Fear from previous opiate WD

Hmmm at the most you're taking 12 grams a day, that isn't a huge dose, I was on nearly double that. For me the PAWS is by far the worst, I could live with most of the symptoms, but what really gets you is the depression, the anxiety, and in the early stages the RLS and insomnia.

Since your dose isnt that high I would try going a day and hold out as long as you can, wait until it's unbearable, then take the smallest possible dose to relieve your symptoms. This way you can gauge what your symptoms will be, how severe they will be, and you'll gain some confidence that you can go without it. Maybe that's unpopular around here but I prefer that to tapering.

You can't account for PAWS especially in the beginning so my thought process is why worry about it? Just get through the initial stages and you'll deal with that when it comes. If you spend so much time worrying about the future you'll never get through the here and now.

I find that l-theanine is great for anxiety. I haven't found anything to mitigate the depression though and I'm afraid to mess with things that might cause serotonin syndrome.

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