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1123746 tn?1259785807

How did you get happy after stopping pills?

Hey ya'll. So I am on day three of OC w/d and feel ok physically. I feel a little better today than I did yesterday. Which is awesome, because I was not sure that I could make it through another day like yesterday. Although, I do feel somewhat letdown. I mean, I wasn't expecting a parade or anything when I made it through the w/d, and I do feel proud of myself, but I am just kindof sad now. I guess it makes sense, because I had pill before to make me feel happy and good, so now, I have to rely on my natural abilities to bring my mood up. I am gonna try to be active in the next couple of days and get excersise, but right now I still feel so weak. My muscles are cramped up still, and excercise just sounds painful.
How long until you felt normal agian? What did you do to not feel totally depressed afterward? I was so charged up to quit, I hadn't thought of life on the other side, and how hard it is going to be just to feel normal naturally. With out pills.
So, if anyone has anything to add, let me know, because I could use the support, and guidance.
Thanks,
Jill
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hey Jill, that is great going!
i don't know if you felt the same but for me i was on pills for 4 years and kind of lost my identity. nothing seemed to bother me all that much. i kind of went with the flow of everyone and everything around me. happy and never making waves. and so i think i forgot like what kind of stuff i really like or want.
after quitting it is like a self journey. discovering yourself all over again. hell, i would of never imagined me working with kids at an elementary school. but i like kids and why not? it was a great experience.
now that you do not have the drugs to hold you back. you can do or try anything you want.
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Good on you for getting to day 3.. I agree with worried exercise would be very beneficial.. it is a lil difficult to start but you should force yourself as it helps a great deal with muscle pain and helps to clear the thoughts and the added endorphins.. You are still very early in your recovery so you need to give it a lil time but when I had quit I had a fire in me like you did and I kept that fire stoked.. Your mind is a powerful tool you need to get excited about your life your freedom.. I also picked up a hobby.. this has gone a long way in helping to find balance and to get me out of the house.. Counseling AA NA.. forcing yourself to do many things is what it is all about in the beginning and eventually it gets easier.. keep posting change up the attitude find what use to bring you joy.. lesa
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401095 tn?1351391770
I feel ur pain...and the happy part was tough...and as bad as u feel if u exercised u would feel so much better..u just gotta do it..u dont feel good not doing it/so why not try?  exercise releases endorphins that ur brain needs a kick start on making again cos u have been feeding it from outside sources...the brain sensed this and slowed down on production as the human body is a finely tuned mechanism and always strives for equilibrium,,can u walk around the block?

I felt this way and was slowly thinking my life with pills//altho miserable couldnt be this bad....ur mind plays trix on u right now and do not listen....ur brain thinks it needs the outside endorphins to survive/like food or water...a starving person would do anything for food/a thirsty person after days would do almost anything for water...but ur brain will kick in again...the amino acids also help alot...

what r u doing to help urself thru this?  r u sleeping ok?  Sleep is important for recovery cos without it we become weak..what type of aftecare r u doing?  Also often we wernt happy campers in the first place or we woulda never got on this roller coaster ride/working on the reasons we used helps us become "happy"  plus time,,try hard to make the 90 day mark..keep posting
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