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Detoxing...Day 1
Hey guys,
Came across this forum and really has been helping me through my min. to min struggle im going through. I again find myself going through this BS... I have been prescribed 40mg OC's back in 2005 for a car accident... This was the downfall of my life. Since then I have been struggling with this addiction, even kicked cold turkey... IN JAIL! Lol Then went right back...
Currently I am on day 1 of detoxing from at least 300mg of OC a day... This is what ive cut it down to at least... I have finally had enough. My friends are all dead or in jail, my family knows im an addict and does not trust me... Rightfully so. My girl left me... Thats prob a good thing ;-) (At least I still got a sense of humor :-P) I decided about a week ago I was done. I am going to document my detox.
About a month ago I was laid off from my job in IT so I fortunately... or unfortunately (to early to tell) do not have much to do right now. Good thing cuz this takes time, bad thing cuz I sit around all day. Anyways...Yesterday my last dose was at 8pm 60OC of OC IR Here is what im armed with: (5) Sub 8MG strips, (6) 2MG xanax, (8) ativan, (10) soma, multivitamins, a whole lot of pepto.
I plan to do 4 day detox using the suboxone to taper today I waited as long as I could... Which was 1:30pm... About an hour after taking the sub, I started to feel a bit better. The profuse sweating stopped and my legs calmed down a bit from the soma. Luckily I am still constipated from the OC so looks like tomorrow should be fun...
I am writing this mainly to get some support from the internet community. I know many ppl have been through my struggle and have made it out to live very successful lives. I have been very successful in my addiction so I can only imagine where I can go with the drugs! Pls feel free to share any experience strength hope or advice you got, cuz lord knows I need it! Ways to keep myself busy without exerting to much energy... U know whatever :-P Thanks for reading... Im out.
Came across this forum and really has been helping me through my min. to min struggle im going through. I again find myself going through this BS... I have been prescribed 40mg OC's back in 2005 for a car accident... This was the downfall of my life. Since then I have been struggling with this addiction, even kicked cold turkey... IN JAIL! Lol Then went right back...
Currently I am on day 1 of detoxing from at least 300mg of OC a day... This is what ive cut it down to at least... I have finally had enough. My friends are all dead or in jail, my family knows im an addict and does not trust me... Rightfully so. My girl left me... Thats prob a good thing ;-) (At least I still got a sense of humor :-P) I decided about a week ago I was done. I am going to document my detox.
About a month ago I was laid off from my job in IT so I fortunately... or unfortunately (to early to tell) do not have much to do right now. Good thing cuz this takes time, bad thing cuz I sit around all day. Anyways...Yesterday my last dose was at 8pm 60OC of OC IR Here is what im armed with: (5) Sub 8MG strips, (6) 2MG xanax, (8) ativan, (10) soma, multivitamins, a whole lot of pepto.
I plan to do 4 day detox using the suboxone to taper today I waited as long as I could... Which was 1:30pm... About an hour after taking the sub, I started to feel a bit better. The profuse sweating stopped and my legs calmed down a bit from the soma. Luckily I am still constipated from the OC so looks like tomorrow should be fun...
I am writing this mainly to get some support from the internet community. I know many ppl have been through my struggle and have made it out to live very successful lives. I have been very successful in my addiction so I can only imagine where I can go with the drugs! Pls feel free to share any experience strength hope or advice you got, cuz lord knows I need it! Ways to keep myself busy without exerting to much energy... U know whatever :-P Thanks for reading... Im out.
Day 6.... My legs hurt. My eyes are watery. My stomach is wrong. Other than that... Not to bad. lol Ive only been able to eat waffles... No butter or syrup... Just waffles. Only thing I can force myself to eat along with my amino acids and vitimans. Im hanging in there and fighting the good fight!
Sleep again was terrible and my friend stayed over to make sure I didnt do anything stupid. She has been such a god send for so many reasons I dont know how I would have got this far if it wasnt for her. She has been thru it all already so she knows just what to do. Anyways dont think she got to much sleep cuz I certainly didnt. I had one valium 10 left and I was hoping it would be enough because the xanax actually makes my restlessness worse until it finally knocks me out.
I just keep telling myself nothing is permanent these feelings will pass this is temporary. They may take forever but hey thats what I get for abusing this ish for the last 6 years! My body is mad at me. My nose hates me. My sinus... Dont get me started. It would feel great to get punched in the face right now... I know right... Im serious. Off the the tub, rocking some Bob Marley today, keep the spirits up and such. Music has been so important in this too.
