home detox

[gorman]

this is it i'm going to go cold turkey. i'm very scared.If anyone has any tips or ideas please post them. My last pill was lastnight, march 17. I got saome valium and Imodium. I got off of work and my beutiful wife will watch my 2 kids and i'm going to hide in the back bedroom.
Is there anything alse  that can help me?
  I'm just going to lye in bed and try to suck it up. If you can give me any information or tips please do. I'll keep checking this forum. What have other people done to get through this. Wish me luck.

[toxictome]

How do you know NA/AA is not for you if you have never tried it? At those meetings you will learn the tools of how to stay clean and sober. You will learn how to live your life in a different way. You will also meet new friends who have the same interests at heart....which is staying clean. I think this forum is great...but i don't think it is enough....i don't wan tto go thru this again...i will do anything to stay clean...well ok...almost anything!!  heehee  Just my opinion!!  GOOD LUCK!!

[gorman]

i dont know about those kind groups, there not for me. But I will keep posting on this site.
thanx

[worried878]

U need to search around for an NA group or AA group that u fit in with in your area for aftercare...I landed in an AA group as that is where I felt at home...u may have to visit a few..I did...the forum is great aftercare as well

[road2recovery]

no problem,  just keep going and things will improve...also there is a list about cravings, check it out, it helps so much!!
good luck to you!!!

[gorman]

thanks r2r

[road2recovery]

So glad u are done with those w/d symtoms....now, you have to really think of and after care program...i see a consouler and she is and addict in recovery for many yrs...it helps me so much....next this forum is my safe haven...
pretty soon the w/d's that you remember will go away, and you might say to your self that wasn' so bad....mind playing tricks on you...As more time goes that part gets worst, and we forget how horrific the detoxing was.....maybe like a women having a baby, and forgets all the pain only to have one to 10 more...lol but at least with that you come home with a prize....There is no prize in this one...The prize is to fight for your clean life back.....
Whatever it takes you have to do...it has been almost 7 months for me, and it was or is not easy....but when i think about the money i have spent, the time i have wasted, the counting etc......My craving goes away quick...Or just looking at my children and their innocent smiles, and i could of spent all that money on them or in a saving account for them...U have to keep fighing.....the energy will take a while., because remember we took them mostly because it gave us energy , but it was false energy....So i probably won't be able to do the yard, house, and cook , take care of everything in one day...But for me that is ok, it took me a while to realize my family doesn't care about all that..
Another thing is i get many compliements on how i look lately..Some ask if i changed makeup?  if they only knew...there is no doubt staying on these things for many more years would of made me look 3 times older, and not counting how much more i smoked cigs......
When u need to vent, srcrem, cry, come here , we will be waiting...
good luck to you
r2r

[flmagi]

Yes, now the cravings start. You got thru the withdrawels and now the work starts. This is where support is needed and a plan. You must start to recognise triggers and avoid them if possible or learn to deal with them. I beleive their is a very good post in the health pages about cravings.
The energy may be slow to come back. Eat healthy, get exercise, take your vitamins and amino acids (health pages too).
Remember, just because you're done with withdrawels, does not mean your cured, finished and all better. This is a decease that takes time to heal from. The battle has just begone. This is where you must be strong and seek out support.
Good luck, be strong and keep posting.

[worried878]

The forum is great...just sign on when u crave...we will make u feel so bad u will not cave  LOL...there is also a list of craving interventions that cathy posted...it is in the health pages to the right

[gorman]

im on day 6 with no drugs and i think CT was the only way to do it. Using something else just prolonged it. the WDs are GONE. But i'm tired. I could not have done it without my wife. She ran the house , and cverd me at work. and took care of my kids.
CT works, just take the thomson recipe and coutn down the days, 4 and 5 were bad, but i did it
i do   still have cravings can someone help me with that?
and i need energy. day 6 and i have the bluhhhhhs.
this forum really works. thanks everybody i'll still be posting.

[worried878]

I think he is already weaned down and clean for 6 days...right?  That is wonderful...sometimes it is best to seize the moment when u are really sick/tired and fed up with using and quit...narcotics dont always need to be tapered...benzos do for sure...and trmadol as well.....congrats gormon!

[Indianalady]

Pleaseeeeeeee don't go cold turkey!! I have read up on this stuff and even my Dr.and Pharmacist told me doing so can cause heart attack, stroke and even death!
I'm going thru withdrawls from mscotin (morphine) been on it for 14 months due to rectal cancer. My Dr. is a VERY SMART man, he took 4 yrs of internal medicine even after he got his doctorate degree and he knows what these meds can do.
I was on dilaudid 2mg every two hrs IV Piclined , and morphine 100mg every 8 hrs. I quit the dilaudid almost immediately after coming home from the hospital ( 5weeks total) and am now on 60mg of morphine. Starting tomorrow 3/24/08 he is going to cut me down...60mg in morning and 3- 15's (45mg) at night. I know I'm going to withdrawl from the lower dosage and its not going to be pretty, but its going to take a strong mind, will, to get thru it, but cold turkey is more harmful then anything you can do. Try to get your dr. or someone that can wean you down!
Thanks for listening!!!
Indianalady

[Oxykicker]

Stick at it bud, those restless legs will settle down, I had it real bad, arms too, excersise I found was the best for me, and the hot baths, it will go away, be patient, it's bloody hard I know, but the end result is far better than you can imagine, just keep an eye open for the mental side of things, lots of strange emotions, anger being just one of them, your brain is crying out for the drug, it aint your fault, hang in there and please keep posting.

