When will the withdrawl pains stop?

[Lookingatmyfuture]

Ive been taking 1000mg of loretabs prescribed by my doctor for roughly over a year for nerve damage stemming from my back to my legs.I am a drummer and im afraid I cant perform without taking painkillers but its became I problem and I just want my life back.im on day 1 1/2 of trying to stop cold turkey and im in agony.most of my pain is in my legs and absolutely cant sleep...im just in such pain.it seems every minute its getting worse.how long will these withdrawls last?

[Nance777]

The RLS got better for me around Day 4 so u dont have too much longer to go,,,,Sleep is still not going well,,,,Slept 3 hrs only last nite, so going to try to take a small nap now so Im not so exhausted all day....When I do sleep, I have really insane, crazy dreams...it must be from the withdrawls.....Its so weird, cos I quit drinking, doing coke, weed, etc and no problem..Just was tired of it, made up my mind to stop and that was it,,,This is a whole different thing....Really tough and this is my 2nd time quitting and no way do I want to go thru this again,,,,Seems crazy some little pills can f up our lives so much

[Lookingatmyfuture]

Day 3 and lastnight was on and off with sleep.still with the RLS its impossible to make it through the whole night.started the immodium and its helped with my stomach symptoms a bit and trying my best to stay as hydradeted as I can.is it just me or can you also feel the w/d pains in your dreams?im a bit shakey this morning and its the first time ive noticed this since ive started this battle.good to hear your at day 7 and doing well.i tell ya man kicking this is as tough as tough can get.thank god theres people like you all out there or I dont know how id do this.we're gonna beat this demon and never look back.

[Nance777]

Yea, I've been counting the minutes till each day is finally over,,,lol  Starting Day 7 now,,,,I hope for it to be just a little bit better than the day before, and if it is, thats cool with me,,,,me & Netflix are bff's right now......Let me know how u are doing,,,,

[Lookingatmyfuture]

thanks nance youve giving me the motivation to keep on with this struggle.i guess its one day at a time for us,but right now it seems im only dealing from minute to minute.lol,i think im gonna take your advice and become best buddies with netflix for the time being.i appreciate your honesty and my thoughts are with you as well.lets kick this habits @ss!!

[Nance777]

You are doing good..If u can just get thru the next day or so, I think it will get easier...I wouldnt give in now and take a pill if u can help it, and I know how much u want to feel better, but think then in the long run, u will have to start all over again and be back to how u are feeling right now....I tried to occupy my mind on something else, and since I could barely move, ended up just watching movies or dvd box sets,,,It helped me a little get thru the first few days...Dont give up..I am thinking of u.....Today, almost over Day 6 for me, but its not the picnic I thought it would be...It gets a little better each day with the symptoms, I suppose I expected too much too soon, but my first 3 days were the worst...couldnt deal with the burning up, sweating, chills, goosebumps, etc....But good news that today I only had a few chills off and on and that is much better

[Lookingatmyfuture]

i was in a jet skiing accident and broke one of my lower lumbar vertibrea which also led to sciatic nerve damage.im a musician,drummer to be exact,so to perform it takes everything i have...and thats with medication.my dr. perscribed my lyrica which is for fibro myalgia(or however its spelled)for the nerve damage and lortabs for the pain.i dont want to be controlled by these anymore.it disgust because if i ran out of what the doctor gave me then id by them off the street or a friend would give them to me.where im at their just so accessible and that scares me too.i dont want to take 1 step forward and 2 steps back.