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Anxiety

Does this anxiety ever go away?? I hate waking up every morning, just shaking inside my body. I wake up every 30 min from 4am to 6:30 and I'm out of breath and have to come myself with deep breaths and tell myself to go back to sleep for a few more minutes. This is crazy, I'm day 13 today....just wanna feel normal again, this *****. I know I've come a long way from 13 days ago, but it's frustrating, i'm still in cold sweats at night for the past few days and this anxiety is killing me....
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Hey Crys833 - Know what your saying. Been 26 years in the crapper with drugs and booze, I am still wondering what "normal" is, it's only day 14 for me. I do know one thing: I'm way, way better than I was 14 days ago. Keep fighting the good fight, you know all the reasons why, I just read them. I know I'm never going to have that feeling again but am prepared for "normal". It will find you, don't worry and you will look back at these days and say Now WTF was I thinking back then? lol

Keep with the music, I spend hours everyday listening too. Crying also, which is not me in the least, but hey, what you gonna do? Go with it. Anything has to be better than being chained to a pill bottle. :-)

I was a snorter too, don't know if that means anything, but I know my nose is happy these days. ;-)

Stay tough.

Gary
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Ugh! The dreaded short of breath feeling! To me that was the worst! Mine seemed to lessen around 2 to 3 week mark. I had the sweats on and off (mostly on) at night for 40 or so days. It does go away I promise. Just be patient and keep breathing in and out slowly. That was just about all that would help me get past it. I just wanted to reassure you that those feeling DO pass and eventually just disappear altogether. Good luck, you're almost done with that!!
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Hey there. I am 24 hours out from fentanyl withdrawl. I feel you. Keep posting I am here and I know what you feel. I do too.
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Hi cry I feel your pain I had a weird night I woke up around 3am and had all kinds of weird bad thoughts in my head then this morning I just feel stressed and nervous it just feels like a never ending thing I can't wait to feel normal too I truly hope that comes for both of us soon enjoy
Your time at your friends it's nice to get out
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My anxiety really peaked around two weeks but it did eventually go away.  Exercise helps.  You are doing great!  Have a great time with your friend :)
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going over to friends for coffee soon, need to get out of this house!
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Thanks everyone...I don't know I think i was having that "pink cloud" effect at the end of last week, and now I'm just down. i just wasn't expecting to feel like this still. It's pretty much just in the morning now I feel anxious, it levels off through out the day, i 've been doing house work with music and stuff. It does help, thanks for the advice. Can't wait to feel normal again:)
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