HELP.

[livy0909]

I'm not sure what to do so that I can get through this. I know it won't last forever but I can't seem to even get out of bed I'm having such issue's. I really want to get past this but I'm not sure I can take it. I have been on them for about a year and don't feel normal without them. I feel like my mind is the hardest part about this. Please help.

[Whollymolythathurt]

Ivy - Welcome & congrats to at least wanting to end this chapter of your life.  Everyone here is great & full of spirit, energy & information.  Please listen to them 7 just keep posting if it makes you feel better.  Like Vic mentions...read up on this stuff.  It has helped me.  I'm day 10 & the physical issues are almost completely gone.  The energy & mental is still a work in progress...you can do this girl!

[IBKleen]

The mental battle is always harder than the physical. Get out and do something. Get your mind off of the pills. It will not last forever. If you back to them you will have to go through this again and it gets worse every time. You have come this far. Stick with it.

[livy0909]

I'm trying to get past this. I'm just having a hard time.

[livy0909]

I'm trying to get past this. I'm just having a hard time.

[kyle505]

You haven't posted in almost 21 hours, which means that either you are in the middle of a hellish detox, or you've used.
From what you have written, you've been through this before. And unless you really want this, you'll go through it again and again until you've had enough, or you are dead. Addiction is not something to mess with. It ruins lives, breaks up families, and it will kill you. So - I hope you are OK. I hope that you haven't posted because you're going through withdrawals. If not, then we'll see you again in a few months.
K

[Sonrissa]

Hi livy, don't let that overwhelming feeling get to you. Try everything you can to distract yourself, and keep your mind and body, busy. This is my own personal secret. When I start feeling overwhelmed by anything, I make a list. I am a huge list maker. Make a list of distractions, and start doing them. Read a book or a gossip magazine, find a good movie to watch, watch old sitcoms, (The Golden Girls is great, for example), clean something, sort through paperwork, start a craft project, Christmas cards & letters, wrapping gifts, listen to music, read old posts here, and my favorite distraction, vacuuming! (Thanks Vicki)

This may sound silly to you, but it really can work. Hang in there! You can make it through this. I wish you the best! Keep posting for support.

[mamaamw]

Stay with it! You've come this fat, don't go back!!!it gets easier, I promise! Take one hour at a time. One minute at a day and be proud of each passing minute!!

[livy0909]

I'm already having the overwhelming feeling that I need to get the pills.

[tooter212]

Iivy, you won't feel this bad for a year. Each day without the pills you get better!!! I couldn't take feeling like that for a year either. I'm like 7 weeks clean and I know at 8 weeks I'll be better than today. I can't wait till 3 months clean!!!!!!!!!!!! Just take it day by day or minute by minute till you get a couple of weeks behind you. We're all praying for you. With God's help you can do this. Just keep posting, we're here for you. Oh yeah check out the Thomas recipe at the bottom of the page.

[Kimby34]

Please talk to a dr. I am on celexa and have Ativan for my anxiety attacks. The pills definitely affect that. You're numb for so long, that normal things will now seem overwhelming. A lot if us developed social anxiety after quitting. It's normal. We are all in this together!!!! I've been using for 4 years. It's not worth it. What were you taking and how much??
Have you tried Sam-e? And I live in the bath at night with Epsom salts. My husband thinks I'm crazy because I soak so long lol but it calms me so much!!!!!!!
When I first quit, they told me on here "take it one hour at a time-not one day". That made a huge difference. I stopped looking at a week or month down the road and focused on making it hour by hour. I'm in your boat-I'm struggling daily. My anxiety is awful. I pray-a lot. And cry-but it will get better. Ask ROSy:)
These guys are my angels-stick close, post often and PM me. We are here!!!!!!!!!

[livy0909]

I've been them for a year this round it seems like if I get off them I will never feel normal. I have such bad anxiety and depression when I try to stop taking them that I will come up with any reason to go to the er to try and get more. I can't feel this bad for a year.. I can't take it. I hate this feeling and it's hard to explain.

[VICourageous]

Girl..I do understand..The good thing is that you were only on them for 1 year. You will heal quick..The energy seems to be the last of the physical side..The Mental will take a bit longer becasue of the Brain Chems and such that we unbalanced during use. Please, Please give it some more time. I have been using most of my Life and it has taken me over a Year to Balance back. It is so important to get out now..You will see that Life is SO much better. If you use it could waste Many, Many Years and knock down your Health..Please study all you can about the Disease of Addiction and what happens in the Brain..This info gave me a good wake up call..A little to late but they did not know what they know now back then..I can not express my Deepest Feeling how much better your Life will flow with out these. Click on my name and go read in my Journal about the "Nature of Addiction" and the "Addiction and the Pleasure Pathway beyond Willpower" I think you will find this very interesting..Try to hit some meetings too. You will find many people that you can relate too..OK
NO USING PLEASE..WE are here for you!!!
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