Post detox recovery

[Babydoll71]

I just went thru anesthesia assisted rapid opiate detox and AM MISERABLE!!!!!!! IS THIS NORMAL???

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

bump back up  ^^^

[worried878]

I am sure many of us felt better on the pills...but if we had a problem with the pills...we are much better off and with time we feel better than we did on pills...just give it some time for ur brain to heal...staying on pills for life to feel good is not an option for most...so u r clean and keep moving forward..i was surprised as well after quitting that there was so much work to do beyond the physical wds..alot of work..but support is helpful and staying strong..u r lucky u found the forum

[broknbck]

I was lucky enough to have a decent doctor when i quit. He started me on Cymbalta (an anti-depressant) a couple of months before i was going to quit. I never felt anything strange while taking it, but i did notice that if i forgot to any day that i was really angry for no reason. ????  
Anyway i stayed on it for a couple months after quitting and slowly weaned off it with no problems at all. There is no way to tell if this helped me or not, but i did not experience any depression after quitting.

As far as the 'bad year' you are having - it is a good thing to have many things different in your life when you quit. It makes it easier to learn how to do all the daily things without drugs now. The pills were an all around habit as we were funtioning addicts. Learning a new job and new people without the drugs doesn't leave like a void. It just makes everything new.
I moved, quit a job, left a relationship and started a whole new life. I contribute these things to my success in quitting and staying off. I have had no cravings or struggles what-so-ever and am 10 months now.

I am in no way trying to tell you what to do, just sharing what helped me.

[Babydoll71]

EVERYONE OF YOU ARE MY NEW ANGELS AND I THANK GOD FOR SENDING ME TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never been involved in a forum like this and I so appreciate everyone's honesty!!!!!!!!!

[Babydoll71]

i have yet to see any benefits from the rapid detox....i totally agree w/ you!!!........i was MUCH happier and felt so much better when i was on the pills......

[Babydoll71]

i did not know that.......THANK YOU FOR THE INFO.....i am going to see my reg. dr. today and will let him know whats going on.....

it just seems one thing after another keeps happening and i have wished and prayed that i could have gone w/ my dad when he passed on july 4th....I MISS HIM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH......he was ONLY 67.......he made it possible for me to be able to pay for this....at the same time im COMPLETELY miserable........how does that make ANY sense????  after i went thru this i lost my job...........this year has been a TOTAL nightmare.......