Achy after 7 weeks?

[mimi1313]

I have ben clean 7 weeks and today I'm so achy. I don't have any other symptoms. I'm no tired or anything, just achy. Is this just my body still adjusting?
Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

[bobby139]

hay girlfriend, your doing great,,sorry to hear about you hurting. I'm not far enouph into it yet I'm just 6 day's but the other day when i was at the doctor he told me that my body will react diffrent then it use to with pain because it has been so long sense it has had to take care of it without the help of drugs, and with time it should go back to norml but he did say it could take mo's. Take a hot bath and soak..poor thing :(
Hang in there 2 moro is another day.
luv bobby

[persnick38]

First, congrats on 7 weeks! Secondly, I feel your pain - literally. I'm going on three weeks and was so surprised today at how much my legs ached. I thought the physcial part of wd's ended after the first week or two.
Has anyone else experienced the stomach problems this far into the process? I've had the same stomach issues for the past 3 days that I had for the first week. Don't feel sick otherwise so I don't think it's the flu.

Hang in there, Mimi. I'm really hoping that everyone is right and all of this will pass sooner than later.

[mimi1313]

Thanks, I still have achy days. But I'm much better than I was. I have way more good than bad

[poetrygirl1960]

Yes you are still adjusting.  I have only been clean around two months and I still have those days.  They haven't totally gone away but there are some really good days in between there.  Today I feel great.  Last week sucked. Opiate w/d is about the hardest thing I've ever done.  You are doing great though so just keep going!

Lisa

[JAXX55]

Good for you guys! I'm not sure what it's like to be addicted to the pain pills but have a relative who is, and it seems like her life is consumed with looking for those things!? I'm glad to hear you both are beating this! Take Care and Keep in touch! =)

[worried878]

7 weeks is great...I am sure your body is still adjusting...I am about a week and a half behind you and know mine is....but you know even before pills, sometimes we just have achy days and tired days...everyone does

[mimi1313]

My drug of choice was vicodin. I was on it for about 4 months taking anywhere from 4-8 of the 7.5 a day. It started because of an infected root canal and I had to get my gum cut open and bone and tissue removed. It kept getting infected and my dentist kept giving me pain medication. Finally I realized how much I was taking and knew to stop. So I did. This forum really helped. But I still have good and bad days. The other day one of my coworkers asked me if I was on drugs but it was really my goofy personality coming back. He hadn't seen it for so long I guess he forgot. I used to be happy all the time and somewhat of a goofball off of the drugs and I wantot be that again. I was tired of feeling numb. I'm finally starting to do things I used to. I love listening to music and I didn't while I was on the vicodin and now I am again. So slowly I'm becoming me again.

[JAXX55]

Thanks for the invite! I'm not sure exactly how to accept it? I just clicked on the link "accept", but it gave no indication if it was wxecuted correctly or not, so I just thought I'd post here to say thank you and I Accept your friendship...  =)  Anyhow, about the achiness. Maybe I haven't read through thoroughly enough but can you please tell me what drug(s) you are coming off of, and maybe I can be of some help, or atleast moral support, and morale support. lol  I don't mind sharing at all, ESPECIALLY if it means ONE LESS drug user in the world, OR ONE MORE that I have helped battle this terrible epidemic. Please share. Thanks   =)

[mimi1313]

Thanks so much guys. I did take ibuproen and it really didn't help. I'll definitley read your journal Cathy. I need all the help I can get!!

Breezie you are such a sweetheart!

I didn't know that about fentanyl Jacqui. I hope that doesn't apply to vicodin.

It's really hard because I still have to go to the dentist and turn down that script. Thats a challenge. So believe me FireFaery, I completely sympathize with your situation and I really hope you can get it taken care of before the 25th.

[swtbreezie]

I can't add much to the other posts they say it all mimi but hang in there!  I have been getting lots of down time and rest since I been at my fiancee's so I am not having many aches and pains other than the occasional RLS at night, and where dummy mee went skating and fell lol no more skating parties for me.  I have some work to do on my place when I go back to Tx and I am sure I will be achy and whiney and drive you guys nutts I gont have net at my place but do at my sis's lol
hugzzzzzzz hang in there.
swtbreezie

[JAXX55]

It can only get better! As time goes by, you will look back and be so grateful you did the right thing. Your quality of life will be so much better. Good for you. Keep it up.... =)

[mommy52713]

congrats to you it will only get better from here  just look back on everything you have gone through . i dont know how you feel about trying an aleve but it can help.

[Jacqui805]

I'm almost at two months, just a few days away, and I'm by far hurtin' way worse than I was before I started taking the pain med.  I think part of it may be adjusting still, but the meds. also lower your pain threshold.  On top of that, I read recently, about the med. I was on, fentanyl, that it causes increased muscular and skeletal rigidity.  So it may be a side effect of the med. too.  I'm thinking that it'll all pass, as it is definitely better than it was in the early stages of w/d at least for me.  I think this'll all take time Mimi.

Jacqui

[Firefaery1023]

7 weeks that is great.  I just read Cathy's journal entry and it made a lot of sense about us abusing our bodies.  Kepp going you are an inspiration to those of us in the early stages of this s***.

[josh231]

yea itll all be over soon bout two months is a huge milestone and you feel like a diferent person least that what everyone told me i was clean from haloween till new years day and i felt like junk the whole time i latter went back to the pills and found out that i should of been takin anti depos and i woulda been goood but nooooo  lol ur doin awsome

[cathy5841]

mimi it is still adjusting.  and it will be for aawhile yet.  just be patient.  i wrote a post to skippy about this...it is in my journals read it, it may help you...its kinda lengthy.  just hang on it gets better everyday ( with the occasional bad day)....you are making it...keep going.
cathy