Hey Girl.....try not to get discouraged you will get better i promise....I often say this is 1/3 phyical and 2/3 mental....im not trying to down play how c rappy you feel physically but more so to prepare you for what I call the ''mental mindscrew''...just know your emotions will come back and your clear thinking will also recovery comes in baby steps I agree with clean this is all about attitude and a positive attitude goes a long way in recovery but even that.....can be a struggle in itself....there is nothing e/z about doing this but just know it is so so worth it... right now you just got to be ok without being ok a wile this should be your mantra for a wile what your going threw is normal just ask any addict who has been threw it one thing that helps me is a gratitude list I write 10 things im geartful for and read it back to myself when im down in the dumps it may sound silly but it helps and when your feeling like you are now any little improvement is priceless.....try to get out side of your head do the things that you use to do before you wound up in active addiction N/A has dances and my wife and I go....where not great dancer's but we have a blast and laff at how silly we probably look....my wife bought us both bikes every morning at 5 am where out for a bike ride it is just us togeather and it is amazing how intimate our conversations are it is just us and although are days are bizzy we take time for each other every morning just a nice gental pace....I love to take my grandkids fishing again it doesent even mater if we ketch fish that day it is all about sharing my life with a 6 and 7 year old those are the kinda things that cost nothing but are priceless take the time to remember things you did b/4 your addiction took over you will be amazed how much better it makes you feel....and just the fact that you can feel becomes its own healing .....pray....and pray some more cleans your mind with the word of God reading in the bible is very tharapudic....and trust our savior that he can and will deliver you from this nothing is to big for Jesus....there are lots of things that help but it is up to you to work on your recovery nothing changes if nothing changes do something proactive for your recovery...reaching out to others is a great way.....your 2 weeks cleaner then someone on day 1 or 2 some of the best advise I have heard comes from those that just got clean ....you cant keep it unless you give it away reach out to help others you will be suprized at how well it makes you feel....pick up the phone and call someone....in N/A where all networked there is always another addict to talk to but it is up to you to call someone....the only way to do this wrong is trying to do it alone recovery is a ''we'' thing not a ''I'' thing....I know you may find this hard to belive now but your recovery is going great....many addicts would have went and used to get over the way they feel your resolve is strong dont under estamate your self you really do GOT THIs!!!!!! as always keep posting for support.............Gnarly........................
3 things girl:
1) ♫♫HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU CLEAN GIRL!!!
2) You ARE doing something to "fix you"....you have stopped taking the very pills that rob you of a clean and sane and sober life.
3) Our brains believe whatever we tell them. So instead of the mantra, "I HATE this"...try a positive mantra; for instance, "I am doing something GOOD for myself and I am healing every minute I don't put a pill in my mouth". You REALLY will feel better when you shut off the negative thinking. I don't know how long you used, but longer than 2 weeks.
Hi there. I am greatful for this forum also, as I am 7 days into my detox, and really the only complaint that I have is my head as well, and the anxiety. I take hydroxyzine and zoloft for a preexisting panic disorder, and it seems to take some of the edge off. But my head, just feels downright weird, almost like I've needed to go to the ER a couple times, just to try to make sure I'm not dying. It helps me when I'm at work, and when I do some housework. That takes my mind off things. I know I'm not very far into this, but I've also done it several times, and I don't ever remember feeling like this either. I mean, my head a little bit, but never this bad. and all WD symptoms were gone within 3 days and I just did this last month as well as this month. I hate that the site is so slow as well.
There are 2 words that are the most hated on this forum..Time and patience. 2 weeks is great in clean time but not for our bodies to get back to what it should be. I have always said i wish we could see inside our body to see all the healing our internal organs and brain have to do. What you are feeling right now is not permanent but very normal. I too felt like you do now. Are you taking any supplements? There are others who also went to the doctor and got on some AD meds to get them over the hump. Those meds are non narcotic and can help.(Zoloft, Paxil etc)
As for the forum..MH is going thru a huge change in the format and it isnt complete yet so hopefully once they get it all working things will pick up again.
Keep venting, we completely understand what you are going thru~