I was on hydros, oxys, percs, bensos, somas, and the like for 14 years straight. Stopping was the hardest torture i ever faced. I took pain pills not just for an injury but i loved the energy it gave me mentally and physically. The withdraw hell of course the body jerking and twitching, hot and cold sweating, constant tearing eyes and runny nose, pissing out my ass, vomiting, severe anxiety and depression, and the part i hated the most was 9 days straight of no sleep. Having insomnia for that long alone is a nightmare let me tell you. When i finally was able to sleep i started to feel a little better physically. Healing from the mental withdraw takes a lot longer. I had to learn to enjoy life again even up to the little things. I can honestly say that when you get out of the long dark tunnel of withdraw hell the reward waiting for you is a better feeling and high than you can imagine. Sure i have to deal with pain now and then from injuries but my worst day now is better than my best day on meds.
@@jaycomayco after completely being free of the withdraw it took me a couple months to focus my mind to enjoy things like i use to. Sometimes it takes a few days but it's like an old time water pump. You pull the lever just a few times and nothing comes out, but after a few more tries the water comes out. But it all depends on the person's makeup, how long the drug useage, the type of drug/drugs. Working out with weights and power walking helped me a bit. My best wishes to you.
Thank you for responding I’m sorry it took me so long to see it. You and I have about the same amount of time of usage. I’m at about 14 plus years. I Also take hydros and the occasional benzo. I want to quit but I can never make it through the acute stage of withdrawal. I have horrible muscle cramps. My jaw gets tight, I get Charlie horses, my feet draw up, Horrible headaches, restlessness, heart pounding no sleep. And the list goes on. I wish I could make it through the acute stage at least. I’m so sick of this hamster wheel. I’m glad you made it through. And I’m glad you are starting to enjoy life again. Hope some day to be able to say the same
@@jaycomayco the things i did to help with the horrible rls and cramps is drinking tons of water, lots of vitamin c, bananas, and very warm epsin salt baths. It doesn't cure them but it helps take the sting off.
Thank you for the tips. I just went 2 days clean and as per usual I caved. It’s unbelievable how bad my body hurts during the acute stage. May I ask how long you’ve been clean? How you are feeling now? Did you just get tired of it all? I hope some day I’m able to get through it.
Great video...I took subutex for 6 weeks.... The first day off it was ok..but the 2nd day was way worse...it's been 5 days..feeling better...but still can feel it in me... my opinion is Please if you are serious about getting off opiates ...do not go on methadone or suboxene... it's hard to get off.... it's not WORTH IT!!!!!!! Just Give it all you have...there is a light at the end of the tunnel....I Promise.....Praying for strength for all in this bondage!!!!❤
my son is now on suboxon and he had been on it before after stopping it he said that, in all the drugs he had taken that was the worse one to get off of. I begged him not to start it again. before he started suboxon this last time he was on methadone. Thank you for your comment !!
@@amberlilly4101 i found it much harder to get off methadone than suboxone. for me the withdrawal was long lasting but not severe at all compared to other opiates. non opiate herbs can help such as corydalis extract (l-thp), California poppy, gotu kola, skullcap, CBD or hemp oil. Nothing will stop withdrawal completely and if it does its probably addictive itself
Day 8 the physical stuff is mostly gone now I just have no motivation, not much energy. It’s hard for me because I can’t take time off I have a business to run. Everytime I want to use I just think about how terrible I felt and that at some point I will be able to wake up feeling good. I just can’t wait to feel normal again and get my life back.
Exercise, it's THE LAST THING you want to do, but you gotta pump endorphins into your brain, and literally flush out the sticky residue while stimulating the brain, and don't expect to feel better afterwards, au contraire 💯😭, you'll feel worse, but it dramatically decreases the time of PAWS
@@douglasscott7551 well when i went jogging on a methadone wd it went way worse afterwards....for me def. not an option....but anyone is different right?!
Ive been on 30mg oxy for 8 years. Was shot in the head years ago and have not been able to get off. Im so over the dependence so im going cold turkey in May. I took off 12 days of work. Love this video. I did manage to get some xanax to help me thru the first 3 days. Love the video and pray to God i dont relapse. Ive been able to stay on a low dose bc i withdrawel all day lightly. Just want my time back. Every time i take a pill i have to hit my stop watch timer. Im so done!!! Wish me luck guys.
How are you doing lately? I’m sending healing vibes, love and blessings your way. I chose a slow taper off of 160mgs of methadone for 20 years!🤢🤮. 10 months methadone free!! I have confidence in you. Please lmk how you are doing. 🙏💪✌️❤️
@@FitzSchlitz im doing ok, i go cold turkey tom. And thats awesome u managed to break that habbit! Worst part for me is my intestines get so jacked when i quit. Last time i quit i ended up in the ER bc my insides feel like paper being shredded. Ive had multiple abdominal surgeries so the pain is intense. Thats for replying and hope u stay clean!
@@jordanwagner89 dam! The intestinal thing sounds horrible! Please keep me updated on your progress! I love to hear a good success story. Healing vibes, love and blessings!!! 💪💪💪✌️❤️
Thank you, coming off 6 years of norco. I’ve been to rehab once, didn’t help. I’m a first responder a veteran, a husband and a father, the depression and despair have always prevented me from avoiding relapse, this is hardest thing I’ve ever had to do! I feel so alone and lost! This is the most accurate and informative description of opiate withdrawal I’ve ever heard
Thank you for your service, Stephen. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do as well. Thanks for your feedback, and I'm sending positive vibes and prayers to you. I invite others to as well. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know.
I'm so scared. I had a day from hell. I took my last dose in the morning.. and passed out. I felt so deliriously fatigued. and eye twitches. I'm scared cause I was gonna taper down slowly, rather than stop cold turkey. But I am too weak to ingest more? I don't know I'm broken down😭
Thank you for this. Week 3 off of fentanyl. Didn't know there was such thing as PAWS. The mental pull is no joke. Was starting to think it wouldn't end. Almost went and grabbed some today. But I can wait it out another few weeks. Just knowing there's an end to it is motivation. Thank you.
Poison out there got a batch of Trang i was messed up I got back on my sobos witch I never wish I did but they have saved me I wouldn't wish withdrawal on my worst enemy
I would still say that tapering 10% every 7 days is way too fast. The other thing you didn't mention is that 4 days feels like 4 weeks, time goes so so slow when in withdrawl, its like time just stands still. Brilliant information video though.
Agree. I would say 5% reduction per week, at most. Just as you developed a tolerance, it takes weeks to months to reverse this and to give your receptors and body time to down regulate. It can be done….slowly. Going cold turkey is like deciding to drive into a wall at 60 mph, instead of hitting the brakes to stop, because the wall has the “benefit” of being “faster” at the cost of a lot of pain and damage, Better to hit the brakes to stop, than slam painfully into the wall.
Big up and one love to anyone who has got the courage to try n have a dash at doing an opiate withdrawal it’s theeeee single most difficult thing you will ever do. I’ve done the stop using for days and picked up again I’m day two clean today day four off opiates last night I slept a while today I feel okay Keep connected n kick ass troops it’s gonna hurt but LIFE is at the other side
I stopped codeine cold chicken after 20yrs of hard abuse, but I hung in there it was the worst 4 weeks of my life , been totally clean for 2 yrs. U could put a pile of codeine in front of me and it means nothing to me. Like I said that 41/2 weeks was brutal but it paid off and I feel great.
Love the information. Been on hydrocodone for years for hip pain. Doctor put me on suboxone about 3 months ago. Had a hip replacement in July. I've tapered from 4mg, to .25mg over the past 2 months, and now stepping down to .125mg this week. Next week I'm planning .125mg every other day and then step off. Anticipating the longest 2 weeks of my life. Blessings
You one of the 00000001% that really knows what you talking about , you hit it on the heas it was for some reason exactly the same for me with getting so much energy and confident., Being able to take risks and getting best results ever from them, before that I used to drink a lot sometimes 2 fifs of Hennessy or Remy so my hangovers was horrible but the opiates was like a cheat pill for me ,untill like everything else in life that goes up must come down and its time to pay the piper
I salute you brother im still fighting the fight been about 8 years now and can't shake it for nothing !! Salute to you for being able to come from up under it !!!!
Right!?!? SO true! Us that get on the other side and feel this, almost HAVE to share the info that worked for us in someway to help bring awareness. This is quite literally like the only video that I have found to even remotely describe what we are going through as well as what to do to get off that works from EXPERIENCE not just what logically makes sense! Sending love guys ❤️🫶🫶
You hit the description of opioid withdrawal on point, at least for me. The restless legs and anxiety is what made things so difficult. I remember sleepless nights wanting to smash my head through the wall because I couldn’t fall asleep and the sensation in my legs, and the anxiety is horrible. I wouldn’t wish this upon anyone. I recommend having Ativan to cope with a cold turkey detox.
Yep, I can relate. i've been on hydrocodone for 23 yrs pain caused from a hysterectomy . The pain has been horrific. And I have seen more than 20 plus DR.s and it is more than 20 plus yrs.
Just found you, guess why lol. I’m on day 5 and I just want you to know you are helping so many thousands of people with your gift of creativity explaining complex concepts, as well as your obvious deep knowledge of the human body and your personal understanding of the topic as someone who has experienced it first hand. Thank you for your work on this topic.
Thank you Matt for trying to help. I am older, 63yrs. I never have done street drugs. Have been prescribed hydro’s pretty much for the last 25 yrs. Had bad bicycle accident. Been trying to taper for last 24yrs. Up, down, up down! Can’t get lower than 15mgs. Somebody could give me a billion dollars right now and it wouldn’t make me happy. I’m not internet savvy. Everybody says get help but how!!!!!!!!???? Who,where. How do you know what places are good, not a rip off. I’m done if somebody doesn’t try to help. All my Dr’s say is “So very sorry” with no direction. ALL OF THEM. Please help me I can barely think anymore.
Just as the tolerance goes up, it can come down with a slow taper (wait 5% longer between doses or 5% less dose per week). It takes discipline, but better than withdrawal. There aren’t much more shortcuts than that, and many places that promise help and take money for it…..deliver little to nothing. The best is a gradual taper that you stick to as a religion, giving your body time to slowly adjust.
