How Long Does Opioid Withdrawal Last?

Dr. Peter Coleman, who is Board-certified in Addiction Medicine and has been in recovery from opioid use himself since 1984, discusses how long opioid withdrawal lasts. Fear of opiate withdrawal symptoms often stops people from seeking treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.
-Safe, Comfortable Outpatient Detox
The Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine has been a leading outpatient addiction treatment center since 1998. Our innovative withdrawal management programs, often referred to as The Coleman Method, have helped thousands of people free themselves from addiction to Alcohol, Opioids, and Benzodiazepines. Originally founded in Richmond, Virginia, our network has expanded to cover 14 cities across the US.
-3 - 8 Day Opioid Detoxification Process
For short-acting opiates like oxycodone, most patients complete their detox and begin Naltrexone therapy within 5 days. Longer-acting opiates like Suboxone and Methadone typically take 8 days. Our standard opioid treatment package in Richmond, VA, Wellesley, MA (Boston area) and Willoughby, OH (Cleveland area) includes the detox and 6 months of case management and Naltrexone therapy. As a non-addictive opioid blocker, Naltrexone dramatically reduces cravings so that patients can focus on their recovery. We have a 98% success rate for completing detoxification and starting Naltrexone therapy. During the detox, we work with patients and their families to develop an appropriate aftercare plan. We also offer a convenient, 3-day outpatient alcohol detox and a Rapid Benzodiazepine Detox.
-Caring, Empathetic Environment
Dr. Peter Coleman understands first-hand the challenges our patients are facing due to his own personal struggle with the disease of addiction. He has been in long term recovery since 1984. Dr. Coleman has dedicated his career to treating addiction patients and creating a team and an environment conducive to long term recovery for his patients.
-For more information, please call us at 888-788-5474 or visit us at www.thecolemaninstitute.com
Other common questions that this video addresses are: How long does detox last? How long does opiate detox take? What is the duration of opioid withdrawal symptoms?

[@maryanderson4170]

Day 12 Cold Turkey, Coming off 50mg of Oxycodone that i took every day for 3 years. It's definitely starting to get much better! I will never look back and never put another one in my mouth.

[@Riyak701]

Update?

[@maryanderson4170]

@Odd Gamer Hi, I'm now on day 21 feel pretty good. But I have to admit the last week I was so tired with no energy what so ever and had to push myself just to get out of bed and do my daily activities! I believe that was PAWS that I was feeling. It's getting Better!

[@cooltable2]

@@maryanderson4170 what is paws

[@maryanderson4170]

@@cooltable2 Post acute withdrawal symptoms

[@ShawnTylerMusic]

Similar to you. Was taking between 30-40mg and I’m on day 2. It sucks. Oh yea do symptoms, insomnia, anxiety. It’s bad.

[@AnthonyS-hf4ud]

I just took my last hit. Def the withdrawals sucks. Cold sweats chills 😩. But its all in your mind. Once you ger over that hump rest is history. Stay strong for anybody that's going through the process. God bless you and. I wish the best ❤️💯

[@indianexperiments4192]

Hi ,Whats ur status

[@natebrandon4461]

I’m On day 16 today. Feeling better. Coming off percs. Glad I made the choice to quit

[@c-ptsd46]

Congratulations well done, trust me my friend it gets bettter and better I am former oxycontin addict 200mg twice a day+ heaps of other shit, best of luck on this journey to rediscover yourself, 16 days well done champ.

[@User_92020]

Easy

[@elliottmorgan6104]

Go on my son x

[@BigHomieAntNotTheLilOne]

First day quitting this a pain I wouldn’t wish on nobody I went 7 days before this wish I would’ve just stuck to the plan but I got it this time WISH ME LUCK

[@Why-ym8ch]

How you making out?

[@MJP160]

I went through appx 2 months of feeling really bad. The first few days of fentanyl withdrawal is hard to put into words. Physically it’s a little easier to describe, but the non stop thoughts that accompany the physical is absolute torture.

[@Eric-steele]

The first doctor I've seen call it properly. I've been using 26yrs

[@blakedonaldson9298]

If this helps anybody I'm glad if not don't leave negative comments I've been a heroin addict for about five years now Ivy user I put myself in 25 rehab centers voluntarily I could never stay more than 5 days in any of them I just did 28 days in a program finally completed something I started 4 first 7 days I cannot get out of bed or eat at all I didn't sleep for the first 10 days until they put me on 400 mg of Seroquel after the first day I dropped myself down to 50 mg everyone is different but

[@robertflemate7943]

Day two wish me luck

[@loripatterson7882]

How are You doing now? Rooting for You!!

[@robertflemate7943]

@@loripatterson7882 it’s been a battle I just lost my father to lung cancer so I’m just trying to hang in their I haven’t taken any opioids for a month now thank you everything tho it really means a lot

[@User_92020]

Is it too late to wish you luck? 😆

[@brucegonsalves7348]

I did u can to my brother Godbless

[@vinodsehjal8423]

Very good. U did it

[@venice9405]

I am calling tomorrow morning to make an appointment @the Orange County, California office….Norco for 17 years has made it extremely hard for my brain to function normally without them…I’ve gone without for 3 weeks once & I never once felt better…it was agonizing 😓

[@venice9405]

SoCal Kaiser has everyone on Norco!!…seems they are purposefully creating addicts….

[@Malendor]

Hope you made it

[@mickybee41]

Bro was still ill 10 wks later bk in uk

[@Havok.93]

Yeah, withdrawals, but especially depression, world lasting for over a month for me. I think it was around two months. That was from hydrocodone for about two years.

