New member, please help me....

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Welcome to the group scoobers!!

You are right that this group has wonderful caring merabers. I don't know how I would have got off of the Oxy without their help and support. Everything that reachout said goes for me as well. You are going to be in for the worse time of you life! I tried the first time going cold turkey from 60 mg/day not knowing anything about the drug I was taking and that didn't last long, but opened my eyes to start doing the research on the drug. The next time I tried going CT was at 10 mg/day and it was the worse 50 hours of my life before I was too weak (mentally) to continue. I eventually tapered to 2.5 mg/day and finally went CT and got clean. I won't fool you, but it was an experience that I never want to go through again in my life!!

Typical w/d's are diarrhea, flu-like symptoms, achy muscles, insomnia, hot and cold sweats, anxiety, depression, shakes, restless legs, vomiting, and a rushing mind. Your body and mind are going to tell you all sorts of things to try to get you back to taking it again and you have to fight through it. For me, the achy muscles were the worse and I ended up walking around the house most of the night since I couldn't sleep anyway. I worked with my doctor and I used Valium for a few days during the worse part to help me through it. Unisom at night might help you sleep as well.

At the top of the Forum is a Sample Home Detox Plan. There is excellent info in there. Keep us informed how you are doing and ask questions. I feel for you and I hope that you can do it. Since you have the mind set and dedication to become a body builder, you will have to use the same mind set to get through this. I think you will find body building was a breeze compared to what you will go through, but you have to set the goal and fight with every ounce of your body and mind to make it. If you begin to think you will fail, start thinking about the goal and how good you will feel and be after you reach it. Keep positive thoughts in your head and try to stay active. Good luck to you!!!
 
Well I found this site through a google search, and after reviewing the posts I have to say this seems like such a caring and wonderful community. I am coming to you desperate, and with absolutely no support from my family or frienRAB whom know nothing at all about my addiction. I am 19 years old and I have been snorting roughly three 30mg oxycodones a day for the past two months. I cannot taper, I am too determined. I have deleted all of my "contacts" in my phone, and anyone who would tempt me, or steer me in the wrong direction. It is now day 1 without any opiates and I have to say I am excited for the future. I understand this is going to be the toughest battle of my life, but I am ecstatic for the day where I can do whatever I please, even bodybuild again without worrying about how to get drugs. I was a teen bodybuilder, and got into a slump after loosing several shows I had worked for years for. I turned to drugs. I come to your community for support, maybe just to give me some encouragement day to day. I am alone in this struggle right now, no-one I know knows anything about this, and I feel extremely lonely. Any worRAB of wisdom would be MUCH appreciated.
Thank you in advance
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Go scoobers Go!! You are so positive and working so hard it is really very uplifting! Keep up the great work and keep us informed how you are doing.
 
Hey everyone! denon and read, thanks for the support you guys! Well I'm still clean. It's now day three and I feel pretty good. I wouldn't go as far as to say back to normal, but def quite a bit better. Ive been taking a HUGE multi-vitamin which I would recommend to anyone who is withdrawing, its called Animal Pak, . This stuff is saving me as far as the leg spasms lol no idea why but it does. I also have been taking some tribulus to bring my natural HPTA axis back into the picture lol I guess these things put a hurtin on your endocrine system. I'm slowly working my way back into the gym, and running alot. Its very strange to get all hot while your have the chills, lol. A friend of mine whom works for an anti-aging clinic said he worked with a test-chem known as sustanon to aid in returning muscle function in people who have suffered from addiction to certain substances, I kind of laughed inside but I refuse to touch that stuff, Or let him know what I'm going through. I don't need anymore chemicals or pills in my life, and I now fully understand the implications of my addictive nature. Again, I want to say that I am not going to forget you guys here on this board. I'm sure people come to you with serious problems, and once they get an answer or a quick fix they take off. Well thats not the case for me. I appreciate everything you all have done for me and I plan to stay and help others.

Thanks again you guys
 
;) great job scoobers! Keep up the power & strenghth to take charge of the next day! One day at a time is all you need to worry about. You need to do this for yourself and your future. I wish my brother would of had the willpower that you have. I will share his story if you would like for me to. Just let me know. Will be praying for you & will check in with you later! :wave:
 
Thanks for responding, it really means alot to me.. :) I would love to hear your brothers story, im sure it will motivate me. I just hope one day I can bodybuild again ya know? Live out my dreams and try to achieve some of my goals. Its ironic how someone who worked everyday of their life to achieve perfect health and keep their body in top shape can hit rock bottom like I did, its a horrible feeling to see yourself and all of your progress melt away. I had to do something. Again thank you for your kindness and compassion, it means more to me than you'll ever know
 
First off, I want to thank each and every one of you for your support. It is now day two and I have to say I feel extremely odd. I feel out of touch with everything around me, its VERY strange. After hearing I should stay active I sturabled into my gym and just started lifting, and even though i was depressed with the amount of weight, just being in there is keeping me hopeful. Like some of you said, I am experiencing the muscle aches, chills, etc but Ive come to look at these side effects as a necessary evil, they are a constant reminder that I'm on the right path. I was never a very religious person, but I thank god that I found this board, those of you who spend your much valued time helping others are truly angels. I hope once I conquer my goals I can help others just like those of you do. I spoke to an old bodybuilding friend of mine and he gave me a bottle of valium and xanex to help with the anxiety. I havent touched them yet, being that I don't want to trade an opiate addiction for a benzo lol. Though I feeel feeble as hell, I'm planning on going for a run later on tonight. Thank you all again, I'll be posting my progress in a couple of hours
 
WOOOHOOOO SCOOBERS!

