mrflowers00
Ex-Bluelighter
dude i'm seriously proud of you i wish i could get sober but i've tried so many times i guess i'm just not ready to stop plus i have serious medical conditions
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I quit taking opiates!
- Thread starter Blue Frog
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Nice work Blue.. 
Blue Frog
Greenlighter
Day 15! Pretty much everyday is an improvement, although slightly so.
Keeping busy, taking clonidine still, only had a few Ativan in 15 days.
Mainly because it doesn't do a good job with the depressing mood swings, but it does help with panic-like anxiety.
The depression stuff is by far the worst part for me.
But when you take opiates for so many years, which covered up my depression, all of this is to be expected.
All the things the pills did for me ARTIFICIALLY, like improve my mood, reduce pain, give me energy; my body is now struggling to do those things itself. Every second that passes, is another second of my body fixing itself.
Not unlike the way the body fight a flu, you feel like crap, but thats just the way it feels to recover.
Our body's ancient instinct of
pain = bad is wrong when it comes to something like this.
Keeping busy, taking clonidine still, only had a few Ativan in 15 days.
Mainly because it doesn't do a good job with the depressing mood swings, but it does help with panic-like anxiety.
The depression stuff is by far the worst part for me.
But when you take opiates for so many years, which covered up my depression, all of this is to be expected.
All the things the pills did for me ARTIFICIALLY, like improve my mood, reduce pain, give me energy; my body is now struggling to do those things itself. Every second that passes, is another second of my body fixing itself.
Not unlike the way the body fight a flu, you feel like crap, but thats just the way it feels to recover.
Our body's ancient instinct of
pain = bad is wrong when it comes to something like this.
Now i think would be a really good time to start adding in the 20 or thirty minutes of aerobic exercise a day.. no need to go really big at this point as you will want to avoid any adrenal kick ups.. and I know you have almost no energy but this will help with that.. also i would start kicking back into life as soon as you can.. try and avoid just laying around.. if you going to watch tv maybe think of going to a movie instead.. my fatigue experienced great improvement only when i began to move and accomplish stuff every day...
Also the next time you see a Dr I would consider getting your testosterone and vitamin d checked along with anything else the dr suggests.. I asked to have both of those checked as it is really common for addicts who have been physically dependent for a long time on opiates to have very low levels of both of these.. going onto TRP and increasing my intake of vitamin D to dr approved high level MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE..
I love your attitude blue.. your absolutely right the six months or can be an emotional and mood roller coaster.. but it doesn't get a little better all the time and in a short amount if time.. seven eight months we usually see an amazing positive difference.. Love how you accept this and are Ok with it.. so many people expect just to get better immediately right after we clean up.. just doesn't work that way except in the movies.. lol..
Your doing amazing Blue Frog
Also the next time you see a Dr I would consider getting your testosterone and vitamin d checked along with anything else the dr suggests.. I asked to have both of those checked as it is really common for addicts who have been physically dependent for a long time on opiates to have very low levels of both of these.. going onto TRP and increasing my intake of vitamin D to dr approved high level MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE..
I love your attitude blue.. your absolutely right the six months or can be an emotional and mood roller coaster.. but it doesn't get a little better all the time and in a short amount if time.. seven eight months we usually see an amazing positive difference.. Love how you accept this and are Ok with it.. so many people expect just to get better immediately right after we clean up.. just doesn't work that way except in the movies.. lol..
Your doing amazing Blue Frog
Blue Frog
Greenlighter
Thank you!
I am currently cleaning and painting our new home before we move all our stuff in.
I am probably getting a little too much exercise based on my muscle soreness.
Next monday, after the move is complete, I am going to schedule a lot if physical therapy and also start an outpatient recovery program.
That should keep me pretty busy.
Hope to get back to work soon as well.
I am currently cleaning and painting our new home before we move all our stuff in.
I am probably getting a little too much exercise based on my muscle soreness.
Next monday, after the move is complete, I am going to schedule a lot if physical therapy and also start an outpatient recovery program.
That should keep me pretty busy.
Hope to get back to work soon as well.