The most important thing about cold-turkey to understand is that just because you've heard of someone that managed to do it successfully (or you are the one who did it successfully) doesn't mean it's a generally safe thing for others to do. The risk involved if things go wrong are potentially radically life-changing in the extreme negative so it's simply not a risk worth taking unless one is faced with an immediate life-threatening side-effect from the drugs. That is the only time that cold-turkey is appropriate and wise...in that instance one should have easy access to emergency medical services. … [click on title for the rest of the post]