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help me understand!!
by uni_scubi, Sep 11, 2002 12:00AM
My father in law was just hosptialized for Diverticulitis something to to with his colon, but he drinks every day and now they say he is going through withdrawals. He is acting very weird. He thinks he is in jail sometimes and sometimes he thinks he is at work and sometimes he thinks he is at home doing laundry. He also says some really nasty things to his children who are only trying to help him get better so he can go home. He also becomes very combative, he kicks the nurses, rips out his IV's and they have to strap him down to his bed. The doctors keep telling us it is because of the alcohol withdrawals. Can anyone tell me what the symptoms really are? And if the doctors are telling us the truth?
I hope things work out for you and your loved one.
James
This has got to stop!! Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can taper down. The last time I was able to taper quickly and then took ativan (0.5 mg. twice daily) which I was able to stop after a week. The anxiety got to me and I knew I could get another prescription.
The most pills I have taken daily are 6-8. I was previously told by an addiction counselor that at that low a daily dose I would not have a seizure, however it still scares me because I know that barbituate withdrawal can be dangerous.
My husband, who just recovered from major surgery, knows nothing about this. We are also thinking about trying to adopt a child. We have tried to have a child for 6 years with no success. I cannot keep this up I have way too much to lose.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have been lurking around this forum for the past couple of months and it has really helped.
I have read the posts in this forum for the 6 weeks that I have been recovering. It has helped greatly, thanks all.I feel like a winner. I see the people that I was using with as losers. I would like to show empathy but it is becoming harder to. I know they are good people with bad problems, I know addiction is a disease, but as some of us know it is a disease that is cureable. I can no longer make excuses for drug abuse Everyone has their cross to bear, not everyone is drug addicted. For the people that want to taper off the drugs taper. For me it was 3 days. For others it is a way to hold out untill they can con a docter or score on the street. The other thing I have heard alot is they cant shut down for 10 days to sober up. You have to find someone to help you. (family member, Nieghbor, friend,Church,) You have to work this out or you will just make something else your reason not to sober up. I dont mean to be harsh but I am going through an angry period right now. I also feel alive and have a desire to tell it as I see it. Good luck to all of us.
Paul
and it took me a long long time.But it is a matter of will.I wanted to be clean and fought to do just that.Thanks for
just being here for us that follow.Clean and sober 22 days!!
bmac
Don't worry my friend. Their deaths will be avenged. For each victim who died one year ago today, 1000 of the Godless desert scum will die. It is OUR way.
take them at right before dinner.
i myself have never been able to taper.
i got clean in aprial cold turkey for 15 t0 20 vikes a day
after taking that many for 6months.
i found this fourm and read about thomas's receipe.
a vitamine receipe that helped me greatly.
it took away the sever depression aqnd the totol lack
of energy.
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thr receipe
l-tyfosine 500 mgs 8 a day week 1 ,4 a day the week s after.
b6 2 a day100 mgs.
astrong multy vitamine
vitamines a- c-- and e
copper
calsium-magnisum
zinc
magneese
phosphous
-----------------------------------------------------------------banna's for restless leg
plenty of water and gatoraide for the loss of electrolites,
imodium for the runs and the shits in the 1st week,
the runs will deplete us of all our nutreints and cause
uneseary pain and suffering.
if you have xanax or valuim it would help for sleeping 1 a night
for the 1st month, then drop them
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I picked up the Big Book to remind myself that gratitude for sobriety, humility about the process and empathy for those who still suffer are the qualities that keep us sober over the long haul. That's what Bill says, anyway.
I just turned the TV to Concert for America and immediately heard Reba MacIntyre singing Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land. I cried tears of joy at the sound. I have never felt more proud to be an American than I do today. We are, more than ever, the hope of the world.
God bless America, land that I love.
Thomas
much stronger and mentally a lot better.I stopped the
Wellbutrin(anti-depressant)Sunday and began recipe.I have eaten broccilli,aparagus anything green and healthy looking.
Man I went to the grocery store and bought a lot of vegs and fish.The GNC lady was very helpful.She guided me thru all
the ingredients and I have been on the recipe since Sunday.
Already in now the 5th day the feeling of hopelessness has gone.
No more shakey no more runs no more depression.Either this
is all mental or your recipe really works either way I don't care,I feel really good.Like I said two days ago.I feel like
a hundred bucks!!23 days opiate free.Hard to believe I made it.
thanks guys,
bmac(Bill)
GWH
Anyhow, hope you are feeling a bit better today, and it's great to have you back.
As for the "baygirl" thing, is it someone you know? They said they were called RJ?
Leah
I want to say something and I hope I don't offend you. I have a lot of respect for you--your posts almost always make sense and have inspired me in the past. BUT what you said about the victims of 911 being avenged bothered me-- YOu did not say the "terrorists," but rather referred to the people who were responsible for 911 as "desert scum." The reason this bothered me is because I am 1/2 Egyptian (and 1/2 French). I was born in Alexandria, Egypt. I am very proud of my heritage and proud of my father for moving to the U.S. when I was six and giving my sisters and myself a better life. I have dealt with prejudice concerning my heritage for years. Using terms like "desert scum" doesn't refer to terrorists per se, but classifies a whole group of people based on what their ethnic background is.
I was devastated by the events of 9/11. I grew up in New York City--it is my HOME TOWN. I knew 2 people who died in the twin towers + my real estate lady's brother was on flight 93. It touched me deeply. But more than anything, I was saddened that some of the people who were responsible for these terrible acts were from the same part of the world that 1/2 of my family is from. Throughout the last year, my family has dealt with ignorance and hate crime, directed at them ONLY because of the heritage that they happened to share with these terrible "evil-doers." "DESERT SCUM" is as hurtful as the word "******" Not to mention, these terms do nothing to promote much needed peace in our ever hostile world.
I was hurt that you used this term and wanted to mention it to you. I'll probably get a whole ration of s***t from people because I have disclosed something personal that people may resent me for, but I just had to say something.
Sincerely,
Alex
Day 1---9 pills
Day 2---8
Day 3---7
Day 4---7
Day 5---6
Day 6---5
Day 7---4
Day 8---4
That is all I know until I go back