The Truth About Being Dopesick
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- The truth about detox and withdrawal that you won't hear from counselors, doctors, or rehab centers. This is the truth about how it really feels and what is going through the mind of a person in the middle of detox and withdrawal.
0:00 Intro
0:27 - What IS Dopesickness?
0:49 - Dopesick/Withdrawal/Detox Timeline - When It Starts
1:14 - Symptoms and The Painful Yawns
1:57 - Mental Panic of Withdrawal
4:00 - What To Do - Your Options During Detox
5:00 - Day 1 of Dopesickness
5:50 - The Mental and Emotional Draining
6:49 - Energy Level During Withdrawal
8:14 - What Really Separates Dopesickness From The Flu - The Truth About Dopesickness
10:24 - The Other Major Factor Added Onto Detox and Withdrawal
11:53 - Millions of Others Have Got Through It So Can You.
Withdrawal is often compared to the flu because that is the most realistic way to explain it to someone who has never felt it. The problem with that comparison is it doesn't come close to actually explaining the misery of withdrawal.
I would say it's like the flu except 10 times worse and there is an added level of mental and psychological misery that is nothing like the flu.
If you or someone you know is going through withdrawal remember millions of people have been through this and have come out the other side!! You can get through it!!
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sneezing like crazy, that's how it starts.
You explained that so well !! the insanity of our disease is overwhelming for the addict that still suffering recovery is possible And please never give up on yourself I’ve been through the withdrawal process countless times I finally regained control of my life and if I can do it anybody can…
I was doing a certain stamp, now I stopped doing that stamp. Now nothing gets me well. Last night I threw up violently, I had to leave at 4am to go get well. Which still hasn't happened. I'm trying to go away tomorrow. I'm glad I found this channel. I had 3 years, and relapsed. Lately I've been an emotional wreck. I cry every time I talk to my mother. Lol. This is so much worse then when I got sober. This tranq shit. It's bad.
@@TheFKD24 I’ve been there brother that’s how my last detox was it was extremely intense and painful for about a week and gradually tapered down day 4was the worst couldn’t stop throwing up u got this congrats on the 3 years ur getting there keep up the fight..
A feeling of weakness in the spine initially, and yawning/watery eyes.
Kicked heroin a thousand times. Also kicked methadone cold turkey in jail. Methadone withdrawal was brutal for 10 weeks. Legit. Now I'm clean for 3 and a half years. Feb 1, 2018
Michael that's awesome good for you brotha and congrats on the 3 and 1/2 years. I heard methadone withdrawal is prob the worst of anything period. I never really did full methadone withdrawal cause I would just relapse and get heroin.
Methadone is a great treatment IF a person doesn't go any higher dose than actually needed and then once stable titrates slowly down (like 1 mg per week). To get on it legally or not and going to a higher dose and then cold Turkey is worse than heroin or morphine withdrawal due to methadone half life and the way it stays in muscles and organs.
Suboxone withdrawl is no better! I was in cold Turkey withdrawl for 7 weeks off 2 mgs and less! It takes alot of strength to go that long with no sleep and barely eating and all the rest of course..
Couple things I feel like you missed.. the wanting to crawl out of your own skin and not being able to sit or lay in a comfortable position for the entire 3-7 days. & once the “worse” of the physical withdrawal are over the mental/emotional anguish lasts for months to years. Mental fog, not wanting to shower or clean, feeling like simple tasks are impossible, not being able to drive, constant sadness, crying for no reason.. the list goes on & can take years to ever feel “normal”.
Yeaa that is dead accurate Vanessa. But I cover most of those in other videos and I would classify most of those under PAWS Post-acute Withdrawal Syndrome, not the original dope sick. This video is more to compare to people who always say its "basically the flu". You dead right those things are all accurate
Yes the crawling out of your skin is awful my arms go crazy restless and I want to jump out of my body I’m on a gas station drug called tianeptine sold under zaza or tianna I started 3 years ago thinking it was a good alternative to illegal drugs in my area they had these at gas station so I started taking them fast forward 6 months I noticed my use going up fast forward a year and I finally had to quite for a vacation and let me tell you I was hit with the worst dopesickness I have ever dealt with shakes hot cold flashes vomiting diarrhea and insomnia for 4 or 5 days straight no sleep anxiety through the ruff I finally took Xanax and got 2 hours of sleep it was the worst thing I have ever experienced I started back the next week like a dumbass after I went through it thinking I could control myself here I am now 2 years later afraid to go 8 hours without dosing it’s ruined my life made me pawn steal do anything like real dope does just not to be sick all from a pill sold over the counter at a gas at station the main ingredient tianeptine somehow binds to your opioid receptors even though it’s not an opioid it’s a anti depressant used in other countries in America it’s legal somehow but states are working to ban it Alabama being a big one I’m in northeast Mississippi and they banned it in my city but not the county
@@Big_Bear93 im in a similar situation with kratom. I dread the day it becomes illegal or something else happens and I have to stop. Withdrawals are no joke. Worst anguish I have ever experienced
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Idk how to really explain it but I used to get the feeling that something was missing in my head like my brain wasn't whole it was so uncomfortable its so hard to explain this feeling but a lot of people know what I be trying to say I don't miss that life at all
I used to be a Heroin addict. The not being able to sleep was worse than vomiting, yawning, runny nose, unstoppable sneezing, etc. I used methadone for about three weeks & weaned myself off. I've been clean over 16 years. I started a company in 1996 which became 2 companies later. I bought the expensive cars. Materialist things don't make you happy either!!! Anyways I had a great support system. My wife stuck by me. My 2 boys are 29 & 24 now. They dont remember me as a junky. Thank god!!! PS. Don't touch Heroin or any other hard drug. Trust me!!!! #NotWorthIt
Thanks so much shadow. That wild. What was it that made you change? Did you work a program or rehab? I love to hear success stories. Your so right about the material thing they don't fill the void. Love, Kindness, doing the right thing, and freedom from the substances do.