Great video. I'm on day 6 off Suboxone after 10 years of methadone and 3 years of Suboxone. Total of 16 years of use including the first 3 years of off and on use of perks and oxy. Your videos have helped me so thank you for that.
Your story is EXACTLY how it happened to me ... Fell inlove with the 1st 10mg percocet i took INSTANTLY !! I THOUGHT TO MY SELF " why can't i feel like this ALL THE TIME ?! " JUST SO amazing feeling and pleasant, no clue about withdrawalsl had no clue till they told me im an emergency room . Fast-forward couple years im a fent addict...fighting everyday man.
I’m day 4 from percs addiction… I been on it over 15 years…. Like Matt said the first 4 days is hell on earth… but everyday goes by it gets better… I’m hoping n praying I’m not going to relapse again 🙏🏿
Hope you guys are stable now🙏 I have a husband in another room trying to go through it on his own. Didn’t want to use help from the clinic, and now he has no methadone nor heroin. He is literally in agony, screaming he wants to die and that he can not make it. What do you suggest I can do at this point? There are no substitutes in the pharmacy I can buy to ease the symptoms? And honestly he doesn't have the mood to hear my voice, so it is even harder to ask him if he needs anything.. Any advice please😟
@@krehulka5211 I know it’s very difficult but he got power through it…. I stayed cleaned for two weeks … but I relapsed because the mental withdrawal was brutal…. He got take it one day at a time… minute by minute…. Wish yall all the best and hope he gets better 🙏🏿🙏🏿
@@krehulka5211 i used very very tiny overs of suboxone to help subside withdrawl symptoms. i’m two weeks clean and gonna try and start weening of the subs. i just used them to get over the worst part of the withdrawl
Most drugs like coke are 90% psychological..... Opiates opioids are 125% worse... The physical.... Restless legs? My legs gave me hell for years before I started oppies. In fact, my first oxycodone pill gave me a break like I never had before. Looking back I think I drank a lot at night hoping to get drunk enough to sleep, avoiding restless legs. My poor legs....I would beat my legs. It sucked. Odd thing now, I've been on oxycodone now for 15 years, 4 pills per 24 hours seven days a week. I make myself follow directions on bottle. My dose? 7.5 milligrams per 5-6 hours. I started at 5 mg 4 times per day. Sound odd? Self control, and a lot of mental control. And yes, there are times I don't know how long I can keep this up. I've never taken this drug to get high. It's about pain. I've never failed a drug screen test. Never been kicked out of pain management. But I did have one doctor that I thought I'd end up choking the bastard. Cold bastard he was.
I just went through 8 days of detoxing at home and yesterday i brought more and relapsed. I’m very upset at myself but i just couldn’t handle the anxiety depression panic attacks very emotional and outbursts of anger not being able to eat and i just couldn’t handle it. I’m about to go stay at rehab for 3 to 6 months in upstate NY.
In my 30 years of heroin addiction (been clean for 3 1/2 years now) I have never heard of anyone realistically tapering off opioids, ever. If that was actually possible, every single addict that was “done “ would just taper off. This conversation wouldn’t even be happening because everyone would know what time it is when they’re ready to quit. Just saying that this is my own experience and perspective. Thanks for the vid!
The most educational content I've ever seen. Good job on your journey. I had a similar route, but decided to go on suboxone for 5 years, I quitted 2 years ago and I'm still living with PAWS. Anhedonia mostly and intolerence to cold, always shivering, always some sort of vasoconstriction, life is getting hard sometimes. I sleep so much its unreal. But hey, I got through it.
Even though this video is 3 years old it is by far the best video I've seen and i only ever look when I'm withdrawing I'm say 5 off of Subutex with a very short self made taper the Valium sounds like a great idea i might have to actually get some and fyi i have gone back more times than i care to remember because the pain is way to much the constant body spasms and lack of sleep it's like living death but this time is actually my choice the flight or fight yeah adrenaline is crazy but nothing else your explanation is really very good
Only first hand experience could be this accurate & relevant. I've been looking for this to explain my Anhedonia 7-10 days in. This will be enough to see me through. Ty
I’ve never sought out drugs to get high but after a bad car crash in the freeway, I went through 2 back surgeries , the last taking my discs from my lumbar spine L-1 through L-5 out and steel rods & screws to fuse my spine. I also had 2 Spinal Cord Stimulater trials that failed . I had a year of Physical therapy , dozens of spinal cord & Facet injections , along with Nerve Ablation burning , chiropractors, and Acupuncture. My pain management doctor gave me a Fentanyl patch & Percocet. It helped me so much that I could finally dull the pain and be able to do more chores around tge house . I’ve seen the same Pain management clinic for 11 years. I had my usual 3 month check up last month & everything was normal , except when I called the same pharmacy I’ve used for 11 years they told me my doctors office didn’t send in my prescriptions. I called the clinic and they said , oh your prescriptions are pending. They’ll be sending them shortly , only they didn’t . I called 5 times and they said the same thing. Now I’m having severe withdrawal symptoms. I feel like I’m dying. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep , I have chills & cold sweats, I’ve had horrible Hallucinations, I’ve got a fever and just can’t do anything. I’ve never gotten high on my meds but they did dull the pain. Now I’m dealing with the back & nerve pain plus the Arachnoiditis . I don’t know what to do or how to live this way. 😢
Best wishes Will. Keep going... focus and keep going. Kratom and good cannabis helped me out a lot. Try cannabis edibles for a sleepy effect. I watched a bunch of vids on Matt’s channel. I learned so much. Watch his vids on nootropics and get some ASAP. The 2 that I felt helped me was L-Tyrosine for day time to help me get through daytime life (work, house work, errands) and L-Theanine (sp?) for the evening. It’s supposed to help the brain get into a more relaxed state of mind. I also used cannabis to help calm my anxiety down. It was awful. Thankfully I live in California, so I had access to all kinds of top shelf products at the shops. It costs a lot, but your life is worth it. Remember when you feel like crap, just think it’s my life returning to me. Of course it’s going to feel wild, out of control, painful, anxious, sad and fearful, but it will turn around and start to feel exciting, happy, loving, creative and most of all proud. Once you get to week 2, your brain and body tend to synchronize again. You feel burnt out, but you are amazed you made it out of the dark woods. Now it’s about healing. One day at a time is all everyone needs. Just focus on 1 day, each day, everyday. Like dogs do ✌️😂😉
An Another great video Matt PAWS really is a challenge I finally found some relief with diazepam and olanzapine first night I slept in 4 weeks still have chronic fatigue and absolutely no endorphins or happyness . At four weeks post I’m getting a little better each day but at 59 and 30 mg of subutex I know I’m in for the long haul as far as depression goin yesterday was the worse These vids really help understanding my brain chemistry and what to do to help you are a savour my man 👨
Thanks mate, ya it helps to know what the heck is going on with your brain so at least you understand why you feel the way you feel. You're crushing it and NOT using opioids despite feeling so exhausted and anhedonic. Right on.
Your video is amazing! I’m on day four and you gave me hope that tomorrow will bring some kind of improvement. Eight years getting off of Pain Pump pain management Dilaudid in the thick of it. Your video gave me hope and direction! I have been in withdrawal for 60 days because they accidentally left a small amount of meds cycling through my my pain pump when it should’ve just been water /saline pumping through it. Not happy about it but it’s turned off now and after 60 days of continuous withdrawals I am on day four of withdrawal, thank you for the concise video and what to expect!
Thank you for this video! 19 years ago I was in a very serious auto accident,a drunk driver lost control and hit me head on. I survived thank God, but suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. For some reason I lost the ability to stay asleep. Fall asleep just fine, but staying asleep was and still is a problem. We tried all kinds of sleep meds but none of them worked or made me feel terrible in the morning. So my neurologist wanted to try hydrocodone and prescribed it for me and low and behold it worked pretty good. So fast forward 15 years I've been on hydrocodone 3 tablets a day as needed. I don't want to take it anymore plus it's lost it's effectiveness. I'm 61 years old, I have a thriving business which I've been operating for over 35 years, never once have I abused my medication in all that time. My new physician wants me to taper off, what should be the timeline for a taper since I've been on this medication for 15 years. My dosage was 3 10/325 mg a day as needed, but most of the time I only used two and a half pills. Sorry about the longevity of my post, and thank you!
I’ve been off of opioids for 3 months and I still crave them so much. I can’t even enjoy myself the same. I’m starting to think I’m just supposed to live just long enough to enjoy myself. If that’s short or long it is what it is. I just hate feeling like this every fucking day.
@dirtyrippa420 to read these comments is absolutely heartbreaking.. if I had that power to stop dealers from selling these drugs, I would just go and do it. It is destroying so many people's lives no matter how the person got there it should be banned from this earth for good. Hope you are doing fine there☘️
Thank you for your story and the info. I've been free of benzos for 4 years (haven't seen a doctor in as long).. I'm on day 3 of no Percocets, by choice, and I've been feeling pretty bad. Really bad. I guess I ended up replacing benzos with opiods because of the wonderful energy boost and because I came across a way to get them without medical intervention. Currently looking for a doctor. Best of luck to all.
We are gonna be ok keep doing research vitamins help thru withdraw I’m on day 1 just thru out 80 perk 30 only been taking for 6 months and was addicted but I’m sick of it and got to muck to loose like we all do . Let’s fight the mental thing is only temporary I promise been speaking to a lot of clean people it helps a lot of these videos while u withdraw is helpful I been doing got a long way but I don’t want it
Curently taking I mil of suboxone daily, for the past 10 days and I feel so much better. I refuse to put myself through CT. Last time I tried that I had some kind of cardiac event. I am 75 . . thank you for sharing here. I’m going to connect with a doctor and do it the right way.
I'm so scared. I had a day from hell. I took my last dose in the morning.. and passed out. I felt so deliriously fatigued. and eye twitches. I'm scared cause I was gonna taper down slowly, rather than stop cold turkey. But I am too weak to ingest more? I don't know I'm broken down😭
Also, I am 75 years old. Very active. Now with the surgery, there is so much I can’t do for up 6 month to a year. Hard to exercise etc. hope I make it through
Really good video explaining everything that will hapoen when stopping opiates. Definitely not good drugs at all. Wish everyone knew all this before they messed with these drugs.
