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withdrawal help please going crazy

Hi, I stopped taking my dose of 30 to 50 percocet on friday the 28th of march. Saturday I thought I was going to die. I thought they only lasted 10 days? I am on day 11 and still have a heart rate of almost a 100 beats a min. I still only sleep about 2 to 3 hours a night? Still feel wired, nervous, and sweat like this oily residue that you can barely get off in the shower with ultra scrubbing. I also read that they can not last more than 14days? Is that really true. I went trough vicodin withdrawal along time ago and remember on the 14th day I felt anxious but most of the yuckyness was gone. I did this cold turkey and I do not recommend unless you are a very strong individual it is very difficult to be awake for more than 3 days straight without losing your mind?
All I really want to know if there is anyone out there that took lots of percocets and went through more than 14 days of withdrawals, I have been doing this with my boyfriend he is clean and it is killing him to watch me cry and not sleep, plzzzzz someone tell me HOW MUCH LONGER?????? i WAS ADDICTED FOR LIKE 3 TO 5 YEARS??? NEED SOME ANSWERS THANKS
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372416 tn?1242665752
Oh sweetie, I know.  I felt like mine lasted forever too.  The no sleep was the worst because you're a zombie the next day, so then you get depressed and just walk in circles and can't remember what you were doing just 5 minutes ago.

I forced myself (once I felt safe to drive) to get away and go where ever for a weekend or 3 days or so.  That took my mind off of my home where I used my bad habit.

I took a lot of pills (20 to 30 a day) for six years.  It's very hard starting life over.  It's a rebirth.  I changed a lot in my life since then.  I had to in order to stay clean.

May I suggest that you focus mostly on yourself, your health, and your happiness.  I'm sure your man is sufferig with your pain.  WORSHIP him for that.  He'll soon see a new you.  He will probably tell you that when it happens.  And you know what?  Sometimes you don't realize when it happens.

I know you're asking WHEN.  We all did the same thing, and we're all different.  Your day is coming, and you're not too far away.  Just beware of the depression.

Love to U.
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217599 tn?1202850952
another natural help for sleep is kava kava.  you have to get it at a health food store. take hot baths with lavender oil, drink chamomile tea, and take the kava.  it should relax you.  i had horrible jumpiness with over the counter sleep aids too.  if you can get some ambien cr, a prescription sleep aid, just for a few days, it helped me a lot.  i understand what you are going through, as i was wd'ing from methadone, the most difficult of all, and it was 21 days before i got more than 2 hrs sleep in 24 hrs.  many nights it was no sleep at all.  you are almost there.  you were taking a really high dose, so it may take a little longer than lower doses, but not nearly as long as with "done.

Lucy
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438868 tn?1207700684
I also take melantonin. I am no longer in wd but I am having a tough time with sleep still. It really helps me.
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182493 tn?1348052915
Add some L-theanine to the Melatonin its also natural.. it was like natural valium for me.
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My heart rate averages from 100 to 128 during this process.
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i am on day ten of withdrawals from Morphine an I still feel like sh tand am waiting also to feel better. t is normal and usually starts to subside and I feel a lil beter after two weeks so it is normal as in we used alot and takes a lil longer than resonable users. Hang in there, Michael
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hasnt worked very well for me. makes me groggy and then wired even worse....thanks for telling me it will only be a couple of days i really needed to hear that right now!!!!!
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been there I was a switcher for years, you know morphine, oxy, fentanyl patches, percs, vics what ever the marked would bear. The patches are very intense I cannot imagine coming straight off those? You have been clean for 3 weeks and still have the creepy crawls i feel for you man! I am there everyday too. It is a lonely and annoying feeling. I am home bound lost my license from a duii like 2 1/2 years ago only like 10 months and
I get my license back. I was so house bound that pills are the only time i felt sane from not being able to go anywhere......thnaks for your support and let me know when everything stops for you I am very curious to know???
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thanks man I really needed to hear that I am so sick of this. It just feels so wrong and I am tired all the time. I want to back to my old self more than anything.....thanks for the support
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Ya I tried over the counter sleep meds and melotonin for a couple of days and that was the only thing I used with the cold turkey they made me really groggy for lke a half an hour then my heart would pound twice as hard for like 6 more hours. It has been hell. I think my body is just rejecting every damn pill that I try to put in it...;I am scared to take advil now
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460948 tn?1232302122
Melatonin was a big help to me for sleep!! It's all natural and you can buy it at Walmart, Walgreens, or CVS. Give that a try and you should be feeling much better within the next 2 days!!
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is there a spa or ymca that you can go to and get in hottub.. I have been getting in one 104 degrees and its helped me a lot.. I am 3weeks out but it was Duragesic patch.. I just have the crawly skin.. LIKE YUCK  this has been making me nuts..
I hope you feel better soon.. Percosets always give a high I am sure that is why they are hard to come off..Hang in there you will turn the corner any day and you will never want to look back.. You will be free forever...
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Omg....you poor thing.  I can't believe your still still having such bad symptoms ...except for the sleep.  Have you tried melatonin?  only the sublingual kind from GNC or any health food store.  Lord, I hope you get relief soon.  You are one tough cookie!!  Get some melatonin or tylenol Pm and get some sleep.......it might make a world of difference........God Bless,

nauty...........
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Do you mean 30 to 50 mg. or 30 to 50 pills?  If it is mg., that isn't (relatively) much, but a 30 pill habit may make w/d pretty bad, I would think.  
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348629 tn?1212325673
yeah acaully day 11 i felt like junk then the 12th day i felt normal its weird you could wake up tomroowo and feel awsome its different with everyone
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thanks for telling me i almost there I really needed to hear that. It is hard to go that long when you know that you are 1 pill away from feeling better and going back. I cut off all my connections and have been staying home bound, it is hard and lonely and day time tv sucks. I have all this energy in my mind but my body does not want to respond i guess no sleep does not help. Do you know if this will last more than 14 days god I hope not
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thanks for your support this is the first time I have told anyone besides my live in boyfriend he is older and treats me like a princess I should be happy but I am scared everyday. I just want to sleep without any pills of any kind. I just wrote you too
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Sounds to me like your almost out of the woods. Just hang in there and you will feel better. Each day things will get better and before you know it you will be sleeping and doing everything like normal. I give you alot of credit for coming this far. Stay strong.

Good luck,

Dove
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467604 tn?1214938733
hello...i was on percocet and vicodin for over a year my vicodin was 7.5/750 and i quit cold turkey also and i am on day 8 and i feel ok..i have a little bit of jitters and leg pain and i want the pills but you can do this...
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