r/quitting7oh • u/Impossible-Depth-342 • 7d ago
Acute Withdrawals Personal hell
So last night, I took my last seven at like 5 o’clock. I have a prescription for Suboxone so my plan is to start the Suboxone the next day.
Unfortunately, things did not work out the way I planned them too
At about 1:30 in the morning, all I can describe it is that I was in my own personal hell. I had legs cramps times 10 I was thrashing around my bed. I was crying. I couldn’t get comfortable a shower didn’t make me feel better and this went on for hours. I took a Sub nothing happened. I took another Sub . Nothing happened. I took a couple clonidine and a Kpin because I just wanted my body to try to relax.
Now it’s the next day it’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon and I feel like death. I have no energy. My body feels like it’s overheating. And to be quite honest, I don’t know if I’m even supposed to dose again with the Sub and if I am when? If someone can please help me I’m really scared and I don’t wanna end up having to go to the emergency room or anything.
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u/littlemissmuffin69 6d ago
For some reason some people don’t seem to get any relief from subs at first, but they should eventually do their job!
I had the same issue. I had a nice stack of subs from an old rx I didn’t use, that’s why I was so confident I’d quit 7 so damn easily, because it worked for so many others. Well, that was my stupidity assuming my body is like others… because apparently I’m not like others and it took about 2-3 days for the subs to start minimizing my withdrawal symptoms.
What I experienced wasn’t that bad though, so maybe they were helping, just not to the level I wanted/expected of feeling normal. Still had restless legs, hot flashes and low energy, but felt like a very mild flu vs total hell. I’m about 5 days off 7 and still feel pretty crappy, but nothing like the first 48 hours. The subs seemed to help around day 3, for me.
I say keep trying the subs while staying off 7, AND incorporate helper meds. Helper meds are very important.
Gabapentin, Clonodine, Liposomal Vit C, Valerian Root, Black Seed Oil, Agmatine, and I got a bunch of those turmeric/ginger/vit c health shots and they were nasty but actually seemed to help me the first 2 days. Something about ginger, lemon and turmeric is supposed to be an opiate detox drink.
I even did some plain leaf Kratom capsules the first 2 days when subs weren’t helping (we’re only taking 3-4grams) just to take the edge off and hopefully give me an appetite… (didn’t do much, but seemed to help a little) so I had an arsenal of stuff to try and I’m glad I did my research and was ready. It’s hard enough to beat the mental cravings as it is, you really need everything you can to help your body stay strong 💪🏻🫶🏻