life help: suffering from depression and opiate mental withdrawels, feal empty no drive left, hit bottom, how do i get up and just start life? - Help.com

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if you were using opiates, this is probably the reason you feel so ******.

You may need to go to rehab, I doubt anything that anyone says here will make that withdrawl feeling go away

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Be aware of your mood and take remedial steps when you first feel your mood begin to slip.
Don’t feel like a failure if you need prescription medication. Depression is an illness just like diabetes or any other other. It is not always within your control.

Buprenorphine is an opioid medication. Buprenorphine is similar to other opioids such as morphine, codeine, and heroin however, it produces less euphoric (”high”) effects and therefore may be easier to stop taking.

Naloxone blocks the effects of opioids such as morphine, codeine, and heroin. If Suboxone is injected, naloxone will block the effects of buprenorphine and lead to withdrawal symptoms in a person with an opioid addiction. When administered under the tongue as directed, naloxone will not affect the actions of buprenorphine.

Suboxone is used to treat opiate addiction.

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go to the meetings, and if your still on opiates try and get some medication to help get you off…maybe smoke some bud instead if you really get the urge.

If your really at rock bottom, just remind yourself that means things cant get any worse, so they can only get better, but you gotta try.

I was in the same sort of situation not to long ago, I had to make myself realize most of my problems were my own fault, and if I didnt get my **** together and try to fix anything, id sit at the bottom forever. Things are finally starting to look up a little bit now, and if things can get better for someone like me they definitely can for you

weed can take a little getting used to if you dont smoke it a lot, it can be harder to function.

the type of bud is a factor too, if its crappy regular stuff, itll make you tired and all the typical stoner stereotypes. but some real nice bud, preferably of a sativa, is just a head high, great for being active and doing things, it actually helps me a lot.

sometimes you just gotta keep reassuring yourself. for example I developed anxiety out of nowhere for some reason, and I would get all paranoid/worried about the stupidest things, I had to keep reminding myself theres nothing to worry about im being stupid, or I have things under control, and it worked pretty well. it also helps if im feeling depressed and my mind wanders off to much, I make myself realise its happening, so I can stop it.

youd be suprised how far a little willpower and introspect goes

another good thing I forgot to mention, if your completely stoned and start thinking “im to high to do this” or things like that, dont think about how high you are, just go about your business.

sounds really stupid, but many people recommended that to me and it seriously works.

visene is also a miracle, gets the red out and snaps you out of it a bit.

if your really into gardening, you can still grow things indoor, I would know ;)

hydroponics is pretty neat, and fun. lots of learning to do and it keeps you busy.

being a guy, liking gardening sounds wierd but its actually pretty sweet doing it inside, its almost like your a god to the plants, you can create an environment for them that provides better then the earth does naturally :)

Hi to you, and keep on going it will get better.
On this matter I can speak from my own experience. Having being on Morph for over 10yrs, as prescribed for pain. (I had crushed my spine and the only treatment I was ever given, were drugs of many kinds) To qualify this a little better, “Thirty years” of medication. I do believe the depression was the worst of the side effects (in hindsight) although my body had altered to live with the drug dependency.
I did end up working out a re-balance program for my mind and therefore my emotional state.
- Keep a running diary (very brief daily notes) as i weened myself off the drugs.
- High dose “OMEGA 3″ 6thousand mg of the essential fatty acids, daily (for 6 months) then down to 3 thou per day (for 2 years) This will work for your emotional self as well as the other benefits. (NO omega 6)
- A product called “CAA” which is obtainable in NZ and Austrailia (worth having a look at the website healthhouse.co.nz> and a good read) this helped my body to re-balance.
- The main issue I experienced was re-learning how and what my emotions were. For no apparent reason I would have rushes of feeling ( totally floor me at the time )
- This is where the note books I had filled up would come in so very valuable,
**Do remember to keep every entry to a simple fact**. I would only read what i had written after some months, giving me a bench mark of how far I had come. Proving to myself that this was working.
- Make a solid commitment to self with a set date time frame (I used a date one year ahead)
- Do not judge yourself on success or failure as there is only “your” balance (at this time you’re thinking will work against making a fair and honest self-assessment).

*** - Now this is the important bit. You need to have a doctor who knows what you are doing and your reasons for doing so. this for me (when i found one who agreed with what my choices were) was the key to success. And it was not my doctor.

PUT INTO YOUR MIND A MARKER THAT YOU WILL NEVER GO BACK TO, and start going towards a healthy mind and life :-)

The guy who runs health house is fantastic to ask questions of. Anytime you want to chat you are welcome.

Hey airmanfirs,

So what are “you” doing about your “lack” of money? How about spend it on getting your brain (naturaly) re-ballenced.

So just how physically able are you? How about putting it out there :-)