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48 hours clean (opiates) gabapentin a life saver?!?

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love88

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so it's been almost 48 hous.... So far, i only have alittle pain in my legs.
My dose is 900mgs gabapentin four times a day

I went to the gym today and yesterday. Yesterday (first day off opiates) I went to the gym and did a lot and had drive. Today, I really didn't wanna get out of bed, so I took my first dose of GABA for the day and a took a nap. Then I had to go to the gym bc my stupid self made a traing appt!:\
So when I got done I jus went home cause my legs were hurting

So my question is is GABA doing a super good job?!?? Wouldn't I be in full wds by now?
Ps I use to take anywhere from 150mg to 450mg oxycodone in one day.

Thanks guys:)
 
Yeah you would be hurting for sure... I would keep the exercise really light until you are through the acute withdrawal.. it can cause adrenals to spike and they are usually spiking in withdrawal already. Glad you are doing good. Glad you hit up the gym to cause exercise can become a huge weapon against PAWS and addiction.

Really is a miracle drug for allot of people in acutes. Keep at it your doing great!!!=D
 
neversickanymore said:
Yeah you would be hurting for sure... I would keep the exercise really light until you are through the acute withdrawal.. it can cause adrenals to spike and they are usually spiking in withdrawal already. Glad you are doing good. Glad you hit up the gym to cause exercise can become a huge weapon against PAWS and addiction.

Really is a miracle drug for allot of people in acutes. Keep at it your doing great!!!=D
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Thanks NSa. Yea after I posted that thread I went n took a nap and my legs are def hurting a lot more:| I re dosed my GABA and some flexiral... I'm hoping I'll be able to sleep. I'm kinda mad i took a nap bc now prob won't sleep tonight. I'd say that GABA n flexiral def get me sleepy
thanks again!!
 
Hey napping in withdrawal is a good thing.. I didn't sleep for almost two weeks strait.. for the rest of your life always look on the bright side.. no reason to make ourselves miserable any more.

You got this!! just keep rolling along and keep it simple.. keep your thoughts in the moment. :)<3
 
Thanks NSa. Yea Im watching tv for now, trying to get my mind off the hurting legs. I'll prob take one last dose of GABA and flexiral.

Im so nervous about tomorrow.... Tomorrow is my Monday. I go back to work. I also get paid! Usually I Cop before work I always do every Friday! I'm even thinking about n my mind is like "fuck this... How u gonna get through work?!". Yea I work for the next 5 days I'm a hairstylist so it's like I stand all day and have to be all happy go lucky ... I'm jus scared. I want to stay strong. Uhhgggg
 
Gabapentin is great for withdrawals. It eases pain and anxiety without slowing your detox.
 
You have hit addiction right on the head 88.. if you look at my location by my avitar.. yeah babysitting that exact argument in my head.. here is something you can try.. usually we feed endless reasons not to use into our addiction and it just chews them up and spits them out as justifications to use.. so try flipping the arguement and next time it wispers, screams, or demands use.. ask it why use? There is no answer to that so let it ware itself out.. you should hear some of the nonsennse mine come up with.. utter nonsense. this will make you stroger and it weker, where is we go the other way the opisite is true. I know it sounds kinda crazy but its really not.

The biggest step in overcoming addiction happens when we go from doing all we can to not do something to not wanting to do it. Not that the addiction goes away, its just when we are able to do this we have seen through the addictions nonsense and seen it for what it really is.. so we dont fall for its bullshit lies.. addiction takes a still picture of a sliver in time when the drugs made us feal amazing.. play the whole movie through.. think about a whole day of being in active addiction, think about how you feal during that day.. filled with anxiety, sick or getting sick, stressed, hiding all that.. think about how you actually feel when you get "high".. not how you remember feeling cause this isn't accurate.. think about how it actually is.. the reason it feels so good to get "high" is because we feel so awful the rest of the time.. in active addiction we feel awful 90% of the time, but we only remember the 1% when we feel good;)

I like to think about addiction this way because if thinking about negative consequences to our lives worked for any length of time we would all already be clean and no one would be in jail. Think through how it actually makes you feal all day, that way when it wipers I will make you feal amazing you can call it on its bullshit.

Your doing great!!!<3
 
Thanks Nsa

Yea right now I'm in my bed... My addiction side is like "let's look at ur bank accout around 12:30 at night n see if my money came through and if so, let's contact ur dude and hopefully he's up cause dealers usually r. Then we can sneak out of the house n cop )
Im not goin tonight. I told myself maybe tomorrow ..

My legs aren't hurting as bad which is good. Right now I'm listening to eminem and arguing w my current bf.... Im in a semi abusive relationship. I haven't seen him in 5 days bc I jus can't and I know he'll make me want to use. He puts me down and has said horrible things. And he's def no saint. I know he's not right for me. It's sooo fucked up bc I left my ex of 9 years for this guy... It's like drugs... He got me n drug me in. Thought he was amazing, then it all came out. So now I lift the guy of my dreams who treated me good for some asshole. So I guess I got tricked. I also was hiding my use for my ex of 9 years and it was like the only option at the time was to leave before he found out.
Its been over a year and jus now it's hitting me! Lol. I dream about him every night ... It's like I'm trying to get back w him n he Kia laughs at me. Or he's with his girlfrien(who actually is the nurse at my PM and she actually told him my medical stuff and told him about the opiates I take.). Small world huh. Is soo fucked up. I see her every two weeks...
anyway sorry for the rant ... Jus got upset n had to let it out
 
Putting someone down is a form of control and your right it is a form of abuse.. they can use this to try and control you in a couple of ways.. first if they are successful at hurting your self esteem and making you belive this shit then you will be weaker and submit to their shit. Second if they always put you down and put you down then they can suddenly change their tune and bring you up.. this puts them in control of how you feal. If I were you I would run and not walk.

