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Hey just thought I would let you all know that I QUIT!!!!
I havent posted in a couple of weeks, and I just wanted to let you all know that I did it, I BEAT THE ADDICTION!!!
I am officially off the pills, and I feel great! :)
However, I had to go to the doctor because I could not keep anything in my stomach. So I went and had to have a Cat Scan on my abdomen. Well it turns out that I have a really high white bloodcell count which means that my body is fighting an infection, and the infection is in my large intestion which is causing swelling, and there is a blockage. So I have been pretty much on house arrest. Can't do ANYTHING. It suuuuuuuuucks. So now I have to go see a specialist and get the camera down the throat. ugh. I hurts like a SOB, but I am making it through. I really think that this is because of the pills, and the lovely constipation that comes with taking them.
So PLEASE take care of yourselves...and keep up the fight. You can all do it.
For me, I just decided that enough was enough. So I just drank TONS of vitamin water and just took a mutivitamin.
:) The best of luck to you all!!!! And thank you all for your help!!!!
I am officially off the pills, and I feel great! :)
However, I had to go to the doctor because I could not keep anything in my stomach. So I went and had to have a Cat Scan on my abdomen. Well it turns out that I have a really high white bloodcell count which means that my body is fighting an infection, and the infection is in my large intestion which is causing swelling, and there is a blockage. So I have been pretty much on house arrest. Can't do ANYTHING. It suuuuuuuuucks. So now I have to go see a specialist and get the camera down the throat. ugh. I hurts like a SOB, but I am making it through. I really think that this is because of the pills, and the lovely constipation that comes with taking them.
So PLEASE take care of yourselves...and keep up the fight. You can all do it.
For me, I just decided that enough was enough. So I just drank TONS of vitamin water and just took a mutivitamin.
:) The best of luck to you all!!!! And thank you all for your help!!!!
Excederin Pm, will totally help. To me it is waaay better than tylenol pm. (ugh, I know this is terrible to say, but I use the Excederin when coming down from a night of coke and booze). If it can help me pass out from being wired, then it can definately help with sleep. Which it totally worked. I would take 3 or so. You might wake up around 3-4, but if you take 1 more, then you will go back to sleep. That way you will not toss and turn and curse the world.
And yes, if I can do it, ANYONE can. The thing that sucked the most was after a little over a year of taking Watson 503, probably 7-13 a day, I totally forgot what life felt like before the drugs. It just seemed easier to call my pill guy and go pick up 50 of them. That was what has been REALLY hard. I know people that I can just go buy them from, I do not need to mess with all this script stuff....but luckily he lives like 45 minutes from my house, so its just a pain in my a**.
Just stay positive, and hopefully you have someone in your life that you can talk to about this, and that is some moral support.
:)
And yes, if I can do it, ANYONE can. The thing that sucked the most was after a little over a year of taking Watson 503, probably 7-13 a day, I totally forgot what life felt like before the drugs. It just seemed easier to call my pill guy and go pick up 50 of them. That was what has been REALLY hard. I know people that I can just go buy them from, I do not need to mess with all this script stuff....but luckily he lives like 45 minutes from my house, so its just a pain in my a**.
Just stay positive, and hopefully you have someone in your life that you can talk to about this, and that is some moral support.
:)
yeah i am taking sleeponaids, its hard to fall asleep but once i do fall asleep it gets in a deep sleep, but i have noticed that that gives me nightmare which i would 100% want nightmare than w/ds over anything...... i will go buy some excederin pm, i willing to try anything at this point i just want to be where i was at a yr ago............ thank you so much and i know if you all can do it I CAN just takes alot of will power........ thank you so much for all your advice really help a million
Well, xanax would definately help you sleep. However that goes right back to taking something that you could get hooked on. Excederin Pm works miracles! Have you tried anything like that? Just keep in mind that you will sleep once your body gets over all this madness.
And good job on cutting down to 3, I know that had to have been difficult, and you should totally be proud! If you can do that, you can do this.
Dont get down on yourself if you feel bad with WDs, it will pass, and you will feel great.
And good job on cutting down to 3, I know that had to have been difficult, and you should totally be proud! If you can do that, you can do this.
Dont get down on yourself if you feel bad with WDs, it will pass, and you will feel great.
Tapering can make the withdrawals less severe, but you will go through withdrawals when you finally quit entirely. Did you see my earlier posts that have the Thomas Recipe in it? It has tons of information. My suggestion would be to see your doc, get some clonidine and maybe a 2 week supply of a benzo, and quit. Just take the plunge and quit. Tapers can help, but to be honest, it just postpones the withdrawals that you'll have to fight through. If you can't find any of my longer posts, then post a new post asking for it and I'll cut and paste it. Good luck to you!!
do you think that me taking 3 a day from 20 a day will lessen my withdrawals, i just dont want to scare myself from something that i know is fixable. my biggest. right now i feel ok i took 3 at 12:00 because thats the schdule my boss put me on and i feel ok could be better but im fine a little headache, but the headaches i can deal with its the anxiety that kills me. ive been taking alot of calcium and too be honest my bones dont hurt much. thank god. i just want to be back to normal to where i could just close my eyes and fall asleep by myself and wake up refreshed instead of these sleepless night where i have to struggle to sleep i have to keep counting over and over again in order for me to knock out. hopefully by next week i will not need to take any pills at all and feel ok I have alot of will power this time and im not gonna give up until i beat this addiction......
