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Day 3 opiate withdrawal.

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FuryofG

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Hello,

I have just joined in hopes of being in contact with people who know what I am going through. I am currently on day 3 without doing any drugs. I have been taking pain killers for years and finally felt like I was ready to make the jump off of them.


Thus far, physically I am doing fairly well. I have been using loperimide to ease withdrawal symptoms. Mentally I am strained, physically I feel ok but not great. Tired most of the time & kinda detached from what is going on around me. In the moments of peace & sanity I have a mental clarity that I haven't had for years. I feel like I am on an extreme roller coaster with highs and lows. It feels strange not being high, it's almost like an emptyness. I feel good about making the move towards sober living, but I know it's going to be a long road.

I hope that I can get through the next few weeks without much issue.

Thanks
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Hang in there G
You are doing great ! You sound like you are ready to do this that's awesome. Are you sleeping ? Do you have rls ? For me the rls was the worst !! But it does get better. Love to hear how you are doing keep posting.
 
I am so ready to get my life back. Here I am on day 4 and it's going far better than I had ever anticipated. I'm only dosing between 4-8mg loperimide at a time and am feeling much better. I can't say that I have any RLS that I am aware of, part of my strategy is to drink myself into a coma every night just so I can get some sleep. It seems to be working well, although the hangovers suck.

I feel like I m making good progress and the anxiety/empty feeling is not as bad as the first couple days. The other part of my strategy is to take motrin & alieve 3 times a day to combat any aches/pains or feelings that will drive me to wanting to pop a pill. I have only told two people that I am doing this as I don't want people knowing I had an issue to begin with. So far so good!
 
Good work sir! Keep yourself distracted in any way possible. I used alcohol to kick opiates last time around and it worked, but I found myself somewhat dependent on alcohol afterwards so be careful with that. Alcohol was honestly a more damaging addiction for me that opiates overall, so watch your back. Keep doing your best and I hope to hear about day 5 tomorrow.
 
Congratulations on making it this far, now the real work begins. I truly hope you have a support group because "years" using is a long time, and the Nasty addiction will tell you that "withdrawal was a cake walk and you can do it any time so why not have a little taste again?" I promise you this will happen and I promise you the withdrawals get worse and you will deeply regret not staying away. Not tryna scare you but being totally honest it seems your WDs were mild. You don't want to be at the point of pondering robbing a pharmacy or driving your car in to a tree. Not down playing your situation at all but it can and will get much worse if you fall so let's keep that from happening bud :)

Congratulations and like i said the real work begins now but take it an hour at a time and let yourself reap the benefits of sobriety :)

Good luck.
 
Hang in there G, yes they will get worse, day 3 you may still have a bit left in your system, day 3 withdrawals began for me, day 4 got very hard. Plz see my other post, just click on my user name, Im letting everyone know my story for I do not want it to happen to anyone else and what I went through and how hard it was. It will get better in time, you'll get worse before getting better. You have all the support here, stay clean, just say...I don't need them. In time you'll feel like your old self again, trust me. It will all be worth it. PM if you need help.
 
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