What to do about opiate cravings right after waking up??

[Sportsguy86]

Hi all,

Swim quit opiates cold turkey 7 days ago and feels great. Physical withdrawal is gone and he know he'll be fine and move on. He's basically able to do anything now and feel perfectly fine--it doesn't feel like his brain's been messed up too badly. He's guessing this is because his run with opiates was only less than a year, with only 3 months of everyday use. During this time he was doing on average about 80mg total per day of oxy--with days as high as 150 and low as 20. He also never snorted the oxy, only swallowed. I believe this is a big reason why he's not more pyschologically addicted because when you snort the brain ties the snorting and the high together more closely. He's also young and smart which has helped him realize how stupid he was being. Now only a week later, he feels like a totally new person (actually the one he was just a year ago before he ever touched an opiate).

That said, the only thing he has some trouble dealing with is waking up in the morning. This was his favorite time to take one because its generally the worst he feels during the day, the 15 minutes or so right after he wakes up. Achy, tired, agitated. This has always been the case, even before opiates. After he takes a shower and eats and gets going, he is fine. He used to love taking some oxy RIGHT after he woke up, before doing anything and it would make him feel amazing.

He's beginning to think alot of it is more than temporary discomfort causing the cravings. After you wake up, you've gone 8 hours without doing any logical thinking--and so when he first wakes up he really crave its--because youre somewhat detached for a few minutes of the logic of why you quit in the 1st place. Also, when he was hooked, this was his favorite time to do it because it was usually the longest he'd gone without it (8 hours). As the day goes on, and you start to feel good physically and begin thinking logically--you realize you dont need it at all and feel great.

Anyways, this isn't something he can't handle--as it usually passed within 15 minutes, but he'd like to know if anything has experienced the same thing--and how they dealt with it. Either way, he'll be fine--this really is very mild, but I'd like to make sure he's totally clean.

Thanks!!