Well my last oxycontins were 5 weeks ago today. I still struggle like so many others, but things are getting better. I get strength every day from people like yourself who've taken the steps to get clean. You should be so very proud of yourself. I'll keep you in my prayers and hope that you have some pain free days soon, You certainly deserve it.
Congrats!...I can't wait till the day I make that same post!.....Keep up the great work!......Bug
Thank you :)
It took some serious will power, but its done.
No cravings, no wds.
How is your situation going?
It took some serious will power, but its done.
No cravings, no wds.
How is your situation going?
Congratulations on your recovery!! We're all very proud of you for making the choice. Please, let us know if we can help in any way..
Thank you!! :) Yeah, I will be OK. However I am losing weight, and fast. It stinks that I am having to just deal with the pain, but I do not wait to risk getting hooked on anything.....
The only thing that scares me is that if it gets bad enough my intestine could rupture, so I have to sit on my fanny. And of course all my friends are having parties tonight. =/
Oh well, I will know more next week....at least I feel great, and no drepression. :)
The only thing that scares me is that if it gets bad enough my intestine could rupture, so I have to sit on my fanny. And of course all my friends are having parties tonight. =/
Oh well, I will know more next week....at least I feel great, and no drepression. :)
:)
Well....my best advice would be VITAMIN WATER!! It sounds lame, but it reeeally helped me. It cut the WDs down a lot. Unforch WDs are going to be a part of it. You just need to keep in mind that IT WILL END! You will not feel like that forever....I promise. For me it took about 5 days for me to feel normal. :) From reading what others say on here, I am one of the lucky ones. Some people it takes longer. But you have to remember that IT WILL END! You wont feel yucky forever, and that morning when you wake up from crappy sleep, and you no longer feel like ripping your skin off, it is the most amazing thing in the world! I am so freakin happy that I found this site, because it gave me perspective on just how bad it could be, and it gave me knowledge on what to expect.
Just stay hydrated. Drink anything that is healthy for you, and stay positive! :) :) :)
The brain is a very powerful thing, if you decide that this is something you really want, then YOU WILL DO IT!!!!!
If you have any questions, please ask. There are amazing people on here that really helped me, and I will answer the best that I can. :)
Well since I am stuck at home, I will be checking in often.....I am going to drink a vitamin water and watch the boob tube! :) :) :)
YAYAYAY! lol, sorry...I am just sooooo happy!
Well....my best advice would be VITAMIN WATER!! It sounds lame, but it reeeally helped me. It cut the WDs down a lot. Unforch WDs are going to be a part of it. You just need to keep in mind that IT WILL END! You will not feel like that forever....I promise. For me it took about 5 days for me to feel normal. :) From reading what others say on here, I am one of the lucky ones. Some people it takes longer. But you have to remember that IT WILL END! You wont feel yucky forever, and that morning when you wake up from crappy sleep, and you no longer feel like ripping your skin off, it is the most amazing thing in the world! I am so freakin happy that I found this site, because it gave me perspective on just how bad it could be, and it gave me knowledge on what to expect.
Just stay hydrated. Drink anything that is healthy for you, and stay positive! :) :) :)
The brain is a very powerful thing, if you decide that this is something you really want, then YOU WILL DO IT!!!!!
If you have any questions, please ask. There are amazing people on here that really helped me, and I will answer the best that I can. :)
Well since I am stuck at home, I will be checking in often.....I am going to drink a vitamin water and watch the boob tube! :) :) :)
YAYAYAY! lol, sorry...I am just sooooo happy!
hi great story congrats your awsome, how did you do it ive been on vics 7.5mg from up to 15-20 a day i tried to stop c/t but the pain was unbarable so in the last 4 days ive taken 3 a day. im use to taking them at night and now im only taken 3 in the day to try to turn it around from night to day cause my anxiety comes at night, your advice im i in the right track is just taken 3 a day for now good my boss is holding my pills and put me on al schdule so i can stop with little or no withdrawals. im i doing good its hard not to take them at night but im to the point also where enough is enough.... and from 20 pills to 3 a day i think its good willpower...... have you ever heard of somas and are those narcotics to i know thats for muscles spasm but someone told me there not addictive. if you dont abuse them. but really im scared of taking anything else. i just want some advice from some one thats been there........again congrats and if you beat the pills im sure everything else is a piece of cake, and sooner or later your tummy will be back to normal.....
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