I'm just getting clean now after 20 years and your comment struck a chord with me,, thanks,,,, from the UK
I been clean from Cocaine for 4 years now. Never ever going back. I never had a problem with opiates I did them once a month for 4 years but never got physically addicted. Thank goodness
Bro for some reason the yawning for me every minute makes me go crazy, sure it’s not as bad the pain and RLS you feel but you’re already irritated as fuck and then you can’t stop yawning
@@Dannyfromnewquay Nice one mate, also from the UK here and going to rehab in the next few months.
So glad I decided to get clean off fentanyl. It took away my late teen years and my early adulthood. Life will not get any easier, life isn’t supposed to be easy anyway but it sure is 100% better.
The sweaty back was when I knew it was starting. Nothing feels better than the warmness as soon as you get more pills or dope and every withdrawal symptom disappears instantly
Sweaty back and under the bo0bs. And chills
Sober up bruh
For real. That’s what is addicting. That feeling of getting unsick. I did a whole video on that
@@Soberdogs man I was addicted to crystal and h If I can stop that shit anyone can I'm only 16 man all about a strong mentality, good headspace.
@@Soberdogs fuck dope man☮
Bro. You can always tell who went thru it and who is reading a med book. You are doing a helluva a job man!!! I’m struggling but still in the fight
Did you do it
Did you recover John gaitanis?
It hurts just listening to this...🥺
Kinda like you have two weeks to go and you have 4 pills left . Pure Panic ! !
When I was withdrawing from alcohol one of the worst symptoms was that dread. For absolutely no reason. Nothing was “wrong” but my brain was just in a state of impending doom with no reason whatsoever besides withdrawal. Just lying in bed feeling like I committed a serious crime and the police are coming lol that’s how it feels.
Impending DOOM
yeah gaba substances are brutal bro❤
Yup. I felt that too during alc withdrawal. Like paranoia or odd phobias. So awful. Certain thoughts are amplified.
I am a middle aged lady with an oxycodon addiction. I have symptoms of withdrawal I never imagined my body could produce. Weird spasms, crazy itching inside my body and suicidal thoughts.
I would swop them for the flu anytime. It's pure agony.
Have u tried suboxone
I know, i hate when they compare it to the flu! It's not even describeable.. I had an addiction counceller tell me, "we can help with such symptoms like runny nose ", i said If thats all it is I dont think people would rob their mothers over it! Then when we were done talking she says, "and get a good night sleep! That's very important " .. how fucking insulting! I've gone days and weeks without sleep during withdrawals.. I cant stand the book taught counsellors! This guy, sober dog, describes it so perfectly it makes me laugh and cry, but I love hearing him talk about it because I feel at least like someone understands!
@@beauty3328 I will ask my doctor about it, thank you!
@@izzydeadyet7336 Like you say, it's not even describeable. It's a mix of itch and pain and muscle contraction... I seriously doubt if these symptoms even existed before drug withdrawal.
@@carmenl163 I know, I deffinitly believe these pills are seeds of the devil, and going through a full withdrawl is a true exorcism! I get the contractions in my legs and back, it used to be something that came on later if i went a few days without, now it comes on almost first and its unbearable! That combined with the restlessness inside and anxiety, that's when I call my guy.. I dont want to go back on methadone/suboxone, it's just more of the same.. I've been trying to get help like crazy and getting no where, the methadone clinic is always where I get referred .. I went off a crumb of suboxone a few years ago during covid, and was in withdrawl for 6 weeks! On the rack ! I'm terrified of it now
Feels like your riding a bike in your bed your legs are aching and you can’t stop moving them constantly, it’s a horrible feeling, you described it really well
I hate when doctors try to tell me about “Just deal with the withdrawal. And then list off the fucking symptoms. I’ve been on Suboxone for 5 years. If I had never got on Suboxone I would have never got off opiates. I literally cannot handle the withdrawal. But I haven’t had a single relapse opiate wise in 3 years. Now I know I’m not fully clean but Jesus being dope sick is literal hell
You ARE in recovery. Suboxone is a miracle drug that has delivered millions of folks from active opiate addiction.
