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1550654 tn?1294747554

Maybe I have hypoglycemia...

I noticed this morning that when i didnt eat, i started shaking and having anxiety...How can I tell if i am hypoglycemic?  I never had that before but there have been many times when i didnt eat and i started shaking and i got really nervous and i had to eat?  really weird?  i wonder if this is what is going on?  13 days clean from hydrocodone..WOOHOO...but i feel soooo shaky
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1550654 tn?1294747554
restless legs are soooo painful tonight for some reason....made me have some wicked crazy thoughts that i would rather forget..said some prayers for the demons in my head...inever had these crazy thoughts before...said a prayer to keep evil out of my head and home..almost took a pill but nope!  i wont do it...
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1550654 tn?1294747554
Thanks again Jade and i think ill stay away from the anxiety forum over there cause it just seems to make me MORE nervous...some of those people can plant ideas in your head and believe me I have ENOUGH IDEAS ALREADY!  But thank you anyhow..i was reading a bit the other day and i got anxious so i stopped...not really feeling better..tired...got out abit today but my back is really stiff and my neck hurts..no facial pain today??HMM weird..still got a bit of the frog in the throat and the anxiety and depression are just hanging out...hate them both...never hated anything so much...so sorry back2me and i could give you loads more for this year too but i would be here a while...try to keep pushing on as i will...love you guys..thank for all your support<3
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1198664 tn?1368647812
So here is my year, just so you know you are not alone. I lost TWO really good paying jobs, my wife and I both did, on the same days. They were very bad situations anyway but not having the income really hurts. My house was in forclosure, then we got remodded and caught up, then lost our addiction was out of control when we were working good again then it all collapsed when we detoxed, lost our jobs again and now the house is again in forclosure and we don't have jobs. My car is almost 3 months behind and it's our ONLY vehicle (can't drive my motorcycle here in the winter). Our cable and Internet is about to be shut off 2 months behind. And the only work coming in now I need the Internet to do it. Our electric is behind and our phone is due. As well as about 6 credit card I am in collections for. AND now I have to come up with like a grand to pay formy ex wife andy bankruptcy ( court ordered) and give her like 2g cash or I go to jail probably. And right now i have like $42.00 totAl. I already sold some of my stuff and I have a lot more to sell. Which will leave us with NOTHING when all of that AND he house is gone we have to find somewhere to live with 2 pitbulls who are like family to us. And trust me no one will rent to you with pit bulls. So I a few short months i am facing anhuge crysis which is making me really non motivated at a time that I need to be extra motivated. I am not trying to compare situations I know the stuff that happened to you was bad. Just showing you that you are not alone and a lot of us are in ery bad spots now for lots of different reasons. It seems like every one that decides to stop, as soon as they do life just piles on the shitz. Just once i would like to read a post titled " on my first week of detox and I just hit the lotto!" But that does not happen to us. It's like we are paying the price when we come clean. It really is bizarre. Things get so much worse and we are so tested during these times for some reason. When I was using we had jobs, our bills were mostly caught up and we had money. Now 30 days clean and look. Disaster. I know it's temporary but damn we all need to catch a break around these times not have things get worse.
So there you have it. What dosent kill us right. That's what I always say.

And yes the dreams SUCK. But they too will calm down.
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242912 tn?1660619837
No honey, stick to one thread.  This one.  I can see you're starting to focus better - good girl.  I know exactly how you're feeling.  I just came off of a drug myself and the anxiety was just like yours - just terrible and had me thinking all kinds of things that weren't true.  You are pretty much over the w/d of the opiates and are now left with anxiety.  I know how you feel.  You've had so many traumas this last year and I am impressed you decided to quit the pills during such an anxious time to begin with.

You might want to go and hang out on the Anxiety forum and read up over there.  That whole forum is full of anxiety sufferers and can give you pointers on how to cope.  Also, there's a thread going on the Smoking forum about quitting the nicotine gum.  I think you will see again, you are not alone in how your feeling.  If you need help finding the forums, just go to the very top of the page, click on Forums and find the appropriate forums from there.  
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1550654 tn?1294747554
I thought that everyday you were supposed to start a new topic...i just have so many things happening to me at the same time and i don't know what to expect...Thanks for the support guys though and there are other people that have had some pretty rough side effects like me and just so you know, this year i have been through the ringer..my daughter was diagnosed with a kidney disease(she is better now),m yDad got sick and died, my mother in law died and people were giving me and my boyfriend hell for our age difference...it has been a really bad year and i just came out from under a rock so everything is spinning..thank you all for your support though,i really appreciate it
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Ok, listen....I'm going to give you some advice here.  Hopefully it will help.  

I think that you may be thinking WAY too much.  I realize you feel bad, but you are literally coming up with some different illness to have every day.  Yesterday, you started a different thread about every hour or so. I'm not sure you realize it, but you did.  It dominates the forum, and becomes so confusing that we cannot follow you or help you.  It makes it very, very hard.  I've been a member here for a year, and I'm not sure I have ever seen anything this severe.  

Please stay on ONE thread, and let the others go!  That will make it easier to help you, and you will get a lot more support!  

Ok?
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I know...none of thought the pills would do so much negative stuff...

