Day 1 Fo Hubby

[kaybee2]

Ok here it is.....My husband and I are detoxing one at a time so the other can take care of life's duties like kids, house, cleaning, etc... He's at work right now and said he feels pretty good. He took about 1/2 of a 8mg suboxone this morning. His last pill was @ 2-3pm yesterday. And he only had one where we usually take 2-3. So when he comes home, I have the bedroom all set up with books, magazines, his playstation, some of the otc items that Junkie has posted in one of her journals. i stocked the house with good foods and tons of bottled water, i got 2 heating pads ready and the bathroom all nice and cleans for all the showers/baths he will/might be taking. He took monday off of work so Im/we're hoping he feels better by tuesday. Next friday is my start dat and he will do the same for me that i am doing for him this weekend. I feel really good about doing it this way. One person at a time. Has anyone had experience with trying to sleep through the first 3-4 days? any more otc things that might help or any tips and tricks...words of wisdom.....anything??????????

[NautyOne]

I think it's great what you guys are doing.  I think it will bring you so much closer.  Good luck to both of you.

God Bless you & your little ones.

Luv,
Nauty.....................

[jddancy]

I feel like I could of wrote that post.  I am starting tomorrow morning but I don't have the suboxone.  I am just doing the Thompson Recipe.  What is Suboxone?  I don't want to be on anything but my husband who is not ready yet, that might be something that will help him.  It is hard because he does not want to stop yet, so maybe that would be good for him.  His back hurts so bad even now.  Is it addictive?  Keep us posted on your hubbys weekend.  Good luck for you too.  I too was 'super mom' when I first started taking the pills.  We moved twice in 4 months, huge moves and I was so effective.  Not now.....  Lazy and wait til next pill. Anyway I am scared and excited too.  I have all the stuff and some good movies and I will walk.  Keep posting.....

[chubbers]

HI, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN, i feel so whney too i have been trying to quit for the last 6 months but i keep going back. i was taking 3 40mg oxys a day now im only take 8-9 percoets 5mg ones a day. its grtting better my husband takes them too. i get so scared though to go cold turkey bc of the depression and feelin g crazy feeling. i get so depressed that i lash out at my husband and just feel like im going to lose my mind. so good luck to you and your husband you are lucky to have someone there for you to help u through it, it could be worse you could have no one and have to do this all by yourself/ try to think of the positive thats what i do and it helps. good luck!

[bmc1976]

It all makes sense. Everyone here knows exactly what you are going through. You have a great plan and it will work. Just make it work! One week is such a short amount of time. It might be the hardest week of your life but the results make it all worth it. Just stay strong and all of this will be in the past before you know it!

[kaybee2]

you will be hearing a lot from me next weekend when it's "my turn" to detox. I will need all the support i can get. Plus sometimes being on this forum, and reading posts, hours will go by before I even realize it. Hopefully I'll feel up to typing. I almost cant wait to have that few day break. Im a stay at home mom with a 7 and 2 year old, Im in school and so os my husband who also works full time. Times can get very stressfull around here sometimes, I do love the choaos in a way, i used to love it before i started doing pills, once i tried then I found out i could be supermom, do it all w/out getting irratated at all. Now i feel like i need a pill to do anything, even grocery shopping,I have developed severe agoraphobia, im hoping that will subside after the w/d's are over. I just want to feel happy and fun again w/ out needing a pill to do so. Im so excited to feel normal, but so scared that its gonna take soo long. Im such a baby, whiner when it comes to going through this, it scares the **** out of me to feel that bad, mostly the mental part like the depression and anxiety i get is almost unbearable. I freak out so bad that i think it makes my body feel worse then it actually feels...does that make sense to anyone?

[GoingToMakeIt]

You are doing this the right way. It sounds so good. Great job. thanks for posting the progress report. Keep us in the loop.

[road2recovery]

GREAT plan!!!!  I also think it would be too hard for you both to do it together.....Especially with kids...As far as sleep, i found that advil pm worked pretty good for me, lots of hot baths , heating pads, bannana's, fluids....
i am praying for your family as you go through this....But you can do this!!!
your family will be so much better for it
God bless
and good luck
r2r

[kaybee2]

I also think its best for the kids too. Also, we cant go to anybody for help with this so we are going to say my husband must have gotten the flu and will just stay in bed all weekend and then, oops I must have gotten it from him and I'll stay in bed all weekend next weekend. I really hope this works. I am almost excited to detox, but scared, very scaed at the same time. My head is in 100 different places. I feel really good about it this time, before when we always tried to detox together, not only would we argue a lot but we never had the time to not thave to worry about the kids and dinner and all that mommy/daddy stuff. This way we have ime to ourselves, but yet still have the other person here to lean on when we are feeling really bad. I just hope this is the last time, I know we've tried numerous times and have always gone back by day 3 or so. I figure too that because he'll be a week ahead of me and can give me encouragement that it does get better day by day. It does get better day by day right? Im really hopiing day 5 will be a big turning point or shed some light on our dark tunnell.

[bmc1976]

It sounds like you have everything ready to go. Just ask him what he needs while going through this. I'm on day 4 right now. My wife has been very supportive. She just asks me what I want or need her to do. Right now I just feel like being alone. She keeps asking me how I'm doing. I had to tell her not to even ask that. I felt bad saying that but I just don't feel like talking to anyone right now. I told her it has nothing to do with her. So just be sure to ask him what he wants you to do. Best of luck to you and your husband!

[avisg]

it sounds like you have a nice set up .An electric blanket works wonders as well you can curl up in it ....it work wonders .........I think going one at a time is a GREAT idea .I cant imagine two of me when I detoxed .......LOL

[troubleinohio]

did you post a month or two ago? I remember someone posting that both their husband and herself needed to both quit but didnt want to do it at same time. ANyhow, wishing you guys the best of luck!