[@FitzSchlitz]

I’m documenting my methadone detox from 160mgs and 10 months. DPLA seems to help as well as valerian root and melatonin. Stay strong! Positive vibes, love and blessings!!💪✌️❤️

[@piercedxangel]

Congrats ❤️ I went cold turkey off 180 mgs of methadone 2 1/2 years ago, I used cannabis to help but it was literal hell. I had been on it for 20 long years & I was done being addicted to it. Fast forward to June 2021...I broke my back & suffer from degenerative disc disease, which I think the methadone was responsible for & made it close to impossible to heal. Oxys entered the picture for the severe pain. I'm doing a 2 week detox to keep myself in line & it's awful, but not near the methadone detox which took at least 3-4 months. I send good vibes & love your way, I hope you're clean now & want you to know it is possible to get and stay clean!

[@rudyferrell]

@piercedxangel I jumped off the methadone at 170 milligrams a day. You're one of the very few people besides myself that knows what kind of hell it is. It's something that you can't explain to people, it must be experienced. I hope you are doing well...The withdrawal gets harder the older we get just so you know..

[@sowayout1387]

I was taking up to 35 fake m30s a day and smoking a gram of fentanyl in 4 hours for 3 years. I have no energy at all cant, shower or brush my teeth. I was such an active person, shower, work, shower, gym , shower then work out a bit at home. Now im like a human blob😢

[@user-yq7yi3dm8m]

Bare minimum of 14 days kicking fentanyl. I was so sick kicking fentanyl that I didn't shower for a week because I couldn't stand up. Every single body function goes haywire. Super hard-core for at least 14 days and still ain't right even 3 weeks out but I am up and moving.

[@ShakerMaker1980]

You still going strong?

[@tomfuller5585]

I got off doctor-prescribed Xanax, and it took about 5-6 months of hard withdrawals, some of which lasted a week. During that time I was entirely debilitated. Earlier, the doctor had assured me I would not get addicted to it, as long as I took it as prescribed. And I was on a low dose.

[@maryanderson4170]

@tomfuller5585 Benzos are worse to come off of then opiates. Goodluck on your recovery! We all heal, it just takes time!

[@JBlades88WV]

Worse in that they can kill you and make you have seizures but don't last anywhere near as long and you can ween yourself off​@@maryanderson4170

[@mattym6749]

I stopped pregablin last September...and I still get weakness or slight shakes and bad sleep 400mg for 7 years. Stopped instantly.... initially painful...but I was determined to stop. Still suffer mildly but just live in hope this'll stop too.

[@jameszarlnga4641]

I’m 32 years old from Ohio I’ve been on opioids since I was 15, a doctor prescribed them after a tooth extraction and I’ve never looked back I had a lot of childhood trauma and felt like it’s what I was always missing. I lost my partner of 10 years to dementia she was only 36, We have two children together and they mean the world to me. I can’t shake it and need help. I’ve been watching Dr Coleman’s videos and feel hope. I just don’t know how or where to start. I haven’t had a chance to be able to quit because I’m so scared I won’t be able to function without it and life goes on. 200 mgs of oxycodone a day gets expensive. I’ve never done heroin or tried any other opioid on purpose at least fentanyl pressed pills seem to be hard to avoid. I’ve been able to function like this for many years, but it’s becoming increasingly harder and my depression only digs in deeper as the days go by. I’m afraid my children will not just grow up without their mother but their father as well.

[@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234]

Thank you for sharing your story, James. If you want to speak with someone in our Ohio office during weekday business hours, please call 440.220.4610. At other times and on weekends, our team of Care Advocates would be happy to share more information at 888.788.5474. Best wishes to you!

[@russeli1941]

You have to make a big boy decision James. You're young. I was 60 yo when I finally decided to live without oxycodone. I wish I had all of those years back but that's not gonna happen so I take the present and make sure I make good memories for my future, however long that will be. You have so many years ahead of you so now is the time start making worthwhile memories for your family. Leave it behind you and start the next chapter of your life with your kids. A great antidepressant is Prozac for coming off an addiction. It's not gonna kill you to try it. I hope you're still alive to read this. If you need a friend, respond to this and we'll take it from there and do this together. Russ

[@Holidaygirl7]

It makes a person feel so dang good and can deal with life so much better to lvoe life on these.! Liek being drunk but no alcohol but that same feeling. Life just doesn’t seem to have any meaning unlesss a pill is taken. So irritated

[@TheRealCaliStar]

🙏🙏🙏💪

[@KnewEyes1990]

You can do it... I was exactly like you I didn't think I could do it honestly either... so much so that I went on methadone for almost 6 years.... I am at day 18 without methadone!... I was 135mg of methadone and gradually went down slow over a couple years until I hit 30mg and was going to switch to suboxone but my Dr. Didn't make me wait long enough cause methadone got a huge half life and when I took it I went into the worst withdrawals of my entire life... was scares to take another suboxone after that lol so instead I just ended up going cold turkey from the methadone at 30mg.. hardest thing I've ever done in my life and I still don't feel right but I'm glad I did it!..I'm almost 33 and if I did it you can too!.. its funny cause while I was on opiates I could block things out that I didn't want to think about...but when I started detoxing a couple weeks ago every emotion or moment I've ever blocked out all came back at the same time, it's intense but my mind is so clear now, I didn't realize how much the drugs were actually affecting me

[@itsmjeezy2596]

Day 18 fentanyl withdrawal slept last night with the help of seroquel I’m actually feeling quite a bit better today however still nowhere near 100% more like 65-70% but first night of restful sleep is a good sign

[@ShawnTylerMusic]

How are you doing now? I am struggling with sleepless nights as well. Day 6 and the insomnia is the worst part.

[@helio1055]

@@ShawnTylerMusic How much and how long were you using for ?

[@ShawnTylerMusic]

@@helio1055 about 30-40mg of Percocet a day for about 3 years.

