there's your answer. And to ESF best way to come off any meds, dry fast for 4-5 days.
asking the best way to come off of meds?
depends on the med.
opiates? what worked for me was about 5 days of kinda heavy benzo use. klonopin particularly, enough to keep you 'comfortable'. in my case it was 3mg in the morning, and another 2-3 about 3-4 more times during the day. you'll be falling asleep standing up in the kitchen, but withdrawl will be a lot easier. then go to a medical detox where they likely give you nothing.. except maybe some suboxone.. then once you're off, its up to you if you wanna be on sub's for longer.
with fentanyl it's different. you can be off fentanyl for 2-3days, take a suboxone and it'll throw you into what's called precipitated withdrawl.. which is like withdrawal x100. uncontrollable vomiting and cramping shitting on the toilet, shaking uncontrollably and pouring sweat with a 140 heart rate. the only thing that'll help it is taking a big dose of fentanyl. if you wait the 16-24hrs till the suboxone wears off, you'll still be in withdrawl and useless to function in daily life, much less work.
there's what's called the "bermese method" which actually works. where you take small small .25mg suboxone twice a day (while still using fent) for 2-3days, then bump it to .5mg twice a day for 2-3 days, then bump it to 1mg twice a day for 2-3days.. then 1.5mg for 1-2days, then 2.5mg, for a couple days... etc... untill you get to 4mg twice a day. at that point, your receptors should be filled with nearly all sub's, not fent. you can also use the benzo protocol i mentioned above. at that point you can just drop the fent and continue with the subs and be fine... if you happen to have some withdrawal, take some fent. ..... that way you avoid the PW.
or with fent, the easy way would be to go to methadone. but only use it for a 2-4wks with a quick taper. the LAST thing you wanna be addicted to is methadone. but holy fuck does that stuff work.
coming off ssri's? the only ones i had expereince with having WD's was effexor and celexa. with effexor i tapered down for 6months (in prison, so no benzos).
coming off benzos? should really be done in-patient in a hospital setting. same with alcohol (if you don't have benzos), cuz you'll likely have a seizure, or 2 or 4, and hallucinate. maybe, if you have someone willing to help and has the time, get your hands on some 100mg/ml injectable ketamine and put yourself in a k-hole with 1cc IV every 6hrs or so. you'll be unable to move, and in a horrible k-hole hallucinating like youre in a never ending dream, likely falling backwards down an elevator shaft, but you'll avoid the worst parts of opiate and benzo withdrawl.
that's my thoughts, roughtly speaking.
