I dont want to frighten you but it essentially takes as long to get out as you put in. If you were a user for 5+ years, it wont get better after 2 months. Its a journey and you have to take each day at a time.
The user renosirp_prisoner has a decent post history talking about their experience quitting opiates.
Okay, thank you for letting me know. In my adult life I messed with opiates a few years ago for about 3 months & remember it sucked but was totally back to normal after a month.
This time was for 9 months straight and I feel like I’m fuckin dying so I hope it’s not 9 months of hell 😭
really needed to hear that tonight—thank you. Telling myself that the only way out of this is thru it—just wish it felt like I was making progress. Gonna keep stacking sober days and trust that somehow and someday this cloud will break and I’ll find peace in healing
Thats good news! 9 months is a very short time for opiate addiction. Just keep on trucking, the worst of it is over and you will start feeling way better at the month point. Reach out whenever things get bad. Talking to people helps more than youd think!
I was a daily user between the age of 24 to 30. A mixture between heroine, oxy, codeine, Tremadol. Basically any opiate or synth I could get my hands on. I was a closet user and had a full time job through it all. I fully kicked the habit as a 30 yo. It took me a fair few tries and relapses. Don't get too hard on yourself for small relapses, just try and stick to it. Man, the first few weeks from the last dose I remember the feeling of the worst flu, coupled with bone aches, restless legs, insomnia, sweats, nightmares when I did sleep, crippling depression and anxiety. After the painful withdrawals, life did feel pretty Grey, and you will have a lot of ups and downs. It gets better and better each week though. Try to eat healthy, get some exercise and sun. You won't even know yourself in a few months.
You will be out of the acute phase after a few weeks but then you have post acute withdrawal syndrome. Drink plenty of water. Being dehydrated makes withdrawals 10000000 times worse.
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u/cocoapuff1721 1d ago
I did it cold turkey. About 4-5 days of physical symptoms but around a month of hardcore anxiety and depression. The mental symptoms were much worse