Weird Withdrawal Symptom...

[HalleyHeroine]

I'm on day 3 of kicking a 90-120 mgs/ day oxycodone habit. Of course, this isn't my first go at this. So far its going well. I'm using gabapentin and various OTC things to help alleviate the withdrawal symptoms. But something weird just happened. I felt unusually calm to have been in withdrawals. This was for about 20min. Then, suddenly I felt really hot and my heart starting beating really fast and palpitating. I stood up, and started taking slow breaths in thru the nose, out the mouth and paced. In less than 5 min, my heart had calmed down but is still slightly fast. Sounds kinda like a panic attack, right...? Since my actions calmed it... but I can't think of anything that would have triggered it. It is possibly just from the withdrawals? I've never experienced it before if it is.

 

[Cliffy78]

I've gotten wds in waves before, kinda like they way rolling on e hits u in waves except it's wd and it sucks lol.

 

[HalleyHeroine]

I'm just starting to realize that maybe these withdrawals will be worse because my dosage this time was a lot higher than before. It's like I feel like I'm about to fall asleep and then suddenly I feel my heart. I feel hot and then goosebumps. Stomach hurts constantly. Last time it was just constant chills and sweat, as far as temp goes. I didn't ever feel hot while kicking before. I guess it just freaked me out.

 

[percojerk]

I always have severe anxiety during wd. Sounds to me like a classic anxiety attack.

 

[TheLostBoys]

Why not use subs for your detox?

Good luck with your withdrawal & take it one day at a time.......

 

[Alex000]

As you, the OP, and another poster suggested, it does sound like an anxiety attack or a panic attack. I use the term anxiety attack fairly generally, but the term panic attack I use when I feel it is a genuine panic attack. As for you, obviously I cannot say whether or not it was based on relatively very limited information, but I don't need to be a diagnostician to tell you it sounds like it is very much tied into the opiate wd's. Of course, you know this, but still, it might be good to see affirmations from others. One thing I do think is that the gabapentin may be the reason you were able to subdue the anxiety and/or panic you experienced during the attack so quickly and completely, and possibly why you felt as calm as you did before the attack, however anxiety/panic attacks can often seem to come out of thin air without anxiety beforehand.