You can live your life, not enslaved in the “where’s my next hit coming from treadmill “, and get solid in your past relationships, and living the life you want to live. Good on you for your success!
Wow, spot on. My family thought I had a cold every morning. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.
Greg OMG how many times did we say "i got a cold, its sinuses, its dog hair, its allergies, I got the flu again" its nuts
I'm on the verge of having a panic attack just watching this. My blood pressure is going through the roof and I'm reexperiencing the nauseating smells that preceed all that vomiting, heaving and gagging.
Omg the smells. In between my fingers smelled like old French fries
I have been on methadone for 11 years. I shot Heroin for 24 years. Withdrawal felt like I wanted to peel my skin off. Also, my blood pressure shot sky high. I can't sleep, so I had to stay awake and suffer. I never made it past 1 day!! Unless I was in jail.
The panic of withdrawal is a nightmare. Dope withdrawal sucks worse than anything.
Don't ever stop the methadone,had a friend cold turkey and she went insane in a mental hospital ✌️
Bad bad crutch
@allahgod298
Oh don't worry my friend!! I know the horrors of Heroin withdrawal...and I know methadone withdrawal is MUCH MUCH longer!! No way in Hell am I going through that!! 😬
@allahgod298
That might be, but..to me it literally saved my life and has allowed me to live a normal life. 🙃
Correct its hel
I think EVERY doctor needs to go through this , so they understand what its like . Not everyone can make a months supply last because of pain , and it is horrible . And if you go to hospital , you get red tagged and screwed .
Absolutely incredible description!! I’ve never heard it explained so well
Thank you so much. It's one of those things that unfortunately experience is the best teacher.
Lol you know this guy definitely went through opiate withdrawl. Was spot on. I rather die then go through withdrawl again.
Thanks Shaun for sure brotha thats the goal my dude to get that point to the people who have no idea what its really like
Ya no kidding it's abbsoulty nasty experience first hand years ago glad you're all better
yeah I just wanted to say that. I don't use heroin but i'm regular oxy user and I use about a gram per week (I live in a place where u still can get original OC80 for like $10-12 a pop) and man that fucking sucks. I never found online symptoms that accurate as this guy describing them on video. But for me tho it's mostly being weak, shivering and fucking sweating compared to literally pissing in your bed. That's disgusting but I remember nearly a month ago I was withdrawing from oxy, I had to change my bedsheets two times in a night because I was sweating that much. I really wish that I won't go for full blown addiction state again but It's hard especially when u have a lot of stress on your head and nothing around u is making your situation better. that sucks.
@@Soberdogs said like a total pro so much so i had to comment ,,,,i dont mean pro in a good way i mean pure raw talk of a man thats been there and went through nightmare more than a good few times. your a frigging god detail so honest and total me when i was there , just some things you never forget
@@steven3678 for sure thanks so much raw is the only way we can describe it.
You just explained that very well. "Crisis depression drained mode" that was 💯 me everytime.
Thank Lauren, I like that as well "crisis, depression, drained mode" very accurate. And its the brutal cycle that just repeats.
the restless legs and inability to sleep were the worst for me.
OMG, you are SO right!!! Just doze off and especially my left leg would literally jerk/jump and wide awake. I was actually punching it so hard, I left bad bruising. Bless anyone going through this!!!
6:35 what he is describing is referred to as "desperate as the dying " its no joke. Its such a desperate, depressing, distressing feeling. Dope sick is the WORST sick IN THE WORLD!! This is such an accurate description of what it's like. I lived this over and over and over. Its so scary, sick, sad, straight suffering. The feeling of withdrawal symptoms was such a scary feeling. I mean for real fear.
You said it perfectly.. the sense of “impending doom” it’s the worst & you are the first to explain it best. I can’t stand hearing people say they are addicted to weed, & I’m like you don’t know what a real addiction is!
This dude is speaking truth im going through detox and about to try for the second time in my life to get sober, im almost over the hump but it's a long journey ahead
I'm a little late to reply but I hope things are going well
Yes it is a long journey but also the most rewarding journey ever. Stay strong. How you doing now? your comment was 11 days ago so you should be over all the physical stuff.
Right on! Well said brother and a great, positive note conclusion!❤
39 days sober. One word to describe what my detox felt....HELL. like I was on fire...
39 days hellllllll yea AAron keep kicking ass. That is a great way to describe it fire on fire omg truuu
Congratulations!!!! Stick to it! It is never worth going back. It’s living HELL. ❤
How long was detox?
