Two nights ago...

Okay, I think that I am finally thru the worst of it.  Thank-God!!!  I took my last pill at 4:15pm on Sunday the 20th.  Monday was great.  I felt absolutely fine all day.  Monday night was okay.  I had a hard time relaxing enough to be able to fall asleep, but I did sleep thru the night.  Tuesday during the day was not so good.  I felt achy all over, I was anxious, uneasy, sad, and nauseous.  I went to sleep around 10:30 on Tuesday night and woke up at 12:30am to THE WORST muscle pain that I have ever experienced in my entire life.  It wasn't exactly pain, per se.  It was more like the nerves in my muscles were being fired off something terrible.  It was like RLS, but it just wasn't my legs, it was my entire body.  If I layed still, my muscles hurt so bad and I thought that I was going to go insane.  I literally rolled around in bed, moving every part of my body.  I would shake my legs very rapidly, and that did give me some relief for a few moments at a time.  I wanted to take another vike so bad!!!  I layed there thinking, how in the world do people who are addicted to even stronger drugs ever go thru this???  I really understood why people who are going thru w/d end up just committing suicide sometimes.  It was the closest I ever came to wanting to really just end my life at that moment.  All of a sudden, I remembered the script of muscle relaxants that I had.  They were very strong and made me fall asleep almost immediately.  Also, they are non-addictive.  So, I woke my hubby up and literally started screaming at him to find me the muscle relaxants immediately.  The pills were kept on his bookshelf, next to the bed.  He was half asleep and couldn't find them right away....which made me go even more crazy and yell at him even more to hurry up and find them!!!  He found them and gave me one.  Still...no relief a half hour later.  So, I took another one (you can take up to 3) along with a melatonin pill (melatonin pills are a natural sleep aid) and within a half hour the muscle aches stopped and I was sound asleep.  I took the day off yeserday, took another muscle relaxant in the afternoon, and slept thru the worst of the w/d's.  I asked my hubby last night, "are you sure that my body was going thru w/d from vikes even though I was sleeping?"  He laughed.  I wanted to make sure that sleeping didn't prevent my body from w/ding from vikes.  Last night was okay.  I didn't have to take any muscle relaxants last night.  I just took 2 tylenol pm's and I was fine.  I am at work today.  I feel like I don't have any energy, but other than that, I feel okay.  Today at 4:15pm will be four days off of Vikes.  I think that I am about thru the worst of it.  I am going to make it!!!  Praise the Lord!!!  

[wgmbg4141]

Oh, I had wanted to ask, did any of you experience that terrible muscle pain/ache thing while going thru w/d?  To the point that you were pretty sure that you were going insane?

[CadillacJack]

Yeah, that's pretty common, I far as I know. I'm sure that you are through the worst part, but don't be too upset if some of the symptoms drag on awhile I'm starting day 11, and I've had the nerve/muscle thing off and on all the way. Last night and this morning have been OK thus far. I was strung out for many years, and I think the longer under the influence, the longer to get sober. You'll do just fine.

[puranx]

yup...still do and im on day 11...thats what 120mg of oc will do to ya though even short term lol...I sleep like 4-6 hours...crippling anxiety on off, stomachs mangled..but day 11 today and it gets easier and better every day....got my ups and downs but couldnt care less about a pill to be honest. Glad your feeling ok.