I made the mistake of picking up fentanyl and trying it. I used approximately two weeks. I smoked it off of foil. The energy and pain relief was out of this world .The withdrawal was hell. I never want to go back there again.
I've been on Oxycone for almost 8 years. All due to a work related accident. The dr prescribes 160mg a day. I've been on it for so long there has been days where I have taken 8 20mg pills at once. I don't get high, I dont feel euphoria. All i get is a little relief from the pain that is 24/7. Am I addicted, absolutely. Ive tried several times to quit, and its the pain that always brings me back. I honestly hate taking this crap. If I dont take them I am in so much pain I can't function.
Buprenorphine is the key!! Am 3 month clean and reduced last week to 2mg from 4mg and still feal good even though I've halved my dosage, am reducing to 1.6mg this week to 👍👍👍👍
What goes up, can come down. It takes a lot of discipline, but you can taper down slowly, then just as you built up tolerance, you can reverse it….and much easier on your body and gives it time to adjust.
Same here, when I CAN sleep. Last time in WD (which was the LAST time), I dreamt that I was hit by a car and dragged underneath, and felt ALL of it. It was awful.
I'm coming off buprenorphine. I was on it for 5+years 3 day. Got down to around half a day and quit. Day 14 and goin om 6 plus days no sleep. Plz pray for me
For me the anxiety/panic attacks are the worst. I can manage the physical symptoms with over the counter medication. The psychological effects are the worst.
I’m the other way. I am on anxiety medication so it helps, it’s the physical symptoms for me, the pains the sweats not sleeping. It’s the hardest part of it, it’s what keeps me using
Hi! Do you mind if I speak with you or email you? I have a horrible time with the exact same thing and it drives me crazy literally and I want to break down and just not exist. Speaking to you and hearing your testimony will really help and how you dealt with this! I am trying to quit in the next few days myself and am so scared but I need to do this now and free myself. I can’t keep doing the same thing it’s torture m.
Can you post something that is specific for people over 60 maybe into their 70s and beyond? People are living longer now a days and the seniors need a lot more support than they are getting. I would say a cold turkey WD could kill you at that age. We need a lot of guidance at this age. Thank you Matt Finch .. .you have blessed our lives.
This helped a lot. In paws currently and I am ur age when u quit, been sober 2 weeks almost so it’s good get a gage of what I may expect with paws. I hope only 4 more weeks
been tapering for over a year down from dilaudid to oxycodone to hydrocodone to tramadol... now down from 250mg/day to 75mg/day tramadol.... wondering when I can just stop? tapering means always pushing the envelope which means more than a year now in some degree of withdrawal... been rough but I will get totally off this shit which I got into during 4 spinal surgeries and an open heart surgery which were spread out over two years... so been on opiates 3 years now... age is 77... thanks for the info... helps to know how others have been dealing with this... the restless legs are the worst especially because I inherited the real RLS big time from my mom... sending love to everyone out there dealing with this!
i am 3 weeks off subutex cold turkey still feeling bad in the body and head,anyway i tapperd down from 12mg to 04 micro grams and to be honest my withdrawal was just the same there is no easy way out try and get some gabapentin and vallium and just jump as it is self torture constantly jumping down lower and lower we cant cheat this,but gd luck mate i hope you get through it
Why didn’t you use gabapentin to eliminate all the symptoms?? I’m addicted to opiates and on gabapentin for nerve damage and I find that I never get withdrawal symptoms from heroin
@@jockhartley congratulations! hope it's still going well! I tried cold turkey again about 10 days ago after tapering down to 65mg tramadol/day... I made it this time with help from some kratom... still on about 3gm/day of kratom and hoping to be able to stop that soon... I have no idea how long or difficult the PAWS will be...
@@leanetucker710 good question... I tried gabapentin and Lyrica and pharmagaba... didn't like any of them... especially gabapentin made me feel sick... and was painful to withdraw from even after just a few days of trying it... I am glad it worked/works for you! I am 10 days into cold turkey now with kratom as aid... I couldn't have done it without the kratom...
Hello Matthew. I'm 62 yrs old. I'm three years out from medicinal use of hydrocodone and still having issues with withdrawal. Never once took more than daily prescribed. In fact, I rarely used the full daily dosage. But, I took them for seven years. Never had a bad reaction or negative side-effects. So I quit cold turkey. I am ADHD and autistic (high functioning). The worst of it was over in about two weeks. I was more dependant than I knew. But now, three years out, the most amazing things happen. I'm going through serious dental issues for nearly a year. I'm getting a small amount of hydrocodone for severe dental pain. Matt, I'm finding if I take them for more than (only) three to five days ? I have about a week of moderate withdrawal. Also, even when I'm not taking them, I have the odd day of feeling like I'm in the middle of withdrawal. And I never got the "high" or a buzz. Being ADHD and with chronic depression since I was a child, these opiates just made me feel "normal". How on earth does three to five days on them throw me back into moderate withdrawal ? Very discouraging. I'm going to quit taking them as I feel I'm to a point of having to. Thank you. I've been following your materials since the beginning. You've emailed me a few times in the past.
Your name I do remember, Anthony. And that's not common, although due to biochemical individuality most things don't surprise me these days. That is certainly atypical, the issue you're having. Have you tried 800 mg Ibuprofen for dental work pain? I know it's nowhere as strong as opioids, but sometimes it can be enough.
How can I do this when I have Multiple Sclerosis and the oxys are the only way I can get done around the house that needs done? I have terrible 24/7 rls dx'ed years before the MS and the pills take it completely away? I'm on day 7 of detox because someone stole my pills and I can't be prescribed any more until next month! I am a responsible med taker never had any issues b4 this! Love to hear your opinion. I still can't move after 7 days. So very sick. Was on them for 10 yrs at 40mg per day. I feel like I need them to live my best life bcuz of the MS
@@sadtomato7262you may need to stay on them. You're in legitimate pain. Chronic pain. I feel for you. Doctors are so scared to prescribe them now. Sucks someone took your meds. I had the same issue.
19:00 i heard benzos were actually the worst, and methadone. Have you ever heard of David Stovjiski? He died in jail of acute withdrawal in a holding cell detoxing without his legally prescribed methadone, Xanax, Klonopin of agonizing miserable withdrawals begging and pleading the staff for meds. Video of it shows his suffering. Poor fella, I wept for his pain. Can't even begin to know his feelings of suffering, as I've only withdrawaled from hydrocodone and heroin (not together like his situation) Breaks my heart for this dude.
I've been taking two 10MG/325 norcos a day. I cut back to 1/4 of one norco for the last 5 days, and I haven't had withdrawal yet. I've been taking two 10MG norcos a day for the last 10 years.
Methadone withdrawal lasted around 8 weeks and over 14 months of paws, the most brutal thing I’ve ever gone through, was on 100 mgs for 20 years cold turkey
They say withdrawal is horrific and it's bad, but horrific is getting back sober and after that it's returning to a place where I have normal severe unrelenting pain. THATS horrific. . what did I go thru withdraws for, to return to THIS?
This is why I don't stop. Even with my pain medication I am in pain 24/7. Without the opioids, it's intolerable. I have bilateral fractures in my lower back, sciatica, spondylosenthesis, spinal bifida, severe narrowing of my nerve roots, and pretty bad arthritis.
@@LilyBeccaThis is just my suggestion. Not a doctor, but I have alot of experience with this kind of stuff. For someone like you, in severe, chronic pain, I would get on a dose of methadone. Most clinics will let you go as high as you want to feel comfortable. The first year will suck because you have to go everyday, and that can be tough if you have work or other obligations. But, after some time, usually 6 to 12 months, if you give clean urine, they will give you pick up days. That means you can go once a week and probably less the longer you stay " clean". Honestly I wouldn't have suggested this 10 years ago but with the poison out there now, better to be on that than dying from bad street drugs. At least you will be able to function and not chase the drug all day everyday. I hope you find a way. I always feel so bad for people in your situation who have legit physical pain.😢 good luck....
When I first got a bag, I'd do a fat bump of fent and I felt good for about 6-8 hours. Funny thing is when I got down to my last bump, instead of 6-8 hours turns in to about 2-3 hours. One morning I woke up, went straight to the bathroom and did N2. So I felt confident about that. I planned to stop that day, right? I got two my last 2 bumps, cooked some noodles with butter, salt, and pepper. Ate it, shortly after I'm throwing up tons of stomach acid and on the left side of my lower rib cage felt as if I was ever 2-3 minutes been stabbed, it was almost unbearable. I had to call an ambulance and long story short, I had a serious bowl obstruction and was hospitalized for three days. Doctor said if I couldn't pass a bowl movement in 5 days, I went to surgery to be permanently surgically attached colostomy bag. So take it as I did at the 35 year old perspectives, I am a attractive tall an straight guy, I can't honestly tell you the why I feel the way I feel about it but it was going to be a devastating blow to my confidence and this is going to be something that I was going to be Holly embarrassed and thank goodness on the third day pasta bowel movement and I went home. Now and I do opiates I'll make sure to every 3 to 5 days take a stool softener and drink lots of water, and if I go a week without going to make myself stop an suck it up until I got it before I start again. This is experience talking, 100% true.
Anhedonia is a bytch and I think I’ve only experienced a mild version compared to others. Finding no joy in music, conversations with people, or just anything that usually gets you a little pumped.
I took opioids for back pain for 25 years and eventually developed a horrible craving during the last 9 years. I screwed up was told I’d need Suboxone for the rest of my life. That was 13 months ago. For the first 3 months I could barely get out of bed. I have never been in such physical and mental pain in my life. Before I’d go through this again I’d jump off a bridge.