So true bro ... massive respect ❤
Great video. One of your best.
Glad you think so! Thanks so much Mike!!!!
Oh Ya, Been There Done That, All of It! Took me about a Month. Plus, I was Locked Up The Restless legs, Destroyed Me
I'd Like to Say that Your Stories, and the Way you tell them are Absolutely Amazing. Great Job! Good Work with Creating this Channel. So Smart!!!
Such a good explanation of the sheer torture of withdrawal.
Yr a strong lad. Great video!
Thank you for sharing this video. Great explanation. Subbed.
Thank you Nikki B thanks for the support!!!
Love your videos bro !
Finally someone real and knows what up. There’s a few that I get that I haven’t seen anyone else post. Correct me if I’m wrong. > I sneeze 3-7 every 10-45 minutes. I never have the hot sweats just always cold. Even in the hot shower. The insomnia is horrible aswell.
As a recovering addict of 2 years, It's crazy how just you explaining the symptoms of being dope sick makes me feel dope sick.
Yea it’s crazy. For me it’s always a good reminder of going right back to that in 2 seconds if I’m not careful
For me it’s a good reminder of I can be right back there in 2 seconds if I’m not careful
If you can get thru it, it comes back if you use again. It takes very little to go they detox again
@@Soberdogs I just had back surgery and I told them I would just deal with the pain, that I didn't want pain medication. The only way I ever will is if I am in unbearable pain. Never want to go through that nightmare again!
You have made some good points young man. A couple of important additions is that you will have restless leg syndrome which will prevent you from resting or sleeping full stop (unlike flu). So, no respite. After 5-7 days the vomiting, diarrhoea, cramps, cold sweats and suicidal thoughts will ease. However, it will be approx 8 weeks before you are able to sleep for more than 5 minutes at a time. Around 2 months of being clean your body will allow you to fall asleep for maybe a couple of hours and, boy, will you be grateful! This is when the utter misery ends and the hard work starts. Now, with a broken, scrawny body and general feeling of fear you must start rebuilding you life - learning to eat again, force yourself to exercise to induce sleep - even if only 3 hours. Stay away from all your ‘friends/acquaintances’. Find something productive to do to distract and exhaust yourself. At 2 months into your withdrawal this is just the start. My advice is get away from your using neighbourhood and find an NA group. You don’t have to believe in God to begin with just be grateful for mutual support from and to people who understand where you’re at. This is just my experience and thoughts. Sending strength, peace and love to all the 21st century slaves of the devil. ❤❤❤❤
The restless leg is absolute misery. Just as you may doze off, wham! your friggin leg(s) jerk uncontrollably.
9:00 ---- thats kinda the best description of post-detox ive ever heard. Even if you SOMEHOW make it thru that h-e-l-l of detox , thats what you get to look forward to. While having ZERO energy and severe depression. Aaaaand thats why it takes on average 35x of failed detoxing for someone to kick an opiate addiction. Thats a real statistic.
I couldn't have described it better if I tried. Well said, love the raw truth and emotions in your videos I just found this channel last month and am so glad i did. Keep up the great content
Totally agree. Excellent brotha!!!!
Wow, thank you James I appreciate that so much brotha!!!!!!
Alll Thanks My dude!!!
"Youre only 2 option are to go down or stay there and die" how accurate this is. Insanely relatable AS FUUUCK going thru it right now as i hug my toilet😁😅
Stay strong potato chip just get through that first week of so and it will be substantially easier you got it
Actually after the 4th day ull b feeling lil better
@@carissablankenship6538 Yea i think it varies person to person. Depending on how much they were using, what substances they were using and for how long. I think with withdrawal one thing a lot of people forget is that many of us addicts never use just one drug. We use many so the dope sick might go away on day 4-5 but we have meth dt or alcohol dt or benzos still going on.
@@Soberdogs amen. The horrible hollow emptiness of coming off meth cut with n-iso cooked with the opioid withdrawal is a whole new monster
The first sign of WD for me was the insane skin crawls and coldness. No matter how hot a room is, im fucking cold. And the sweat makes it worse.
"The bead of sweat like a layer of frost on my back"
This quote from Trainspotting says it perfectly.
Spot on. Restless legs was the worst coming off fentanyl. Rough times.
O man yeaaa and then the restless leg causes nooooo sleep which makes everything worse.
My legs was allways hurting.i can remember my legs feeling like I can't stretch.ughh it took about 3 weeks to sleep 6 hours straight..my body was going threw hell.my brain felt tired..ugh I promised my body I wood never do it again...I've ben clean since
FEBUARY 4TH 2013
TODAY IS
MARCH 12TH 3023
TEN YEARS I WILL NEVER EVER PUT MY BODY BRAIN FAMILY THREW THIS AGAIN..