[@Havardodin]

@@ShawnTylerMusic yeah I’m the same I can’t get any sleep I take high doses of sleeping pills so I can get 3 hours of sleep it’s my 4th day I’m so much struggling I can’t eat I can’t go to gym

[@ShawnTylerMusic]

@@Havardodin the first 2-3 weeks are brutal with sleep.

[@RJB1090]

Day 5 coming off narco 10 ive been on them for 20 years I finally got some sleep last night its been along week

[@CG10887]

Have some questions

[@User_92020]

​@@CG10887 Ask

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Physician assisted titration?(that means a slow taper, or decrease in milligrams per day over a few months) weening down is far more comfortable than suddenly stopping cold turkey. Especially if you took the pills every day for 20 years.

[@smokeskull]

5 years of hydromorphone had to quit cold turkey. A week of staying in bed and then started feeling better. Took over a year and a half to feel really normal again.

[@zweilochwerneruncut]

I just can say i was over and over again on Oxycodone biggest dose over 1 year was over 500mg a day! I just took the 80mg‘s. The Problem is you came to an point, and you feel nothing it dont push you it dont rush you nothing. You just can live more or less a normal life. So your tolerance go up very fast. And in Germany you get those 80s everywhere. And when you start with 20mg you are quick on 100mg a day. So when you want to quit that, look that you came down Slow, every week a Little Bit so its a little easier. You cant quit 100mg or more from today or tommorow. It Takes a good Plan because its also risky! But i wish everyone good luck and a Lot of power to came throw this. I tried it 20 times its possible but you have to change the people around you and you have to believe in you its a insane mental and physical stress but you can do it!

[@indianexperiments4192]

Thanks to everyone for commenting here and your precious advice 🙌.... Today is my Day - 1, 🙁

[@tigmasterkev9140]

Fake 30s fetty addiction this is what you can do. Ween yourself down as much as possible then cold turkey. High doses of vitamin C, sinus medicine, cold and flu daytime medicine. Ibuprofen a couple times a day. Red Kratom, helps some, a little weed helps a little more. Try to stay busy, hydrate as much as you can take. Once you get to the 3rd day it hurts alot less. Stay strong and don't give in. Anyone can do this 👍

[@xxxroseliaxxx6847]

Bro it's my first day

[@xxxroseliaxxx6847]

I feel horrible

[@xxxroseliaxxx6847]

How are the next few hours my parents don't know btw better that way

[@tigmasterkev9140]

What are your Symptoms?

[@2HotHandle]

I came here looking to start I’m 3 days inn thank god I work y look back these last 2 days have been hell I’ve been taking perc 30s for years but I’m done I won’t do this to my kids anymore the money spent the time lost I won’t get it back but I can build a better future for us thank you all for sharing your stories with no fear I’ll continue reading them because it has helped me a lot knowing I’m. Not alone 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼❤️

[@craigroode3449]

For people wanting to get off suboxone, after 12 years I had my doctor switch me to sublocade... a once a month shot. It is so long acting itll do an extremely long taper after stopping. I stopped 1 year ago and almost no acute withdrawal. Some paws / depression but now feeling good. Tried many times to quit suboxone and couldn't do it. Sublocade was a miracle

[@jmr6117]

Subuxone and subuclode its the same shit , you don't know that?

[@HALTSMAULALLLER]

aaaahmm, you know that Sublocade contains buprenorphine ? like Subuxone ? its the same stuff. you are still adicted to opioids ...

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

I'll never trust an injection that lasts a month. Can't wait to hear about all the side effects in the future.

[@jmr6117]

Its not a miracle ,subuclode its the same of subuxone, real hard to quit.

[@aurorathekitty7854]

I just got a spinal cord stimulator put in which allowed me to get off my pain meds. The first 2 days I felt fine. Day 3,4, and 5 I was going through it. Day 6 I somewhat started feeling normal. By day 8 I was fine.

[@mikeflo6459]

Yeah I got a spinal stimulator about 3 years ago and have had 5 surgeries so I was on meds for 5 plus years. Day 1 so so day 2 rls was brutal and no sleeping. By day 3 it was ruff but me personally after like day 5 I was moving around and eating a little. Day 2 and 3 are brutal ass hell.

[@user-gx7ix1kk8h]

Day 2 also. This sucks but not going back

[@Thedarkknight45]

I’m still withdrawing day 10 nerves and over heating not letting me sleep still

[@Rongmai_Tribal_blood]

I have completed 4 days opiod 😢 addiction hope my health will return like before, sometimes i feel weak 😔

[@Mrs.Brown88]

I'm on day 11, I think? It's kinda easier then seems to come back. I'm exhausted

[@Durst.jr22GamingZone]

Same here.

[@1AloneX2]

you can do it!

[@oceanark77]

Please do a video of acute withdrawal symptoms after getting the Naltrexone implant. I did amazing when I was there. It was extremely liberating. I got the implant and about 9 hrs later started feeling acute withdrawal. I'm trying so hard to understand this.

[@Malendor]

Your comfort meds probably started to wear off. Were you able to pull through

[@jduke93]

I went through withdrawal 10 minutes after getting the shot, I used until the day before which was dumb of me, I was really sick for over a week and it was the sickest I ever was and ever will be

[@nailslacquer]

I was still having hot/cold flashes, no sleep, sneezing and runny nose 6 months after getting off methadone. I got back on it bc I couldn't handle the no sleep and nothing getting better.

[@user-yq7yi3dm8m]

I had sneezing fits kicking fentanyl.

[@nailslacquer]

@@user-yq7yi3dm8m how long? I still had mine after 6months.

