how can I control legs spasms

[newbeginningnow]

Ok, let me start by saying I have kicked this several times but I find it really hard when there is no support to stay off of them..I have been using and quit pain pills, everything from Percocet to opanas to diluadid, I have quit cold turkey, but having a husband that does them to makes it hard...I want to stop, more than anything I want to be done for good...I can handle the stomach issues I can handle the aches and pains,I can't get past the leg spasms....it's the worst part of detoxing for me...my family doesn't know I'm on pills...but I need to do this...can anyone help me? Any suggestions on how to make spasms not so bad?

[newbeginningnow]

Last night was horrible..took Advil pm and it work really good till about four am from then on I couldn't sleep felt like I was riding a bike all night...but finally took hot bath..it helped..thanks for all the advice..trying to stay strong..I did relapse but felt horrible after..I didn't do it to get high...but I'm trying my best

[newbeginningnow]

Thanks everyone I'm on day two so hopefully won't be too bad my body metabolizes did allot quicker so sickness usually only last four days...hopefully that is the case this time...

[Merri123]

Not much helps. Walking around does. Taking a hot Epson salt bath. Hanging your leg over the side and miving it. I am an expert in twitching my foot.

I have RLS bad from before pills. I take Requip (prescription) and it works. Hylands is supposed to help many. Or CALM. Take potassium and magnesium. Eat bananas. Slepp in a recliner. I sleep on the floor at times in the side that is bothering me. The hardness seems to help. Or wrapping a heating pad around the leg.

But time is what it needs. It should go away. Patience.

[Amandag78]

Hi, just a thought, but i used panadol rapid and nurofen zavance for leg spasms. I took them both together at night every 4 hours. I know their not as strong as script pills but you would be surprised. I have reumatoid arthritis in my legs and they also spasm and panadol and nurofen work. Or red krill oil which takes a few weeks to work. Lots of omega 3 will work wonders. A massager on the legs will also be amazing 20 mins twice a day. Keep the legs elevated as much as possible above the stomach to let blood flow freely. Even a foot bath massager will work. Good luck : )

[newbeginningnow]

I have torn blown disc in my back so it's hard to not want them,I have weanedfoff using tabs..several times and it worked but then my husband ******* cuz I won't go cop with him, and that makes me want them watching him, and if he wants to keep on that's his choice I have learned you can't quit for anyone out anything if you don't want to you have to quit for yourself...if you say I'll quit cuz you want me to it don't work...but I hate who I have become because of it..I used to be happy energetic, and active...I know I can do it,I just need the support behind it..and I don't have it and I need friends that know what I'm going thru not friends that do them...I feel so alone...the only way I'm able to sleep is melatonin and sometimes it don't work...but if I don't do this for me than my kid will start suffering and I'd rather die than put them through that..

[onthefence]

hi, i tried highlands (otc med for rls) and bananas, but nothing really helped me except time, and the hot baths, (for short time) I finally just gave in , stopped fighting it and layed there kicking my legs for hours in the beginning, as days went by though it subsided, everybody is different, but i think it got bearable after a week or  so.
my wife and i did it together, although she was a day behind me because i just would not share at the very end.We both were on pain contracts and she has worse pain than i probably, but IMO once it gets to a certain point in the addiction , the pills dont help, heroin , fentynal, its all the same in the end and none of it does anything accept keeps us from feeling sick with w/d or overdoses us.Hyperalgesia was a reality for us, and everything fell apart as far as financial , living situation , etc.
My wife didn't want to stop, but she followed my lead although her last script sat on the bedside table for 20 days more until one day she took me in the kitchen and we burned it together, i knew she had to make her own decision though and was happy she did.She has done the same now as we are in recovery together from everything including marijuana and alcohol after more life lessons recently.
We both live with pain , alot of it self inflicted from drunken accidents motor vehicle and otherwise., her to, she fell alot , lost motor function in recent years.I think we both have accepted the fact that we are addicts and cannot use pain meds , and have found other ways to cope with our pain both physical and emotional.
We have been together since we were 17, for 31 years and if she would not of chosen recovery i am very sad to say i would of had to explore other alternatives as it would be impossible to be around the substances, to much of a mind f*^%, because i learned long ago willpower doesn't work.
when you say "i want to be done for good" we all do but i have learned i can only be done for now, today, its when i start thinking i'm done tomorrow to that i am in trouble.Once detox is over ask for and accept help, and you will find the support we all need to live in recovery, helping others helps .