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Heroin Withdrawal can be quite painful and stressful, often time resulting in the addict's reuse of heroin. This traumatic period of time, know to addicts as "dope sickness" makes most addicts fearful of Heroin Withdrawal.
Frightfully enough, to long time users "dope sickness"or the beginning of Heroin Withdrawal can begin almost two hours after the last usage, giving the addict a daily reoccurring withdrawal nightmare. It only gets worse for the addict brave enough to quit heroin. From 48 hours to 72 hours after stopping usage of the drug, Heroin Withdrawal enters a more acute phase than simply craving the drug. Intense feelings of restfulness and insomnia over take the addict. Heroin Withdrawal causes the addict cramping, vomiting, diarrhea, shivering and goose bumps.
Heroin Withdrawal also causes what can only be described as intense kicking motions. Many people have nicknamed heroin "kicking dope"after this particular addiction withdrawal symptom. Other Heroin Withdrawal symptoms include:
- Sweating
- Yawning
- Runny nose & eyes
- Irritability & anxiety
- Cravings
Most symptoms associated with
Heroin Withdrawal last a few weeks. Despite the relatively short time involved with withdrawal, heroin addiction remains one of the most intense and painful withdrawal processes in addiction.
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