Help, partner is refusing to talk to a doctor and quit cold turkey
I have been basically solely rely on this sub Reddit to figure out how to help him but at this point, I’m not a doctor or there’s I don’t know. He is nine days clean, but he keeps having PAWS . He quit called turkey, even though he thought he had been tapering, but he was on and off 07 and taping with the gold.
He was going to meetings, but he also has hearing issues so he stopped and he gets Suboxone from a friend, but he can only get one or two a week. Right now at night I’m giving him clonidine which is what I use for my ADD to sleep, and I bought him magnesium glycinate , B1 thiamine, valerian root with gaba, he’s drinking a ton of water but has had non stop diahreeah. He’s eating clean and going to the gym. He also tried gabapentin but didn’t care for it and said it didn’t help enough.
I read that if you quit cold turkey, it can increase the chance of having the paws withdrawal for longer, but I don’t really know how to help him at this point. And I know it’s not my job and he keeps telling me not to worry but that’s like asking me to just turn off the light switch with how I care. I just wish he would call his damn doctor, but he has Kaiser so I kind of understand because they are a mess sometimes.
Say no, it’s been really great to have him back in some ways but in other ways he’s still completely gone because he’s so unavailable while he feels like this and I know it’s bigger than both of us. But I’m wondering if anyone has any other suggestions.