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My Best Wisdom for Days 1-3.
Look, us addicts are excellent clock-watchers. So I spent the first parts of my 200mg/day Oxycontin cold turkey WD taking the OTC remedies and supplements while watching the clock just waiting for something to take the misery away. Sure, I had read the advice to keep busy. I tried watching TV, but I couldn't focus on anything.
Late in day 2, I finally decided to take a hot bath. I had read to do it, but I thought I felt too awful. SERIOUSLY. Do it!!!!
Better yet, live in that tub. I even slept in it. (Please, don't drown!)
Make sure you don't have a clock in the bathroom. Otherwise, you'll clockwatch in there. Also, bring your ipod, phone or whatever and play the Playlist that you always play in the car when you're in a great mood...the songs that make you sing...or even better, songs that put you back in a great place in your life when you had great times before the addiction. Listen to music in the tub.
Even though I couldn't focus on movies or tv, the music/memories I could. Do this in the tub for hours. The aches go away, and your mind is better occupied.
Late in day 2, I finally decided to take a hot bath. I had read to do it, but I thought I felt too awful. SERIOUSLY. Do it!!!!
Better yet, live in that tub. I even slept in it. (Please, don't drown!)
Make sure you don't have a clock in the bathroom. Otherwise, you'll clockwatch in there. Also, bring your ipod, phone or whatever and play the Playlist that you always play in the car when you're in a great mood...the songs that make you sing...or even better, songs that put you back in a great place in your life when you had great times before the addiction. Listen to music in the tub.
Even though I couldn't focus on movies or tv, the music/memories I could. Do this in the tub for hours. The aches go away, and your mind is better occupied.
Second this advice Puppies... I can relate to the leg jerking, I was also on a high dose. Heck I lived in my bath during WD's.... Only thing that brought some real actual relief and the best advice to remind people about!
My other suggestion for entertainment, is if you're watching TV, see if you have episodes from A&E's show Intervention on Demand. It centered my focus a lot watching these poor people hit rock bottom and get treatment.
You can do this WintheWar! I am now on day 8, and I feel so much better. I came off a crazy high amount of prescribed oxy. I had insane symptoms because of it. For me, the leg jerks (it was way violent beyond RLS) subsided at the end of 48 hours. After that, they were just hurting.
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