Glad to hear you were honest with him....how much were you taking everyday??
i have heard so many people talk about how good clonidine is for withdrawls...I hope the xanax works as good on you...IF not i would find another doctor..More people will get on tonight and give you advice from their own experiences with both...
God luck and keep us posted..

That is so great that you talked to your Dr. and was honest with him, that is the first step...
I was also on xanax...i was on the 1 mg. tablet, it has not helped me, but works well for others i hear...It kept me awake and made me have the RLS even worse...I hope it is better for you...
The RLS are horrible at night, i went 14 nights with NO sleep and i mean NO sleep at all, this had to have been the worse part for me. I was so tired but no matter what i tried nothing worked...I would lay down and my whole body just wanted to keep moving. about a week ago someone here recommed i try "Melatonin" an over-the-counter sleeping pill...I wish i would have got this from day one, let me tell you my friend it really helped me alot....So if you are able to get this and try it...You can get it at any drug store..and also try eating like 3 bananas or so a day, this has potasim in it and will give you a little relief...Hot baths help too. Also try laying a heating pad on your legs at night, with all that hopefully it will ease the RLS a little..

I wish you all the best, and good luck to you...

Hopeless

If there is anything else at all i can help you with, please just post me a message, i will answer it soon as i can, i am usually on here off and on all day. I quit on June 3rd so it has been 22 days for me, i was taking up to 10 percocets or hydros a day for over 4 years and had no other choice but to quit cold turkey...Hardest thing i have ever done...was doing great up until last week i slipped and took just a few, then quit again, and over the weekend i slipped again and took 6 or 7 so far since saturday....Trying hard, but just keep falling....But gonna pick myself back up again and try it once more, i will get it right sooner or later...

What were you taken? How much? How long?

Just wanna be able to give you some advice and let ya know what to expect...

Hopeless

Yea, i agree another drug to help with the "drug" problem. I've been trying to take the bare minimum myself and experiencing lots of w/d. the panic attack, totally anxious, going 2 have a heart attack 'thing' has been my biggest problem. my daughter is totally into organic health & gave me this "organic nighty night' . its a tea made by Traditional Medicinals. 1 cup (you have to cover it for 10 minutes before drinking it) really seams to calm my body. 2 cups & i actually feel sleepy. this is the way i've been getting sleep. my last dose of hydro is usually about 2:00 or 4:00 pm. also my brother is a yoga teacher. he showed me how to "think" control our breathing. 7 seconds inhaling and another 7 seconds exhaling; all the while thinking of the heart and lungs slowing down. try to relax your muscles while exhaling. this works pretty good too!
hey i figured this drug has been doing a number on our brains
why can't we?
we are smarter than a stupid little pill, right?????

I have been taking vicodin off and on for 2.5 years. For the last 9 months I have taken about 2-5 pills per day.(All at one time). I am tired of it. Constantly worrying about when and if I am going to get more. Counting them day in day out. Not being able to do things unless I have enough pills. It is controlling my life.

I broke my ankle 2.5 years ago. I went to my dr. for pain medication b/c I was working the day after it happened and it was brutal. He ended up giving me 30 Hydro with 5 refills. What the? I never abused anything before in my life. Never smoked or drank too much. This was the beginning of it. Then I noticed how much energy it gave me and how much fun I was.

Now I realize I was MUCH more fun and confident with out the pills.

My sister is an excellent nurse. When she gets back from vacation tonight I am going to ask her thoughts about the Clonidine vs. Xanax. If she thinks the Xanax is a bad idea I might have her get me a script for Clonidine.

Again, thanks for everyones support!

GOOD for you...you should be so proud of yourself..you have grabbed this before it got to late..Beleive me what you are taking is not as bad as some of us...you seem to have a good head on your shoulders..And beleive me all it will do is continue to get worst..Worrying about if you have enough to go on vacation, to go to work. etc etc..Takes over your life. you know the worst part is that when you have extreme pain, the meds they give you don't work, if you are still abusing them..That is a scary thought, and i have been there..The xanax might work for you since you are not taking more than 5 a day...If not get the clonodine..Are you in full w/d's right now???
be so so proud of yourself

Sounds like the way i was, i cancelled our vacaction to our beach house this year, cause i didn't have enough pills to take with me...I also counted them day in and day out...Isn't it so crazy how we do this? Don't have enough pills so can't go away scared we won't know how to be without them...Trust me my friend i know exactly what you are talking about, i also never took pills before in my life, nor did i drink...I was always the one they all called the "good girl" and i really was, I started and got addicted all from one evening i had a headache and a friend who was in a terrible accident and who has to be on these forever now offered me one and said it would help my head. I was scared to take it, and it actually made me sick about an hour after i took it, but from that moment on i craved them, and found myself always finding a way to get them...

I think it is just so amazing how this pill makes us so different. I also was so impressed with this site when i found it, cause i really only thought i was the only one in the world going through this. Now to see that so many others are this way, and to know that so many others had to cancel trips, ect.....because they didn't have enough pills to take with them is so amazing. These dugs are so powerful, and really take over our lives...

I am so proud of you, you want to stop this before it gets worse, and trust me it will. You are going to do GREAT, you definately got a smart head on your shoulders and are going in the right direction...

All my best to you
Hope

Hi there,
Great way to jump into the solution!   You are definitely on your way to a new life.  I think its a good idea to talk to your famly member who is a nurse about clonidine vs xanax.  I know when I took xanax I just took it at night to help me sleep and i had no trouble stopping it.  I only took 1 pill of xanax a day and once in awhile 2.

Best of all and hang in there, keep us posted okay?
tzt

Hmmm clonidine is such a light weight med that gee... maybe see another doc... I dunno.  The 7 day patches worked real well for me.  Your doc didn't think you had that bad of an addiction... 9 pills are a lot???   Oh well, if you have problems go see another doc like maybe an addiction specialist.
best
Fish