So your doing great and made the descion to clean yourself up, shits hard though<3. But you can do this, its not just about making the descion, but you already know that..

Almost certain that you will need to drop the man if he is still using as that just doesn't ever seem to work.

Then if after some clean time you are still in love with your ex.. then why not just throw down what happened right on the table and see what comes of it.

Your doing great and i hope you can get some decent sleep.
 
Me and my fiancé were in an "abusive" relationship. We don't hit each other but we did yell and talk down to each other. But I think it's mostly the drugs. We were clean for a while at one point and were very happy with each other. I still love her with all my heart. I've been with her for almost 7yrs. We are both getting help and I'm looking forward to how things are gonna be when we're both clean.

If the one your with doesn't wanna quit than you need to get out of it. He's gonna bring you back down and you shouldn't be going through that while detoxing and recover. You need support, not what he's giving you
 
Gabapentin is always something I would look for when I couldn't find any opiates around. The first 2 days it pretty much would sedate me. After that I was functionable and it kept the dope sickness away. From what I've read, it is because gabapentin is used for nerve pain, so therefore it can help with the pain of withdrawals. Stay strong and keep working out and staying on the right path. I am currently on day 6 without opiates. We are all in this together!
 
HalleyHeroine said:
Gabapentin is always something I would look for when I couldn't find any opiates around. The first 2 days it pretty much would sedate me. After that I was functionable and it kept the dope sickness away. From what I've read, it is because gabapentin is used for nerve pain, so therefore it can help with the pain of withdrawals. Stay strong and keep working out and staying on the right path. I am currently on day 6 without opiates. We are all in this together!
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Hi thanks for commenting halleyheroine ... I ended up using again alil bit but am looking at my first 24hrs clean tomorrow as I will be brOke again... I wanna try and take a sub and try to stay clean for at least a week. The issue is that I go to my pain management dr on Thursday (3 days away) and will have my script for oxycodone again.
Uhgggg
 
^^using sub is a step backwards imo..wait, you dont want to go back to oxy script?why not work on different methods of coping with the pain?opiates made my pain much worse in the long run..what is your source of pain, what type of injury?

yes gabapentin is extremely effective for withdrawals..
 
neversickanymore said:
The biggest step in overcoming addiction happens when we go from doing all we can to not do something to not wanting to do it.
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That says it all, right there.
Once you stop fighting to control it, turn around and finally realize that you just don't want to do it anymore (like the other 90% of normal people in the world), then you are ready to quit. You still have to go through the door, face the pain and get it over with, but this time you have someone on your side to help you make the journey; you!
 
neversickanymore said:
You have hit addiction right on the head 88.. if you look at my location by my avitar.. yeah babysitting that exact argument in my head.. here is something you can try.. usually we feed endless reasons not to use into our addiction and it just chews them up and spits them out as justifications to use.. so try flipping the arguement and next time it wispers, screams, or demands use.. ask it why use? There is no answer to that so let it ware itself out.. you should hear some of the nonsennse mine come up with.. utter nonsense. this will make you stroger and it weker, where is we go the other way the opisite is true. I know it sounds kinda crazy but its really not.

The biggest step in overcoming addiction happens when we go from doing all we can to not do something to not wanting to do it. Not that the addiction goes away, its just when we are able to do this we have seen through the addictions nonsense and seen it for what it really is.. so we dont fall for its bullshit lies.. addiction takes a still picture of a sliver in time when the drugs made us feal amazing.. play the whole movie through.. think about a whole day of being in active addiction, think about how you feal during that day.. filled with anxiety, sick or getting sick, stressed, hiding all that.. think about how you actually feel when you get "high".. not how you remember feeling cause this isn't accurate.. think about how it actually is.. the reason it feels so good to get "high" is because we feel so awful the rest of the time.. in active addiction we feel awful 90% of the time, but we only remember the 1% when we feel good;)

I like to think about addiction this way because if thinking about negative consequences to our lives worked for any length of time we would all already be clean and no one would be in jail. Think through how it actually makes you feal all day, that way when it wipers I will make you feal amazing you can call it on its bullshit.

Your doing great!!!<3
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Nsa this was a great post <3 spoke What my struggling self needed to hear to stay clean for the rest of the day
 
love88 said:
Thanks Nsa

Yea right now I'm in my bed... My addiction side is like "let's look at ur bank accout around 12:30 at night n see if my money came through and if so, let's contact ur dude and hopefully he's up cause dealers usually r. Then we can sneak out of the house n cop )
Im not goin tonight. I told myself maybe tomorrow ..

My legs aren't hurting as bad which is good. Right now I'm listening to eminem and arguing w my current bf.... Im in a semi abusive relationship. I haven't seen him in 5 days bc I jus can't and I know he'll make me want to use. He puts me down and has said horrible things. And he's def no saint. I know he's not right for me. It's sooo fucked up bc I left my ex of 9 years for this guy... It's like drugs... He got me n drug me in. Thought he was amazing, then it all came out. So now I lift the guy of my dreams who treated me good for some asshole. So I guess I got tricked. I also was hiding my use for my ex of 9 years and it was like the only option at the time was to leave before he found out.
Its been over a year and jus now it's hitting me! Lol. I dream about him every night ... It's like I'm trying to get back w him n he Kia laughs at me. Or he's with his girlfrien(who actually is the nurse at my PM and she actually told him my medical stuff and told him about the opiates I take.). Small world huh. Is soo fucked up. I see her every two weeks...
anyway sorry for the rant ... Jus got upset n had to let it out
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I hate to say it, but I would cut this dude out of your life. If he is making you use or feel like using he has to go for the time being.
 
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