Talk:Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome

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Opiates

I don't see opiates being mentioned as one of the drugs that can cause PAWS? I'm not really versed on this subject, however I am currently being treated with suboxone for opiate addiction and my doctor took like 20 minutes to explain PAWS to me. From that, it was my understanding that opiate addicts can suffer from PAWS. (On the other hand, I'm being treated with a partial agonist opiate, so I don't really understand how it would affect me like he said, since I still have opiates in my body, lighting up my receptors.) 70.118.245.110 (talk) 19:42, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that the last thing I read tonight during my research on this site, is that opioid agonists absolutely do cause PAWS, unfortunately. I'm very new to all of this and am just now starting to get into these forums and see if any of this might help, along with all the research that I've done. But now I've started taking an anti-depressant, and I'm not sure if it's the meds I'm on, or the PAWS that's causing me symptoms. The worst part about this for me is my lack of coordination, I've been very clumsy at work, especially when I'm busy. That's not like me AT ALL! I am definitely experiencing about 80% of the symptoms listed on there just about anytime I'm busy at work. I'm a bartender, I broke a couple of bottles and a glass tonight. I broke the screen on the ice machine while I was scrubbing the fragile $40 part. It's things like that that are driving me crazy and making me want to go and purchase some perks to put up my nostrils tand snap out of it so I can be back on my game. I don't want to do that though, I have children and bills and a husband, and mortgage. It's time to stop playin and get better!!! 12:45, 11 April 2010 (UTC)BeautifulOutkastMamaBeautifukOutkastMama (talk) 12:45, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alcohol versus the rest

Most of the articles cited are for the long term effects of alcohol, little show much in regards to PAWS and other drugs. My contributions to this page's references and research collection add a few lines regarding overwhelming normalization of neurophysiology and cognition in the post-acute withdrawal phase. I believe this wiki should be cleaned up to separate out the drugs. Miyog (talk) 13:03, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Grossly inaccurate

With the exception of benzodiazepines, there is little to no support in medical literature for the existence of PAWS. Yet – save for a brief mention in the intro – this article reads as if the existence of PAWS is settled fact. Anecdotal recollections of 12-step group participants should NOT be used in place of medical evidence to manufacture a "syndrome" out of thin air. I propose that this article be re-written to focus on PAWS as it relates to benzos, with a section that states that former abusers of other drugs have also reported experiencing PAWS, but that its existence is not supported by medical research. Viciouslies (talk) 18:34, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I hope other editors read this critique offered by Viciouslies, and keep it in mind when editing this article. Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/his/him] 20:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Opiates

I don't see opiates being mentioned as one of the drugs that can cause PAWS? I'm not really versed on this subject, however I am currently being treated with suboxone for opiate addiction and my doctor took like 20 minutes to explain PAWS to me. From that, it was my understanding that opiate addicts can suffer from PAWS. (On the other hand, I'm being treated with a partial agonist opiate, so I don't really understand how it would affect me like he said, since I still have opiates in my body, lighting up my receptors.) 70.118.245.110 (talk) 19:42, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that the last thing I read tonight during my research on this site, is that opioid agonists absolutely do cause PAWS, unfortunately. I'm very new to all of this and am just now starting to get into these forums and see if any of this might help, along with all the research that I've done. But now I've started taking an anti-depressant, and I'm not sure if it's the meds I'm on, or the PAWS that's causing me symptoms. The worst part about this for me is my lack of coordination, I've been very clumsy at work, especially when I'm busy. That's not like me AT ALL! I am definitely experiencing about 80% of the symptoms listed on there just about anytime I'm busy at work. I'm a bartender, I broke a couple of bottles and a glass tonight. I broke the screen on the ice machine while I was scrubbing the fragile $40 part. It's things like that that are driving me crazy and making me want to go and purchase some perks to put up my nostrils tand snap out of it so I can be back on my game. I don't want to do that though, I have children and bills and a husband, and mortgage. It's time to stop playin and get better!!! 12:45, 11 April 2010 (UTC)BeautifulOutkastMamaBeautifukOutkastMama (talk) 12:45, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alcohol versus the rest

Most of the articles cited are for the long term effects of alcohol, little show much in regards to PAWS and other drugs. My contributions to this page's references and research collection add a few lines regarding overwhelming normalization of neurophysiology and cognition in the post-acute withdrawal phase. I believe this wiki should be cleaned up to separate out the drugs. Miyog (talk) 13:03, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]