Hey guys, just sharing my experience so far on this but will try to remember to update once complete on the other side. But what has helped me so far (I am on day 8 I believe without loading for 3 days before stopping, I pretty much have been in withdrawals since day 1 while I was loading with about .25 a day for the first 2 days which still meant no sleep and RLS) is to be able to combine the Vit c method with even more of a taper method. So I got down to .5 subs (after being on opioids for around 20 years with the last 7 of those 20 on subs) and then I began the Vit C. You would think that should be a cake walk at that dose right!? Yeah I was COMPLETELY wrong! Though I’d say people are right when they say Vit C gets rid of around 70% of symptoms (and some parts of the day I’d say up to 90) but the sleep part (with the RlS) was still in the mix even though I’d say the RLS was nowhere near as intense as it is without the Vit c. So I have used .25 sub on day 2, day 5, and again on day 7 which so far seems to be SO much better than going completely black and white (just for me personally) SO FAR! I’ve found that even just knowing I have a “get out of hell free card”, I was more calm, but also I have the Vit c (lip c) to help when I need it (which I find that 3-4000 mg is a good dose for me too make sure receptors are saturated, and it seemed to work better than lower doses for me on this protocol, which again I have been on opioids for a little more than 1/2 of my life due to getting prescribed them when I was a kid and did not know what I was getting myself into. And yes I got energy from them as well contrary to maybe the average person) So I can keep you guys posted if you’d like, I just wanted to put something out there now because I figured allowing this as an option as opposed to using a military all or nothing mindset is working sm better for ME, but again know myself and have became happy (delt with most of all, of the mental issues/shadow work that I was taking the meds to cover up, so it’s less of a mental game to be happy at this point for me, and more just working through the physical stuff) before trying to get off as well if that makes sense. Also as weird as it sounds, Semen retention helps a ton (helps build more energy to help and also it strengthens nervous system) as well as (IN MY EXPERIENCE) eating as little as possible per sitting and per day because food (especially high carbs and sugars etc) stimulated my nervous system too much which gave more of those ⚡️⚡️⚡️ RLS systems occurred in intensity. The less I ate the more stable the nervous system felt, as well as allowing the body to use its energy to heal as opposed to digesting (which takes A MASSIVE amount of energy to heal. Both food and our s*xual energy take soooooo much of the energy we need to heal because obviously the younger and more energy we have, the easier recovery is on some level ❤️🩹) I really hope this helps guys and remember though it feels like it’s taking a million years, a week or two for the rest of our lives to be happy again, is SO worth it! I’m here to help if/when I can! Sending love and hugs! 🫶🫶🫶
today marks 2 weeks off methadone, I tepered from near 200mg and 13 years and jumped ship at 6mg, I had mild acute symptoms even went hiking during the peak, everyday past day 7 started improving but the past two days have been bad with brain fog and getting to sleep. When i did CT from 20mg methadone I swear i had ptsd fear of withdrawals, i could not find pleasure in anything for months and stupidly got back on methadone. The no feeling of pleasure was the worst. Im so thankful I didnt have that issue this time
Thank you sooooo much for this information...only now Im really not looking forward to getting off of Methadone. Been using it for pain management for two years now but its time to stop because in all honesty I always seemed to run out early......ok fine, I abused it!!!!! I dont know how many times I have gone through withdrawal symptoms like the worst being restless leg syndrome that can last like 6 days, no sleep, crapy attitude and yet I still go back when its time for refill. What a stupid pinhead, trying to be nice with words, I have better words to describe myself right now. Im so tired of this and now it seems my best bet is to tapper off slowly, very slowly. Im so scared of the pain. Pray for me please. I want to be free.
I’m on day 10 off methadone. I stopped on a very low dose but after about 4 days I started moderate withdrawal. I’m using vitamins C & E as well as a benzo to help with sleep otherwise without I slept terribly, rarely. I feel very alone especially a single person during covid
Wow great work and dedication making it double digit days off Methadone, that’s amazing. Hang in there Zina, it gets easier. Super proud of you hardly anyone actually makes it off Methadone.
@@ElevationRecovery great info Matt. The explanations you give go deeper than most videos. Not having dopamine is the reason we feel like ASS ! Other than DLPA and Tyrosine what else do you recommend to jump start dopamine rebuild. ??
Well done Zina you’ve got this babe .💯💜I came off methadone in 2019 and it was a fight n a half . I relapsed over the lockdown I’m on my own too so I get how hard it can get when you’re on your own and trying to do your best to get well. I came off my beup script last week i was rough for six days the whole no sleep head fucked covered in sweat the whole thing so I went back on the meds for a bit . I need help to keep out of my own way at times and a hug lol
Hey Zina how’s it going?im day four off the beup again n doing okay. It is a tough gig so well done n keep going pal I found you super inspirational. I’m an addict I can’t use any drugs I just abuse the things so I’m a bit tired n emotionally a bit all over the place. Hugs to ya pal one love 💜✌🏼🙏🏻
Omg!! This is so helpful to me!! You don’t know how much you’ve blessed me with this video! I’m looking forward to watching a few more before I begin my sobriety journey! Who knew that quitting percs would be so hard 😩
Sitting up in my bed going back & forth without being able to sleep due to withdrawal miss who I was before I started taking percs I look back at my old self and shed tears… day one without taking them & feel like my body is numb insomnia is kicking my ass bones hurt , my eyes hurt I just wanna sleep a full night.. I’d never thought I’d go through this why.. why god 😖
Guess i see how i got hooked...cause i would get so much energy i would get off work which was physical itself and work out for 2 hours...i got in great shape!! Untill i hurt my rotator cuff kinda miss those days but hate i ever started taking them...ive currently weaned off a subs and a 20 a day norco habit to now i use 4 a day...my first time having withdrawls i was with a girl and my legs wouldn't stop moving i didnt feel sick but just couldn't sleep...wasn't till i took another pill the next day that i knew what was up
This was very informative thanks. Enjoyed the bird walking back and forth!I I detoxed in county jail for 11 months. It was a cold turkey detox. It was HELL. I am a chronic pain patient and at age 63 I’m still on buprenorphine. Wish I could stop but it’s not interfering with much but maybe health ( maybe) but definitely sleep. I can’t handle a taper at 63 since there are always some withdrawals coming in from my experience. I’ve been on opiates medically since 21 years old I’m now 63. I’ve been on 160 mg OxyContin daily for many years and up to 600 mg morphine ER daily for probably 12 years straight and every long acting opiate our there as well as BTP short acting. I don’t know if my body knows how to function without opiates. I’m terrified of PAWS. I think I’m stuck for life on buprenorphine. I don’t know. FYI - it took 9-10 months in jail before I felt “normal” . I couldn’t stop “ slapping the bed “ for that time tossing and turning like crazy. I was beat up a few times by my bunky because he couldn’t sleep because of me. I never wish that on anyone. Thanks for listening
Hard to hold down a job i'm 60 yrs old and been using norco for like 6 yrs the zero energy and wanting to do nothing for weeks on end is the part i can't get though i have tried Kratom don't seem to help much feel hopeless
Would really appreciate a video on how to taper down & and what is good to have to prevent some of the hell. Fex what is good to have home, valium, antihistamine, musclerelaxer, sleepingpills certain food, and other remedies. My situation: been taking oxy for 7 YEARS 150-200mg/24h. I start getting whitdrawel symptoms after 12h Thanks N
I've had to withdrawal so many times that I've picked up some wisdom over the years. I would do exactly what he said he did in the video to get off opiates. Find a doctor who does a quick micro dosing of suboxone - say a week, and then taper you off. It's going to be way easier than trying to withdrawal off oxy. Avoid any doctor that wants you to keep you suboxone for years and/or indefinitely.
Remember, each day clean is a day further away from addiction. And each day clean is a day closer to freedom…. hang in there ❤.
Thank you !!
Yes you are right 👍🏼
One love!!!
1 month 23days clean feeling better day by day
I was on hydros, oxys, percs, bensos, somas, and the like for 14 years straight. Stopping was the hardest torture i ever faced. I took pain pills not just for an injury but i loved the energy it gave me mentally and physically. The withdraw hell of course the body jerking and twitching, hot and cold sweating, constant tearing eyes and runny nose, pissing out my ass, vomiting, severe anxiety and depression, and the part i hated the most was 9 days straight of no sleep. Having insomnia for that long alone is a nightmare let me tell you. When i finally was able to sleep i started to feel a little better physically. Healing from the mental withdraw takes a lot longer. I had to learn to enjoy life again even up to the little things. I can honestly say that when you get out of the long dark tunnel of withdraw hell the reward waiting for you is a better feeling and high than you can imagine. Sure i have to deal with pain now and then from injuries but my worst day now is better than my best day on meds.
How long did it take you to feel somewhat normal if you don't mind me asking?
@@jaycomayco after completely being free of the withdraw it took me a couple months to focus my mind to enjoy things like i use to. Sometimes it takes a few days but it's like an old time water pump. You pull the lever just a few times and nothing comes out, but after a few more tries the water comes out. But it all depends on the person's makeup, how long the drug useage, the type of drug/drugs. Working out with weights and power walking helped me a bit. My best wishes to you.
Thank you for responding I’m sorry it took me so long to see it.
You and I have about the same amount of time of usage. I’m at about 14 plus years. I Also take hydros and the occasional benzo. I want to quit but I can never make it through the acute stage of withdrawal. I have horrible muscle cramps. My jaw gets tight, I get Charlie horses, my feet draw up, Horrible headaches, restlessness, heart pounding no sleep. And the list goes on. I wish I could make it through the acute stage at least. I’m so sick of this hamster wheel. I’m glad you made it through. And I’m glad you are starting to enjoy life again. Hope some day to be able to say the same
@@jaycomayco the things i did to help with the horrible rls and cramps is drinking tons of water, lots of vitamin c, bananas, and very warm epsin salt baths. It doesn't cure them but it helps take the sting off.
Thank you for the tips. I just went 2 days clean and as per usual I caved. It’s unbelievable how bad my body hurts during the acute stage. May I ask how long you’ve been clean? How you are feeling now? Did you just get tired of it all? I hope some day I’m able to get through it.
Great video...I took subutex for 6 weeks.... The first day off it was ok..but the 2nd day was way worse...it's been 5 days..feeling better...but still can feel it in me... my opinion is Please if you are serious about getting off opiates ...do not go on methadone or suboxene... it's hard to get off.... it's not WORTH IT!!!!!!! Just Give it all you have...there is a light at the end of the tunnel....I Promise.....Praying for strength for all in this bondage!!!!❤
my son is now on suboxon and he had been on it before after stopping it he said that, in all the drugs he had taken that was the worse one to get off of. I begged him not to start it again. before he started suboxon this last time he was on methadone. Thank you for your comment !!