[newmanagment]

glad your feeeling good, and good luck with the bank account!! also, ya are gonna experience some good and bad hours, the ups n downs. it is normal for ya to feel real good, then real bad the next hour. just the nature of the beast. but you have come thru the hard part.. 2moro is time to check into some after care. getting clean is the easy part, staying clean for the long haul will be the true test. NA is a wonderfull aftercare, or some use this forum daily for awhile to get past the cravings and triggers... i do both...ne way, glad your feeling good, enjoy the rest of this easter day with your family...much love

[gorman]

day 6 i woke up feeling reallygood, i think i did it.sooooooooo much thanks to every one. Now I need to start getting my bank account back up. YES

[The_Sandman]

I can share my experience getting off pain killers:

The weening off the drug is hard indeed. BUT NOONE told me (hinted at yes) what I could expect over the long term.....the MENTAL and EMOTIONAL impact for me was the worse.

I find that the depression (especially for those like me who have never really experienced depression before) can be the most devistating consequence.PHYSICALLY it was hard. MENTALLY, it was almost impossible.

I think if I had been more prepared to deal with the mental aspects of quitting, I would probably not have some "false starts" and have to go thru withdraw a few times in my efforts to quit.

I still slip up (not going full bore back into) every once in a while.....BUT I WILL SAY that the memory of depression and associated side effects of quitting back then has actually kept me from going back.

I would love to say that I did it with strength of will or sheer mind-over-matter....but the truth is that it took the FEAR of not wanting to go thru the EMOTIONAL results of addiction and less about the PHYSICAL aspects of the ordeal.

Gird yourself. Make sure you REMEBER HOW YOUR FEELING for reference later.....hopefully it will help you STAY clean.

The physical part will pass soon enough. To stay off you need to master yourself mentally. You have to WANT IT.

Good luck.

Will pray for you.

Sandman.

[toxictome]

Well...once i get going i am ok...if i dont' have to do something for my kids or something... i don't even leave the house...maybe it's a lil depression making me unmotivated...

everyone is different..i do things,but just don't have the zest for it yet like i uesd to...it is getting  better slowly..(hey...maybe I'm just lazy...the pills have prol' rewired my brain....yIKES!)...this can take weeks to months to COMPLETELY return to normal....there is no way to rush it...

you will do fine...just take it "one day at a time"

[gorman]

8 weeks and still no motivation. I can't wait that long , i have 2 kids a wife and 5 properties to maintain. I do property maintenance. this winter was bad ,no heat ,frozen pipes the whole 9 yards.

[toxictome]

Maybe you're ready for a walk today....get your snowshoes on!!  I got that snow too! 8"
No motivation and lack of energy lasted a long time for me....i have 8 weeks...the energy is pretty good now, but the lack of motivation is still here... :(

GOOD LUCK...keep your eye on the prize!!!

[Shotrock]

I know it might sound crazy, but get outside in the cold it really helped me. Shovel a little bit or just go for a walk. Good Luck you've got this thing beat, your about to turn the corner.  Day 15 Shot Rock.

[road2recovery]

things should be getting better....i am so sorry you are still suffering...like you the RLS was terrible for me too...Also i did lose my temper , and had to apologize to my kids...they did not deserve me to be angry at the little things they did....but just keep going, things will get better each day...
praying for you
r2r

[gorman]

terri im on day 5, i have RLS and the jitters. day 3 and 4 were bad 5is bad to. i'm just getting tired of this. I lost my temper this morning and feel bad about it, i started trowing stuf and swaering. god this better end soon. it frickn suck big time

[Terri65]

gorman...I am on day 3 too!   I took my vitamins this morning...I feel ok...I have those awful shivers too.  I am here with you :)  WE CAN DO THIS!

[gorman]

thanks everybody, i'm on day 3. i feel better already. been drinking lots of water and tylenol.and the thompson recipe. It seems to help, but the quivers are killing me. backach also. Nooooooooo motivation i hope that goes away i got lots of **** to do..
we got 6 inches of snow and i'm supost to be plowing but there is no way I can do that. This winter sucks.

[mr.lucky66]

I had many other bad symtoms like stomach, and nerves etc. I've seen the RLS thing with heroin legs uncontrolably shaking. My worst was a killer backache and sweats from methadone. It the your real pic traycee?