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NEED HELP !!!!! First time withdrawal- IN HELL !!! PLEASE < PLEASE HELP !!
Please , please help. I was prescribed fentanyl 25 mcg patch 1 yr and 9 months ago for chronic bone pain. Lost 130 plus pounds in 1 year and went downhill physically, emotionally and every way.
I went off the patch myself on 9.21.12, and it has been PURE HELL ever since.
My pain doctor - a licensed physician- refused to even see me on how to detox. Told me to go home, take 4 Vicodin a day, and 4 xanax a day and that was it.
I do not know what to expect! I am under care of primary care doctor who knows my medicine detox regime, but I am suffering from HORRIBLE ANXIETY. Literally cannot sleep, sit sit, etc. I pace around 24/7 unless asleep. IS THIS NORMAL?? Does anyone know the stages of when this ANXIETY HELL, as well as the physical symptoms will subside??
I REALLY, REALLY need help !! I am ISOLATED, no one to talk to, and the pain doc is not helping me at all !!
I am having to do this ALONE, with no one who know what I am going through. What is Normal in Fentanyl detox?
How long will this HELL LAST?? Anyone know?
Please, please help ! I am at the end of the barrel here.
God BLESS anyone who will help .
I went off the patch myself on 9.21.12, and it has been PURE HELL ever since.
My pain doctor - a licensed physician- refused to even see me on how to detox. Told me to go home, take 4 Vicodin a day, and 4 xanax a day and that was it.
I do not know what to expect! I am under care of primary care doctor who knows my medicine detox regime, but I am suffering from HORRIBLE ANXIETY. Literally cannot sleep, sit sit, etc. I pace around 24/7 unless asleep. IS THIS NORMAL?? Does anyone know the stages of when this ANXIETY HELL, as well as the physical symptoms will subside??
I REALLY, REALLY need help !! I am ISOLATED, no one to talk to, and the pain doc is not helping me at all !!
I am having to do this ALONE, with no one who know what I am going through. What is Normal in Fentanyl detox?
How long will this HELL LAST?? Anyone know?
Please, please help ! I am at the end of the barrel here.
God BLESS anyone who will help .
I am getting a bigger window of anxiety relief- THANK GOD- on the taper as each day goes on. I am only on 6 Vicodin in a 24 hour period . Total of 45 mg per 24 hours. Total of 6 mg of Xanax in a 24 hour period. I have been on and off Xanax for 20 years prior to withdrawal of fentanyl on sept 21.
What is scaring me MOST now- is that what will be taper off the Vicodin and Xanax be? I was normally prescribed for 20 years , 1 MG xanax per 24 hours ( 3 total). I had some days prior to w/draw, where I took 3-4 Xanax a day, then the next day I took 2 Xanax and the next day, I took only one and some days, did not take any at all. I did not have any bad side effects.
I was also taking 4 Vicodin a day, and some days - PRIOR to W/D- would take only 3 Vicodin a day, or 4 or 5 at MOST. So, my WITHDRAW program is not far off from what I was PRIOR to fetanyl use ( been on patch for 1 year and 9 mos at 25 mcg).
I am not on a large, large dose of either Vicodin or Xanax for W/D.
I am so , so scared of the horrors of going off the taper meds, and terrified, now that I am getting some relief for the first time in 13 days, to go off CT.
What should I do?????? With the amounts I am taking above, how bad is this going to be? Does anyone Know??? Please let me know. Please....
What is scaring me MOST now- is that what will be taper off the Vicodin and Xanax be? I was normally prescribed for 20 years , 1 MG xanax per 24 hours ( 3 total). I had some days prior to w/draw, where I took 3-4 Xanax a day, then the next day I took 2 Xanax and the next day, I took only one and some days, did not take any at all. I did not have any bad side effects.
I was also taking 4 Vicodin a day, and some days - PRIOR to W/D- would take only 3 Vicodin a day, or 4 or 5 at MOST. So, my WITHDRAW program is not far off from what I was PRIOR to fetanyl use ( been on patch for 1 year and 9 mos at 25 mcg).
I am not on a large, large dose of either Vicodin or Xanax for W/D.
I am so , so scared of the horrors of going off the taper meds, and terrified, now that I am getting some relief for the first time in 13 days, to go off CT.
What should I do?????? With the amounts I am taking above, how bad is this going to be? Does anyone Know??? Please let me know. Please....
Hi newone, hope you are feeling better. I haven't taken fentanyl, so I'm no help with specific advice. However, to find others that have posted about fentanyl, type "fentanyl withdrawal" in the Search This Community box in the upper corner of this web page. You will get lots of stories about fentanyl.
Stay strong!
Stay strong!
hey Friend,
If you read over some of my old posts you would see that the anxiety monster was the toughest part for me. Yes, it was horrrible. What got me thrrough it is reading this forum and believing people when they said it would end, even when I thought it wouldn't, i trudged onward, and it did. SOme days the anxiety alone was so bad I couldn't take my head off the couch pillow, let alone answer a phone or a doorbell. I just hunkered down and watched tv and when it got a little better, some household chores, and when I really trduged, then a little walk aroudn the block.
The anxiety is terrible, but it ends, and when it ends you are left with a new life for yourself.
I tapered from a huge amount of oxy and vicodin. The good side of tapering is that you don't get those horrible first 3 days symptoms as badly, the physical ones. You still get RLS, and sleeplessness and some diarrhea, but not like CT gives you, so that is the up side, but the down side to tapering is that the whole time you are tapering the anxiety monster is there. In my opinion the best way to do it if you possibly can is jump off CT. The first days will be extra rough but you won't be dragging out the anxiety more than it has to be.
