Freaking out day 4 of no cettes

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Little background ive been taking loracettes off and on for the past couple of years. And when I mean off and on just every once in a while for fun never even for more than a day or 2 and then I wouldnt for months usually. Around thanksgiving me and my brother started buying them and taking them daily. I never thought only taking a couple even for 2 months or so would get me addicted. Over the past 2 months there hasnt been back to back days where I havent taken atleast 2 usually 3-5. I quit cold turkey on friday. Sunday I started freaking out couldnt sit down in one area for more than a few minutes. It hasnt really gotten better and now today is tuesday. I take nyquil at night just to get some sleep and even have to smoke some pot even though I want to quit that. Please help with any advice or let me know that this will stop eventually. I cant get anything off my mine I go from calm for 2 minutes to freaking out for 10 please help.
 
If anyone has any kind of advice it would help me a ton. My brother thinks im taking on to much at once and trying to change everything in my life to fix it. So it may be adding to my stress that I have a job interview today at 3 after being unemployed for 2 years and I have just started going to back to community college this semester trying to straighten that out. I have hardly eatten anything since sunday. Cereal for breakfast and whatever i can manage to get down at dinner with my family and thats it.
 
Day 5 now and im causing myself even more worry because everything ive read is 3-5 days and it will start getting better. Still constantly anxious , hard to go to sleep and then when I wake up its impossible for me to go back to sleep, and still no appetite. Please I'm getting desperate and wish for any kind of help.
 
Hi there, Tyler

Buddy, it does get better each day; it will not be all better for a while yet (and I think that is what we are all hoping for so desperately when we start).

I journaled a lot as I tapered and detoxed off Oxycodone and then Xanax. In the beginning, I thought I must be very different from others because I sure didn't see any progress in feeling better. Then I started really reading backwarRAB in my journal and suddenly the proof was there for me in black and white. It was in small baby steps, small baby steps. I was crying a bit less each day, was having stretches moments longer of calmness each day. I was focused a bit more each day. And each day, that tiny, tiny glimmer of hope began to get just a bit brighter.

The sense of desperation and torment will truly abate... in baby steps for a while and eventually in bigger and bigger steps. It helped me to try as much as I could to be physically active to help distract myself from the anxiety symptoms. I would sweep floors, fold laundry, takes short walks. When I did whatever at my own home, my hubby would drive me to my son's house where I would do boring tasks there for hours. All to distract and tire myself so rest would finally come.

I also worked closely with my doctor to get all the help I could. I was already on a blood pressure med, but many here were put on one called Clonodine, which has helped them with some of the symptoms. Please do not fear a doctor at this point... he doesn't care where you have been with a drug, only how to help you get where you need to be.

I am happy for you that you are also making changes in your life! It is a necessary part of changing all the thinking about who we are and where we want to be in life. For all the crummy parts we must endure getting off a drug, I know that we all have found the process one that causes us to change our thinking in many, many areas and find much happiness in our renewed, restored lives.

Stay busy to distract yourself... posting helped me a lot! Also, read the second post on this board called "Sample Home Detox." It offers much about things that can help us at this time.

All best wishes
reach
 
Tyler Hope you are doing a bit better each day. Reach always comes up with the perfect posts to help everyone out. She is very wise, definitely listen to all of her worRAB as she knows what is happening. I could say the same things as her as I have just gone through it myself and no it isn't easy and you have to be strong. I have just gone off of "suboxone" which is what the withdrawl clinic put me on after being on several pain killers for chronic pain in my neck. My system went into withdrawl after being on the meRAB, vicodin, oxycodone and xanax and my legs got very very restless. My doc treated me for restless legs and then I realized that it was in fact withdrawl and the only way to get through that was to take more opiates and I decided I would rather live with the "chronic pain" than take drugs. With the help of my "addictionologist" I tapered off slowly down to less than 1/8 of a suboxone (which helped me get off of the opiates but not a great drug to be on when it is time to stop). You can read up on "suboxone" withdrawl on these boarRAB. Well I am on day 30 of being off and it took probably 3 weeks before I started feeling (normal) WHAT EVER THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE IN CHRONIC PAIN!!!!!. My worst problem besides feeling flu like, achy all over, restless legs and a few other things was "not sleeping". I kept busy, took hot baths, someone suggested eating a lot of bananas and drinking V8 juice (which is potassium) for restless legs. I think most of all keeping your mind busy and doing things helps a lot.
Tyler, I am so proud of you that you are changing your life and bettering yourself and good luck on that job interview, or was that yesterday, if so let us know how you made out and certainly going back to community college is absolutely fantastic. Your family must be so proud of you.

You can do it and we are thinking about you. It won't be easy but it will be the best thing you have ever done for yourself and you will know that when it is all over with. Don't be too hard on yourself, your are worth it.

Take care and post to any of us if you need us, we are here for you.

Reach, you and secrets send the most wonderful posts to everyone, so inspiring and so true. Keep up the good work.

Tyler, take care and talk to you soon.

Lyn in Michigan
 
Thank you soooo much for responding. I get a sense of comfort or calmness just sitting down and reading those responses. I am going to try my first night of sleep tonight without taking nyquil or tylonel PM. I dont want to have to need that to sleep even if its gonna be rough. The night time is worst thing for me and before I know it its 12 and im still wide awake. That and feeling like its not the drugs causing this but it has more to do with me. I had some anxiety and depression before this but nothing close to this. I find myself not even wanting the drug because of how horrible this is but that there is something else wrong with me socially.
Once again I really do appreciate the support. My brother is 3 years older than me and has been in and out of this stuff for 5 or 6 years. We made a pact to quit together and hes been the one calming thing in my life so far. I cant even hardly be around my parents because im so filled with guilt and things racing through my mind.
Im off to school hope to talk to you all soon.
 
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