Day 4 Off Hydrocodone!!! - Need Support!!!! And how can I get some sleep?

[M_DuBb22]

Okay guys, my first thread in this forum hasn't been getting any replies so I'm starting a new one. Long story short, i'm on night 4 off hydrocodone going on day 5 and feel like ive finally kicked the demons!! i woke up yesterday (day 3) and finally didn't feel the craving to eat a hydro as soon as I woke up.

...since yesterday (day 3), the common withdrawl symptoms have begun to subside (the worst was the anxiety, the chills/shivers, the cravingssss, the restlessness, uncomfortable). but the thing that's still realllly bugging me is tossing and turning in bed, inability to go to sleep, keep waking up in the night (can't get a full nights rest), can't get comfortable, and it still affects my days a bit.. maybe i have restless leg syndrome. how can i help these sleeping symptoms go away?

i was taking 75mg of hydrocodone daily in 5 seperate 15mg doses for about a year straight everyday. i got into oxycontins and oxycodone for awhile during the mix too. but long story short i hit rock bottom and got arrested, and immediatly cut down to 30mg a day after the arrest and quit cold turker after 3 days. im really trying to turn my life around but a lot of other personal stuff is seaming to go wrong now (some caused from my previous drug use, some not).

***for others trying to quit: good marijuana, good food/drink, good music, good friends, staying active/busy, getting back into activities (whether work, hobbies, ect.) prior to opiate use, focusing on the pros of kicking opiates, and good vibes has really been helping me get through this all!!

.........i could really use all the support and advice i can get right now. and i tried to keep this thread short but i only have one other thread on this site. it tells my entire story and id appreciate it if you all read it, you'll see ive been trying to kick opiates for awhile and finally got there!! the hardest part was staying off them for the first 2 full days in about a year!! please see my first thread on this forum and i really appreciate any help you guys can give me!!

*********My Full Story: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/723435

[ready37]

Today is day 4 for me, I had been taking 12 10 mg a day for 2 years, I finally took a look at myself n hated what I had become. It's still hard but I know that I never want to go back to day 1, I found for those of on day one sleep for the first 2 days n treat the dirreah and stay hydrate every time you wake up bc u will wake up, this is my second but first time to actually quit, once u hit day 3 it gets so much easier, each morning I wake up I tell myself one day at a time that's what gets me thru, I checked my bank account n was so excited there was so much cash n there lol my habitat cost me ne where from 200_400 a week. That's a car payment and so many other things I can provide for my child, hot baths help so much, banana intake helps with rls too I started that today and already feel the difference, I will definitely come back with an update

[harddays]

i know exactly what yall are going threw w/d ***** anyone out there?

[Totsie59]

I will be 30 days clean tomorrow! My life is so much better..I will never take hydro again. I feel like I had been in a fog. Each and everyday keeps getting better. The 1st wk was soooo BAD. I couldn't sleep, had RLS, cried all day, was so tired I felt like I could not move. I started drinking lots of water and green tea, ate healthy, took lots of hot baths. The no sleeping and rls was the worst. But with each day that passed I got better and better. I have no cravings for my pills. Sometimes sleep is still iffy. But my energy is great. I just feel like a hugh fog has lifted. Just keep on, keeping on..Stay strong..I also started taking multi vits and B12..You can do this..One day at a time. Good Luck.

[Ack4]

I know you don't want to hear this, but ALL of these problems will go away, probably quickly.
I was taking 180 mg methadone ,10- 10/350 mg of Lorcet  8- 350mg of Soma, 4- 2mg of ativan and sleeping pill of restoril. DAILY.
My dr ended up retiring and actually ended up saving my life. I am a chronic pain patient but I was literally overdosing everyday and my body was shutting down. I didn't have long.
I went to a pain specialist and a psychiatrist for the anxiety and got on the right amounts. I still am on methadone, oxycodone, ativan and ambien but at a 8th of what I was taking,

I HAD THE WORST 2 WEEKS OF MY LIFE GETTING OFF THAT. I DIDN'T SLEEP FOR 7 days straight, and that make everything worse.
If you have legit pain go to a pain specialist. If not I can tell you that those jumps, sleeplessness,aches and pains will go away, but you need to go through a few more days.(I AM NOT A DOCTOR THIS IS JUST MY EXPERIENCE)

If you just need to talk I will try and get on as much as possible.
After all that happened and is still happening to me I am running a Chronic Pain Group, and trying to give back, so if I can help anyone .........