Kratom is a life saver. Just use it sparingly. It's hard to get down but it helps
Yeah very very hard to get off methadone
@@amberlilly4101 i found it much harder to get off methadone than suboxone. for me the withdrawal was long lasting but not severe at all compared to other opiates. non opiate herbs can help such as corydalis extract (l-thp), California poppy, gotu kola, skullcap, CBD or hemp oil. Nothing will stop withdrawal completely and if it does its probably addictive itself
@@user-mackster40what’s worse or better to get off FENT or methadone and which one would u rather get off of
Day 8 the physical stuff is mostly gone now I just have no motivation, not much energy. It’s hard for me because I can’t take time off I have a business to run. Everytime I want to use I just think about how terrible I felt and that at some point I will be able to wake up feeling good. I just can’t wait to feel normal again and get my life back.
Exercise, it's THE LAST THING you want to do, but you gotta pump endorphins into your brain, and literally flush out the sticky residue while stimulating the brain, and don't expect to feel better afterwards, au contraire 💯😭, you'll feel worse, but it dramatically decreases the time of PAWS
@@douglasscott7551 well when i went jogging on a methadone wd it went way worse afterwards....for me def. not an option....but anyone is different right?!
Just push through that lack of energy it lingers for a few extra days-weeks
“If you get energy”, perfect description.
Ive been on 30mg oxy for 8 years. Was shot in the head years ago and have not been able to get off. Im so over the dependence so im going cold turkey in May. I took off 12 days of work. Love this video. I did manage to get some xanax to help me thru the first 3 days. Love the video and pray to God i dont relapse. Ive been able to stay on a low dose bc i withdrawel all day lightly. Just want my time back. Every time i take a pill i have to hit my stop watch timer. Im so done!!! Wish me luck guys.
You got this it’s not gunna be easy but nothing worth doing is easy!
How are you doing lately? I’m sending healing vibes, love and blessings your way. I chose a slow taper off of 160mgs of methadone for 20 years!🤢🤮. 10 months methadone free!! I have confidence in you. Please lmk how you are doing. 🙏💪✌️❤️
@@FitzSchlitz im doing ok, i go cold turkey tom. And thats awesome u managed to break that habbit! Worst part for me is my intestines get so jacked when i quit. Last time i quit i ended up in the ER bc my insides feel like paper being shredded. Ive had multiple abdominal surgeries so the pain is intense. Thats for replying and hope u stay clean!
@@jordanwagner89 dam! The intestinal thing sounds horrible! Please keep me updated on your progress! I love to hear a good success story. Healing vibes, love and blessings!!! 💪💪💪✌️❤️
How you doing now man?!
Anyone going through withdrawal who is not religious will soon be praying to God imao!
Realest comment lol.
lol! Tragicomedy! - Sad, but true. 🤙🏽
I am an atheist, I quit oxycodone cold turkey, and I still don't believe in a god.
@@DrBerkantAtay Oraley Berkey. I’ll meko. Andale. Good for u
Amen to that!
Thank you, coming off 6 years of norco. I’ve been to rehab once, didn’t help. I’m a first responder a veteran, a husband and a father, the depression and despair have always prevented me from avoiding relapse, this is hardest thing I’ve ever had to do! I feel so alone and lost! This is the most accurate and informative description of opiate withdrawal I’ve ever heard
Thank you for your service, Stephen. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do as well. Thanks for your feedback, and I'm sending positive vibes and prayers to you. I invite others to as well. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know.
We will all conquer this together stay strong and done listen to the noise in yr mind its all lies
I'm so scared. I had a day from hell. I took my last dose in the morning.. and passed out. I felt so deliriously fatigued. and eye twitches. I'm scared cause I was gonna taper down slowly, rather than stop cold turkey. But I am too weak to ingest more? I don't know I'm broken down😭
@@scarlettfreedom3629 I’m so sorry, I’m here if it helps you to talk, I’m struggling too
@@scoastg thank you
Thank you for this. Week 3 off of fentanyl. Didn't know there was such thing as PAWS. The mental pull is no joke. Was starting to think it wouldn't end. Almost went and grabbed some today. But I can wait it out another few weeks. Just knowing there's an end to it is motivation. Thank you.
What did you do to detox? How did you do yours?
How are you Now Brother?
How are you today ????
Poison out there got a batch of Trang i was messed up I got back on my sobos witch I never wish I did but they have saved me I wouldn't wish withdrawal on my worst enemy
You can do it week 3 you must of went Tru hell stay strong pal.
“But I know I’m not the only one who’s done that right. “ bro looked right at me
I would still say that tapering 10% every 7 days is way too fast. The other thing you didn't mention is that 4 days feels like 4 weeks, time goes so so slow when in withdrawl, its like time just stands still. Brilliant information video though.
Agree. I would say 5% reduction per week, at most. Just as you developed a tolerance, it takes weeks to months to reverse this and to give your receptors and body time to down regulate. It can be done….slowly.
Going cold turkey is like deciding to drive into a wall at 60 mph, instead of hitting the brakes to stop, because the wall has the “benefit” of being “faster” at the cost of a lot of pain and damage, Better to hit the brakes to stop, than slam painfully into the wall.
mate im now 3 weeks off subutex still feel bad mentally and my body just feels bad your video has put my mind at rest that this will end
Big up and one love to anyone who has got the courage to try n have a dash at doing an opiate withdrawal it’s theeeee single most difficult thing you will ever do. I’ve done the stop using for days and picked up again I’m day two clean today day four off opiates last night I slept a while today I feel okay
Keep connected n kick ass troops it’s gonna hurt but LIFE is at the other side
I stopped codeine cold chicken after 20yrs of hard abuse, but I hung in there it was the worst 4 weeks of my life , been totally clean for 2 yrs. U could put a pile of codeine in front of me and it means nothing to me. Like I said that 41/2 weeks was brutal but it paid off and I feel great.
Love the information. Been on hydrocodone for years for hip pain. Doctor put me on suboxone about 3 months ago. Had a hip replacement in July. I've tapered from 4mg, to .25mg over the past 2 months, and now stepping down to .125mg this week. Next week I'm planning .125mg every other day and then step off. Anticipating the longest 2 weeks of my life. Blessings
You one of the 00000001% that really knows what you talking about , you hit it on the heas it was for some reason exactly the same for me with getting so much energy and confident., Being able to take risks and getting best results ever from them, before that I used to drink a lot sometimes 2 fifs of Hennessy or Remy so my hangovers was horrible but the opiates was like a cheat pill for me ,untill like everything else in life that goes up must come down and its time to pay the piper
I salute you brother im still fighting the fight been about 8 years now and can't shake it for nothing !! Salute to you for being able to come from up under it !!!!
Right!?!? SO true! Us that get on the other side and feel this, almost HAVE to share the info that worked for us in someway to help bring awareness. This is quite literally like the only video that I have found to even remotely describe what we are going through as well as what to do to get off that works from EXPERIENCE not just what logically makes sense!
Sending love guys ❤️🫶🫶
You hit the description of opioid withdrawal on point, at least for me. The restless legs and anxiety is what made things so difficult. I remember sleepless nights wanting to smash my head through the wall because I couldn’t fall asleep and the sensation in my legs, and the anxiety is horrible. I wouldn’t wish this upon anyone. I recommend having Ativan to cope with a cold turkey detox.
Yep, I can relate. i've been on hydrocodone for 23 yrs pain caused from a hysterectomy . The pain has been horrific. And I have seen more than 20 plus DR.s and it is more than 20 plus yrs.
Just found you, guess why lol. I’m on day 5 and I just want you to know you are helping so many thousands of people with your gift of creativity explaining complex concepts, as well as your obvious deep knowledge of the human body and your personal understanding of the topic as someone who has experienced it first hand. Thank you for your work on this topic.
Have you tried as the man say to do it by tapering it off ?
I hope you’re still on your journey brother.. we got this !
Thank you Matt for trying to help. I am older, 63yrs. I never have done street drugs. Have been prescribed hydro’s pretty much for the last 25 yrs. Had bad bicycle accident. Been trying to taper for last 24yrs. Up, down, up down! Can’t get lower than 15mgs. Somebody could give me a billion dollars right now and it wouldn’t make me happy. I’m not internet savvy. Everybody says get help but how!!!!!!!!???? Who,where. How do you know what places are good, not a rip off. I’m done if somebody doesn’t try to help. All my Dr’s say is “So very sorry” with no direction. ALL OF THEM. Please help me I can barely think anymore.
Hey Lisa. How are you??
Do you have insurance to check into a detox? Maybe you can pay out of pocket?
Listen taper down for a 2 week on the 15mg then next week 10 for a week fight the symptoms
Just as the tolerance goes up, it can come down with a slow taper (wait 5% longer between doses or 5% less dose per week). It takes discipline, but better than withdrawal.
There aren’t much more shortcuts than that, and many places that promise help and take money for it…..deliver little to nothing. The best is a gradual taper that you stick to as a religion, giving your body time to slowly adjust.
Great video. I'm on day 6 off Suboxone after 10 years of methadone and 3 years of Suboxone. Total of 16 years of use including the first 3 years of off and on use of perks and oxy. Your videos have helped me so thank you for that.
Best video I’ve seen on UA-cam , and I’ve watched a lot 😂
Your story is EXACTLY how it happened to me ... Fell inlove with the 1st 10mg percocet i took INSTANTLY !! I THOUGHT TO MY SELF " why can't i feel like this ALL THE TIME ?! " JUST SO amazing feeling and pleasant, no clue about withdrawalsl had no clue till they told me im an emergency room . Fast-forward couple years im a fent addict...fighting everyday man.
I’m day 4 from percs addiction… I been on it over 15 years…. Like Matt said the first 4 days is hell on earth… but everyday goes by it gets better… I’m hoping n praying I’m not going to relapse again 🙏🏿
hows day 10? todays my first few hours and im scared
Wishing you the best hope you still going strong !!