[@JessyBrooke]

Day 15 #OpiodFree 💪🏽🦍💯🙏 #KEEPGOING EVERYBODY ❤ I LOVE YALL

[@JessyBrooke]

Percocet 10 mg

[@maryanderson4170]

Awesome! How you doing so far? I'm on day 324! Greatest thing I ever did. Free from Hell!!!

[@JessyBrooke]

@@maryanderson4170 that’s amazing 🥲 by the grace of god IM DOING GREAAAAAT !! 💪🏽 everything is everything . Still standing on business ✊❤️

[@buffalochick6050]

Day 8 cold turkey off of 2mgs of methadone and I just need a clear answer as to when the symptoms will subside. I started off 12yrs ago in my late 30s on 146mgs. Didn't get serious with tapering until last August. Last month I went down to 4mgs. for 2 weeks. Then down to 2mgs for 2 weeks and walked off last Sunday

[@rudyferrell]

How are you? It took me a year to start feeling halfway normal. It gets better as time goes by.

[@SUPER_VILLAINMO]

probably about 30 days at the most it does not take a year after that it's just mental

[@buffalochick6050]

@@rudyferrell It'll be 8mos on Monday 2/20/23. On the 18th day I was able to eat a bit & the physical pain subsided a little. Insomnia did it's thing until the 3 month mark. Overall the depression aspect was hardest to get through. It still comes and goes but I don't feel those invasive s^!C!dal thoughts anymore

[@buffalochick6050]

@@SUPER_VILLAINMO Physically I didn't begin feeling better until day 18. The aching lasted about a month or so. Insomnia took about 3mos but the depression was way longer

[@rudyferrell]

@@SUPER_VILLAINMO just mental ? It can take up to 2 years for your brain to straighten out. I've been going around and around with this for over 35 years. You need to read up on post acute withdrawal...

[@yevgeniyfureyster3502]

5 day, from fetynyl, feel like hell, I don’t know what to do

[@RCPDcap]

About 14 months to stop the restless legs thing

[@FraserCheyne]

Heroin or codeine or dihydrocodeine or oxy is 4 x 24hrs since last dose withdrawal. Use alcohol to help after 4 the day as in help you not want to party with drugs

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

Alcohol makes my withdrawal so much worse, especially when the alcohol wears off. Experiencing it right now!

[@dannymeyer4205]

Was on a lot of hydro morphine/dilaudid for over a week and it took me more than two weeks to get over withdrawal asi was cut off abruptly terrible feeling

[@bhillis99]

Why was you cut off?

[@dannymeyer4205]

@@bhillis99 the hospital decided I had enough and wanted me off of the painkillers so they stopped giving them to me abruptly and I had severe withdrawal symptoms and they put me back on it (I can’t remember what happened) apparently I acted crazy and lashed out at the nurse hallucinating that I was a spaceship captain idk it was crazy

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

At least you were only on it for a little over a week.

[@merson812]

So interesting, drug addiction must be a nightmare in all respects.

[@tigmasterkev9140]

Some might say they'd rather die than keep living that way.

[@44thenazz]

Quit drinking 3 months ago after tapering down for 6 months to once every week, no problem. Also quit doing cocaine which the only time I did it was when drinking. Stopped smoking pot years ago. Have been active for decades, running, cycling, gym, kayaking etc. Broke my leg in an accident at home and had surgery and given hydrocodone which I took for 13 days. Leg didn't hurt that much and that stuff causes constipation so just stopped taking them. Only side effect was I can't sleep at all, zero, zilch, nada. Now on day 3 without a wink of sleep. I feel the doctors should give a warning about the possibility of dependence.

[@jackbiggs6663]

500mg a day of oxycodone now reduced to 60mg a day hardest thing in my life I hope my pain is not like it is now once I am off them

[@taniafleming4859]

Sounds tough. That's a huge drop, well done.

[@user-hm6dt8no1r]

Hi everyone. I’ve been on 15mg of Oxycodone for 8-9years and I desperately want to get off but I’ve experienced withdrawals before and I’m so scared. I found a dr that prescribes Sub but reading on it, that doesn’t sound good either. If I were to go to some type of rehab place, does that help? Any advice is much appreciated

[@jmr6117]

Go to a detox and get clean ,don't get on methadone or subuxone i spend 21 years in those 2 drugs and one years after detox methadone i feel bad its no joke those 2 drugs.

[@lauraknight8839]

I've been on 5mg twice a day 10 years and I am into 3 weeks off and feel good obe day then bad couple days. First 2 weeks hard. Now easier but feel lost no energy like my head is a block of wood.

[@Porch.monkey.slayer]

I thought it was dangerous to just stop it? ive been on DC For 20 yrs.. I was given it by the GPs on legal prescription for a yr after a terrible C section. I stopped myself and honestly had no idea i was suffering withdrawal. I went to a doc and said i think ive got a neurological disease and explained and he looked at my notes and said how the heck have you been prescribed this drug so long?? im afraid you have an opiate addiction!! i actually said, whats an opiate? im taking around 8-10 dihydrocodeine a day. Doesnt do anything for me, i just take it so i dont get withdrawal.

[@joseguwoppo6244]

Haha im Australian and his American/aus accent keeps tripping me out. Switching in and out of both of them

[@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234]

Hi Jose-Dr Coleman came from New Zealand to the US in the early 1980s and has lived here since then, so I bet his hybrid accent is amusing to the right ears. Best wishes.

[@-Mike-69]

I thought that was an Aus accent. My sister has a really strange accent. Born in Canada to English and Scottish parents. My mum and dad had very thick accents, so I was told. My sister lives in Spain and is married to an English guy. Take Canadian, English, Scottish, and Spanish. Mix them all together, and I can barely understand a thing she says.

