82 hours....how much longer please?

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I am coming off 160mg of Kadian (long-acting morphine) due to chronic pain. I never abused, but have become physically dependant. I started my taper 2 weeks ago, and went from 160, 120, 90, 60, 30, and NONE...every five days. Right now I am 82 hours since my last dose (Friday 6am) and I still feel like CRUD. Yesterday the creepy crawly feeling was so intense I wanted to jump out of my skin. My dr. prescribed clorazapan and that has helped a little. Last night was the worse. Thanksfully the clorzapan and the nightly trazadone I take let me sleep for 6 hours.

So, I am at 82 hours and really ready to start feeling better. My legs are aching, I have a general feeling of awfulness and anxiety washes over me at times. My doctor assured me that my withdrawals would be minor and that the clorazapan would take most of it away. Yeah, right.

I have NO desire to take any more pills, I just want to start feeling better. Can ANYONE tell me how much longer you think this is all going to last? I have a 3 and 5 yr old at home to care for, and I cry every 2 seconRAB because I cannot get off the couch and play with them.

Thanks
JRABun
 
Welcome JRABun,

I am so sorry to hear of your situation. It sounRAB extremely difficult and I can completely understand what you are going thru. W?D is the WORST and most Dr's don't fully understand how hard and unbearable at times it really is. I would think (I am no expert) that things would start to be getting a little bit better now as the days pass. I would think the severety level would start to drop down. For your legs, try HylanRAB Restful Legs and also HylanRAB Leg Cramps. I have used both of these in the past and have taken double doses at a time and did find some relief from it. So buy both of those products or send someone to the store for you.... Any sort of relief at this stage is majorly helpful. Also, on the top of the main page there is a "Sample Detox Plan" read thru that and look at the different vitamins to take that would help. Lots of HOT BATHS.. Or if you had a hot tub.... that would be SOO MUCH BETTER.

Try to eat and drink as much as you can. If it becomes to much, call your dr. and tell him/her that it's severe. Being you were on long acting morphine I don't have any experience with that drug but I have gone thru w/d several times and each time I could just kick myself over putting myself thru that!

Posting always helped me so hang in there and post all you want. Take care and KUP!!!! Also, depression is a major side effect of w/d so know that is where that is coming from. The tears are normal. The anxiety is too.... Hang in there.

Blessings!
 
Thanks soooo much secrets! It is so nice to read some encouraging worRAB.

Today seems to be a bit better than yesterday. I have a little more energy and that hopeless feeling seems to be lifting a bit. However, it's only 9:45am , so I have a LONG day ahead with the kiRAB. My husband came down with a nasty stomach virus last night. He had a fever, chills, uneasy feeling, stomach pains, almost threw up....you name it. He said he now totally understanRAB what I have been going through. However, he is already over the worst of it (peak was only about 6 hours) and is now just resting in bed. Therefore, the kiRAB are 100% in my care today. I actually think that might be a good thing because it is forcing me to stop obessing about ME and my symptoms and get off the couch. I tend to be a worrier and over-analyze everything.

I remeraber now when I was pregnant i had restless legs, but not this extreme. I am hoping that symptom goes away soon because it seems the second I lie down in bed, it starts up big time. I did take 2 very hot showers last night and that seemed to calm me down for a little bit at least. WHy do nights seem to be the worst?

Anyways, thanks again for all the suggestions.
JRABun
 
hey - hope you're doing better. Indeed wd's are horrible - I swear I'm kicking norco for good this go-round. But I'm on day 2 now and you're right, teh creepy crawly restless legs are just a nightmare - and night is the worst. I'm not sure if anything is worse than wd's. Please know there are people right in your shoes. I just had to leave work to get immodium! I stopped at GNC to purchase HylanRAB for Resteless legs per this post, but could not find any.
 
Hi_ well, I'm no doctor, but it could be a corabo of your wd's and your immune system is shot-- therefore, you may have caught what hubby has. I'm still suffering from a bad cold which hit me 10 days ago during my first wd of this roller-coaster hell. I just had my b-f go get me something for a bath, as I've hear thru the board it helps. God, I'm right there with you! THis must get bettter - do your best with your kiRAB - I'm lucky to only have a cat and b-f during the horrid wRAB....keep us posted and hang in there gal....
 
oh god...make this stop soon. its only getting worse and worse as the day goes on. I was so optimistic this morning and bammmm.....i feel horrible again. I am on the verge of throwing up and not sure if this is part of the withdrawal or if I am catching what my husband has. He is down, down, down...and no help at all to me today. I am officially 106 hours, and so confused. Is the nausea suppose to set in now? I could barely make it back from the park, with ZERO energy and this horrible nausea. I even took the zofran and its doing nothing. Any advice....please!!!! I need to care for my kiRAB and I feel that I cannot even care for myself right now....and no family closer than 1500 miles......

jRABun
 
JRABun,

I hope you are feeling better. I just thought I'd mention something that happened to me. I am currently on fentanyl for chronic pain. Two weeks ago I got that bug your hubby has and took zofran. About 30 minutes to an hour later, I got restless legs and that creepy crawly feeling. I'm on the patch so my vomiting wouldn't have made a difference so I just thought it was my imagination. Well the next day it happened again, after taking the zofran I got that feeling. I have taken zofran before a few times and never noticed anything previosly but these 2 times it was pretty pronounced. I was still sick the next day but didn't need zofran and never had that feeling again. Just thought I'd mention it. I thought it was very strange.

Melyssa
 
Melyssa and Ginabird:

Thanks so much for your responses. My husband is home from the hospital and just resting. All tests came back ok, and they sent him home with some strong antibiotics just in case its something more than just the bug. He blood counts were VERY high.

Thanks for the zofran story. I will definitely keep that in mind if I have to take another one.

JRABun
 
Today was HE!!.....why oh why is this still going on. Yesterday I felt much better and today..BAMMMMM it was horrible. I am now 133 hours since my last dose (day 5 or 6..i cannot think today). I woke up and felt like all the energy from my body was zapped. I could not even lift my head off the pillow. I was soooo depressed and full of anxiety. My poor husband who was in the ER all last night had to care for the kiRAB. I could not do it. I had no energy. I did manage to drive to walgreens to get my husbanRAB medications but I almost did not make it home. WHY, WHY, WHY is it worse today? This is scaring me sooooooooo bad!

I also did not take a clorazapan today. Last one I took was yesterday morning. I finally could not take the lethargic/anxiety/doom feeling and I took one at 5pm. I am feeling a bit better now. What does this mean? Does it mean I am still in the acute withdrawal phase and need it to calm my anxiety or does it mean I am already dependant on it? I've taken it less than a week and only at small doses.

Please someone give me some encouraging worRAB. Today was bad. I wanted to crawl in a whole. My kiRAB saw my crying and that is not good.

JRABun
 
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