Day 12 Off Subs

[amber74]

Feeling insane mental anguish!! I would give more of a background, but right now I'm in the middle of a 4 hour breakdown. To me, the physical withdrawals are a cake walk compared to this mental shit. My emotions are freaking everywhere. Change hour to hour everyday for past 4 days. Angry as hell, extreme sadness and uncontrollable crying, oh now I feel a tiny bit happy and hopeful, oh wait now I'm gonna snap on someone and say something cold as fuck. I know the physical stuff will be over before I know it, but when does the mental start to get better?

 

[bdomihizayka]

If you could give just a little bit of background- how long you were on subs for and at what dose you jumped off.... it all depends.

But you're doing great! Yes, the emotions tend to bounce around alot. It's totally normal. Give it another week and you'll be feeling better than you are now. I cannot tell you how long it's going to take to start feeling "normal" or baseline, but each day passing is one day towards totally healing. Keep it up! And like I said, in a week, you'll be feeling alot better than what you're feeling now....and in two weeks, even better! 12 days is an awesome start!

 

[Captain.Heroin]

It can take months but you will get through this, and it will begin getting easier much sooner.

Please let us know more about your background and how you're feeling when you can.

 

[neversickanymore]

Its better to promote the healing then wait for it to happen.

PAWS LINKS
Why We Don’t Get Better Immediately: Post-acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)
Post Acute Withdrawal (PAW) Excerpted From “Staying Sober” By: Terence T. Gorski
Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome Wiki

Exercise and Brain Neurotransmission
Neurobiology of Exercise
Aerobic Exercise
Exercise 4 Health, Mental Health, and Addiction vs. The Endorphin Factory
Exercise 4 Health, Mental Health, and Addiction vs. I worked all that out
exercise and sleep

Chemicals and supplements to recover from opiate addiction
Diet & Neurogenesis


it is a powerful thing to keep our thoughts positive and here are some threads many of us use to help us do this.
Good things about being off drugs/getting sober
Share Something Positive from Your Day vs. It's All Around You
Today I Am Thankful For... Ver. 4 Infinite Chances in an Amazing World
Daily Personal Affirmations Log Vs IM THE SHIT & NOT a piece a.. not playing me. NOPE
Managing depressive thinking

Here is the mindfulness thread.
Anhedonia MEGA Thread

 

[neversickanymore]

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[cj]

I went through the exact same thing. Suboxone withdrawal is a nightmare no doubt about that. I hope you got through that breakdown. The links posted above by neversickanymore are all really helpful especially the one about comfort meds. We are here if you decide to come back.