Hope you guys are stable now🙏
I have a husband in another room trying to go through it on his own. Didn’t want to use help from the clinic, and now he has no methadone nor heroin. He is literally in agony, screaming he wants to die and that he can not make it. What do you suggest I can do at this point? There are no substitutes in the pharmacy I can buy to ease the symptoms? And honestly he doesn't have the mood to hear my voice, so it is even harder to ask him if he needs anything.. Any advice please😟
@@krehulka5211 I know it’s very difficult but he got power through it…. I stayed cleaned for two weeks … but I relapsed because the mental withdrawal was brutal…. He got take it one day at a time… minute by minute…. Wish yall all the best and hope he gets better 🙏🏿🙏🏿
@@krehulka5211 i used very very tiny overs of suboxone to help subside withdrawl symptoms. i’m two weeks clean and gonna try and start weening of the subs. i just used them to get over the worst part of the withdrawl
Man you just made the journey to sobriety look a lot lot harder.
Mind over matter.. it’s gets easier day by day but if you bitch and complain or want someone to feel sorry for you then yeah it’s hard. You got this!!
Most drugs like coke are 90% psychological..... Opiates opioids are 125% worse... The physical.... Restless legs? My legs gave me hell for years before I started oppies. In fact, my first oxycodone pill gave me a break like I never had before. Looking back I think I drank a lot at night hoping to get drunk enough to sleep, avoiding restless legs. My poor legs....I would beat my legs. It sucked. Odd thing now, I've been on oxycodone now for 15 years, 4 pills per 24 hours seven days a week. I make myself follow directions on bottle. My dose? 7.5 milligrams per 5-6 hours. I started at 5 mg 4 times per day. Sound odd? Self control, and a lot of mental control. And yes, there are times I don't know how long I can keep this up. I've never taken this drug to get high. It's about pain. I've never failed a drug screen test. Never been kicked out of pain management. But I did have one doctor that I thought I'd end up choking the bastard. Cold bastard he was.
I just went through 8 days of detoxing at home and yesterday i brought more and relapsed. I’m very upset at myself but i just couldn’t handle the anxiety depression panic attacks very emotional and outbursts of anger not being able to eat and i just couldn’t handle it. I’m about to go stay at rehab for 3 to 6 months in upstate NY.
Matt your the best.....you been there done that.....you know where we're coming from......keep the info coming brother....I appreciate 🙏 you
In my 30 years of heroin addiction (been clean for 3 1/2 years now) I have never heard of anyone realistically tapering off opioids, ever.
If that was actually possible, every single addict that was “done “ would just taper off. This conversation wouldn’t even be happening because everyone would know what time it is when they’re ready to quit. Just saying that this is my own experience and perspective.
Thanks for the vid!
Great to hear man! How are you doing?
The most educational content I've ever seen. Good job on your journey. I had a similar route, but decided to go on suboxone for 5 years, I quitted 2 years ago and I'm still living with PAWS. Anhedonia mostly and intolerence to cold, always shivering, always some sort of vasoconstriction, life is getting hard sometimes. I sleep so much its unreal. But hey, I got through it.
Even though this video is 3 years old it is by far the best video I've seen and i only ever look when I'm withdrawing I'm say 5 off of Subutex with a very short self made taper the Valium sounds like a great idea i might have to actually get some and fyi i have gone back more times than i care to remember because the pain is way to much the constant body spasms and lack of sleep it's like living death but this time is actually my choice the flight or fight yeah adrenaline is crazy but nothing else your explanation is really very good
Thanks for the science behind it. It makes sense why our bodies wig out
Best opiod withdrawal video I've seen. Thank you.
Only first hand experience could be this accurate & relevant. I've been looking for this to explain my Anhedonia 7-10 days in.
This will be enough to see me through. Ty
This guy and this video deserve a while lot more hits. I'm suffering like a bitch and I need these vids to keep me going
Excited to learn about this! Please share more for all of those in need 🙏❤️
Thankyou for posting this vid its the only sorce of suport I have so it means the world to me ❤️
I’ve never sought out drugs to get high but after a bad car crash in the freeway, I went through 2 back surgeries , the last taking my discs from my lumbar spine L-1 through L-5 out and steel rods & screws to fuse my spine. I also had 2 Spinal Cord Stimulater trials that failed . I had a year of Physical therapy , dozens of spinal cord & Facet injections , along with Nerve Ablation burning , chiropractors, and Acupuncture. My pain management doctor gave me a Fentanyl patch & Percocet. It helped me so much that I could finally dull the pain and be able to do more chores around tge house . I’ve seen the same Pain management clinic for 11 years. I had my usual 3 month check up last month & everything was normal , except when I called the same pharmacy I’ve used for 11 years they told me my doctors office didn’t send in my prescriptions. I called the clinic and they said , oh your prescriptions are pending. They’ll be sending them shortly , only they didn’t . I called 5 times and they said the same thing. Now I’m having severe withdrawal symptoms. I feel like I’m dying. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep , I have chills & cold sweats, I’ve had horrible Hallucinations, I’ve got a fever and just can’t do anything. I’ve never gotten high on my meds but they did dull the pain. Now I’m dealing with the back & nerve pain plus the Arachnoiditis . I don’t know what to do or how to live this way. 😢
That is terrible and should be illegal what the doctor, pharmacist or insurance company is doing to you by not giving you your prescription!!!
Thank you for this video, Matt - currently withdrawling from fentalyn. On day 2.
My pleasure Will. Glad to assist.
Best wishes Will. Keep going... focus and keep going. Kratom and good cannabis helped me out a lot. Try cannabis edibles for a sleepy effect. I watched a bunch of vids on Matt’s channel. I learned so much. Watch his vids on nootropics and get some ASAP. The 2 that I felt helped me was L-Tyrosine for day time to help me get through daytime life (work, house work, errands) and L-Theanine (sp?) for the evening. It’s supposed to help the brain get into a more relaxed state of mind. I also used cannabis to help calm my anxiety down. It was awful. Thankfully I live in California, so I had access to all kinds of top shelf products at the shops. It costs a lot, but your life is worth it. Remember when you feel like crap, just think it’s my life returning to me. Of course it’s going to feel wild, out of control, painful, anxious, sad and fearful, but it will turn around and start to feel exciting, happy, loving, creative and most of all proud. Once you get to week 2, your brain and body tend to synchronize again. You feel burnt out, but you are amazed you made it out of the dark woods. Now it’s about healing. One day at a time is all everyone needs. Just focus on 1 day, each day, everyday. Like dogs do ✌️😂😉
Hang in there Will. We are here for you. I am on month 2. It slowly, slowly gets better. Slowly!
Shoot day 1 for fent is hell. If your fent is bad and you withdrawal in 8 hours like me smh
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Another great video Matt PAWS really is a challenge I finally found some relief with diazepam and olanzapine first night I slept in 4 weeks still have chronic fatigue and absolutely no endorphins or happyness . At four weeks post I’m getting a little better each day but at 59 and 30 mg of subutex I know I’m in for the long haul as far as depression goin yesterday was the worse
These vids really help understanding my brain chemistry and what to do to help you are a savour my man 👨
Thanks mate, ya it helps to know what the heck is going on with your brain so at least you understand why you feel the way you feel. You're crushing it and NOT using opioids despite feeling so exhausted and anhedonic. Right on.
I usually don’t comment to much! But this a video was worth watching, good job brother!
Your video is amazing! I’m on day four and you gave me hope that tomorrow will bring some kind of improvement. Eight years getting off of Pain Pump pain management Dilaudid in the thick of it. Your video gave me hope and direction! I have been in withdrawal for 60 days because they accidentally left a small amount of meds cycling through my my pain pump when it should’ve just been water /saline pumping through it. Not happy about it but it’s turned off now and after 60 days of continuous withdrawals I am on day four of withdrawal, thank you for the concise video and what to expect!
How are you now a year later? How much dilaudid did you come off of?
Thank you for this. I got more information from you than a lot of MD's on this topic.
Thank you for this video! 19 years ago I was in a very serious auto accident,a drunk driver lost control and hit me head on. I survived thank God, but suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. For some reason I lost the ability to stay asleep. Fall asleep just fine, but staying asleep was and still is a problem. We tried all kinds of sleep meds but none of them worked or made me feel terrible in the morning. So my neurologist wanted to try hydrocodone and prescribed it for me and low and behold it worked pretty good. So fast forward 15 years I've been on hydrocodone 3 tablets a day as needed. I don't want to take it anymore plus it's lost it's effectiveness. I'm 61 years old, I have a thriving business which I've been operating for over 35 years, never once have I abused my medication in all that time. My new physician wants me to taper off, what should be the timeline for a taper since I've been on this medication for 15 years. My dosage was 3 10/325 mg a day as needed, but most of the time I only used two and a half pills. Sorry about the longevity of my post, and thank you!
I’ve been off of opioids for 3 months and I still crave them so much. I can’t even enjoy myself the same. I’m starting to think I’m just supposed to live just long enough to enjoy myself. If that’s short or long it is what it is. I just hate feeling like this every fucking day.
@dirtyrippa420 to read these comments is absolutely heartbreaking.. if I had that power to stop dealers from selling these drugs, I would just go and do it. It is destroying so many people's lives no matter how the person got there it should be banned from this earth for good. Hope you are doing fine there☘️
It's my 3rd day
Heroin addiction
2 days earlier methadone and today only 10ml of methadone
Hope I will be able to quit
Thank you for your story and the info. I've been free of benzos for 4 years (haven't seen a doctor in as long).. I'm on day 3 of no Percocets, by choice, and I've been feeling pretty bad. Really bad. I guess I ended up replacing benzos with opiods because of the wonderful energy boost and because I came across a way to get them without medical intervention. Currently looking for a doctor. Best of luck to all.
We are gonna be ok keep doing research vitamins help thru withdraw I’m on day 1 just thru out 80 perk 30 only been taking for 6 months and was addicted but I’m sick of it and got to muck to loose like we all do . Let’s fight the mental thing is only temporary I promise been speaking to a lot of clean people it helps a lot of these videos while u withdraw is helpful I been doing got a long way but I don’t want it
Curently taking I mil of suboxone daily, for the past 10 days and I feel so much better. I refuse to put myself through CT. Last time I tried that I had some kind of cardiac event. I am 75 . . thank you for sharing here. I’m going to connect with a doctor and do it the right way.
I'm so scared. I had a day from hell. I took my last dose in the morning.. and passed out. I felt so deliriously fatigued. and eye twitches. I'm scared cause I was gonna taper down slowly, rather than stop cold turkey. But I am too weak to ingest more? I don't know I'm broken down😭
@@scarlettfreedom3629 hang in there Scarlett, it will get better
@@scarlettfreedom3629 how are you,
Also, you had a bird on your shoulder the whole time … wow
This video has helped me more than ANYTHNG I have ben told. I have had much of this and am grateful for his insight.
