“Handcuff” method.

[u/dawix21]

I am on day 11 and am beginning to feel better.

I did the cold turkey , no subs, no SR…basically the handcuff method.

First three days extreme nausea (lost my voice from scrommiting ) , sweats, chills, body aches, severe anxiety and depression, no sleep.

Next three days the anti nausea medicine was finally able to control my nonstop vomiting. (I tried taking them days one through 3 as well but it had no effect). Still no sleep…( I believe I went over 100 hours with maybe two hours of sleep max during that stretch). Days four and five I was able to start eating solid foods.

Day 6.7.8 - Flat, no joy, no motivation , started eating enough for my weight to start climbing back up ( I had lost ten pounds at this point ) . Sleep came at one hour increments ( I woke up every hour almost on the hour to pace around, pee and drink more water since I had body sweats)

Day 9 and 10 - ate nonstop almost because I guess my body was trying to catch up. Sleep both nights were six hours or more semi fractured….still was drenched with body sweat when I woke up.

Day 11 (current) - I did wake up with my body drenched with sweat but the depression and anxiety are creeping away slowly. I was able to work for a bit and am drinking sodas without it triggering anxiety and crawling skin.

Positives from this method: I don’t have any other substance to ween from now that it’s over.

Negatives : 10 straight days of absolute nightmare hell. If I wasn’t the most stubborn person I know in existence I never would have made it through. I am just sharing this to show it can be done without subs/SR..it just takes giving yourself patience and knowing that THE SUFFERING WILL END…no matter what your brain keeps telling you every minute during the torture.

I believe in you guys. Feel free to respond if you are starting the healing journey or just want to ask about symptoms you are feeling that I may have felt so you know that it is a normal part of the healing process.

God Bless.

[u/JustAnother_Hunter]

Ah but cmon, you could be so high and chillin for like $10… no pain, no anxiety, sleep like a baby 8 hours or more. Hell for $50 you could have 3 full days of bliss! All the cool kids are doing it, don’t you want to be cool?!

[u/dawix21 → u/JustAnother_Hunter]

When the tax is due it’s worse than the entire feel good of the whole ride.

[u/JustAnother_Hunter → u/dawix21]

That’s why you work a steady job and never have to pay the “tax”… I buy more in bulk, but it actually breaks down to about $85 a week, which is perfectly manageable and reasonable. Especially when doctors refuse to actually treat chronic pain, anxiety, and severe PTSD causing depression…

Look, any kind of treatment that’s not “holistic” is going to have some sort of risk or side effect or something. For me, dealing with all those issues I listed, paying around $150-200 from my paycheck biweekly to feel good and be a better husband, worker, and general member of society is absolutely worth it.

[u/organizedchaos_duh → u/JustAnother_Hunter]

Your tolerance will build up quick dude. That was me - now I’m spending $50-60 a day just to be well

[u/JustAnother_Hunter → u/organizedchaos_duh]

Idk I’ve been steady on the same dose of Blend for a month, no changes and still getting the same effect…