[@deadboyty]

mine lasted a month straight of hell now im 62 days clean 🙏🏽

[@DueceDuece90]

I sip lean and I’m 6 months clean but I’m having bad ass cravings 🤦🏽‍♂️ 😫

[@bhillis99]

Paws

[@DueceDuece90]

@@bhillis99 what's paws

[@bhillis99]

@@DueceDuece90 post acute withdrawal symptoms.

[@kiwidee6564]

I’m on my 5th day off codine - my entire body can’t stop moving . Do ppl recommend withdrawal meds

[@JBlades88WV]

Id recommend no withdrawal meds if possible they are even harder to kick.

[@sushil7419]

In my experience suboxone or burpenorphine withdrwal seems worst its better to detox with simple medications like tramazec valium zolam etc instead quitting cold turkey or with suboxone it has side effects as well as it takes long . u have left ur substance but if u r on suboxone its just another opiod

[@scottpaddlety8741]

Sub withdrawal is hell.

[@exstacyoneonly6924]

34 days off Subutex and I feel like I have brain damage. My mind doesn't want to do anything, nothing makes me happy, my interest are completely gone😢

[@RhysapGrug]

I hear you.. Also that's 35 days you won't have to face again if you stick with it.

[@dymnd1283]

Days 28 and its getting worst 😢feels like im dying

[@TK-ht6de]

Two years still withdrawals from Oxy.

[@aydanlabounty1300]

Physical?

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Kill me. Im methadone pretty forever

[@trailapark720]

Was on 120mg of methadone, went to jail driving on suspension an then probation held me 30.days. I withdrawaled the entirety of the 16 days I was there, I didn't sleep I just paced back an forth. I couldn't eat. I just ached and hurt. I got to the point where I was hallucinating bc I couldn't sleep so I would be walking an then snapp out of a dang dream. It was the worst. The jail didn't help an actually did things to amplify it.

[@benevans3811]

Crazy bro, 120mg cold turkey....stay golden pony boy!!! Awesome

[@jmr6117]

​@@benevans3811120 mg cold turkey 😅 i bet you relapse or back to methadone 😅.

[@udhaypartap1351]

I am quitting opium from last 2 months but i am suffer from ibs after quitting,, and lot of pain faced me in my legs and arms every day what should i do??

[@Ashen1Always]

you will get better over time keep staying sober bro

[@vkzone8812]

take some medicine

[@kelleylawson1]

Day 15

[@lazzy2012]

45 user of 250mg tramadol… day 2… lethargy, yet restless… body tremors are frequent, and can’t sleep.

[@Sargassian]

been taking that for about 10 years. havent taken them in about 2 months now and im still feeling withdrawal.

[@froydian9185]

Day 5 complete. I don’t want to go back.

[@ShawnTylerMusic]

How you feeling? How’s your sleep

[@alexmacias8111]

Day 2 😢

[@JeffSmith-it4tm]

36 hours for me, not that bad.

[@user-lw5ow8kj9y]

Me too

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Opiate withdrawal can last up to 2.5 Years. Acute Opioid withdrawal from long acting opiates is around 3-6 months of agonizing suicide level suffering!. Hence why opiate relapse rates of 96%….. Short acting opiates like Heroin, Morphine, Codeine & Opium have acute withdrawal symptoms of around 8-14 days which means ALL symptoms; Suicide level depression, chronic Insomnia, severe hyperthermia and hypothermic cold chills, sheet soaking sweat sessions, awful goose flesh, constant uncontrollable sneezing, watery eyes, running nose, body pain aches, diarrhea and vomiting, and horror of living another second! It all stops rather suddenly around the 2nd week of the detox. Human body circadian rhythms reset in cycles based upon several factors. Takes around 7 years for a humans entire cellular structure to completely transfuse all cells within it. So every 7 years you are a completely new YOU!

[@MJP160]

It’s going on 14 months for me and I still have the feeling of using or the vivid feeling of my times detoxing. When It crops up it takes me to a very uncomfortable place.

[@MJP160]

@@BushyHairedStranger I was on suboxone for 2 years. Then relapsed. I was sniffing fetanyl and heroine for about a year while trying to use suboxone the last 3 months by microdosing which would send me into precip. I would have to sniff a few bags to get out of it. I was using a bundle and a half to two bundles a day. When I when I went to detox I was coming off of heroin, fentanyl, and bunepherone. When I was suboxone those two years it was after I was sniffing heroin and fentanyl for two years before my 1st time in detox.

[@mikeflo6459]

You nailed right on the head. I only used pain pills but I had 5 back surgeries. Day 2 and 3 are murder. Shitting out your guts, hot and cold, restless leg syndrome omg, sneezing and watery eyes. Day 4 and 5 are much more better. At least for me it was.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

@@mikeflo6459 Feeling better at day 5 means you were using a short acting opiate like Oxycodone or Hydrocodone(Vicodin, Oxycontin) Long acting Opiates like Methadone & LAM take 5 MONTHS! just to start feeling “better”…

[@mimineligan8421]

Its my 6th day off METHADONE WHEN WIIL I SLEEP

[@mindaellis5054]

You won't. Trust me it till take a month

[@scottpaddlety8741]

Yeah probably closer to a few weeks or a month. I'm on day 23 off subs and I still have terrible insomnia. I've found Gabapentin helps a lot, as well as maybe a small dose of some benzo. But we all know how those things can be too, so be careful whatever you do. It's rough but I'm physically starting to feel a little better. Hope you can make it, good job.

[@TheAlreadytaken24]

This is misleading i know someone who went through this for years... because it was psychological affects as well... they never mentioned so everytime they withdrew there body remembered it...and they continued on a vicious path.. especially the persistent chest pains it causes..

