day 7 after somewhat of a thomas recipe

I am on day 7 after quitting oxy and hydrocodone cold turkey and using a thomas recipe hybrid based on what i could find at the healthfood store and some klonopin i had. like the rest of you who have quit a few times i found this thomas recipe combined with 5 days off work made wd much less horrific than in the past. do not get me wrong, i am not about to trade my vic habit for klonopin, but i found taking 2 klonopin every 8 hours and it seemed a godsend combined with the health food store stuff. i went from taking 13 vics or oxys a day for 2 years to zero with thomas. on day 5 and 6 i really started to get my drive and soul back. even the worst days were just kind of drag-a** and lethargic. i simply felt nothing emotionally except the blues which would come and go; it always comes and goes in the worst days, days 3-4 for me. i also wanted to do NOTHING. i couldn't  lay still and when i would get up all i wanted to do was lay back down. i first tried going to my doctor but all she did was take my co-pay and told me to call the number on the back of my insurance card to find a clinic. i was down to 4 vics in the pill bottle at this time so lets just say it was a waste of time and i was getting scared. I quit though and so can all of you out there who want to. you will feel better for doing it, i feel better today than i have in a long time. couldn't even sleep thru nite without getting up at 2 am to pop a vic when i was at my worst. i owe much to my wife for her strength thru this.  

[retiredrn]

How wonderful for you and your wife, congratulations!

[desertgirl]

thanks so much for posting, it means alot to all of us who are dealing with the same thing as you. I do have a question? Did you get RLS and were/are you able to sleep? thanks.

[findhappiness]

sorry it took so long to answer your question about the RLS. this time when i quit opiates i had hyland's leg cramps for RLS. without this my brain and body just want to lie down and sleep while my legs think they are riding the "tour de france" all night.