Frustrated!!......

[FullCircle08]

Hi everyone. Let me get all of you up to speed. 9 days ago I quit a 100mg OXY habit CT and had to go on the road at about day 6. Well, as many of you cn understand that have had OXY WD they were still hanging around pretty good and not letting up, so I took the edge off for work while I was away with Tylenol 3's (codeine). The reason I am frustrated a bit was because I was very good to not use or abuse the pills. I was taking one pill in the afternoon each day at around 2-3, at that time I would start to really feel a little WD symptoms but nothing bad. I would then take another around 8 and if I was working late, maybe another around 11. I would then fall asleep NO problem and wake up and do it all again. I even exercised once, which I paid for dearly for the next few days. So, here I am at home again finally in my own bed and today I took a pill at 3 and then another at 8 and that was it. I flushed the rest. Well, Here i am again in the **** guest room with symptoms and I CANT SLEEP!!! What gives. I have prepared myself for this to happen a little bit tomorrow but NOT tonight! I am not stupid or naive to not understand that I was taking an opiate to get rid of the HORRIBLE oxy withdrawals, but I didnt think they would be this bad or bother me this early. What is tomorrow going to be like if this is like this now! ?????????:dizzy::dizzy::dizzy::dizzy: That is how I feel right now. I was crying earlier to my lovely wife about how I JUST WANT THIS TO BE OVER AND I WANT TO BE NORMAL.
It has to be that the OXY wd's are still in my sysytem after 9 days and that I just stunted it a bit the little amount of codeine. The reason I say this is because if you went to the dr and took 3-4 T3 pills for 5 days would you get symptoms? not sure, never done it. Maybe you would and I am just LOOKING for the signs ( they really arent bad, just cant sleep and feel restless). I think what I need to do is go back and read how I felt last week at this time and it will make me feel better.---maybe even get some sleep. Never know. Back to counting sheep.

Night --maybe. :wave:

D

 

[Lugar22]

Heya D...mate,hate that not sleeping thing. As you know,I also love my bed and it sucks when you just cant relax into comforting sluraber. Its difficult to know what really going on,but I do think that sometimes we are extra sensitive about how we feel and any twinge,we wonder 'is the wRAB?'. Remeraber how far you've come and know that the odd wRAB are still likely to be sniffing around. They like to take you by surprise,when you least expect.
Just keep going...you have done awesome,mate.
Im hoping by now you're snoring away,twitching in some dreamland!
love....cc

 

[subtrain]

Hey frustrated,....I feel your pain and frustration, it's like being frustrated in hell! Wouldn't wish it on your worst enemy,....maybe? Anyway, my experience is this, hopefully it will help. Oxy withdrawls, for most, last, physically, the worst part of ct, about 10 to 15 days. Withdrawl symtoms will linger after that but, the worst, physically, is usually over after 10 to 15 days. Any type of opiate you take during the wd period extenRAB the time and symptoms. So, I would suggest not taking anything that would extend the time of wRAB.
It seems to me certain things work for most going through wRAB. Valarian root helped me, it was something that helped calm that frustration. Melatonin helped with sleep, you know that lack of sleep I mean. Hot baths helped with sleep. I actually slept in the hot bath at times. Would have killed for a hot tub! I drank oceans of water to flush my system out. Did not want the stuff in me any longer. Eating is also very important! You need strength. Even if you don't have an appetite, force yourself to eat.
One last thing. CT is hard. Suffering at it's highest experience. What defines us as human beings is our experiences. Addicts and people who have become dependent on drugs, dull life's experiences with the drug. CT experience is the beginning of your wake up. The pain and suffering you experience is something you will never forget. Use it.
Build upon it. Believe it or not, the pain and suffering you experience now will give you strength later when the most difficult part of staying clean begins.
It sounRAB like your head is in the right place now. Remeraber that you cannot at this time trust your own thinking. It's still medicated and your old habits are still in control. Even though you may not think so! When you are feeling strong and intent, I would suggest you with your wife's imput come up with a scheduled plan about everything, everything! Get her to make you stick to it no matter what. This should be done long after the 10 to 15 days. Drugs screw up the way you think, feel, and the way you do things. Usually, we taking the drugs have no idea just how far away from ourselves the drugs have taken us. Ask the people around you who would know. Good luck, my blessings are with you.

 

[Secrets1983]

D,

I am so sorry you are suffering!!!!!!!!!! This has got to give..... I think the codeine maybe just made it stretch things out a little but you were on the road and had to do what you had to do..

Hang in there buddy.. It's going to get better and I would think by tomorrow you should be MUCH better...

How about an update today? Did you get some sleep at all? Worried about you!!!!

 

[mel486]

Hey FullCircle... I guess I didn't realize you were up to 100 mg Oxy a day when you went CT. Wow - that's a lot to drop at once, even using the codeine as a kicker for withdrawals. I started my detox in mid-Deceraber, finally CT'd early February, and I'm STILL having withdrawals (Abdominal spasms and insomnia). It just takes some people's body longer to adjust to not having the meRAB. The brain chemistry takes a while to re-adjust itself back to normal. I do research everyday on opiates and withdrawals to understand it better.

Valerium, melatonin, tryptophan, benedryl, Unisom, Calcium with a warm glass of milk - see which works best for you to get the rest your body neeRAB to allow it time to repair itself. (Hot steamy s*x with my wife always seems to work for me).

It's especially hard when you're on the road or away from home also. Other people just don't understand what you (we) have gone through. All we can say is hang in there and do the best you can - you're on the right tract. We're all hoping you the best!!