[@verajohannesen1826]

yesss why does no one talk about the chest pains!?! Like those are literally always the number 1 worst symptom for me, and no doctor could find anything that helped, so i ended up back on oxycodone and methadone because of it

[@LenArnie9746]

How long for codeine withdrawal? I know codiene is alot weaker than what hes mentioned here, but a friends daughter is buying ibuprofen and codiene tablets from the pharmacy here in the uk, she takes 32 tablets per day each tablet is 12.5mg of codiene, id like to give her some support and would like some inside info, like how bad will her withdrawal be? And approx how long will it last. My friend and i are elderly so dont know much about this. She given herself stomach ulcers but scared to stop. Any info would be greatly appreciated 🙏

[@ndavies5968]

Wean off it, I was taking a lot less than this and it felt like having the flu 7 days. Starts to fade out after that but this was me doing cold turkey and the depressive feeling has hit bad now. But I know it's just withdrawels. She needs a doctor to get her on a weening off plan and stick to it. Do not let her go off it suddenly, it can seriously harm her, there's now way I could work for 4 days of me quitting , felt so bad , the worst part is restless leg syndrome kicking in and you cannot sleep even tho your head is knackered.

[@kevinsmith9502]

That's a lot of ibuprofen to be taking. It can cause kidney and liver problems in high doses.I would be more concerned about that than the codeine'

[@iaminvincible4441]

I have been on codiene for 10 plus years and I tried to quit may be 3-4 times. Finally I am clean for 5 months. Physical withdrawal can range from 7 days to 14 days depending on the amount of codiene intake. Mostly physical withdrawal wean off in that time period, like diarrhea, headache, flu like symptom, insomnia, etc. but psychological withdrawal like craving, feeling depressed, anxiety, restlessness, can stay upto 1-2 months, most people relapse during this stage. If you got pass it. you will be fine.

[@triplesunofone]

Actually codeine is turned into morphine by your body, so it may not be as bad as fentanyl but as far as your body is concerned you might as well be on heroin… a lot of old school opiates (morphine, codeine, diamorphine,, heroin) are all metabolised as morphine. Codeine is actually much much worse than most people know.

[@jonathanpanzardi9707]

14 days for me to get off fentanyl

[@xkrimzonxrsps]

I'm on month 1 of getting off isotonetazine I guess a derivative of fentanyl and I still have no energy and my bones hurt

[@greatwhiteshark9192]

Anyone have any idea of coming off tramadol?on about 200mg a day for a year or so..is best to taper it off?will there be much withdrawal?any help id appreciate 👍

[@leemyers8292]

Taper off !!! I was an addict for 8 years , I never want to go through cold turkey again

[@greatwhiteshark9192]

@@leemyers8292 how much were u taking?did you taper off?I worry about it quite a lot! thanks for advice 🙂

[@unidaspandemia9936]

taper off 50 mg 4 days, when u get only 50, take it at night for 5 days. Try to get 37,5 (with acetomiphen) and take other 5 nights, then half pill of 37,5 another 5 and GG n

[@unidaspandemia9936]

thats a lot of years man, how do u feel about that@@leemyers8292

[@khairandwish8582]

I did cold turkey right away since my attempt to tapper off ended up rising my heart rate that I felt like dying, it was actually serotonin syndrome . At that night I decided to not take the next dose. So I took cyproheptadine to block the serotonin hyperactivity.. the next day was very awful (hot cold sweating, shivering, rsl, etc), but the day 2 till now is manageable since Ive been taking blackseed, vit c, gabapentine & coffee in the morning to kick the depression & severe fatigue. I'm struggling everyday but it keeps getting better. I'm on day 15 now.

[@realtalkwiththeking7862]

At least 60 days for methadone. Was on it for 10 years. Such a beast to come off of.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Aigh...im stuck forever

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

I went down from 150 mg to 14 mg and then went cold turkey my withdrawals were terrible but only lasted 24 hours it took about 45 days to feel 100% lots of water in good healthy food is super important also don't smoke cigarettes or marijuana at least that's how I did it

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

4 to 5 days to feel almost 100%

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

​@@orderofmagnitude-TPATPI meant to send that message to you I went down from 150 mg to 14 mg and about 2 months and then I went cold turkey felt sick for about 24 hours and then within four days I was back to Almost 100% I drank lots of water ate healthy food did not drink any soda or sugary foods of any kind also I quit cigarettes and any kind of poison that will make it more difficult

[@jmr6117]

@@woonsockettruthseeker9009 24 hours of whitdraws 😂, you just take methadone for couples days right ,shit there its no way to feel right whit methadone in 24 hours ..one year after use methadone for 19 years i feel like shit, all the symptoms of whitdraws yet.

[@paulg2100]

Can someone help me to understand… so I see everyone say how to stay away from methadone and suboxone that they want to be off it and the withdrawals are worst then taking oxy pills etc … but is it not ok to just get on methadone or suboxone and just stay on one of them so it stops all the problems of having to keep getting the drug of you’re choice you’re addicted to so you don’t stay broke and all the problems we all face that comes with the life ? Like can you not just stay on the stuff is what I’m wondering. Just trying to understand why I see everyone say stay away, I’m trying to make a decision wtf to do .. I’m sick and tired of fighting this and feel like it’s easier to just go to the clinic get your once a day treatment or get your script for subs and stay on one of them and go about life not sick and broke. Thanks for any input I’m genuinely wondering and confused. I’m so tired of this shit and just want my life back

[@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234]

Hi WudanWarrior-Methadone and buprenorphine help a lot of people get stable and into recovery. If they are working for someone, there is no need to get off of them. Some people do ultimately decide that they want to get off of them, which is also fine.

[@Truthisstrangerthanfiction8]

Suboxine and Methadone is just another way to keep people addicted to something. Oxycodone and Heroin is easier to beat. Malaysian Kratom mixed with grapefruit juice works wonders.