I FEEL FOR ALL ADDICTIONS AND PEOPLE MAY YOU ALL FIND YOUR PEACE
This is so accurate, the reason I know this is there have been times I have not been able to get my prescription opioids for chronic pain in time before running out because of shortage of pain mds we are having right now. Omg.,, words can’t describe how awful! Thank you for video
10 years clean now spot on 💯💯💯
Hell yea 10 years that is absolutely incredibleeeeeeeee
He described it perfectly.. it's pure HELL !! very hard to describe to loved ones who've never felt it .. and to wake up every day in this place is bleak..
The suicidal feelings come on quick .. minutes feel like hours . Burning on the inside, sweating cold on the outside.. leg and back muscles contracting on their own.. I totally know about taking an hour to get the water , all of it
The worst nausea ever experienced, constantly throwing up, cold/hot waves. Severe diarea... Can't get comfortable in any position.. Restless leg.. Severe anxiety, runny nose.. Full body pain.. Forget about sleeping. Everything you do is physically exhausting.
Thanks man although I'm in active addiction and the description made me feel dope sick the mind is powerful I'm getting medical help this time as I tried cold turkey and it only makes me better for cuple month then back to the grind I love this video because I can now show it to my mother and partner so they can hear what I'm feeling because most of the time all I hear is just suck it up and go through it there might be some empathy after listening
thanks so much Andrew and thats exactly why I shared. To hopefully help people especially friends and family that may not understand how it works.
Sub.ox.0ne saved me under God.
I hope that your doing well in your recovery...if your having a hard time....kratom has helped me get off the pain pills...it helped the withdraws and nade it bearable...good luck and gof bless you
Kratom and then Microdosing can help you be human again. Research it. NOW!!!
THATS CRAZY ! I started feeling withdrawal symptoms just by watching this. Not funny but interesting.
Awwww man i can tell you also have been through this. Also It hurts to move but it hurts to not move. The insomnia really fucks my head up.
Thanks dude great work
I've tried to explain it so many times, you explained it really well. Thanks for putting this out there so more people can understand what opioid withdrawals are like. I just wanted to say that it's not only 3-7 days for many people it can take a few weeks. Everyone said it would only take 3-7 days and so after 10 days of withdrawaling it didnt get any better for me so i ended up relapsing. I'm now 2 years sober, but i never successfully detoxed cold turkey. I needed medical help.
Thanks Sophia and yes medically is the best way to go for
Many. Almost everyone fails cold turkey
@@Soberdogs ggh high-- ++b
Methadone saved my life,sober for 12 years and 100mg less of the "OJ".
Im down to 65 mg Instead of 165mg but I'll never use heroin again.
YOU EXPLAIN IT, EVERYTHING FROM NO LISCENT AND EVERYONE DOESN'T LIKE YOU ANY MORE.
110% AS TO WHAT DOPE SICKNESS IS...
@@BADSQ Exactly Brotha glad methadone helped and keep it up!!!
@Malcolm Caden I was on methadone for a long time and I tell everyone its legal herion I would node out and everything it just last a lot longer then herion and the withdrawal from methadone are worse
So many of us that have gone through this living Hell know whats up. People that haven't can never know, Truly know what withdrawal is like.
Yes!! The (Impending Doom)!! I felt like I was in a (Fight or Flight) Fear!! The Fear is So Strong....As of Someone had a Gun to your head n U don't know If thier Going to Pull the Trigger or Not!! That's the only way I can Describe the (Fear)!!
I’ve been watching your videos for a while now. Congratulations on your sobriety! I did social work for over 15 years and your videos are fantastic for anyone who needs to understand detox and addiction. I wish I would have seen these when I first started my work. It would have helped me so much. Unfortunately I just had to learn by experience with my clients. No one understands how physically challenging it is to go through detox. Its heartbreaking to watch someone go through this.
Thank you so much CL That's one of my main goals... I want to educate people on every part of addiction and recovery, not just sugar coat it and make it seem wonderful. Don't get me wrong I love being sober and wouldn't trade it for anything but its damn hard lol thank you so much and thanks for the wonderful work you do,
Chronic pain switched from emotional & physical (childhood PTSD & multiple motor vehicle accidents)
-to daily physical pain after 13 Kaiser ECT treatments.
I wouldn't rec ECT or strong rx pain meds to anyone!
They mute the agony for a couple hrs, then Clive Barker's PINhead descends on you and shreds you like a politician's cooked books.
Merry Christmas!
I'm working on my bachelor's degree to become a substance abuse counselor. I was on all the way from Vicodin to Percocet to Oxycontin to Fentanyl to Heroin at one time and have suffered horrific withdrawal many times until I got into a MAT program, took it seriously, and slowly came off of it. But although that helped my physical symptoms and got me back to work and my family life back...it was the counseling and groups I needed most. I mentor and try to help addicts as much as I can.
Good for you TIm. That is so true I think the best healing comes when we can help another person struggling. I think your gonna be a huge asset to the recovery community as a counselor.
