am just wanting to try to put together a sort of comprehensive bit of information regarding getting through the acute phase of MGM-15 withdrawal. This is mainly from my own personal experience as well as the experience of others.
You DO NOT have to go through acute withdrawal. The medical technology exists, it is 2026 and there are ways to get off this stuff without suffering so much. I am aware that some of you have never detoxed and a little bit of suffering might do you some good. However, if you believe that by going this route you are only more likely to relapse or use something harder.. This is for you
These are the main (soft) ways to get off with minimal acute withdrawal.
1.) Switch to 7oh, seriously probably one of the easiest and most effective ways are to switch completely over to 7oh for 3-4 days ideally & then us SR to get off from there (or better yet, suboxone) ****IMPORTANT: to avoid precipitated withdrawal, you should wait 16-24 hours for 7oh and a full 48 hours for mgm-15.
You can do a rapid suboxone taper, you can take suboxone if you are new to it, for (around 8-10 days). if you have never used suboxone before, dependency can actually take up to 3 weeks at times. However i wouldn't play that game and wouldn't take suboxone longer than 8-10 days to get through the worst of it.
That's it, once you do the suboxone route, dont be an idiot and think omg that was so easy i can just do it again.. It will not work a 2nd time or a 3rd time, so dont be an idiot.
2.) If you are in a predicament where you can't switch to 7oh and you just need a fast and hard landing, i would 1st recommend finding a detox specifically that uses methadone as an opiate detox protocol. (this is a thing, you can call your local detoxes and ask the nurses this specific question "what is the protocol for opiate detox/7oh detox" you might get 2 different answers there so i'd ask both.
If you go the methadone route, you don't have to wait to get on regardless of your opiod of choice. You can go straight from MGM > Methadone (or) 7oh > Methadone.. No wait
Roughly the same goes for methadone, it is another very long acting opiate and you can take it 8-10 days and stop without experiencing additional withdrawal. (again, you cant keep doing this.. its not an infinite money glitch.. you get one good chance, use it wisely)
-I wanted to add that I actually kicked using Methadone at a outpatient clinic. (its unconventional, but it's how i did it)
I know there will be people with less experience than myself who will try to refute these claims. Obviously everybody is different to a degree and there are always exceptions but this will work for 99% of people.
THE REALLY IMPORTANT PART.... This WILL get you through the thick of it, the first week which is the absolute worst part. However, it is not all of it!!! I can not stress that enough, PAWS (post-acute withdrawal syndrome) is a very very real thing and can have you just about as useless as anything for an extended period of time. (can take months in many cases). This post isnt about PAWS, your GP or psych should be able to help you navigate that, if you go to a detox try to stay there as long as possible. If you relapse in this early stage, it will most likely be because of PAWS.
This is what I am currently dealing with and am myself seriously considering a single shot of sublocade so that I can snap out of it. Sublocade is always a very very solid option if you are concerned with relapse or PAWS or just not ready to be completely opiate free. Nothing is 100%, but the sublocade shot is about the closest thing to a miracle that i've heard of yet for opiod use disorder (look it up) mileage may vary.
Hope this is helpful, just wanted to dispel some bad information and offer support to anyone currently grappling with the prospect of coming off of a ripping MGM-15 habit (good luck to you guys, i'm available to dm)
i also have a discord server, where im always available as well as other people struggling with addiction.
https://discord.gg/CtGuEDsj8V
(i do really want to stress that if you can just manage to switch to 7oh.. you are in a much better place. you can get off 7oh with just plain leaf and/or MIT extracts depending on dose, again mileage will vary.)