[@1AloneX2]

@WudanWarrior have you made a move yet?

[@KodMafia-we6sk]

It's because methadone and Suboxone kratom are synthetic opioids which means the withdrawals would be much worse u have to use it wisely I taper of oxy 30s and just stop cold turkey it's the staying clean part that u have to be disciplined at all times even it means staying away from friends who sell drugs

[@buelahland]

Please do urself a favour. Go to a reputable clinic and do a medical detox, NOT methadone. It cannot help in the long run but getting and staying free WILL. Jesus helps.

[@metal-pe8ux]

I'm 45 years old and have been taking 90mg morphine for 25 years , in that time I've tried stopping, 8months without was pure hell , some will never get back to "pre-opiate" ever, whilst they still live

[@daniematos693]

I wanna get off suboxone plz guys it sucks getting off

[@helovestaylor]

I’m using it in micro doses to get off perc 30s , I’m withdrawing & it helps but I don’t get high ? I guess I don’t take enough but I still feel withdrawal pain .

[@joannl3319]

Omg you are my angel same here! I am day 21 with cutting baby pieces but I still feel under lying physical withdrawal and I’m so paranoid if it’s from the perc withdrawals or if I’m developing a tolerance to subs?

[@GeraldAlmodovar-cj9if]

I have been on and of for 15 years 160 mg oxy or fentanyl. Coke and benzo all together I’m been off coke and oxy now for 2 days Kratom has helped tremendously..

[@GeraldAlmodovar-cj9if]

@christianagorge5597 thank you

[@michaelfarar4232]

Kratom is garbage.

[@change691]

Hard to gag down, it's equivalent to swamp water but yes, it's helping a lot. I only took 1 teaspoon yesterday and 1 today. I took it every 4 hours the first 5 days. Gabapentin also helps.

[@strangelee4400]

I smoke. Never considered myself to be a dirty junkie like you lot...until i tried to quit. I'm a filthy dirty junkie and i can't stop.

[@scottpaddlety8741]

Smoking's tough to quit

[@change691]

You aren't a "filthy, dirty, junkie", you're a human being who's having a difficult time.

[@sharonclarke6617]

Day 3 coming off 90mg oxycodone for five years,it's rough but I am not going back and actually feeling emotions again

[@mildabarta]

Are you still off of it? I ended going back after day 4

[@sharonclarke6617]

​@@mildabarta my Crohn's went into overdrive because apparently I shouldn't have cold turkeyed with Crohn's so back on lower dose but I'm depressed because their only option as docs was to put me back on it after I went through all that, I'm feeling lost and you will get there,you got four days next time it'll be longerxx

[@skiuaco8850]

@@sharonclarke6617 only 1 day right now. Feel like im going through hell

[@alexwatson5507]

Day 1 again. How quickly the doctors are the prescribe this shite

[@anttony80]

It’s called paws

[@sicsimo51]

9 days off subs. 24mg to .2 in 15 yrs. Not slept a wink RLS TO

[@michaeldavidson8803]

Keep fighting bro. Don’t ever give up. Put your hands together and pray

[@zweilochwerneruncut]

Stay Strong

[@scottpaddlety8741]

Dude, I'm on day 23 off subs, and it's STILL hard to sleep.

[@alantate25]

Anyone who wants to come off, do not do cold turkey that is so dumb. Just wean yourself off slowly. That is the ONLY way to go

[@autumkennedy4133]

I’ve been on oxycodone on and off for years for my chronic health issues and pain. I’ve always done cold turkey, I rather rip the bandage off then slowly and painfully peel it back. Everyone’s different I can handle a lot tho all I’ve known is pain since age 9 🤷‍♀️

[@ShawnTylerMusic]

@@autumkennedy4133how are you feeling? I’ve gotten off and gone on a few different times due to chronic pain as well.

[@daru6088]

Heroin 3 week. Metadon 6 mnd. So never ever use metadon. Subutex og buvidal is the shit against opiod.

[@kieranbowman2624]

30 days for methadone? Am on day 6 fuck that

[@AntoinMhicArtain]

I'm on day 56 today off methadone and I still have some withdrawals, mild burning skin, goose pimples, pins and needles and sneezing but I can feel it's passing. Some days I get severe depression too, that comes in waves.

[@kieranbowman2624]

@@AntoinMhicArtain yeah same mate still got cold sweats, goose bumps, shit sleep but depression is a big one definitely wonder if Al ever feel completely normal again

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Oh guys I really really feel for you I think I'm methadone pretty forever .... and that's ok; because anything but withdrawal. (I'm in uk so receiving it for free.) I really salute you trying and hope you make it. I can't. Tried weaning. Get to about 15mg and I feel awful. No no no. Keep me parked if that's how its gonna be. I can't do it.

[@-Mike-69]

We are all here for the same reason. We want to get off this crap. Personally, ive never used any type of street drugs. Im 54 this year and my body feels like its 80. One thing you have to remember or realize, your drug use effects everyone around you. When I have my meds Im a happy go lucky type of person. When I dont have any, I'm a miserable mean son of a bitch. You dont see it yourself. Mine just cost me an 18 year marriage. Or at least thats what shes blaming it on. Thers more to it but that's beside the point. Just keep your bull shit in check. The people that love you do it for a reason. I know its hard guys, I've had this battle for years. Oh, one quick bit of advice for people going through withdrawal. You probably have zero appetite. Eat. Eat anythjng that will stay down. Have a chocolate bar for breakfast, thats my go to. If you have food in your system, it cuts the withdrawals way down. For me, 50%. Im back on another 5 day without meds. Not a word of a lie, the only withdrawal symptoms ive had was wrestless leg last night. At 1:30 am I ordered a Whopper from BK. It settled my legs a wee bit. Enough that I slept from 2am to 10am. And this is when insomnia usually hits me the hardest.