That restless/unnerving feeling gets so freaking intense that people cant understand it at all, I can't even explain it properly. You feel so uncomfortable that you will do almost anything for it to stop.
That is a fact That is a perfect way to put it.
Its like wanting to throw yourself against a wall.
This is really illuminating. Though I have never had full-on opioid addiction, I did have a couple surgeries that required pain killers long enough after that I noticeably missed them after. I have a healthy fear of opioids...
Good for you yea they are brutal when addiction starts and even for some people who just take them as needed legit the withdrawal and coming off them can be brutal.
This is also REALLY EXTREMELY similar to going thru alchol withdrawals man I'm glad I'm not the only one
You are a great storyteller 😄
As a person in recovery thank you
Of course and thank you for watching and supporting
This is LEGIT the most accurate explanation I have ever ever heard . You really don’t understand unless you actually lived through the HELL OF active addiction. I hope everyone finds the strength within to move on, to recover and to LIVE not exist. It’s possible . Xoxo
Jacquelina thank you so much!!! That means alot to me I'm so glad others who have been there can help me explain to those who haven't what its really like. YEs i wish everyone the strength to recover
You described the feeling of withdrawing perfectly. Just something as simple as brushing your teeth or taking a shower felt more like you have to dig a 20’ deep hole with a small spoon. Nothing in the world can make you feel happy until that next hit. When in full withdrawal, sleep is almost impossible.
Thanks for the video. I just got clean 4 days now. Its monday.
If someone has ever been through this…they will never truly understand 😢❤
Great video
There is something about the way you say certain words...totally reminds me of Phil Anselmo!
hahaha well thanks so much for the support Nelly!!!
Where is all the new content man???? Hope your well and enjoy the channel and knowledge you spread
OMG KYLE....THIS BROUGHT ME RIGHT BACK TO THE BAD TIMES... JESUS IM SO FREAKIN HUMBLED TO BE CLEAN N SOBER...I LOVE UR HONESTY KYLE..... THANK YOU SO MUCH..... N IM SO PROUD OF YOU....LUV IRISH DEBB..XX😉
Love u 2 Debb and thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes yes yes deb. You said it humbled
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks
great video
Man i know this exact same feeling he is explaining because i was preacribed benzos daily and doctors always rushed me off them which led to me buying alcohol to put out the fire. The withdrawal off substances holy hell its a mental battle!
Great video
Thanks Diego!!!!!
I know weed doesn’t even compare to hard drugs like heroin. But when you mentioned the grief, I could relate with weed. I was a 24/7 smoker, and quitting felt like grieving a lost loved one. And I had been smoking for so long that I kind of forgot who I was sober. I can’t even begin to imagine heroin withdrawal.
Thanks for your insightful videos. Have you considered doing some kind of social work to help recovering addicts?
Lord that's the best explanation i could have said myself,within my p 20 plus year battle i tried cold Turkey many times,suboxone once,and after finally getting into a methadone program for 3 yrs i weaned myself down to 10mg and thought i would be fine to just stop,boy was i wrong lol was in misery for almost a month before i started to feel somewhat normal,and within 6 months i was back on oxys and before i knew it was back on Heroin and stayed that way until a little over 5 yrs ago when i overdosed twice in a week,thankfully after 3 things of narcan to get me to breathe again,i jumped into a new methadone program that had opened up in my town and that was march 28th 2018,and now ive been slowly weaning myself off again but this time im doing it the right way low and slow,i was at 115mg a day im now at 29mg and am going down 1mg a week so i still have a good bit of time left but im going all the way down and if i feel like i need to stop and level out for awhile i will,im in no hurry cause i wanna do it right and i am honestly ready unlike Last time when i was basically trying to hurry up and get off it cause i was fed up with the clnic i was at,i wasn't ready to totally get sober then looking back at it now but am totally committed to this time,I've been through both liver and kidney failure from just the abuse ive given my body and i had contracted hep b and c,thankfully i beat the b on my own and was fortunate enough to get started on the mavryt or whatever it's called and within 4 weeks i was testing negative for hep c,now i have a lot better health and i have kept my fulltime job for 5 years and got my credit score up to a 720 from a 490 or 500 and i have 5 credit cards now and am getting ready to buy a new car and am hoping to buy a house next,well that's the goal anyways,didn't mean to write a book but i am determined to keep my sobriety thru the last bit of my taper and forever after it,it can be done if you want it bad enough and also everyone is different and will have different ways of getting sober,whether it be methadone,suboxone,rehab,religion or jail or cold Turkey,what works for one person won't work for another,i hate when people let alone other addicts bash someone for doing what works for them,we should be supportive of each other not tear each other down because someone chose a different path to recovery! 🤘
I salute your courage ! One little step at a time like for many things in life will get you there. I hope your testimony will help others.
@@meelusine thank you!!
