3rd day off oxy and feel like hell

[3rddayoff]

Anybody have a good way to fall asleep whil detoxing from oxy. I m on day 3 and havnt slept yet any ideas

[jstntime]

Hey again,

I think that was a smart move to dump the 10's.  Great job on that.

As for the sub, I have zero experience with it other than what I have learned here.  I know some who have had great results and others who curse it.  Do your homework and decide what is best for you.

If you can't sleep, there are often others here in the same situation.  Come here and post and someone will usually be around to answer.

Have you thought of NA or an addiction counsellor???  Both would go a long way to dealing with your "stuff" right now.

You're doing great, everything you describe is normal.

Keep keeping and things will get easier,

bob

[3rddayoff]

Well saw a dr this morning and he suggested suboxone but am already on my 4th day. He gave me a really good sleeping med called Zopiclone 15mg at bed time. Right now I just feel like when I quit smoking and the craving is awfull. I have alot of vallium and clonidine to help out. Flushed my last 10s but they didnt help at all...well maybe for a 30 min nap lol. I didnt get any leg cramps or anuthing I started taking potassium pills earlyer this week so thats a good thing.I just wish I could talk to someone in my situation at any given time say like 3 am 1pm wuthever...

[jstntime]

hey Nick,

If you were taking 160-190 mg per day then the 10 mg isn't going to do anything for you.  The best thing you can do is to get rid of them.  You are already in full wd now and the only thing they will do is stretch it out a few more days.

I think that the best way to get back to your old habit is to keep taking those 10's.  Dump them and join the party!!!

You can do this.  If you have 2 weeks off you should be doing pretty well by then.  Trust us, the sleep will come back.

bob

[3rddayoff]

So heres the deal

Benn on oy for approx 2 years. Started with 10 mg for fun until I was at 160-190 mg/day. Took 2 weeks off work and my wife took a week also

Sheen a doc and heprescribed clonidine and vallium 10mg.

Detox day 1 Took 20mg long action and 10 mgs to sleep Feel like hell...
Day2 took 10 mg at night to sleep but made the sleeping thing worst so I was up all night I wish there was only 10 hours in a day lol Hot baths help alot
Day 3 Feel like crap the vallium takes aways all my energy but helps the process alot, once again,10mg to sleep and this time i slept for about 3 hours untill my body wanted more.....Oh yeah, I take 0.1 mg clonidine 4x a day.

So its not really cold turkey but today I will go see a dr for something to help me sleep instead of the 10mg os oxy

I am verry scared and affrais to relapse back to my old habbit. The detox suxx big time but Ive got lots of help

So here I am on day 4 523 am and lots on my mind.....Is the 10mg that bad or is it gonne go away......

plz reply asap and lemme know where I stand

Tx guys and gals  Nick

[gnarly_1]

HI....you have been given some good  advise already ...unfortunately sleep is usually the last thing to return ....rent some movies to watch at night to keep yourself bizzy when your ready to try to go to sleep turn on some soft music lay down on the couch with your eyes closed and you will fall into a deep state of rest....it as close to sleep as your going to get for a wile and you may even drift of for an hr here and there the hot bath thing helped me
I also used vlarian root and melatonine hang in there your still early on with this thing
you will start to sleep a little here and there but its going to be a wile b/4 you see a solid nights sleep again.....good luck and God bless.......Gnarly

[ang_811]

try taking the hottest bath u can stand and sit in it for as long as u can.  it will help relax ya a lil bit...the sleep thing will come back eventually but u can take stuff n the mean time to try and help some.. such as melantonin or valerian root...good luck to ya and congrats on ur 3 days clean!!!