Sleep again was terrible and my friend stayed over to make sure I didnt do anything stupid. She has been such a god send for so many reasons I dont know how I would have got this far if it wasnt for her. She has been thru it all already so she knows just what to do. Anyways dont think she got to much sleep cuz I certainly didnt. I had one valium 10 left and I was hoping it would be enough because the xanax actually makes my restlessness worse until it finally knocks me out.
I just keep telling myself nothing is permanent these feelings will pass this is temporary. They may take forever but hey thats what I get for abusing this ish for the last 6 years! My body is mad at me. My nose hates me. My sinus... Dont get me started. It would feel great to get punched in the face right now... I know right... Im serious. Off the the tub, rocking some Bob Marley today, keep the spirits up and such. Music has been so important in this too.
Day 5!!! Still not feeling great but I feel great about where im at and how far ive come! I am planning on taking no suboxone today, honestly right now I could prob use it but im going to be strong on this one. As gnarly has pointed out twice subs do come with their own detox as well. Nothing like the full agnostic opiates though. Suboxone is a partial agnostic leaving it a much longer half-life (why it last longer and such) and the naltrexone or however its spelled just blocks any other opi's from hitting your receptors, so even if you wanted to you cant really get high.... Believe it or not this causes a lot of OD's, user does not to try and get the desired effect.... The dope is still doing its thing its just stopped by a bouncer at your brain, so that being said I see both sides of the coin on this one. Ive been on long term sub... I dont recommend it.
Sleeping was horrible last night.... I was feeling really tired so I tried not to take anything, couldnt fall asleep, took a few Tylonal PM, same.... Then I took some soma and finally fell asleep. My legs were super restless, tossing and turning.... You know the drill.
Anyways dont really have much of any plans today...Got to keep myself busy. For now Sublime with Rome and a nice hot shower :-)
Sleeping was horrible last night.... I was feeling really tired so I tried not to take anything, couldnt fall asleep, took a few Tylonal PM, same.... Then I took some soma and finally fell asleep. My legs were super restless, tossing and turning.... You know the drill.
Anyways dont really have much of any plans today...Got to keep myself busy. For now Sublime with Rome and a nice hot shower :-)
Dude more power to you! I wish the best to you! You CAN do this, the only thing thats holding you back is you!!! Rememeber that. The very best of luck to you man. We are through the worst of it for sure, also keep that in mind!
Rehabs are great but just make sure they dont put u on suboxone or methadone maint man. Then you are just a slave to that... I'll be it much better then doing dope and stuff but still... You will eventually need to detox from that ish then too! Vicious circle.
Rehabs are great but just make sure they dont put u on suboxone or methadone maint man. Then you are just a slave to that... I'll be it much better then doing dope and stuff but still... You will eventually need to detox from that ish then too! Vicious circle.
Your post has been such a lifesaver! Day 5 for me and it is the worst as I've only got (2) 5mg Valium left. Leaving for rehab tmrow. Dont even know what to expect but Im sooo gonna miss reading your posts. Hope when I come back after 4 weeks that you would be 4 weeks clean and "NORMAL" praying that sanity would return to our minds and healing to our bodies. God bless you man-and super good luck for the rest of the detox and re building your life after all this and yes thumbs up to the one thats giving you all those head massages(she is great)
HI welcome to the forum.....well detoxing off 300+ oxy habit ant going to be pritty .....I would loose the sub the only thing a 4 day detox is going to do is postpone your withdrawals
pick up a case of gatoraid and start forcing the fluids when the symptoms hit a hot soak will help the most get comfortable with the saying...''you just gto to be ok without being ok for a wile'' this is truly a battle one or last in ones own mind....it is 1/3 physical and 2/3 mental be ready to fight on both fronts the one thing you can bring to the table is a positive attitude it willl help more then any single thing it makes the difference between suffering and discomfort this is never any fun for anybody but you can make the best out of it you got to go threw it ether way you may want to pick up some movies for late at night sleep is almost impossible keep us posted on how your doing we all want to see you succeed good luck and God bless.......Gnarly
pick up a case of gatoraid and start forcing the fluids when the symptoms hit a hot soak will help the most get comfortable with the saying...''you just gto to be ok without being ok for a wile'' this is truly a battle one or last in ones own mind....it is 1/3 physical and 2/3 mental be ready to fight on both fronts the one thing you can bring to the table is a positive attitude it willl help more then any single thing it makes the difference between suffering and discomfort this is never any fun for anybody but you can make the best out of it you got to go threw it ether way you may want to pick up some movies for late at night sleep is almost impossible keep us posted on how your doing we all want to see you succeed good luck and God bless.......Gnarly
"Anything that can make you this sick when you dont have it is pure evil"
that's exactly what we are dealing with...God help us.
that's exactly what we are dealing with...God help us.
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