How have u been doing? U off methadone yet? I was stuck at super low dose, less than 5mg per day for years…I never adjusted to it always cold no matter what, every time I tried to go below 5mgs I was sooooo tired all day….paying clinic hundreds of dollars a week for 5 mgs a day got ridiculous. Then a miracle crossed my path….I took massive doses of liposomal vitamin c every 2 hours for 3 days and i was CURED. No withdrawals. Slept every night. I’ve never had another craving. I would never touch an opiate again just the thought of it makes me recoil. I was on heroin for ten years then methadone (over 100mgs) for another ten. I don’t think addiction is exactly what they tell us. It might be a serious vitamin deficiency that using the drug causes in us, and the withdrawals are not from lack of the drug but lack of essential nutrition? How else can my experience be explained? Anyway, just wanted to share that with you in case your still trapped in the low dose mmt thing. Best.
@@aWomanFreed im still on it at 21mg and coming down 1mg a week and I was on 115 a day for a few yrs,and yes paying almost 400$ a month for a low dose sucks,i recently just lost my Medicaid too so i have to pay cash now,after i get to 10mg is when im gonna start getting a little nervous but I'll try what you did and see if it helps when i get there
@@brandonhicks8448 I found vids on yt how to do it. Liposomal sodium ascorbate (the one I used from Amazon is called Pure Encapsulations Liposomal Vitamin C, but it’s expensive $30 a bottle and believe me once u start u don’t wanna run out cuz the sickness will return with a vengeance…ask me how I know…so u should order like ten bottles right off). start at like 100 mgs every hour then increase till u get to enough to keep u well, think I took 1000mgs a couple times. You’ll be able to tell based on how u feel. It’s literally like a replacement for the drug but it’s short acting so I had to take as often as I used to have to shoot up. It’ll empty your entire lymph system into your bowels you’ll have to be very near a private bathroom for first 2 days for sure….I simply cannot describe the freedom and health I felt doing this. Please try it. All this suffering is for nothing. It’s big pharma fucking us thru a back door. Good luck to u.
I’ve been through withdrawn hundreds, if not thousands of times over the past 24 years of addiction.
for me it was extreme fatigue followed by constant gas / sharting feeling with nausea. On the mental side, it is the feeling of being trapped in complete misery with the most overwhelming cravings.
Ain’t that the truth kulvis. Trapped in complete misery. You said it
Perfect
@@Soberdogs Yeah and yawns so deep that my body would cramp up.
It was sore muscles & aching body for me. Never wanna go back to that shittttt
When people say withdrawal lasts 3 days and is like flu it seriously underplays how bad it is. When you have flu you sleep through a lot of it, in withdrawal you will not sleep at all. Although it is only 3 days (minimum) it feels like the clock is slowed down. Three days feels like weeks, with no sleep feeling worse than you’ve ever felt before, and the worst thing is you know you can make it stop whenever you want. It is torture
The physically dependence / withdrawal begin after a few days of use ?
@@ofirvvv4566 not sure what you mean. Withdrawal starts roughly 24 hours after your last use/dose. I didn’t say withdrawal starts after three days I said other people (doctors for example) say withdrawal symptoms only last 3 days when in reality it can last much longer depending on which opiate/opioid you’ve been using.
@@popscratchie3985 thanks on the explain but I mean if some person only try heroin/opiats once he can also get withdrawal or that's take a few days of use to get it ?
@@ofirvvv4566 it takes more than one use to become addicted. You probably wouldn’t start to get withdrawal until you are using regularly every day ( although you do start to feel slightly unwell when you’re using every alternate day) problem is keeping your use down, it’s far more difficult than you’d think. Once you’ve opened Pandora’s box you’re in trouble it may take 6 months a year even but in the end it gets you. Best to not bother. I wish I hadn’t. Not everyone who tries it once gets addicted but everyone who’s addicted tried it once.
@@popscratchie3985 I believe is amazing high feeling until the withdrawal which make it don't worth let's agree 😉
Thanks on the answers
Spot on .... congrats
Thanks so much Deb
It is the best description of an opioid cold turkey.
My 1st symptoms was always watery eyes and unstoppable sneezing then the yawns would start than crawling skin, cramps, hot cold flashes,sweating etc
Best discripton ever told ,,,fact.
Thank youuuuuu
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Those yawns you described man, that shake your whole body, the cramps, the need to stretch every limb, the tears the runny nose. Ughhhhhh
Hahaha yea ughhhhhhh is the word jay. Awful. Never new a yawn could be so bad lol
For me the worst part is restless leg which addicts know is real and not being able to sleep
Interesting explanation thanks so much for sharing I just watch the series Dopesick and I have spoken with people who come off heroin as well as Xanax and have described Xanax is being very similar to heroin withdrawal and I finally made the emotional connection that it isn’t as much of physical you’re going to die but an emotional feeling and panic that you’re gonna die which makes complete sense because your whole pain system is screwed up from the drugs so of course you would be feeling not just the physical pain but the emotional pain and panic which would be very similar to coming off an anti-anxiety drug because Xanax is prescribed as an anti-anxiety drug when you come off of it you are experience in so much withdrawal that you feel really super Duper crazy anxious so it makes sense that Heroine would have a similar kind of withdrawal
Yea for sure thank you for the support and for watching. I think many heroin addicts don't just go through heroin withdrawal cause many of us are poly substances users so we have 2-3 withdrawals at once. That series dopesick is incredible and sad but dead accurate.
