Day 15 Percocet/Vicodin Withdrawal Anxiety

[hlpplse]

Please any positive advice would be appreciated, I was on Norco to Percocet for 5 months before shoulder surgery, I am one month post op and quick cold turkey 15 days ago. I was hit by a car many years ago and had to have reconstruction. The pain was horrible and I was taking 12 to 15 10 325 a day.  The First week was Awful, sick diareaha, sweats, no sleep , panic attacks. The second week the flu symptoms have subsided but I still have anxiety, and restlessness...my doctor is on board and prescribed me Clondine which I didn't take and Clonopin, which I don't want to take. I never want to take any medicine again. However the past 2 days I have had waves of depression. I am working out like crazy and I still have this anxious feeling. Can somebody please tell me what day they felt better. I am tempted to go on antidepressants at this point as I am afraid if this continues I will loose my job by continually taking leave.  Thank You for your help, this is the hardest thing that I have ever done.

[ImDONENoMore]

Day 35 - fantastic!  And that's exactly how recovery works.  Those initial positive feelings are subtle, and they seem to go as quickly as they came.  But then another one comes along, and you start to think "hey, maybe I really can do this" - and well, that feeling of relief is beyond words.  I'm happy for you!  :)

[hlpplse]

Thank You for your post it really helps a lot to know that it will end. Today was not as bad as yesterday and I hope tomorrow is better. This morning when I was driving was the first time during this process that I got a burst of really positive feeling for about 1 hour.  
I notice that I wake up lately at night with my heart racing and that I am shaky in the morning? Has anyone else ever had this?
I average about 4 to five hours wake up then go beck to sleep in about 20 minutes for another 3 to 4 hours if Im lucky.  .  

I am about 1 hour away from the start of day 35.... Thanks again for your positive encouragement it really helps:)

[waterLilly7]

The anxiety is the worst part in my opinion. I am always on here yelling about that it will end, because it does. I was scared that it wouldn't, but it did.
It leaves gradually. It has two sides. It has a constant side that is always nagging at you, well, that goes away gradually, and each couple of weeks that pass you will be so happy that you are getting rid of it, then it has a side that pops up for a coupel to a few days every now and then, even when you are feeling good, so be prepared for it. it goes away. havea  aplan on how to deal with it when it comes. It goes away and it feels great when you notice, "Hey, I haven't felt anxiety in a while!!"
You are doing great, keep up the good work!
hugs,
Lily

[hlpplse]

I agree I need to stop getting so far ahead of myself and take one day at a time...I hope tomorrow will be better. Thanks Butch have a Happy 4th also:)

[butch798]

i had a panic attach today first one in years.i wrote a post and it didnt send it was gone so what but to rewrite was impossible.i had panic i laughed at my self .but i felt it wasnt real but it felt like someone died.its chemical imbalance  but i made it go away just got to laugh at the body mind mistakes we make.i rewrote the post i cryed and now i am going to make some 4 th of july lobsters.lets try to be happy that we got this far and the future will certainly be better.one day at a time one hour at a time one minute at a time

[hlpplse]

Thanks Butch I am having a bad anxiety day today...or rather my heart seems to be racing quit a lot. I read that in late stage opiate withdrawal your body clears nuerotransmitters and this is what produces the adrenaline surges (racing heartbeat). I hope tomorrow is better I am almost to day 34. I really hope this is all gone soon. The anxiety flare ups and surges are getting to me. Even though I have good periods in between, this is such a long process.

If anyone has had the same thing was it gone by 60 days??? If not please don't tell me I don't think I can deal with it past that