Author: invisiblemovement

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:42 pm

It is OK, your brain thinks there is something wrong, as it has grown used to your opiates, and it is telling you to go fix the thing that will make more endorphins or whatever else replenished. It is your brain that knows what will make you feel better, like how you are thirsty when you need water. But just tell it, "It’s OK brain, I know what I’m doing.. just wait, and everything will be better very shortly, trust me." And then you will calm down and sleep a little better each day even if it is not a significant change, and in a few weeks, your brain will finally realize, "Oh… I am back to normal now! I have no reports for you, all is well, I don’t need anything" and then you will not have cravings anymore. You are to the point that even if you went back to subs and tried to taper slowly… you would be right where you are today pretty much. For some people there is a difference… but I believe it is safe to say that if you are up exercising and at the computer, you are getting better. You already know how to overpower your brain, by making yourself exercise, and maybe your brain is saying, No don’t exercise, that won’t produce endorphins so it is useless — because only opiates produce opiates", but you have to say "No brain you just need re-training… you have the power to make the endorphins yourself, and I’m going to teach you how!" and so you make yourself exercise.

This is all highly theoretical, but I believe that by the time your child is born, you will seem like this post was made ages ago and you won’t be worrying about dosing anymore. It may cross your mind, but you will not be worrying and wondering if you need it. You will know and trust that you will be just fine without it and your brain will be back to normal.