Whichever road you take, it can be done. I am on day 105 today and I have a new wonderful life.
hugs,
Lily
If you read over some of my old posts you would see that the anxiety monster was the toughest part for me. Yes, it was horrrible. What got me thrrough it is reading this forum and believing people when they said it would end, even when I thought it wouldn't, i trudged onward, and it did. SOme days the anxiety alone was so bad I couldn't take my head off the couch pillow, let alone answer a phone or a doorbell. I just hunkered down and watched tv and when it got a little better, some household chores, and when I really trduged, then a little walk aroudn the block.
The anxiety is terrible, but it ends, and when it ends you are left with a new life for yourself.
I tapered from a huge amount of oxy and vicodin. The good side of tapering is that you don't get those horrible first 3 days symptoms as badly, the physical ones. You still get RLS, and sleeplessness and some diarrhea, but not like CT gives you, so that is the up side, but the down side to tapering is that the whole time you are tapering the anxiety monster is there. In my opinion the best way to do it if you possibly can is jump off CT. The first days will be extra rough but you won't be dragging out the anxiety more than it has to be.
Whichever road you take, it can be done. I am on day 105 today and I have a new wonderful life.
hugs,
Lily
Thank you vicki to let me know that I am where I should be in the process- that helps sooooo much!!
I am just SO SCARED and wanting this to be OVER with soon, and the Horrible suffering to stop. Bless You
I am just SO SCARED and wanting this to be OVER with soon, and the Horrible suffering to stop. Bless You
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! This is so helpful to hear that I am on the right path. I am now 13 days into detox with vicodin and xanax , and am NOT going back on ANY meds in future.I want off all pain meds, and want to get my body back to a Natural state that GOD made me with in the beginning.
It is SO COMFORTING to know that all of you are telling me I am going to be ok- I need that SO badly right now! Bless You ALL !!
I am planning on tapering off the Vicodin and xanax SLOWLY after I get to a point in the detox where I can taper down safely- and do it very SLOWLY and carefully. It is a process. IT has been SHEER HELL- SHEER HELL. But, everyone keeps telling me each day off the demon patch is ONE DAY CLOSER TO A NORMAL LIFE> I pray this is coming true !!!
Please let me know if this is coming to a close. If anyone knows about how much longer on the withdraw timeline I have, I would love to hear. It just helps me to keep up HOPE that all is going to get better.
Thank you, thank you , THANK YOU ALL for being here for me- You are all ANGELS sent by GOD !!!!
It is SO COMFORTING to know that all of you are telling me I am going to be ok- I need that SO badly right now! Bless You ALL !!
I am planning on tapering off the Vicodin and xanax SLOWLY after I get to a point in the detox where I can taper down safely- and do it very SLOWLY and carefully. It is a process. IT has been SHEER HELL- SHEER HELL. But, everyone keeps telling me each day off the demon patch is ONE DAY CLOSER TO A NORMAL LIFE> I pray this is coming true !!!
Please let me know if this is coming to a close. If anyone knows about how much longer on the withdraw timeline I have, I would love to hear. It just helps me to keep up HOPE that all is going to get better.
Thank you, thank you , THANK YOU ALL for being here for me- You are all ANGELS sent by GOD !!!!
How you doing tonight? Just re-read the posts above. So if I read correctly you are totally off the patch for 13 days but taking vics and xanex?
Hope you'll have a FIRM plan for those......and will be able to get off of those safely when the time comes. Since I had already w/drawn from xanex by the time I went off hydrocodone, soma m.relaxer, and my anti-depressant, I had to deal with my anxiety in any natural way I could.
One thing that worked for me was a large hot pad and I could just put it on my chest, breath deeply, wait.....and wait.....and eventually I could calm down. I know you probably already know.....but if you have a taper plan in place for the vics and xanex, that will help you keep moving in the right direction and not just get used to taking them instead of the patch. I would love it if I could take xanex......still have panic attacks and anxiety chest issues, rapid heartbeat, etc. but I had a personal desire to get off every single Rx for once in a very long time and just see where I was physically, emotionally and spiritually. I need a baseline, if you will.
I had changed the "type" of antidepressant (AD) I was on many, many times in a 10 yr period, but just decided to find out what I'm like NOW.
Still finding out!! The strangest things create anxiety in me. Tells me a lot about myself, too. That was my own personal decision to do this BTW.
Keep on keepin on.........we're here for you
Feeding my spirit by reading 3 diff things every day also helps to remind me I am powerless, He is not, IF I let Him.
Hope you'll have a FIRM plan for those......and will be able to get off of those safely when the time comes. Since I had already w/drawn from xanex by the time I went off hydrocodone, soma m.relaxer, and my anti-depressant, I had to deal with my anxiety in any natural way I could.
One thing that worked for me was a large hot pad and I could just put it on my chest, breath deeply, wait.....and wait.....and eventually I could calm down. I know you probably already know.....but if you have a taper plan in place for the vics and xanex, that will help you keep moving in the right direction and not just get used to taking them instead of the patch. I would love it if I could take xanex......still have panic attacks and anxiety chest issues, rapid heartbeat, etc. but I had a personal desire to get off every single Rx for once in a very long time and just see where I was physically, emotionally and spiritually. I need a baseline, if you will.
I had changed the "type" of antidepressant (AD) I was on many, many times in a 10 yr period, but just decided to find out what I'm like NOW.
Still finding out!! The strangest things create anxiety in me. Tells me a lot about myself, too. That was my own personal decision to do this BTW.
Keep on keepin on.........we're here for you
Feeding my spirit by reading 3 diff things every day also helps to remind me I am powerless, He is not, IF I let Him.
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