Re: Water fasting to help withdrawal of anti depressants?

Fastingtogoal,

I am on 20 mg suboxone for 5 months now and cant go lower as Im supposed to because of withdrawals. And was on 3 yrs of opiates prior.I also am on 20mg valium and also 30mg temazepam and/or 10mg ambien for sleep. I have not been able to sleep without a pill for 22 years. I cant even go back to amitriptiline(anti-depressant) because somehow all the other meds rendered almost useless when it helped me for 15 yrs! I too want to water fast. My stomach is always in knots and im always constipated from the suboxone) but as soon as i quit all the drugs and keep eating i get so depressed and tired i dont go out of the house for days at a time as I get so weak i feel like im dying. Ive had chronic fatigue even before starting any opiates 4 yrs ago which i know is making things worse. plus I have no family for support. No fasting retreat will take me until I go to a rehab first at least for 10 days. i tried that and wasted 5k. FOR 10 days totally off drugs but mild useless anti-depressants they gave me and I relapsed after 4 days home. I was dying. Should I switch to all fruit diet to prepare for a Water Fast or just go right into fastingit and throw out the drugs too? Or fast and get off drugs over 1-2 weeks.slowly? Juice fasts make me sick after 3 days.I'd prefer water only hoping ketosis might help. I feel like you do. slowly titrating down is almost as bad for me as cold turkey. But the docs scare me by saying after 20 yrs on valium i could have seizures. I was hospitalized once last year for 18 days and no one gave my any Valium or anything and I was ok, just sleepless all 18 days!!! What are my choices? I'm sick of sleeping my life away.I have no energy for anything.I am age 55 and tired all the time. I was drinking only raw fruit-veggie smoothies with pulp for breakfast daily with Chia seeds for fiber and still getting constipated and needed laxatives. How do I get to be ready for a long Water Fast at least 21 days,hopefully till hunger returns? thank you, M.V. Tweet