Not to forget the vicious yawn sneeze attack combo punch
Excellently explained! So horrific that people will literally do anything to escape it, and it totally makes sense when you realise it literally highjacks your survival system, the joint pain, muscles cramping , you actually think your going to die. And I believe I prob would as my my body is not strong or healthy enough to cold turkey. There’s a false belief that opiate withdrawal isn’t life threatening, opioids that are lab made, and the doses that people are dependent on I think it’s more common, but you die from dehydration, which leads to loss of sodium and potassium, heart attacks and strokes from the rise in adrenaline.
If you do the right things and get some help opiate withdrawal won't kill you.
It is not life threatening in the way that withdrawing from benzos or alcohol is, with the risk of seizures etc.
I love ur vids ❤️❤️
Thank You So Much Linda!!!!!!!! That Means The World to Me!!!
Great job and one more sleeplessness for months
Listening to this while I'm sick, and although I love that you hit how heavy a mental anguish it is, as well as all the physical sickness and pain. I had always messed with opiates, but I had no idea how bad it could be until the first time I had run out of money to buy heroin. It feels like someone has tied knots with my intestines
YES YES YES that is dead right. That first time we ant find anything omg its the worst feeling in the world.
Great video! But i got to ask, what TV is it besides the couch at the 2 minute mark? (if it is a TV)
Very accurate description, so many muppets and drs describing it as a ‘bad case of the flu’ I hate that description
Yea the reality is to get normal people to listen and understand the flu is somewhat of an accurate way for normies to comprehend it but yea in reality its nothing like the flu its 1000 times worse.
I have nephropathy in my hands and feet and I was taking oxy 5x30 at a time and no insurance hit so I had to go to the streets and hell even 5 a day is costly and i was doing 15 a day for 7 years. I got my self down to 6 a day this year and then down to 2 a day and now im off then for 1 month.
Good for you. Holt crap that is a lot to wean down from. Congrats on getting down to none for the last month. That’s a huge deal
I've been on methadone for years now, I just couldn't beat the withdrawals back in 2006 and decided to go on mmt.
I've been currently weaning a couple milligrams per week hoping to be completely off of it within a year.
My advice. Quit for good. Go through it once and keep telling yourself I will never have to feel this way again.
Did a great job explaining it. I would also add even when using and you know have some left in the back of your head you know this won't last forever and at some point I'll have to face the consequences. So you don't even get to enjoy the relief it use to give. No sickness in the world is worst then dope sick. In fact it's like having every illness all at once then add the worst depression possible. Pure Doom. I Invision hell itself would be a better experience.
Yes yes yes your so right. Thats a great idea for a video. When were on our last few bags or hits and can't even enjoy it. Great add on.
You are helping me through this you explained this to the T
trainspotting shows a good depiction of withdrawals
The first symptoms for me was body temperature fluctuations. Then once it was in full force always felt like I was in a constant state of fight or flight.
The main thing for me aside from having the worse flu symptoms on the planet was the restlessness. My joints literally hurt from days and days of restlessness. I didn't sleep for almost 5 days. The mental battle you face with being sick and not sleeping, you literally start to lose your mind to the point you have outbursts of screaming and crying and freaking out punching your arms and legs and shoulders to try and get them to calm down even for just a minute. The only temporary relief I could get was really REALLY hot showers. Literally sitting on the floor of the shower, skin almost burning, to try and get those muscles and nerves to calm down. And then running to bed trying to fall asleep before it came back. 9 times out of 10 I would be back in the shower within 30 min trying to get that relief again. It's a vicious thing.
Yep...only relief i got was hot baths...took one every hour on the hour during the worst ..i found after a twenty minute soaking id feel human for about an hour then had to run another hot bath...weed also is a great help
I had a 25 year opiat habit. Ill be clean 9 years on 3/1. I now take nothing. I got the actual flu last week and my mind reacted like i was dope sick. I couldn't convince myself i wasnt. Anxiety depression panic it was all there. Good times never seem to end.
Been there done that. About 20 times. Hopefully that’s completely behind me now.
When you said it was like grieving the loss of a loved one, I always thought it was just me that thought that. Instead, I thought it was like losing your wife of 20 years, you just can’t let go! Interesting, thanks for mentioning!
Hope you are still doing good and strong in your sobriety Kyle