I need help with opiate withdrawal

[rocksteady]

ok heres my story. I have suffered from serious back pain caused by spinal stenosis for about 8 years. for the last 2 years, i have been taking percocet in the strength of 5/325. I usually take 4-5 over the course of a 20 hour day. my Dr. writes me a rx for 120 every month. I am at the point where i want to stop relying on painkillers, and the anxiety that comes with " what do i do if i run out early?".... does anyone know of any over the counter, or natural meds that will help with the withdrawal symptoms?? mainly its the physical aches and pains that im concerned with...stuff like aleve, and other otc pain meds never did anything for me really..and im going to be hurting enough when im off these just with the back pain alone...so any advice would be appreciate beyond comprehension...thank you.

[Seniram494]

Taking suboxone for 4 years after 4-5 years of progressively worse hydrocodone addiction was taking 300-400mg a day for my last few months using. Also benzos, eating fentanyl patches and methadone at times i couldn't find my drug of choice.  Taking suboxone at 1 half (8 mg) 3 times a day for almost 2 years cuz my doc left and new doc didn't wanna try to taper when he first started i guess... But anyway had to stop because script no longer covered and sick of asking parents for 400 bucks a month which they gladly did for almost 2 years. Did very slight taper over last week down to  1 mg a day. Today is my 4th day without anything and I have never felt more exhausted and unable to move than i have last 3 days. I keep reading that suboxone withdrawal can last 2 months can anyone please tell me thats not always true . I have a 6 month old daughter and a wife who has been with me through all of this from my first days of addiction and i cannot let them down but i really don't know if i can deal with this for that long. Just looking for some words of encouragement. I started crying when i read that post about dreaming again I had a dream last night (tylenol pm) assisted though because this insomnia thing ain't no joke.. But anyway I couldn't think of more than maybe a handful of dreams i can remember over the last 8 to 10 years.  I just desperately wanna feel normal again without taking anything even my years on suboxone i wasn't myself still very lazy.  Help!

[readyandwilling]

Try asking for a script of Gabapentin.  They prescribe it for two things: 1) for nerve pain and 2) for anxiety.  

[kbates720]

Hi Lisa, my  name is Kelly and this is the first time ive ever posted on something like this. im 24 years old and today is my  6th day clean of opiates. i have been using for 3 years very  heavily. before getting my life back on track, i need to get through these withdrawals. I went to an inpatient detox in which they started me on 30 mg methadone and tapered me down until the 6th day where i left on 5 mg. today is day 6 being from detox and i have not slept a wink. my doctor prescribed me clonidine and i have gone through the script and it did not work. i am dealing with the physical aspect by working out on a daily basis and pushing myself to the limit. but no matter what i do, i cannot sleep. i do not have access to any benzos because my doctor will not give me anything habit forming, seeing as he has seen me since the age of 14 and he knows i have the most addictive personality there is. i try to stay active all day to tire myself out but nothing is working. is there anything i can do to sleep that does not involve benzos? ive been taking the clonidine with melatonin and alteril for the past couple days. im taking way more that it says to take, but nothing makes a difference. any advice would strongly help. i dont know how much longer i can stay away from the opiates if i dont get any sleep. when is my body going to just collapse and sleep for days?

[cobyone]

i  am on day 13 off methadone anxiety is killing me nothing helps clondine .01 mg does nothing clonopin makes it worse i tried just about every anxeity medication and nothing works does anyone know what i can take for the anxiety. from rubar to xanax justmakes it worse help any sugestions

[tiredmom2009]

I have been addicted to drugs for about 20 yrs now- crack,cocaine,methadone,heroin,fetanyl,morphine,oxys,percs,u name it. I took my last dose at noon today and I'm supposed to start suboxone on Thursday. Its bn 11 hours and I am totally freaking out! Idk wtf I'm goin to do.I don't feel normal wo drugs. I can't function wo them-cant take care of my kids,work,no motivation whatsoever. I'm supposed to be put on a suboxone maintenance program thru my pain specialist but will I ever be able to feel normal again and be happy wo the use of drugs? Oh and I forgot to mention benzos too which I am still taking at this point. WTF do I do???? Plz help!
             Amy

[kopiate]

I have  chornic pelvic pain up to 6 times im a month.I am a female with endemotrious. I have horrible excruation pains that feel like someone is ripping out my girl parts!!! So I started on darvocet, that I used maybe 3 times a day only one day...Months past didnt take any and then my pains got severe after I did a egg donation for some one in a ivf procudure. The pain after i donated my eggs were so bad i went to the ground screaming in pain an found out i had scar tissue in my utirius and that is when i started the morphine and loratab 10's  120 pills a month and then i would see a diffrent doctor to get more for a back up. Because on pain management there all these crazy rules. they randomly call u to come in to take a pee test or count your pills or if u do not pay yr bill from last vist then u cant get a refill.so i did that paid my bill so o can set up another apt. Then the dr will see you and give u a script.its like an organized grug circle....thats somehow legal????well now i cant fuction or get to work unless i take a pill. i went through withdrawls for 2 days and didnt know it because i was on vacation and thought i had food poisioning. I was shakking and hurting cramps couldnt lay still and then the runns omg   ....i thought i was sick like flu. i didnt put it together till week later after i got home and tried not taking any and the first sigh of the aches and feeling my body was rejecting it self was too nuts so i took a pill and felt fine 30 min later.. well know i still work and cant take off but i need to figure a way  to kick it and also manage my pain. my pain is worse than labor contractions. my pain is so bad i cant walk i stay in bathtubs all day..im crouched over and trying to breathing.......any one out ther can relate or have suggestions? sorry 4 my spelling i just took a anbien to help me sleep instesd of 4 loratabs....i think if i can get this detox done and live normaly and then have self control and take the pain meds only when i needed it no more takin it to fall asleep and have good sex dreams........thats what i like the most and what i hate the most is getting jitters and not being able to fuction at work...can u still get withdrawls if u only take the pills once a month while my pain hurts?