PERCOCET WITHDRAWELS

[ff829]

Well to make a long story short Im a 17 year firefighter and had a L5 S1 spinal fusion in nov of 2008 and started taking percocet since the surgery.Have been on them for right at a year.I decided i was finished with this **** and decided to go cold turkey wednesday last week at 4:00 PM was my last percocet.Im day 5 with no percocets in my body and let me tell you im 38 years old and in good shape and its the worst nightmare i could ever be in,I have never felt so depressed and wanting to put my head through the wall with all of the withdrawel symptoms!!!!But I am head strong and have detoxed for 5 and half days now but I havent had any sleep at all through these past 5 days its been horrible plus working as a full time firefighter its hell on earth.My question is Im fstarting to feel out of this cloud finally but the problem is my body wont quit twitching my legs and arms spasm when I try and go to sleep everthing else is going good,I even tried to take ambien and it didnt work at all,Is this stuff still in my system you think or will thispass any help would be grateful!!!I I completed a full ironman in june of this year I will not let this beat me been through 5 days already Im not giving up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ff829]

You know the crazy thing is it wouldnt put me to sleep these past nights!Man we have guys on this **** around the station and its insane man.This drug is eviland just you feel like you lose ur freakin mind and you have to have that pill to be normal it never ends!!Thanks for your help.

[leeisgettingclean]

nothing is ever going to take the place of w/ds.....be carefull with that ambian, i took it one night and got up in the middle of the night, got ready for work and drove there, and have no memory of doing it. I come home and flused the rest of them!!

[ff829]

yea I have a bottle but didnt get really any results right now with it.I have some ambian but like you said I have to wait the course right!

[ff829]

Im going to tell her what I have been doing and see what she says,so I guess ill find out in the morning.I defently want ask her for another script for 120 pills damm!!!!Its so easy to obtain these things thats whats crazy and you always run out its a never ending cycle!!

[dominosarah]

Melatonin can be helpful for sleep too......

[leeisgettingclean]

^buy

[dominosarah]

The sleep thing can really wear on you but it does get better and you will sleep so much better.  This is all a time thing.........You have a good attitude and your 3 yr old is lucky to have you.......You are strong in both mind and body.  Thank you also for keeping your city safe.........sara

[leeisgettingclean]

well clonodine is a good med to help with w/ds, it also might help a lil with sleep, but i am not sure that its not normally use during the first few days of w/ds only. Does your doctor know what you are going through? If so you might want to ask him what he recomends. You can also look up the Thomas recipe on here and that might help. At G.N.C. you can bye some called valarian root( i think thats the right spelling) its like a natraul valium and works great for sleep and relaxation

[ff829]

Its like you dont want night time to come because you know whats coming agony and no sleep its brutal beyond anthing I have ever dealt with.

[ff829]

Thank u very much for the support sleep would have to be the last thing to come backplus I have a beautiful 3 year old that needs his daddy with a clear head not that percocet fog!!!!!!!!!!

[dominosarah]

Just ride it out.......You are almost at the end of this.  If you made it thru your shift you can do this without anything!!!

[ff829]

We work a 24 on 48 off but I was working for another firefighter so it put me working a double talk about bad timing!!!Hey I have a doctors appoinment in the morning should I get her to prescribe me anything or do you have any suggestions for me what i should do at this point!

[dominosarah]

You are doing great!!  Congrats on getting off the pills.  You are almost over the worst part of the wd's.....Keep hanging in there.  Try and munch on some bananas as they are good for RLS....warm showers are also helpful.  Sleep and energy are usually the last to come back but it does!!!!  Stay positive like you are!!          sara

[leeisgettingclean]

yeah, I think the lack of sleep is the main cause of all the other w/ds, the lack of sleep was the worse thing during the whole w/ds, and omg I feel for you having to work 48 hour shift, the only good is it was over for the week after that, right? W/ds usually only last about 5 days, after that its just a waiting game for the sleep and energy

[ff829]

THx dude I appreciate it,I hope I decent soon is that why does your skin feel like it wants to jump out and your muscles spasm like that?I didnt think I could get through my 48 hour shift this weekend it was horrible awake the entire time!

[leeisgettingclean]

it will pass, dont give up now, you are truely about there. You shou;d start sleep decent any night now