Hang in there man. Your almost there. Have you checked out the thomas recipe and the amino acids. (lower right corner). The Amino Acids have helped me a great deal. Were you crushing the pills and shooting or were you shooting a liquid form?
you are guna be ok...tues will come and you'll feel crappy but work might do some good...day 12 or 13 here ..heavy oxycontin user....man i was counting seconds for a while.....i've taken lots of dilaudid..one day i took 24 4 mg tabs....i was high but still wanted more....anyway...i did the cold turkey...hard to do stuff to pre-ocupy cuz ya can barelly move....i'm ok .....hang in there,,,you want it...do it.....keep postina nd reading...i did and it helped large,,,,gl
I used dilaudid that was intended for IV injection. It was the real deal! I have looked at the Thomas recipe and am takeing a 6 pill multi-pack of vit daily.I started on them 2 days prior to my CT detox. Man I cant wait to not hurt all over, or not @#$% all over, This forum has helped me more than you know. Thanks OlyAddict
Welcome to the forum.
You should be rounding the corner here soon. The mental part seems to linger longer. I am not working so i lucked out there...and i tapered off vics.
Keep your mind occupied...it helps so much to stay busy. I can't tell you how it will be returning to work....everyone reacts a little different.
I found exercise also helped tremendously!!!
Good luck and keep posting!
I feel for you and hope you are able to come off the dilaudid. I know how you feel. I was in hospital for two weeks with back pain and there was nothing like dilaudid for me. Came out of hospital two years ago and now am on enormous doses of oral dilaudid for back pain plus high doses of the fentanyl patch. It just takes more and more and more for relief...it never has a ceiling. I was back in the hospital recently and 2mg IV dilaudud did nothing for me at all. The Dr's were all afraid they would kill me if they gave more, so I suffered. I want to come off it some day, problem being I am still in enormous pain, so I have been surfing the boards to see how others did. I remember one nurse at the hospital who gave me the saline flush only to leave the room quickly. I shouted at her to return with my meds. She played dumb, like she had forgotten, but I could tell that she hadn't given them to me. It is a dangerous game to be playing, sooner or later if you don't overcome, a patient like me might just notice that they didn't get their dose or worse. I know it will be hard. I wish you all the luck and blessings in the world. Let me know how it goes for you!
By the way, a pain center doc who wanted me off dilaudid tried to put me on a catapress patch. Might be worth checking into. Supposedly it helps kill the withdrawls. I never did wind up taking it, long story, but anyway...
thanks for your kind words, it really helps to talk. In a few more hours i will have made it through 5 full days. I have to admitt this journey has been the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I would like to point out for what is worth I have never withheld medications from a patient. I just had a hard time flushing 50-100mg of dilaudid down the drain after discharge. I hope today some of the cobb webs in my head clear. I feel like i'm in a haze. My mucles are so week and I have a pain in my right shoulder that is like no other. But I'm going to make it there is no way I would start this over. Thanks OlyAddict
Glad your here and congrats on 5 days,get a heating pad and take lots of hot baths.And I know it seems silly but advil(or similar)really helps but I have a felling you know this.Stay away from sress ,huge trigger(not even the phone) and like your doing keep reading and posting you have found a home that will get ya thru this and beyond.Glad its your own choise and that your job was not jepordized yet.So hang in