Opioids Gabapentin & xanax for opioid withdrawal

[pnillyg]

be careful af w that xanax. dont take it more than a few days. have been through heavy/high dose ope wd and benzo wd. would do the ope wd 1000x over another serious benzo wd.

I couldn’t agree more with this one

 

[Jnowhere]

Okay so let’s try this again. i’ve had about a .5g every 1-2 days of opioids/fent habit for about a year now. I tried going off of it last year and almost had it down but relapsed in a time of stress. i’ve been researching ways to have a less intense withdrawal and have seen a lot of people on here talk about using gabapentin or pregabalin for withdrawals and how it seems to help make it a little more bearable. so after a year of looking i’ve finally found a supply of gab (about 45 600mg pills) and have access to a script of 1mg xanax pills. im thinking of using the two to get through this withdrawal and be done with sh!t. I just don’t have an idea of how much gab to take or if I should stagger the gab and xans. can someone help me figure this out??

The gabapentin, clonidine and Ativan/ and or Valium really made it easy to stop. Granted morphine is not nearly as strong as fent. I was already on benzos for years, so addiction was not a concern. As noted by others on this thread, use Xanax in moderation and use the gabapentin sparingly. You don't want to trade 1 addiction for 2. Good luck.

 

[anthonyxx]

does anyone know if I could potentially start the gabapentin and or xans before my withdrawals start setting in??? I know I should probably wait until they set in for the xans but what about the gab??

 

[GetMeOutOfThisCRAP]

this is so true. i’ve gotten clean once for real and had a few years under my belt. I relapsed almost two years ago, did a short 3 day inpatient to detox, and then picked back up a little over a year ago and now am trying to quit again. I know why I use and i’m at such a good point in my life that this is the only thing holding me back and I very desperately need to stop. it’s scaring me because absolutely no one knows and everyone’s so proud and yadda yadda yadda. no one even knows that I overdosed last year, woke up in the ambulance completely devastated, spent the night in the hospital and left the next morning. took an uber to get my car and no one found out it had even happened. i’m so scared that i’m gonna OD again and my family will find me. I just want this to end.

Don't overthink it or fight invisible wars in your head. All you have to do is keep trying and survive. Whether you relapse a billion times or not many people have escaped addiction by never giving up despite how many times they failed. Not everyone survives painkiller addiction. If they did, maybe they would've made it out sooner than later--you never know. Don't give up though!

 

[Lil'LinaptkSix]

Man I wish I had xans and a gabapentenoid while WD from opioids.
Wait ... I did have phenibut (still do) but it was just too much load on the body I felt, soooo....
Overthinking. Been hearing that word come up a lot lately in my daily surroundings. I would rather use the term engineering.
Yeah it'll abate relatively quickly (I'm hoping) and then ya get to describe how it feels to be off it... and not dependant on da benzo and/or other.
Take a lot of determination, motive and dedication but we all have that in us somewhere: Finding it is a whole different story.
Be easy and guess we'll see ya about.
Welcome to bluelight if ya haven't already gone through that (well, even if ya have).
Haven't read the whole thread but if needed dig farther in than you ever have and move forward (forget the sliding backs, yeah? ).
And yeah anyone reading this thread don't let horror stories and such ruin gettin off opioids. We can talk ourselves into anything, imo/e.
Best to ya,
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