Also, I am 75 years old. Very active. Now with the surgery, there is so much I can’t do for up 6 month to a year. Hard to exercise etc. hope I make it through
Really good video explaining everything that will hapoen when stopping opiates. Definitely not good drugs at all. Wish everyone knew all this before they messed with these drugs.
I’m just hitting day 6 off codeine, the lack of sleep is the worst and being woken up by my body temp increasing!!
I made the mistake of picking up fentanyl and trying it. I used approximately two weeks. I smoked it off of foil. The energy and pain relief was out of this world .The withdrawal was hell. I never want to go back there again.
I've been on Oxycone for almost 8 years. All due to a work related accident. The dr prescribes 160mg a day. I've been on it for so long there has been days where I have taken 8 20mg pills at once. I don't get high, I dont feel euphoria. All i get is a little relief from the pain that is 24/7. Am I addicted, absolutely. Ive tried several times to quit, and its the pain that always brings me back. I honestly hate taking this crap. If I dont take them I am in so much pain I can't function.
You're not alone friend. Just know that when you wake up every morning, there's others out there feeling the same way. I'm in the same miserable boat.
Buprenorphine is the key!! Am 3 month clean and reduced last week to 2mg from 4mg and still feal good even though I've halved my dosage, am reducing to 1.6mg this week to 👍👍👍👍
What goes up, can come down. It takes a lot of discipline, but you can taper down slowly, then just as you built up tolerance, you can reverse it….and much easier on your body and gives it time to adjust.
I always get bizzare and terrifying nightmares along with all of the other symptoms. Sleep was rare.
Same here, when I CAN sleep. Last time in WD (which was the LAST time), I dreamt that I was hit by a car and dragged underneath, and felt ALL of it.
It was awful.
Yes this, fever bizarre scary dreams.
I'm coming off buprenorphine. I was on it for 5+years 3 day. Got down to around half a day and quit. Day 14 and goin om 6 plus days no sleep. Plz pray for me
How did you do?
For me the anxiety/panic attacks are the worst. I can manage the physical symptoms with over the counter medication. The psychological effects are the worst.
I’m the other way. I am on anxiety medication so it helps, it’s the physical symptoms for me, the pains the sweats not sleeping. It’s the hardest part of it, it’s what keeps me using
The problem is doctors don’t even help with the anxiety part
Hi! Do you mind if I speak with you or email you? I have a horrible time with the exact same thing and it drives me crazy literally and I want to break down and just not exist. Speaking to you and hearing your testimony will really help and how you dealt with this! I am trying to quit in the next few days myself and am so scared but I need to do this now and free myself. I can’t keep doing the same thing it’s torture m.
@@GregMartinez98I’m so sorry. I’m just now seeing this. Are you okay?
I agree
Can you post something that is specific for people over 60 maybe into their 70s and beyond? People are living longer now a days and the seniors need a lot more support than they are getting. I would say a cold turkey WD could kill you at that age. We need a lot of guidance at this age. Thank you Matt Finch .. .you have blessed our lives.
Check out my tapering video which is perfect for you:
opiateaddictionsupport.com/how-to-taper-off-opioids-using-the-hierarchy-of-recovery/
This helped a lot. In paws currently and I am ur age when u quit, been sober 2 weeks almost so it’s good get a gage of what I may expect with paws. I hope only 4 more weeks
been tapering for over a year down from dilaudid to oxycodone to hydrocodone to tramadol... now down from 250mg/day to 75mg/day tramadol.... wondering when I can just stop? tapering means always pushing the envelope which means more than a year now in some degree of withdrawal... been rough but I will get totally off this shit which I got into during 4 spinal surgeries and an open heart surgery which were spread out over two years... so been on opiates 3 years now... age is 77... thanks for the info... helps to know how others have been dealing with this... the restless legs are the worst especially because I inherited the real RLS big time from my mom... sending love to everyone out there dealing with this!
i am 3 weeks off subutex cold turkey still feeling bad in the body and head,anyway i tapperd down from 12mg to 04 micro grams and to be honest my withdrawal was just the same there is no easy way out try and get some gabapentin and vallium and just jump as it is self torture constantly jumping down lower and lower we cant cheat this,but gd luck mate i hope you get through it
Why didn’t you use gabapentin to eliminate all the symptoms??
I’m addicted to opiates and on gabapentin for nerve damage and I find that I never get withdrawal symptoms from heroin
@@leanetucker710 because my tolerance to gabba was to high so vallium helped in that part im now over 40 days clean
@@jockhartley congratulations! hope it's still going well! I tried cold turkey again about 10 days ago after tapering down to 65mg tramadol/day... I made it this time with help from some kratom... still on about 3gm/day of kratom and hoping to be able to stop that soon... I have no idea how long or difficult the PAWS will be...
@@leanetucker710 good question... I tried gabapentin and Lyrica and pharmagaba... didn't like any of them... especially gabapentin made me feel sick... and was painful to withdraw from even after just a few days of trying it... I am glad it worked/works for you! I am 10 days into cold turkey now with kratom as aid... I couldn't have done it without the kratom...
Awesome coverage on the topic ,well done
Thank you. You provided a lot of information. I understand much better the degree of difficulty those who suffer from Opioid Withdrawal.
You should post on Rumble too! There is no one doing this there and it’s growing tremendously.
Hello Matthew. I'm 62 yrs old. I'm three years out from medicinal use of hydrocodone and still having issues with withdrawal. Never once took more than daily prescribed. In fact, I rarely used the full daily dosage. But, I took them for seven years. Never had a bad reaction or negative side-effects. So I quit cold turkey. I am ADHD and autistic (high functioning). The worst of it was over in about two weeks. I was more dependant than I knew. But now, three years out, the most amazing things happen. I'm going through serious dental issues for nearly a year. I'm getting a small amount of hydrocodone for severe dental pain. Matt, I'm finding if I take them for more than (only) three to five days ? I have about a week of moderate withdrawal. Also, even when I'm not taking them, I have the odd day of feeling like I'm in the middle of withdrawal. And I never got the "high" or a buzz. Being ADHD and with chronic depression since I was a child, these opiates just made me feel "normal". How on earth does three to five days on them throw me back into moderate withdrawal ? Very discouraging. I'm going to quit taking them as I feel I'm to a point of having to. Thank you. I've been following your materials since the beginning. You've emailed me a few times in the past.
Your name I do remember, Anthony. And that's not common, although due to biochemical individuality most things don't surprise me these days. That is certainly atypical, the issue you're having. Have you tried 800 mg Ibuprofen for dental work pain? I know it's nowhere as strong as opioids, but sometimes it can be enough.
@@ElevationRecovery Yes. Oddly enough the ibuprofen worked very well.
How can I do this when I have Multiple Sclerosis and the oxys are the only way I can get done around the house that needs done? I have terrible 24/7 rls dx'ed years before the MS and the pills take it completely away? I'm on day 7 of detox because someone stole my pills and I can't be prescribed any more until next month! I am a responsible med taker never had any issues b4 this! Love to hear your opinion. I still can't move after 7 days. So very sick. Was on them for 10 yrs at 40mg per day. I feel like I need them to live my best life bcuz of the MS
@@sadtomato7262you may need to stay on them. You're in legitimate pain. Chronic pain. I feel for you. Doctors are so scared to prescribe them now. Sucks someone took your meds. I had the same issue.
19:00 i heard benzos were actually the worst, and methadone.
Have you ever heard of David Stovjiski? He died in jail of acute withdrawal in a holding cell detoxing without his legally prescribed methadone, Xanax, Klonopin of agonizing miserable withdrawals begging and pleading the staff for meds. Video of it shows his suffering. Poor fella, I wept for his pain. Can't even begin to know his feelings of suffering, as I've only withdrawaled from hydrocodone and heroin (not together like his situation) Breaks my heart for this dude.
You have just put it in perspective with the flight or flight part thank you for this I have not seen a video which has told me this
I've been taking two 10MG/325 norcos a day. I cut back to 1/4 of one norco for the last 5 days, and I haven't had withdrawal yet. I've been taking two 10MG norcos a day for the last 10 years.
Under 120 mlg per day ,the withdrawal will be less ,the lower the dose ,so 20 mlg per day is barely any withdrawal
Methadone withdrawal lasted around 8 weeks and over 14 months of paws, the most brutal thing I’ve ever gone through, was on 100 mgs for 20 years cold turkey
Dude, that’s fucken hardcore.
Best video on this subject by far. Thank you.
Thank you for this video. It hopefully will help
very good video and very good description of the withdrawal process.
Totally right if you taper correctly makes it easier also suboxone is like superglue on the receptors horrendous
They say withdrawal is horrific and it's bad, but horrific is getting back sober and after that it's returning to a place where I have normal severe unrelenting pain. THATS horrific. . what did I go thru withdraws for, to return to THIS?
This is why I don't stop. Even with my pain medication I am in pain 24/7. Without the opioids, it's intolerable. I have bilateral fractures in my lower back, sciatica, spondylosenthesis, spinal bifida, severe narrowing of my nerve roots, and pretty bad arthritis.
@@LilyBeccaThis is just my suggestion. Not a doctor, but I have alot of experience with this kind of stuff. For someone like you, in severe, chronic pain, I would get on a dose of methadone. Most clinics will let you go as high as you want to feel comfortable. The first year will suck because you have to go everyday, and that can be tough if you have work or other obligations. But, after some time, usually 6 to 12 months, if you give clean urine, they will give you pick up days. That means you can go once a week and probably less the longer you stay " clean". Honestly I wouldn't have suggested this 10 years ago but with the poison out there now, better to be on that than dying from bad street drugs. At least you will be able to function and not chase the drug all day everyday. I hope you find a way. I always feel so bad for people in your situation who have legit physical pain.😢 good luck....
