Cold turkey weaning

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Avatar n tn I quit about a year ago cold turkey, and never want to go cold turkey again. I was clean for a couple months. I'm curious as to how your weaning is going.
Avatar f tn Since you already been on it for 4 months and because of the nature of the med itself and that you are fortunate enough to not experience any withdrawal symptoms I would suggest you quit it cold turkey. Anyway, for your own information withdrawal symptoms are supposed to start one week after not takin the drug and some people really used to the drug can experience symptoms as soon as they are skipping a dose.
Avatar f tn m pregnant like maybe 6 weeks and was going to try and wean down but wondering if cold turkey with suboxone would work better to just get off without weaning? Any ideas or doctors? Thanks!
422823 tn?1229736847 it's your decision. personally, i'd go for sustaining the pregnancy and weaning your daughter cold turkey. sure, it might be hard work and you may have some teething problems...but that way you don't risk a life.
Avatar n tn I am writing for answers for my 15 Year old son with Autism. He has been on Risperdal for about 5 years now and was taking 4mg x 2 daily, HIGH, I KNOW. He is 5'10" 165 lbs. For about the past 6 months he has started with some new behaviors. I relayed these to his Psychiatrist and she has had no comment on them. I researched them myself and found they mimic Tardive dyskinesia in many ways. I have found a new Psychiatrist but can not get in to see her for approx 2 more weeks.
Avatar m tn t want to compromise your health. I went off dilaudid cold turkey. My pharmacist explained it like this; some breeds of dogs have their tails cut off. This is done with one cut, it would be cruel to take an inch off the tail every week. Taper down and you have withdrawals everytime you cut your meds down. Cold turkey and you go through withdrawals once.
Avatar f tn Weaning yourself off means gradually lowering your dosage. People do this or attempt to do it so that they can try to avoid the most severe of the withdrawal symptoms. Once a week or so you drop your dosage a fixed amount until you are at a low daily dose at which point you stop completely. You will still go through withdrawals but they should be milder as you aren't stopping cold turkey.
Avatar n tn If you are only 2 months into usage, then I say quit cold turkey. The WD will not be that bad. Not many people are capable of weaning.....it takes will power and strength to not cheat, and stick with the program. How much have you been using a day?
Avatar n tn I can't believe you did them both at the same time w/o tapering either one. People go to Detox for less than that. I am suprised that you have not experienced horrible anxiety or panic attacks. Your Dr. would never have gone for this plan. I would get an appt. immediately. Good luck. I undestand where you were coming from, but please seek help.
Avatar f tn I want to stop taking them because I am pregnant and afraid of hurting the baby but I am terrified that I might miscarry if I stop cold turkey! Please help! I am also weening off of 10mg Lexapro. What is the safest way to do this? Thanks!
1124805 tn?1259662690 t eating, droppped 20 pounds and got scared. I was too embarrassed to talk to my doctor, so I quit cold turkey. Try weaning yourself down a little at a time, to make the transition easier. It worked for me. There will be some withdrawel symptoms, but the worst of them only lasted 3 days for me. Good luck to you!!!
Avatar m tn I hope it helps instead of going cold turkey. What do you think? What about suboxone? does taking it help in anyway?
Avatar n tn You really shouldn't make them quit cold Turkey. Let them slowing stop on their own. Or if you really want to be done, do it very slowly. That is their comfort thing at that age,you dont want to just rip It away.
Avatar m tn But my mind and body says just a little longer. Is weaning off better than cold turkey? Should I just get Xanax to help me get off them or just get enough pills and take a lower dose until I feel like I do not need them anymore? This is so much harder than I thought.
Avatar f tn m extremely angry, exhausted, dizzy, nausea, numb feeling, how long with this last. I did not taper off the drugs, I just stopped cold turkey about 5 days ago.
Avatar f tn I lost my job my ins. so I had 3 mos left on my presciption. So I tried to ween but I ended up going cold turkey. I was on generic paxil. The problem is I had to go back to the Dr. every 6 mos. to renew my Pres. just happens 3 mos was the end couldnt afford to spend 100 bucks on Dr. visit. I Divorced and barely making it on MY own so there's no way I could afford the DR. app. and script. plus I dont want to be anything to me its about money.
Avatar f tn re essentially detoxing from two meds. Cold turkey from codeine is fine although very unpleasant but cold turkey from Fioricet is just not recommended due to elevated risk of seizure. It's not completely clear how many you take per day. Is it just one tablet? Let me know. You have some options here. You can and should taper off slowly. You could cut the pil in half for example. Or you could ask the doctor for plain Fiorinal to taper with.
Avatar m tn I have tried to quit before and did for about 2weeks cold turkey amd like to have killed me!!! So i was wondering if you guys could tell me how much to take to wean my self off slowly?????
Avatar n tn t feel like I need it any longer and want to wean off of it. I have tried before cold turkey and became extremely dizzy and nauseous. Does anyone know a safe way of weaning off of this medication.. Thanks so much!!!
951587 tn?1249227148 In the course of one day, I can take about 15-20 Fioricet.... I hear that if you stop barbituates cold turkey you can have seizures. Is this really true? Why? Is it like an Alchoholic having withdrawals? I hear it's much more dangerous stopping the barbs than the other opioids... I would love to stop, but don't want to go into another detox facility. Should I just do a real gradual weaning? Thanks all... I appreciate every one of you!!
Avatar m tn What would happen if i got my hands on a few morphine pills and took them while i went cold turkey off the oxys? i am leaning more towards just weaning myself off the oxys but it is easier said than done. so let me have everyones perspective on that thanks everyone.