SO proud of you!!!! Plushed them! Boy, been there, done that and it's hard! So I commend you! You have such a resiliant quality that comes across in your posts and it's inspirational!!! I think you are a wonderful asset to this board and I do hope you stick around!!!!

It is nice to give back when others have given us so much. That is why I stay! Along with the added support that I still need from time to time.

You just keep going!!! I am proud of you!
HUgs,
 
Welcome Scoobers!

Everything everyone said so far is spot on!!! So I am going to touch on a statement you made in your last post about feeling really odd. I completely understand that and I know everyone else here does too. It's a very uncomfortable feeling and it will last a while but I promise if you just get thru the first couple weeks it will start to clear. Depression was very hard on me when I quit.... It still comes and goes.. I still have cravings but I am going to tell you one thing. Sobriety is worth every horrible moment.

These next few days are going to be tough ones but you are being very proactive and for that... I AM PROUD OF YOU! I could NOT for the life of me be active. It was all I could do to go to work and go home to bed... I made it thru it and so will you new friend.

Keep posting! We are here for you!!!!!!

Hoping the rest of your day and night goes as best as possible!
Hugs,
 
Hello Scoobers

It is great to see you here on the board ready to tackle this monkey on your back. Kudos for understanding that this is not a path to be continued. It is, for sure, a difficult task to get off oxycodone, but as long as you are tackling it with wide-open eyes, it can be done. I, too, have come off oxycodone after many years of use, although I chose a long slow taper. How we come off is a personal choice... it is finding the way that is successful as an individual that counts.

Although your use has been a relatively short time, the amount taken daily is high. Expect some rough days ahead. Diarreha will hit hard... lay in a supply of Immodium. Hot baths will soothe the hot and cold sweats and the jumpy legs. I took as many as ten hot baths a day. Withdrawal depression will set in. Please recognize it for what it is.... the use of the oxycodone causes the brain to stop producing its own feel good chemicals. As it slowly heals itself and begins working properly again, the depression will fade away. We can help speed up this process by forcing ourselves to engage in as many physical activities as possible. Stay close to the board as you move along for support and help. For me, I needed live, 3-D people as well in my corner. My doctors, who did not blink an eye when they heard my story, were a wealth of help. I also sought the help of a counselor who was great in helping me sort out the misery I had stuffed down and who showed me new and better ways to cope with life's hurts.

Also, the second post on this board, Sample Home Detox, has many, many helpful suggestions no matter what path we chose to detox and regain sobriety.

All best wishes to you. Now is the time to tackle this before getting totally lost in a haze of drug use.

We have your back here
reach
 
Haha well it makes me feel great that you can relate, seriously its a life saver. I have to come clean with something, I ALMOST slipped. A friend of mine sent me a video of me prior to the world teen championships and I started getting really depressed, I managed to find some norcos and had them in my hand, I started to think about all of you here, and my family and frienRAB, and how I didn't want to let any of you down, youve put alot of faith in me, and I just flushed them.. without this board Im almost positive I would have slipped, Thank you all again for being here, your great people. Ive kind of kept my identity withheld but I feel very close to everyone on this board. Here is a video posted in deceraber by a friend.

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Hey there,

I just wanted to tell you that I am pulling for you, I have been sober and substance free for five years and I did it all for close to 30 years. You have received some very sound advice and good thoughts but I would like to suggest that you get connected with the community of Narcotics Anonymous (NA). They are are great support and will help you in ways you can't even imagine. Believe me when I say that getting the drugs out of your system is the easy part, but there's a world of difference between being clean and being sober. You can do this and life can be beautiful for you as it is for me. NA can be found
in every country in the world. For more support and help finding a meeting in your area feel free to write to me here. All addicts feel terribly alone until they realize that are so many of us on this journey. Peace and Namaste my friend,

Hppygr8ful
 
secrets and hppy, thank you both for your replies! I am def going to look into going to some meetings. I will never let myself relapse, going through this was a terrible experience, luckily I found this board. Having to do this entire withdrawal over would be nothing short of a nightmare and I will not put myself in that position. But yes I plan on staying for sure, if I can stay solely to support those who were in my position just a few days ago then I have made my contribution. I can also offer advice regarding the supplements I used to corabat some of the horrible effects of withdrawal. But again you people are angels! and I'm not going anywhere haha:)
 
You've already zoomed ahead of me. I'm just tapering. I'm so worried about the mental aspect. I can handle the physical side effects, but it's keeping my head focused on the wanting to quit part of it that I'm already struggling with and I just decided to get clean night before last.

You sound like a swell hard working kid. Keep on keepin' on and I'll keep on checkin' in on ya. Hopefully, we'll end up like all of these other wonderful success stories.
 
Hey guys sorry it's been so long since ive checked back, I've been training like crazy trying to play catch up for the teen nationals. I'm still clean!! I owe you all more than you'll ever know, and one day I'll make it up to you.
 
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