When I first got a bag, I'd do a fat bump of fent and I felt good for about 6-8 hours. Funny thing is when I got down to my last bump, instead of 6-8 hours turns in to about 2-3 hours. One morning I woke up, went straight to the bathroom and did N2. So I felt confident about that. I planned to stop that day, right? I got two my last 2 bumps, cooked some noodles with butter, salt, and pepper. Ate it, shortly after I'm throwing up tons of stomach acid and on the left side of my lower rib cage felt as if I was ever 2-3 minutes been stabbed, it was almost unbearable. I had to call an ambulance and long story short, I had a serious bowl obstruction and was hospitalized for three days. Doctor said if I couldn't pass a bowl movement in 5 days, I went to surgery to be permanently surgically attached colostomy bag. So take it as I did at the 35 year old perspectives, I am a attractive tall an straight guy, I can't honestly tell you the why I feel the way I feel about it but it was going to be a devastating blow to my confidence and this is going to be something that I was going to be Holly embarrassed and thank goodness on the third day pasta bowel movement and I went home. Now and I do opiates I'll make sure to every 3 to 5 days take a stool softener and drink lots of water, and if I go a week without going to make myself stop an suck it up until I got it before I start again. This is experience talking, 100% true.
Anhedonia is a bytch and I think I’ve only experienced a mild version compared to others. Finding no joy in music, conversations with people, or just anything that usually gets you a little pumped.
I took opioids for back pain for 25 years and eventually developed a horrible craving during the last 9 years. I screwed up was told I’d need Suboxone for the rest of my life. That was 13 months ago. For the first 3 months I could barely get out of bed. I have never been in such physical and mental pain in my life. Before I’d go through this again I’d jump off a bridge.
Hey guys, just sharing my experience so far on this but will try to remember to update once complete on the other side. But what has helped me so far (I am on day 8 I believe without loading for 3 days before stopping, I pretty much have been in withdrawals since day 1 while I was loading with about .25 a day for the first 2 days which still meant no sleep and RLS) is to be able to combine the Vit c method with even more of a taper method. So I got down to .5 subs (after being on opioids for around 20 years with the last 7 of those 20 on subs) and then I began the Vit C. You would think that should be a cake walk at that dose right!? Yeah I was COMPLETELY wrong! Though I’d say people are right when they say Vit C gets rid of around 70% of symptoms (and some parts of the day I’d say up to 90) but the sleep part (with the RlS) was still in the mix even though I’d say the RLS was nowhere near as intense as it is without the Vit c. So I have used .25 sub on day 2, day 5, and again on day 7 which so far seems to be SO much better than going completely black and white (just for me personally) SO FAR!
I’ve found that even just knowing I have a “get out of hell free card”, I was more calm, but also I have the Vit c (lip c) to help when I need it (which I find that 3-4000 mg is a good dose for me too make sure receptors are saturated, and it seemed to work better than lower doses for me on this protocol, which again I have been on opioids for a little more than 1/2 of my life due to getting prescribed them when I was a kid and did not know what I was getting myself into. And yes I got energy from them as well contrary to maybe the average person)
So I can keep you guys posted if you’d like, I just wanted to put something out there now because I figured allowing this as an option as opposed to using a military all or nothing mindset is working sm better for ME, but again know myself and have became happy (delt with most of all, of the mental issues/shadow work that I was taking the meds to cover up, so it’s less of a mental game to be happy at this point for me, and more just working through the physical stuff) before trying to get off as well if that makes sense. Also as weird as it sounds, Semen retention helps a ton (helps build more energy to help and also it strengthens nervous system) as well as (IN MY EXPERIENCE) eating as little as possible per sitting and per day because food (especially high carbs and sugars etc) stimulated my nervous system too much which gave more of those ⚡️⚡️⚡️ RLS systems occurred in intensity. The less I ate the more stable the nervous system felt, as well as allowing the body to use its energy to heal as opposed to digesting (which takes A MASSIVE amount of energy to heal. Both food and our s*xual energy take soooooo much of the energy we need to heal because obviously the younger and more energy we have, the easier recovery is on some level ❤️🩹)
I really hope this helps guys and remember though it feels like it’s taking a million years, a week or two for the rest of our lives to be happy again, is SO worth it!
I’m here to help if/when I can! Sending love and hugs! 🫶🫶🫶
today marks 2 weeks off methadone, I tepered from near 200mg and 13 years and jumped ship at 6mg, I had mild acute symptoms even went hiking during the peak, everyday past day 7 started improving but the past two days have been bad with brain fog and getting to sleep. When i did CT from 20mg methadone I swear i had ptsd fear of withdrawals, i could not find pleasure in anything for months and stupidly got back on methadone. The no feeling of pleasure was the worst. Im so thankful I didnt have that issue this time
Thank u Matt! I needed to see this video.😔
Glad it could help! Happy it’s useful.
I second that. I needed to be reminded of the withdrawal hell. Relapse thoughts get squashed watching this vid ✌️😑
Thank you Matt! Papaya is soooo cute! God bless!
You're most welcome! God bless! (Papaya says "HI!")
Thank you for sharing ❤
So hard. Going through it now after 3 years with back injuries. It’s hard.
Thank you sooooo much for this information...only now Im really not looking forward to getting off of Methadone. Been using it for pain management for two years now but its time to stop because in all honesty I always seemed to run out early......ok fine, I abused it!!!!! I dont know how many times I have gone through withdrawal symptoms like the worst being restless leg syndrome that can last like 6 days, no sleep, crapy attitude and yet I still go back when its time for refill. What a stupid pinhead, trying to be nice with words, I have better words to describe myself right now. Im so tired of this and now it seems my best bet is to tapper off slowly, very slowly. Im so scared of the pain. Pray for me please. I want to be free.
I went of 120mgs methadone cold turkey. It was a nightmare, so.please taper allllllll the way down first!
Informative professional cover more aspects opioid :)
Better scope, benefits and..... are add up at end of the videos .
Suggestion.
I’m on day 10 off methadone. I stopped on a very low dose but after about 4 days I started moderate withdrawal. I’m using vitamins C & E as well as a benzo to help with sleep otherwise without I slept terribly, rarely. I feel very alone especially a single person during covid
Wow great work and dedication making it double digit days off Methadone, that’s amazing. Hang in there Zina, it gets easier. Super proud of you hardly anyone actually makes it off Methadone.
@@ElevationRecovery great info Matt. The explanations you give go deeper than most videos. Not having dopamine is the reason we feel like ASS ! Other than DLPA and Tyrosine what else do you recommend to jump start dopamine rebuild. ??
Well done Zina you’ve got this babe .💯💜I came off methadone in 2019 and it was a fight n a half .
I relapsed over the lockdown I’m on my own too so I get how hard it can get when you’re on your own and trying to do your best to get well.
I came off my beup script last week i was rough for six days the whole no sleep head fucked covered in sweat the whole thing so I went back on the meds for a bit .
I need help to keep out of my own way at times and a hug lol
U got this and remember the depression a part of the withdrawal I promise u won’t last more then a few weeks
Hey Zina how’s it going?im day four off the beup again n doing okay.
It is a tough gig so well done n keep going pal I found you super inspirational.
I’m an addict I can’t use any drugs I just abuse the things so I’m a bit tired n emotionally a bit all over the place.
Hugs to ya pal one love 💜✌🏼🙏🏻
5:00 excellent points guy. Good stuff
Thank you and very glad it's helpful.
Omg!! This is so helpful to me!! You don’t know how much you’ve blessed me with this video! I’m looking forward to watching a few more before I begin my sobriety journey! Who knew that quitting percs would be so hard 😩
Sitting up in my bed going back & forth without being able to sleep due to withdrawal miss who I was before I started taking percs I look back at my old self and shed tears… day one without taking them & feel like my body is numb insomnia is kicking my ass bones hurt , my eyes hurt I just wanna sleep a full night.. I’d never thought I’d go through this why.. why god 😖
i THINK THIS VIDEO IS BEST THAT HAS HELPED ME... THANK YOU
Guess i see how i got hooked...cause i would get so much energy i would get off work which was physical itself and work out for 2 hours...i got in great shape!! Untill i hurt my rotator cuff kinda miss those days but hate i ever started taking them...ive currently weaned off a subs and a 20 a day norco habit to now i use 4 a day...my first time having withdrawls i was with a girl and my legs wouldn't stop moving i didnt feel sick but just couldn't sleep...wasn't till i took another pill the next day that i knew what was up
I used to run marathons on Percocet.
Thank for the info highly appreciated blesses
Best video I’ve seen on the timeline. 🙏👍
This was very informative thanks. Enjoyed the bird walking back and forth!I I detoxed in county jail for 11 months. It was a cold turkey detox. It was HELL.
I am a chronic pain patient and at age 63 I’m still on buprenorphine. Wish I could stop but it’s not interfering with much but maybe health ( maybe) but definitely sleep. I can’t handle a taper at 63 since there are always some withdrawals coming in from my experience. I’ve been on opiates medically since 21 years old I’m now 63. I’ve been on 160 mg OxyContin daily for many years and up to 600 mg morphine ER daily for probably 12 years straight and every long acting opiate our there as well as BTP short acting. I don’t know if my body knows how to function without opiates. I’m terrified of PAWS. I think I’m stuck for life on buprenorphine. I don’t know.
FYI - it took 9-10 months in jail before I felt “normal” . I couldn’t stop “ slapping the bed “ for that time tossing and turning like crazy. I was beat up a few times by my bunky because he couldn’t sleep because of me. I never wish that on anyone.
Thanks for listening
Hard to hold down a job i'm 60 yrs old and been using norco for like 6 yrs the zero energy and wanting to do nothing for weeks on end is the part i can't get though i have tried Kratom don't seem to help much feel hopeless
Would really appreciate a video on how to taper down & and what is good to have to prevent some of the hell.
Fex what is good to have home, valium, antihistamine, musclerelaxer, sleepingpills
certain food, and other remedies.
My situation: been taking oxy for 7 YEARS 150-200mg/24h.
I start getting whitdrawel symptoms after 12h
Thanks N
I've had to withdrawal so many times that I've picked up some wisdom over the years. I would do exactly what he said he did in the video to get off opiates. Find a doctor who does a quick micro dosing of suboxone - say a week, and then taper you off. It's going to be way easier than trying to withdrawal off oxy. Avoid any doctor that wants you to keep you suboxone for years and/or indefinitely.
Magnesium, calcium, vitamins b and c.
Thanks for video Matt
Amazing video man!
I would confirm everything in this video out of own experience.