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day 17 clean and need some insight

so i'm on day 17 clean of no suboxone and oxy.. and althought i can sleep, have energy, and no RLS... i still have profuse sweating during the day... (none at night...) althought the sweating isnt as bad as the first week.. its still pretty noticable if i move around for a min.. my underarms are drentched... so my question is.. did anyone else have this problem at day 17? when did it go away for you? orrrr should i just get used to this as a result of prolonged opiate abuse? and try to treat it unstead of hoping it will go away... thank you!
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day 22, still sweating :( ...I just stopped cold turkey at 2mg... Be prepared to hurt physically for about 9 solid days...Or thats how long it was for me... I wasnt in full detox  til about day 3... I used alot of melatonin (vitamin sleeping aid).. You wouldnt think it would help but it worked wonders for me. I'd sleep for a good 5 hours every night!... I did drink alcohol a few nights also to help me sleep.. When i was on day 7, I smoke two hits of grass... It knocked me out cold since i never do it... ALOT of long warm showers... I also would drive around in my car alot.. it helped to clear my mind... immodium, of course. Getting on these forums for hours helped me to get through each day.. its very time consuming which is what you need during this.. something to take your mind off what your feeling... I went to two NA meetings a day... I dont much believe in it.. but when your feeling like **** it helps you to stay focused on what your goal is.. and too see others that have made it, is very empowering... I took tylenol every four hours...

although the detox was alot longer than what oxys or hydros were... for me it was alittle easier... usually at day three without having a pill i wouldve been doing whatever to get it... but on suboxone... i wasnt obsessing about it..

also, my mind frame was alot different this time... i wanted my life back... and be normal (whatever normal is) without a little pill ruling my life and decisions... you know the old saying you can do whatever as long as you set your mind to it... and its true...

its like everyday instead of wanting to die... i was embracing that this is how my life will be if i continue to do pills... and each day without a pill after day 7 was better then the day before... after day 5 each day was like i accomplished something. and i was excitied for the next day... cause that was one day closer to being ME... and one day closer to never having to hurt like this again...

if you want to send me your email... and you need support i will be there for you.. support is what will get your thru this... i could also put up a day by day agenda of what my detox symptoms were...


lastly...... people please respond about this sweating ordeal!!!!  

TAPERME, ITS ONLY UNDER MY ARMS TOO!!!!... i mean atleast its not dripping 24/7 like it was at the beginning of my detox... but ge'ez... everyday does it get less and less for you... i want to be able to let my boyfriend hold me without grossing him out lol...

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You said you are 17 days off the subs, I was just wondering if you would mind sharing how you got off the subs, I've been tappering at a very steady pace, 1 st day at 2mg, did you tapper or just stop cold turkey. thanks utcutie and congrats on the recovery!! :)
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Yep...I'm sitting here doing some research on the computer for about an hour and, I'm sweating. But just (not to be gross) under my arms. My feet are ice cold and I am just about to put my this slipper socks on. My body temp has been all over the place for the last 30 days. I'm hoping this one passes SOON!
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goooodnessss me too... if its too hot i sweat (sitting outside)... if its too cold i sweat... if its not a perfect 72 in the house and im just sitting down... i sweat... i hope the above person was right.. it will pass.. but with you being at day 30... geeez... i feel hopeless... but these sweats arent gonna get me to do a pill... atleast not today... OH, CONGRADS ON 30 DAYS!!! thats HUGEEE!
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Yeah, it is weird. I weigh even less than you do and now that I read your post am super aware of the fact that I've been sweating all day! Yuck. The really weird thing is I can be sweating and still have freezing cold feet all day and night. Crazy.
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well i did 30-60 mg of oxy almost everyday (more if i had the money) for the past three years... over the past three months i took 2mg of suboxone everyday (sometimes less) but once a week i would buy some oxys again (complete waste didnt even feel it)..

taperme.. im also interested... im hoping alot more people will reply.. i hate feeling like im the only one... and at 22 yrs. old.. its super embarrassing.. i didnt even know it was possible to sweat this much... im only 114 pounds lol..

its also weird tho, cause i know if i were to take an oxy or some suboxone.. i would completely stop sweating.. (until the withdrawal kicks back in)... shew... these demon pills... if only i had known then what i know now...
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me personally i never did sweat at all during the day unless i was asleep the only time i ever had the cold sweats was when i was asleep which was really weird to me because i could lay under a blanket for hours and not sweat at all but if i fell asleep i could wake up 30 min later and be drenched in sweat so i dont understand why i would only sweat if i was asleep i have never figured it out
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That is really funny you mention this...I was wondering about that today! I'm sorta sweating a lot too at day 30. Of course it could be the 80 degree weather, but I don't think so. I'm interested in what others have to say.
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hello welcome to this forum.  How much of both/each were you taking?  I did have problems with sweating for awhile after withdrawals were over at 2 weeks.  It should even out, but I don't know how long, maybe everyone is different.  Someone else should have some more insight into this one...good luck with it!!
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