[@daniematos693]

Bro I don't wish this on nobody I rather have covid.

[@-Mike-69]

@daniematos693 I've been on and off this shit for years. It's fucking hard. Not gonna lie. Do whatever you can to occupy your mind. Unfortunately with me, pain occupies my mind. 24/7 Watch TV. Go for a walk if you can. If you have only been off for a few days,,, stay close to home. You know how this stuff makes you constipated,, well your gonna have the exact opposite problem usually around day 3. That's always the absolute worst day for me. It actually gets better after that. Little by little. It gets better.

[@bhillis99]

Yea that’s the worst symptom to me. Only thing is after I finnaly fall asleep, I have to get up at 6am for work for a 10 hour shift. Working and quitting is bad.

[@user-rq9ys4ki6q]

It lasts months. And months. And fucking months

[@magnoliamike]

Lol months the worst is like 2 weeks

[@jaffa3910]

Im on 12 mls of methadone and i can't stand the shit.😵‍💫

[@PlasticStrws]

Man I only take like 30mgs of norcos and I'm about to stop tomorrow. Cause I want to I've done it before so usually the First two days in have zero energy. My entire body hurts my eyes water. I sneeze alot. Dehydrated. Throw up some and shit a lot but by day 3-5 I'm usually fine just crave the drug.

[@JessiJamesRideOrDie]

How did it go?

[@PlasticStrws]

@@JessiJamesRideOrDie not good because I had to have surgery two weeks ago and the pain was so bad I had to take something so I'm fed again

[@JessiJamesRideOrDie]

@@PlasticStrws what days were your worst? People swear by tapering.

[@PlasticStrws]

@@JessiJamesRideOrDie first 4 days. After 4 days I feel normal. Sleep normal. No physical pain. Just mental cravings. But usually by day 4 I'll be alright. If you're thinking of quitting I agree taper off. Take less and less then just stop.

[@PlasticStrws]

@@JessiJamesRideOrDie when I quit my best friends are Naproxen. Water. Nausea meds. Weed and my bed. I try to just lay in bed. Watch a comfort movie or show. Something's that helps me think of something else. You won't enjoy stopping. You'll feel like you have the flu. But you get passed that point. You'll be ok. You'll throw up and have diarrhea so drink plenty of water.

[@leemurray1999]

Too long

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

Methadone. Trust people never go down that route unless it is accompanied by a medical detox for a few days. Like he said 20-60 days and it's excruciatingly agonising.

[@AntoinMhicArtain]

100% correct. I'm on day 56 off methadone and I still have some withdrawals, like burning skin, goosepimples, oins and needles and sneezing, although it is mild compared to last month.

[@matthewdove5528]

Methadone Withdrawal was traumatizing to me!

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Poor bustards. I really really feel you

[@uli4384]

My currently going through this shit it's no jokeee I use pressed m30 pills but sometimes get script percs from a friend but I took 3 on Tuesday it's the last time I used it im planning on going cold turkey on day 3 and feel like hell I work nights and it was hell today hopefully I can do it

[@noydb8310]

Update ?

[@tinawilson79]

I hope you made it through, those fake m30 fentanyl pills are crazy, I quit cold turkey also, worst thing I have ever been through in my life, I have been an addict for over ten years, the withdrawal from hydrocodone and oxycodone is a breeze compared to those fake fentanyl, rather than 7 days of physical withdrawals it was 30 days on those blues, may 13th will be one year clean for me, it gets so much better, with God all things are possible you can do it! May God be with you all....

[@georgealexander8523]

Did you make it?

[@georgealexander8523]

Not a good sign

[@Havardodin]

Any progress

[@rafaelsanchez5170]

Fk no wonder..am on my 3rd week off 30m oxiz and subs only thing killing me now is that danm diarrhea.. makes so much sense

[@annalucy89]

I'm on Suboxone and I've been on it now since 2017 and I want off it so badly, I've wanted off it for years. I've always hated being on it. But I'm trying to understand this Coleman method if that's something that I could do. Suboxone withdrawals as he says lasts up to 2 fucking months! and I've been through those withdrawals, both in detox and cold turkey and these are the most horrible withdrawals you could ever even imagine, no pain compares so I'm wondering how this institute is getting people off Suboxone in 8 days or so!? how can that be done without the person going through horrific withdrawals for weeks? Naltrexone doesn't take withdrawals away so I'm so confused as to what they do to Suboxone patients! I want to do this treatment simply because I want off this drug now and I don't wanna have to spend months weening off it but I do not understand this method they use at all!

[@jenniferv618]

I've been on Suboxone for 10 years & tapered once & lasted 2.5 months then caved in. Even at that amount of time off of it I still had *zero* energy like death feeling to even have the motivation to make a quick sandwich or walk to the bathroom unless I absolutely had to! One time I asked my husband to bring me a piece of bread because I didn't have it in me to get up! So idk where they are getting 2 months at.. I watch people on here that talk about it & they are going on 6-9 _months_ & still struggle daily. Days 4-10 were the worst for me physical symptoms wise but then, the Post Acute Withdrawals start & that's when I really struggled.. But, I rather go through those withdrawals then have massive pain constant so I guess that's where you & I are different lol

[@Kamehaiku]

A 7 day taper, 8mg, 6mg, 4mg, 4mg, 2mg, 2mg, 1mg, 7 days withdrawal worst by day 5. Heavy suboxone use 16-24mg a day to 7 day taper.

[@22z83]

imho while some symptoms might linger I was at 70% at week 2. I felt basically normal 1 month in