see a dr.

Thanks for the advice. It's pretty lame it came to this. I'm going to get off and stay off. I just gotta get through this trip.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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schuylaar said:
Well if you cut back then spent a day without to see then IMO you're not gonna get it down on your own..its gonna be too painful. I have a few suggestions if they haven't already been posted and what I would do step by step

1. Send ahead ONLY what you will require for trip via FedEx or UPS..NOT US Mail. Enough so you won't be sick because you are correct this is an important time and you don't want to WD during this.
2. Before you leave, locate a psychiatrist who it CERTIFIED with Suboxone and make an appointment so you have for when you come back.
3. Follow thru with #2.
4. In addition to Suboxone you will be treated with Valium so you don't convulse and perhaps some Gabapentin to ease nerve pain..it's easy..typically someone will have to hold those meds for you in the beginning.
5. This is key..WELLBUTRIN after about 3 months..it will cut any cravings you have going forward AND you WILL have cravings even after your clean..so this medicine is very important to the success of staying clean from H.

You CAN do this.

Lemme know if you have any questions<3
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This is exactly what I am going to do. Only difference is a pill mill run rather than fedex. We are staying in a hotel, a fishing trip, so I can't really receive a package. Vicodin will keep me in a balance of sick but not too sick. I have worked my dependency down a bit over the past weeks to almost 1/4 what I was using for the previous months.
Thanks for this advice. And thanks for not just talking down/junkie/etc.

I did not know that a psychiatrist needed to be certified to rx suboxone. So, this is good info. Thank you very much for that. I will have to check and see if the 2 I called are. Most likely I will need to make some more calls.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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Thanks for the advice Jim. I think I'm better going the psychiatrist route. Which i already have been working on.
I contacted a few local psychs yesterday. I am just waiting to hear back.

I did a few visits to a local NA group in the past. Great people, just not for me.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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Dale Earnhardt said:
Im on Methadone and its no joke,dont even let that cross your mind.Opiats are for hard core addicts ,not for pot heads
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I've used methadone (recreation) in the past. It is definitely no joke. Longer lasting than dope...
I would see myself getting very dependent, very quickly.
 
lykarckstar420

lykarckstar420

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Expect nightime sweats for the 1st week or so...
I smoke a quad a week and when I stop for even 2 days I sweat like a stuck pig..

GL man
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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lykarckstar420 said:
Expect nightime sweats for the 1st week or so...
I smoke a quad a week and when I stop for even 2 days I sweat like a stuck pig..

GL man
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Thanks. Just the cutting back has my swapping pillows multiple times a night.
I can handle the sweat... it's the restless leg thing that drives me bat shit crazy.
I've thought about bringing a unicycle to bed to keep my legs moving.. haha. Npthing is worse than the restless leg thing.
Feels like I have sand inside my knees. fuck.
 
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