The sweats

SO, I started W/D's last Friday and wrapped up the intense part on Wednesday.  Any idea when these night time sweats will end?  I never sweat at night before this ordeal?!  I'm not soaking through towels, but I'm still quite damp when I wake....

[Robin6298]

For me, the night sweats lasted for a month, after the initial 8 days of w/d.  Everyone is different, so yours may not last that long.  I know it's an annoying and uncomfortable way to wake up, but it does go away.  Keeping your bedroom cool, (not cold) helps a little.  Others here will also offer their experience. Hang in there & congrats on getting clean :)

[gizzy32]

when i quit, i had major night sweats for 2 weeks, soaking wet, but i know we are not using the same drug, so it may be different for you totally. i hated them, but thankfully they didn't last that long.

[Flutterby111]

They suck!  Friday night I had minimal sweats so I thought I was in the clear, then last night I was wet again!  Phoooey.  But in the heat of the W/D's soaking through towels and sheets was standard....ishy.

[gizzy32]

are you having nightmares at all that you can remember? when i had them, those were the nights i was drenched the most, it was gross. sweating is good for you though, it is releasing a lot of those bad chemicals

[Flutterby111]

I can't remember last nights dreams.  My dreams haven't been tooo bad.  They have been uncomfortable dreams, but not nightmarish.  One was of an aquaintance who I know gets a good supply of pills (who I never even got any from before) was getting a prescription filled at my clinic and I was crying and freaking out to try and run away from him!-good sign I think?  Want to stay away?  But no nightmares to speak of....

[gizzy32]

crying and running away in your dream is a great sign. i had those type too, i still have them every now and then. when your subconcious mind is turning down drugs when you are sleeping, that is a great great sign. i am glad to hear you had this type of dream, it is very positive. keep on doing what you are, your doing great and the sweating is very normal.

[Flutterby111]

Thanks Gizzy....that's good to hear.  I thought it was odd that this man who never hooked me up played such a key roll in a dream.  But it probably wasn't him being to so key, it was the pills.  THE EFFIN PILLS....uuuugh.  Have a nice day-I'm off to the mall....Finally getting out into the world again after my life changing ordeal with W/D's.... l8r.  Thanks for the help and positive words!

[lupuskidkid1]

I'm interested in your post.  Before my college years were stolen by lupus, i never really remembered any dreams, but i would remember the bad ones once every month or so.  As soon as i was started on pain meds, I have had not bad dreams, but NIGHTMARES every night.  running, dodging, inescapable, near death, getting shot, you name it.  It's been that way for three long hard years.  i am almost three weeks clean, i can still remember every dream, but they are not NEARLY as horrifying.  Did you get that information from a book or text?  I've wanted to pick up a book on dreams for a while.  Thanks!

[gizzy32]

well congrats on three weeks clean, you should start feeling some changes in yourself now. i had those getting shot dreams too, but i wouldn't go down, i just kept getting hit with bullets. i looked up the meaning of those dreams in  a book, but it was my friends and i no longer have it. there is a site that has dream meanings, but i don't know how accurate it is, i still check them out though. try googling   "dream dictionary" that is where i look sometimes.