Emotions get all over the place during this time. Distract yourself...kind of like yesterday!!!  Come on...you're a big girl. Get a grip and you'll be fine!!  Promise!!
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1550654 tn?1294747554
Thank you Jade..i just read the post and it was amazing and its exactly how i am feeling!  I know know if that's more scary or less scary...anyhow i understand that this happens not with anxiety and the anxiety is brought on my the withdrawls so it all makes a lot of sense...gunna keep on fighting...wish me luck..today i am a mess..really bad nightmares about my Dad who just died..
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1550654 tn?1294747554
Thank you vicki but i was never depressed..i took the pain killers cause i truly was in pain and i still am but you know what..i know how bad they are for my body and i wanted to be healthy and i never abused them..my doctor told me that it was a valid injury and it was ok to take them..I nver took more than prescribed but i realied on them for pain relief..I am in a lot of pain but i know when i get better i wasn to work out and do things that i have eanted to for a long time..those pills made me depressed..made me unemotional and numb...i was a way happier person before those pills...i would have never thought they would do this to me
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1550654 tn?1294747554
Well you are truly amazing!!!I really loved your post and yeah i am a mess..i just called my mom crying hysterically and she could not understand a word ..then i went and took a hot bath and put some zen music now...You see movies all the time with people going through this but NEVER IN MY LIFE DID I THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME!  Wow, yeah im all over the map..i can't wait till one day i can come on here and say hey guys..I feel great!!!I hope i can at least feel good at the 30 week mark..thanks again honey
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Listen...you've been to the doctor and everything checked out fine!

Antidepressants do not numb you. They help a lot for some people. You should think about it.  It could be you took lortabs because you were depressed...just saying...

You'll be fine.

Try to stick to one thread okay?
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1283286 tn?1312911966
You got it...Its like walking on egg shells the first few weeks...It takes time for the mind to heal from the constant relience on a suppliment called a pain med...
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1198664 tn?1368647812
Yeah I could hardly even go to a restaurant to eat the first 3 weeks. When I did I was anxious as hell, and the SECOND I was done I had to leave. All the while eating I was getting hot flashes from being away from home I guess and it was just not good. But I did it anyway. And being in stores really freaked me out. I had to just get what I came for and no browsing around. And the entire time I was very edgy and snappy. It came off like I was being kind of mean and short with my wife I am sure of it but I never meant it like that and I told her that and she understood. One day i left her in an isle at the grocery store and she could not find me. I was running around grabbing stuff because it was
Taking too long and it felt like everyone in the store was out to get me!  And this was like at the two week mark. So you have a ways to go yet. But now I can sit and eat at about 70% of my normal self. I'm not getting the hot flashes nearly as bad and I cam go to stores without having to run out immediately. Like I said. It's still weird and  not "normal" yet, but it's better. I could work now if I had a real job to go to. Last week i could not. But yea my emotions were and still kind of are a wreck. I even left a doctors appt that was paid for me because I was going to have to wait a little bit in his lobby. I couldn't do it. But now i could. You ate still VERY early in your recovery. I know i told you that but just keep repeating it. It WILL be better in 30 days. I'm not going to come on here and beat you up, you kind of remind me of myself in how you are severly affected by this experience. There are a certain percentage of people who can bounce back quick, some bounce back at a normal rate and some like us who it just about destroys our nervous system. It's not your fault you are having such a hard time. And don't expect too much. I was doing that. Reading posts of people in day 10 who were ready to run marathons. Made me even more bummed out because I wAs not. And to make it worse I HAD been one of those people the last few times I relapsed and detoxed so I was EXPECTING to bounce back fast based on my past experience. But it didn't happen this time. This time things were WAY different. WAY worse. I don't know if it was because each time I relapsed I ended up taking more or what. Or because it was mostly oxy this time but here I am in the worse recovery I have had yet. I guess let this be my lesson.
Sorry if this reposted twice. iPhones are touchy in here.
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495284 tn?1333894042
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Health wise you are fine, now deal with your emotional issues.  Everyday there is something new and we have told you to get some therapy and you ignore us.   All the best   sara
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242912 tn?1660619837
Did you read that link I provided for you on Depersonalization/Derealization?  You have so many threads going - it's very hard to help you.  
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1550654 tn?1294747554
Thank you back to me..i went and had my sugar checked this morning and i called the doctor and they said they did extensive bloodwork and everything looks great..I guess that time really does heal all wounds but I don't have the patience for it..each day brings a new thing and my emotions are all fudged up...i am spaced out, can;t drive for a long time..want to cry and cry and i still feel foggy..cant seem to get **** done and my boyfriend does not understand why i am so irritable...did you have crazy emotions too?  I went to target just now and my boyfriend went with me and we were sort of having a little dispute on the way home and i flipped...My body is very sensitive and i hate it...I just want to be plain ole me again..I don't think AD are the answer  because they just make you numb too..i have so many emotions to deal with(Dad death, kids, house, bF)  im going nuts..i just can't keep trying to deal with all this on pills..they do not solve anything as we can see here..they just numb you..i hope to feel lgood soon..thanks back 2 me for understanding...I feel like a PMS ***** from hell 24/7
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1198664 tn?1368647812
You should see a doctor BUT I'll tell you what mine told me. He said from all the opioids suppressing my body's system (hormones, sugar levels ect) he said they would all be out of whack for a while now that I am off of them. For me when I ate I would almost into a sugar coma whatever I ate. It was pretty bad. Made me not even want to eat. But it's getting a lot better than it was a few weeks ago. He said would take a good 90 or so before my body was better and things were regulated. Everyones body's are different. You seem to have a very sensitive system. I do as well. WD for me are not just doing 7-10 day and then just feeling wonderful. Some people can do that and some cannot. I cannot. My system is still jacked up after 30 days. It's better but not normal yet. All of these things you are feeling are expected. By all means see a doc if you are really unsure but I my experience which sounds a lot like yours, TIME has made it better. Time and understanding that I  not just going to bounce right back. And I have to be ok with that. Push through and give it 90. That's what I'm going for.
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Go to the doctor today!  You really do need to get professional help with this!
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271792 tn?1334979657
Go to the doctor like you have been told the last 5 days. No one on here can diagnose Hypoglycemia. And it has nothing to do with substance abuse.
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