Those of us going through it know how emotionally and physically painful the withdrawals are..trying asking your doctor for Clonidine and only reduce the opiates by 5 mgs every 8 weeks. I have been struggling and I know that sick, icky lethargic feeling and the depression that comes with it. I've managed to get off 45mgs in that last three months..three months of hell. It's your brain and body that are rebelling against the withdrawal, but I want my life back...I want me back...Just do a lot of self positive talk when there are days that the withdrawal are bad,....watch comedies..anything that makes you feek good. It's not enough to have meds to help with withdrawal, you have to change the way you think from the addiction. I still have another 110mgs a day to get off of and I have degenerative bone disease in my spine, hands and in the leg I shattered and almost lost..all of this happened a few weeks after burying my mother. My entire world was ripped out from under my feet in a split second. I have lived in this agony and addiction for for two years. I noticed the depression setting in hard and realized from research that opiate pain killers cause depression.
There have been days where I have almost broken down and wanted to just give up an take the 45mgs I have eliminated, But I'll be damned if I'm going backwards after fighting my *** off to get this far. Stick in there. There are lots of people with the same problem...just talking helps.
That's basically an addict's "mantra"... we continue to get in our own way... time to stop behaving in that manner and figure out how to believe we deserve a better life for ourselves. It can be done, but I won't lie to you. That takes TIME. And better to have that time pass while getting well instead of sinking deeper and further into this mess, right?
Keep going, that's all I can say. A better life awaits you.. now it's your turn to believe that.
Thanks guys. When you're going through it and just feel so rough and unhappy it seems like it's never gonna end or even if it does end you get tired of feeling so low trying to get to the other side. All that's left to do is keep trying! I will get there!!! Just needed to hear it gets better. i want a better life and i have to step up and make it happen. The only thing holding me back is myself. Thanks again :)
It seems never ending, but it isn't. It absolutely gets better. You are on a path to entirely get your life back, just the way things were, by not using. All that you mentioned comes back. The libido comes roaring back. Energy comes back with better sleep, which also comes back. I'm 66, recovering hydro addict and this all happened to me, in God's time. It's a miracle! And your miracle is right around the corner. Just as long as you stay on this path you're on.
Everyone is different, especially with this. For me, I noticed a difference around 10 days. I am on day 54 and I still have rough, down days, but they are fewer and farther between now. It takes time for your brain and body to heal. Try to be patient. For a while in the beginning, it seems that you just have to go on blind faith and believe the people who have gone before you. It does get better. I promise. Hang in there.