thesmushface
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I'm a lurker on this site. This is my first post. So, if it is in the wrong place or is covered by another thread I just never found, PLEASE feel free to point me in the right direction. No harm, no foul.
So, there's an obvious addiction to opioids. It should also be noted there is a diagnosis of fybromyalgia long before the addiction. The FMS compounds withdrawal in ways that cannot be described. There are also 3 young kids in the mix that were the reason for needing pain management in the first place. Worthy of note : The last 5 years, despite going from 120mg a day to 30mgs a day, to 120mgs a day, etc etc, the whole point was to be able to care for and play with the kids.
Usually, when an attempt at detox has been made, the first night there is no sleeping. Not even an attempt to sleep. Load up on coffee, stay up for 36+ hours taking care of kids, reading, etc, & night two there is so much exhaustion that at least 4 hours of sleep can be had. Not the way most choose to do it, but it works. Only because even trying to sleep leads to that excruciating pain that first night and has ALWAYS led right back to taking the drugs just to sleep. If there's no intention to sleep, then there's no anxiety from not being able to.
Now, however, there's opting to stay awake that first full night, take 10-20mg the next night. Sleep the third night with the use of Benadryl. Take 5-15mg the 4th night. This really seems to be working. Still, there is worry it will only be that much worse when the night comes the meds would have been taken, but they weren't. The meds are under lock and key. The loved ones are on notice of what's happening. However, there are NO days off to do this. Won't matter how hard/painful/crappy it gets, the kids WILL NEED to be fed, diapered, watched, interacted with, etc. No rest for the wicked or weary.
On the positive side : The off nights without meds, so far, have been fairly decent. Not anywhere near so awful as trying to sleep that first night.
Is this a good way, every other night until down to zero then nothing, or once there's nothing (even though there are 48 hour spaces between doses) it will be like going CT off the 30-120mgs a day anyhow, and just to bite the bullet? (Metaphorically, of course. Biting the bullet was done in the old west while performing bar room surgery so the "patient" wouldn't bite their tongue. Like biting down on a stick. This is NOT a reference to suicide here.)
No other medications are available to assist with this except Benadryl and maybe cough syrup. However, other medications CAN be gotten. Though, it should be noted : The ONLY meds taken have been the pain meds, & there's no desire to get anything else. There's been plenty of offers of all the benzo's, muscle relaxers, & sleeping pills in the known world. Simply put : No thank you. Even on the worst pain days those were refused. Not about to try something, end up liking it a bit too much when all it was supposed to do was help temporarily, & just end up replacing one problem with another. Besides, the other stuff, should an addiction come of it, would only ruin lives, including those of the 3 small kids. ZERO interest in that!
Thanks, in advance!
So, there's an obvious addiction to opioids. It should also be noted there is a diagnosis of fybromyalgia long before the addiction. The FMS compounds withdrawal in ways that cannot be described. There are also 3 young kids in the mix that were the reason for needing pain management in the first place. Worthy of note : The last 5 years, despite going from 120mg a day to 30mgs a day, to 120mgs a day, etc etc, the whole point was to be able to care for and play with the kids.
Usually, when an attempt at detox has been made, the first night there is no sleeping. Not even an attempt to sleep. Load up on coffee, stay up for 36+ hours taking care of kids, reading, etc, & night two there is so much exhaustion that at least 4 hours of sleep can be had. Not the way most choose to do it, but it works. Only because even trying to sleep leads to that excruciating pain that first night and has ALWAYS led right back to taking the drugs just to sleep. If there's no intention to sleep, then there's no anxiety from not being able to.
Now, however, there's opting to stay awake that first full night, take 10-20mg the next night. Sleep the third night with the use of Benadryl. Take 5-15mg the 4th night. This really seems to be working. Still, there is worry it will only be that much worse when the night comes the meds would have been taken, but they weren't. The meds are under lock and key. The loved ones are on notice of what's happening. However, there are NO days off to do this. Won't matter how hard/painful/crappy it gets, the kids WILL NEED to be fed, diapered, watched, interacted with, etc. No rest for the wicked or weary.
On the positive side : The off nights without meds, so far, have been fairly decent. Not anywhere near so awful as trying to sleep that first night.
Is this a good way, every other night until down to zero then nothing, or once there's nothing (even though there are 48 hour spaces between doses) it will be like going CT off the 30-120mgs a day anyhow, and just to bite the bullet? (Metaphorically, of course. Biting the bullet was done in the old west while performing bar room surgery so the "patient" wouldn't bite their tongue. Like biting down on a stick. This is NOT a reference to suicide here.)
No other medications are available to assist with this except Benadryl and maybe cough syrup. However, other medications CAN be gotten. Though, it should be noted : The ONLY meds taken have been the pain meds, & there's no desire to get anything else. There's been plenty of offers of all the benzo's, muscle relaxers, & sleeping pills in the known world. Simply put : No thank you. Even on the worst pain days those were refused. Not about to try something, end up liking it a bit too much when all it was supposed to do was help temporarily, & just end up replacing one problem with another. Besides, the other stuff, should an addiction come of it, would only ruin lives, including those of the 3 small kids. ZERO interest in that!
Thanks, in advance!
