Thought I was well enough to sign off...

[FAITHFUL74]

As some of you know I had decided a couple of days ago to spend less time on the forum and more time with my family... which is wonderful! I really had been feeling much better! I am clean since Jan 5th. so what is up with the muscle aches and pains and feeling achy? I dont have the flu and I have this every so often and it last for a few days and then I feel good again. I do have anxiety and mild depression, is that what is causing this? I feel like I am d/t ing again?

[Flutterby111]

You're SO right.....someone today suggested withdrawing off of 2 percs a day would be like a small flu for 3 days......that's what I was down to worried....and YOU KNOW where I've been.........I didn't know what to do?!?!  Contradict and scare the girl into NOT quitting by saying NO, it lasted a week of hard core physical followed by 1 1/2 of somewhat normal mental then getting hit by a Mack Truck full of the Lowest Depression I've ever felt in my life WITH a firepit of anxiety burning in my stomach for the next 3 until I started antidepressants?????  Hell no......this isn't textbook.  Wish it was, but it isn't....some people, including myself are shocked by the withdrawls I went through....and here's the kicker....had I know AT ALL what to expect, I may have thought my mind was building this up in my head, but I had never seen this site, had NEVER known about what the withdrawls were about...only that they were addicting-DUH...I quit cold turkey on my own decision because I knew that's the only way I could've....I tried to wean ON MY OWN, with no support.  WOW< I just went off.

[BornTwoRiff]

yep.. seems like people fear is W/D.. I guess its best to just be here for them..

[worried878]

I wish it was like a step by step process that we could just spit out to evreyone.....good idea...makes sense....like when people say   "How long am I gonna feel bad?"  we say 6 days exactly then you will have PAWS in 1 month then every 3 months for 1 year...most people on here are just scared to death of WDs and want to know how to make it as painlessly as possible...that is just really a small part of it...but a huge part of it..but you cant tell people that when they are freaking out about having the flu for a little while...and I should not even be saying this cuz someone in WDs is probably reading it and thinking OMG...there is more afterwards! It really does get better and better and better...and everyone experiences it differently..so you just can not be exact...just is not an exact science at all

[Flutterby111]

Who said anything about licking peoples' faces then backstabbing?  That has nothing to do with it?  You've been consistant I will say that....you did hit a button with me with that comment....with others too, I just refrained from speaking my mind, because I don't typically jump into conflict. I said my piece.  Peace.

[BornTwoRiff]

You are right in what you say,,, only thing I mean by the protocol was it sure would be good to keep more peope here and help them, its an idea that came about when so called paul was here but we see how that turned out.. It was just a thought and you are right,, you all are not any type medical personnel but do offer great support ofr any that come here..

[GoingToMakeIt]

Protocol would be good but there are so many variables it would be a huge manual. Too hard for addicts to follow, I am afraid. We all do the best we can to help others.