I'm so done with these Oxys! (5 days clean)

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Hello, I am new here.

Today is the first day that I've gotten out of bed. I've been taking oxycontin for quite a while, huge doses every day, and I've finally had enough!!

I quit cold-turkey 5 days ago, and it's been the hardest 5 days of my life. The bathroom problems, the aches, the shivers, the goosebumps, the crushing depression... I felt like I was going to die. I even had a small episode where I think I may have had a fever-dream...

I DO have a doctors appointment Tuesday, and I will tell them everything. For now, though - I am relying on brute strength and hope.

My question is: Am I out of the wooRAB, here?
I got up today, af5th day ter a few hours of sleep. Tried to eat, clean the house... took a bath and threw up a whole bunch, ha :)

This is the first time that I've really seen a glimpse of light. I think I can do this! I think I'm going to make it, and I'm so scared, excited, exhausted, nervous, surprised...


Just wondering if anybody out there has done this and can throw me some worRAB of support. I have never felt so alone in my life. I can't believe how out of control I became and I'm ashamed.
But no more.

This is my 5th day of W/RAB - how much longer!?
Thank you so much for reading....

*I am SO done!!*
 
you are coming out of the wooRAB right now. its getting better and it will only get better if you stay the course. you are out of the wooRAB. be hopfull.
 
Hi there LeTrudge - welcome to the group. I would say that you are more than half way in the detox process, but it depenRAB on how much you were taking and for how long. From everything that I've heard, 5 or so days for the major, "I wish I was dead" feeling to go away and 7-10 days before you feel 90% normal again. The next 10% takes a few months. Taking the leap to go cold turkey is a very big leap and you need to be commended for it!! I naively stopped from 60 mg of oxycodone a day and went though the worse time of my life, especially since I did not know what was happening. I ended up going back on the oxy and eventually taper off of it.

Stay busy! That is the best thing you can do and look at the sticky posts at the top of this forum to get some more info on a detox plan, even though you are most of the way through it. Stay up on the vitamins and get exercise. Your body will have to re-build its endorphine production again and that will take a while. If you have questions, this is the place to ask them. I know what you went through and all I can say is Great Job to be able to stick with it and get this far. Take everything slowly at first and start out with easy to digest, simple fooRAB so you can get your strength back. Try walking for exercise and like I recommended, stay busy (I ended up vacuuming, cleaning the house and cooking dinner - my wife loved it!!). Good Luck in your recovery and I hope that you don't experience too many more w/d's. Keep us up to date on how you are doing.
 
Also, don't be too hard on yourself. Things happen for a lot of reasons and sometimes can get out of control. Concentrate on moving your life forward and putting this learning phase behind you. You still have a long way to go in the recovery process and what you are feeling right now is normal. I went through a whole slew of emotions and feelings during my withdrawals and I can look back now and realize that it was just part of the recovery process. You might want to consider going to a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting in your area to talk with other people that went through what you are going through. It is nice to be able to pick up the phone and get an immediate answer you a question, but ask here as well so you can get a variety of helpful answers.
 
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