I was down with a spinal cyst from an infection-pain I’d never before experienced. After about 3 months I went to the doc to get off the pain killers. They tapered me over a few weeks and I was clear—though it took longer to get back to normal. I think that had to do with my own body taking back it’s role in creating endorphen. That’s the most difficult stage—and it can last a while.
My doc told me “opiates are some of the safest drugs we have. Nobody dies getting off of them—it’s the other synthetics that cause the most trouble.” I think that’s true.
People who have something to live toward can get off of them.
Schizophrenics might even be better off on them than on the medications they’re currently on.
In sum, there are three probable causes for this epidemic: pain, psychosis or hopelessness.
” Nobody dies getting off of them—it’s the other synthetics that cause the most trouble.” I think that’s true.”
Yes, it is true.
I’ve not even heard of somebody dying due to opiate withdrawal, miserable as it surely is.
But I know people who have done it.
Many have died due to suddenly stopping benzos and alcohol.