Opiate/suboxone WD tips (work in progress)

Here's a little list I've been working on. All this stuff helped me get off subs. I will continue to work and expand on it. A lot of the stuff on here has been written about before, but I tried these and found them to work, so here it is:

supplies:
Water (LOTS)- This is the nutrient that all life is made up of. Its extremely necessary to drink boat loads of water in withdrawal. The reason behind this is that opiates tend to "store" water in the body. Basically, when you're high your body soaks up all the water (like from your bowels, which results in the opiate constipation). When you're withdrawling your body is no longer "holding" the water. So it ends up coming out in diarrhea, vomit, sweat, pee, etc. I cannot stress enough how important water is during acute withdrawal. Water will really help with the creepy crawly feeling you get in your limbs.

loperamide (immodium)- This one is debated upon. However, it's generally agreed that everyone should have this during the acute withdrawal period in therapeutic doses. It will help with having to run to the bathroom constantly. The debated upon part is loperamide in higher doses for opiate withdrawal. Loperamide was originally developed as a painkiller. It was a schedule 4 drug in the USA for a short while before the discovery that it in fact did not cross the blood brain barrier, meaning it didn't affect the brain and the central nervous system, which are responsible for the "high." What they did find was that it bound strongly to the external opioid receptors throughout the body, which is why they approved it as an anti-diarrheal. The great thing about loperamide is that it helps with the physical withdrawal symptoms a lot. You won't get the "kicks," the "creepy crawlies," and general dope sickness as bad if you take the loperamide in above recommended doses. It should be noted though that loperamide may only delay the inevitable. Since it technically is an opioid (one that's closely related to fentanyl), there WILL be some withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking it. However, those symptoms will be no where near as bad as a normal opiate.

Melatonin- This one is for sleep. One of the worst parts of withdrawal is the sleepless nights. Melatonin is naturally produced in our brains, and it helps get us in the "mood" to

Health Shakes-The kind that help people maintain a healthy weight, like Ensure. You won't be hungry, so these are good to use. It will help maintain nutrition.