27 days off Norco and I fell like I am never going to get better

[hadenough123]

It's veen 27 days since I stopped the Norcp and I am so sown I feel I;ll never get back up. Still shaky as hell, legs and lower stomavh tingling and some pain. God does this ever stop? I don't know how much more of this I can take. This depression is hoorible i don;t want to do anmything and when I sleepo i wake up feeling panicky. i took two 10mg prozac today didn't want too becuae there goes my sex life again. However this depression is scaring me. What's going on? I have valinm but they don't do much and afraid to take more than prescribed. have clondine whcih does about nothing. help I am sinking!

[gnarly_1]

HI I also went thew the energy crash and the depression when I first came off the narcotics
I had a ruff withdrawal and post withdrawal because I was on methadone for pain management it takes a wile to start to feel better 30 days was better the weeks 1 and 2 60 days was better then 30 and by 90 days things started to turn around a bit...I still had a way to go but it has progressively gotten better now im back to where life is beautiful again...try not to get discouraged this may take more time then you like but you will start to feel better sooner or later just hang in there....AFTERCARE is a must...most N/A or A/A meetings are not based on religion if there not a good fit for you try a substance abuse conslor but get something in place it will help you dig out of the depression your in and give you the tools and skills necessary to have a clean and sober lifestyle good luck to you......Gnarly    

[Drew23587]

The horrible feelings will leave if you continue to stay off the opiates.  Lack of motivation, feeling like you will never be happy again, just going through the boring motions of life was what I had experienced.  The depression was the pits.  I felt like I had visited hell.  

It is hard and lonely to do this by yourself and that is why some type of support is helpful.   I am glad to see you are posting.

Drew

[hadenough123]

Support not here only because my husband doesn't have clue about this enen tho in his days he did drugs. he was lucky I quess never experienced WD's even when he stopped to
drinking or smoking. he has a the attitude that if you can't stop your a weak puke.

I don't like the 12 steps program as I can't handle the religious stuff, some just go over board.Went with an ex who was an alcoholic he was a very drunk christian and It made me nuts. I wish there was an alternative recovery program close by but there isn't, 30 miles away.

II am really stressing because I ahve to find a job ASAP and I feel to nutty to even apply.
Self-esteem as taken a real beating through this whole thing. And when I went ti the Kaiser Cemdepedacy program i idin;t like being addict. I don't crave this drug never did crave this drug, i have been a cronic Pain patient and this what Doc's prescribed. I read an article awhile back that statedthat opiates can cause apsuedi=o pain. After lots of thought I felt that this was what the Norco was doing.

Then when I told her I was taking valium from myshrink as I have PTSD and i had it under controll until my Shink retired and I got a new guy who didn't liek clonopin which kept me stabalized so i was changed to valium which has not worked well and as we all know causes depression. I knoow the fifference between Physical addiction and the getting high addiction. Norco never made feel goo. sometimes they would mske me really sick. The pain I had fightened me more then the getting ill from the Norco. I had most of my small intestine removed and that's where the cronic pain came in. however after all these years I believe that pain has gone and the Norco's were the cause of the pain I continued to feel.

The last couple of days I felt some of that old pain but niothing like before this i can handle.

I am just afraid of these horrible feelings never leaving. and ths depression is crippling.

Sorry for rambling.

[Drew23587]

I understand the depression and lack of motivation.  Also, the waking up anxious and in a panic.  The acute withdrawal symptoms you are experiencing will not last a year but might take a couple more weeks to go away.  A good diet and exercise helped me with the unbearable anxiety.

You are also taking valium and prozac?  Can you talk with the doc who prescribed them and let him know that you are feeling overwhelmed by the withdrawal symptoms?  What support do you have?

Drew

[hadenough123]

When? My Depression and the aniety and tingling in loer stomach  and legs is driving overboard. Read some of the info re PAWS and they say it could last for a year. is that true. I wasn;t abusibg these meds my Doctor doesn't even know I did this. I just wanted to see if i really needed them/ I wish at sometime he would had intervened sometime  ago and talked to me about tapering instead of just keep prescribing.

[Drew23587]

Congrats on 27 days!  I had bad depression when I withdrew from opiates too.   Regarding the stomach and pains, it  will get better but it takes time.  Do you have any support?  

Vitamins and exercise help a great deal.  Try not to take too much valium because it will add to your depression.  

Keep on keeping on and stay the course.  It will get better.

Drew