Opiate withdrawals

[avik7]

okay so i found this forum today and it seems like there is a great support system here.im 23 and happily married but there is just one problem  I started opiates (tabs)  well almost every kind really at the age of 14. It didnt really become a problem until about a year or 2 ago when I had a surgery. I got prescribed to tabs for back pain. I found a friend that was getting 180 tabs every 2 weeks. so i always had a back up. My husband and I have to quit bc I might be pregnant. We were taking up to six 10mg tabs a day. We found a friend that started using suboxone for wd. So we started doing that and it helped enormously. I felt i was getting dependent on that.  we tappered down to just 1/4 a day for 8 days. we now have been clean going on our 3rd day today. I have a positve outlook on quiting bc of the possibility of pregnancy, but im not sure what remedies I can do bc of it.  nights are really the worse, i think bc we usually popped the pills around 6pm when my husband got off work. so we start thinking about a lot by that time. Today is our 3rd day of being clean. Is there anything I can do? I would rather not go to a dr. Please help!

[D30]

First welcome to the forum,

There is nothing but a good diet and some exercise (don't over do it) and time will end this. It will end. I am not much on taking other drugs to get off drugs. I guess some do and they will chime in, but I can guarantee Methadone will not be suggested from this place.

[avik7]

yeah im dont believe in taking other drugs to get off drugs. the suboxone was an attempt. im done with it. i have got to quit. i feel good about it. i just hope that keeps up

[avisg]

I am glad that you are off the suboxone its not safe durning pregnancy doctors switch mothers to be over to subutex .Give it a week and I bet you will be feeling much better and pretty soon you will have a wonderful new life in your family.

[avik7]

thanks for the support. i need it! i know i can do this!

[dominosarah]

Yes you can do this.  You will feel better soon and it really does get better.  Exercise and vitamins really help and it sounds like you may be getting some prenatal vitamins soon!!!!!!  Keep posting and stay strong                sara

[avik7]

ive already started to take womens one a day about a week or two ago! so we will see

[wannabefree330]

If you think you may be pregnant, get some prenatal vitamins and use those.  I would consider the 6pm time a trigger for both of you.  You both identifty it as a time you get high.  See if there is something else you can both do together at that time every day.  Alot of our addiction is behavior related, so training your mind to look fwd to a new behavior may help.  You both should be very proud of your decision and how far you've come already!  That is really fantastic!  keep it up and keep us posted

[FriaryGrad]

You can do this and you definitely should do it, so don't give up. You might find it very helpful to go to either NA or AA, if you have questions.  If you go to a couple of meetings you will meet people who have been in the situation that you're in, and they will be a huge support for you.  Go to a "closed" meeting where everyone at the meeting, simply by attending a closed meeting, is admitting they think they may have a problem (or that they definitely do have a problem with addiction).  Open meetings may have people who don't have problems like we do, but who have been "sentenced" by a judge to attend a l2 step meeting once a week. In a closed meeting, you can look around and know you're in the company of people who relate to you in every way. Good luck and stay in touch.....

[extrmeski]

Stay with it.. please if you think that you are pregnant you will be so glad you did.  Once you get into your second trimester getting off of opiates can be dangerous for the baby.  In addition you don't want to have a baby addicted to opiates that is just terrible.  You would be making a poor innocent baby have to endure withdrawls the first thing coming into this world.  You are doing the right thing!