15 days off vicodin. feel awful! help!

Hi, i quite taking vicodin 15 days ago.  i feel terrible.

i have NO desire to take them again and feel really strong about this.  i nver want to feel like this EVER again .  i know i can do this, because i AM doing it.  i just wantto know what to be prepared for as far as how long i will feel so uncomfortable.


at first i did not feel too bad.   a week into being clean the withdrawal symtoms (symptoms) hit me lick a wall.
i feel awful now.  symtoms (symptoms) are:
anxiety- soooooo bad.  cold sweats, super restelss, can't sleep, panic attacks,  chills, hot cold, ancy body and just a fear of public in general, it is really hard to interact right now..  basically i am crawling in my skin.  have you ever licked a 9 volt battery when you were a kid?  my whole body feel like that!

i was taking vicodin for 4 1/2 years.  i took be tween  (3 and 4) 7.5mg vicodins a day.  the last month i got down to just one a day, the last week i was only takimg one a day, then i just stopped.

i have been forcing myself to walk 2 times a day, taking so many hot showers, eating well and drinking water.

there have been a few days when i have taken a 1/2 of xzanax, and some nights i have taken a 1/2 of ambian.  the ambian kind of helps sleep but i still toss and turn all night and up at at 5:am

how long will these symtoms (symptoms) last??????????   are there different phases.  when will the initial physical part be gone???

good luck to everybody on this forum.

[tzt2lady]

Im on day 23 and still not myself yet.    Last time it took about 2 months.   Hang in there, it took us a long time to get this way and will take awhile to heal.

[losfeliz1970]

thanks for replyig to my post.  i am new here.

i know.... i don't expect to feel wonderful tomorrow....but do you feel a little better every day at least ?  have your physical symptoms tapered down at least or do you feel the same today that your felt durring your first week of withdrawls?    would you mine sharing with me how much your dose was?

[tzt2lady]

I had surgery and in three weeks I took 180 norcos, 60 percs, 12 demerol.   I had been clean for awhile before the surgery, maybe six weeks.   Before that I was on ten to fifteen norcos and around four or five somas a day.

I feel much better than when in withdrawals.    I am able to work, socialize, etc.    I just feel so tired a lot of the time.  But unable to sleep well.   I have good days and not so good days.  Its just a matter of time and I am strong in knowing I dont ever want to use the pills again.  Welcome to the forum, I look forward to your posts.
tzt

[serenitysaves]

hang in there.  It's harder to get clean than it is to stay clean so continue to great work your doing!!!  Are you involed in any  meetings in your area?  They help me out a lot.
good luck, and take care Robin

[losfeliz1970]

i am hanging.  i have no cravings to tale a pill.  the only craving i have is for time to pass because i know i will feel better as time passes.  i have not been to any meetings.  my fear of them is i do not want this to become my identity.

[road2recovery]

I am so sorry you are still feeling that bad...Glad you are still toughing it out..Everyone is different and i can't beleive just taking 3 to 4 a day you feel like this...
Maybe you can post to fladdict for some amino acids..maybe your body is lacking something and maybe she can help you..
Do you have support at home?
god bless you and keep up the fight?
R2R