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What can I take to lesson the withdrawals, not make them worse?
OMG! I tried to use remidies I purchased at the store, bananna's, apple juice, and Night Time Sleep aids pills-over the counter. I ate 3 bannana's, 3 glasses of apple juice and took 2 sleeping aid pills...(I have backed off my dosage of percocets as far as I can-requireing 1 10-650 every 8 hours instead of the doctors required 6 hours) Within 2 hours of my needed last dose of percocet, I was in pure raw agony, twitching and jittery, pacing and so uncomfortable, it felt like spiders were crawling over every inch of my skin. I didn't even feel any normal pain, I was so beyond feeling anything normal. I've never felt so miserable in my life!! Coming off of heroine as a teenager was kids stuff compared to this! When I started using percocet in place of morphine for my back pain, there was no real wd problem at all.
But this, I broke almost instantly and had to take 2 pills just to get rid of the feelings.
I don't think I can do this. I live alone in a very nice studio apartment with my pet Rat Terrier, and being alone seemed to make things worse. But, I don't have any family alive, nearby. I've no one to turn to, and all my friends do pills or pot, so I can't depend on any of them. In the past, pot helped alittle bit, when coming off of a drug like heroine or cocaine, but I am afraid to get some and try it for this, if it doesn't help, I've messed up my prescription and wont get percocets anymore at all!
God, how I wish I'd never have started this Pain Management in the first place! I could deal with the sweats, soreness of back and legs...its the nerves, sensitive skin, and jitters that drive me totally insane!
Its so bad, if I can't kick this I'm afraid of what I'll do. Its crazy, I know...for a guy once dubbed as "Mr. Invincible" in the ring, but damn, this has got to be the worst thing in the world to defeat!!!
I don't know what to do.
~~Gary
But this, I broke almost instantly and had to take 2 pills just to get rid of the feelings.
I don't think I can do this. I live alone in a very nice studio apartment with my pet Rat Terrier, and being alone seemed to make things worse. But, I don't have any family alive, nearby. I've no one to turn to, and all my friends do pills or pot, so I can't depend on any of them. In the past, pot helped alittle bit, when coming off of a drug like heroine or cocaine, but I am afraid to get some and try it for this, if it doesn't help, I've messed up my prescription and wont get percocets anymore at all!
God, how I wish I'd never have started this Pain Management in the first place! I could deal with the sweats, soreness of back and legs...its the nerves, sensitive skin, and jitters that drive me totally insane!
Its so bad, if I can't kick this I'm afraid of what I'll do. Its crazy, I know...for a guy once dubbed as "Mr. Invincible" in the ring, but damn, this has got to be the worst thing in the world to defeat!!!
I don't know what to do.
~~Gary
Gary, you can do this. You would not have posted it you didn't want it. Just one step at a time baby.
Wow! These responses really sounded great and the encouragement was remarkable. I woke up scratchy and itchy, figdity and sensitive at 6:45 AM...15 minutes before my next pill, and so checked the 'WATCH LIST' here to try to kill the 15 minutes. More than 15 minutes have gone by, and the pill is still sitting on the table beside me! Oh, I know I'm going to take it in a minute, and then its going to take 30 minutes more to start affecting me, but its not as important as it was when I first woke up alone.
Thanks for confirming my thoughts on tapering, Feohmoon, I can see the logic in tapering being worse...prolonging the wd's...So...
Ok, lets do this...Cold Turkey! I am going to the bank this morning, and picking up the money to purchase remedies...If I could get a specific list of the stuff to get, I'd be forever in your debt...Name brand wise, maybe? There is a CVS Drug store nearby that should have everything you all list, and I'm going to do it today!
The begining of the list as I understand it should consist of...
1. HYLANDS restful legs and HYLANDS cramp legs...IS THAT THE NAME of the BRAND?
2. Vitamins are an essential part of detoxing... WHAT VITAMINS?
3. STILL GOT THE BANNANNAS AND APPLE JUICE, too
4. valerian root helped me with sleep, anxiety and my stomach cramps ( at least i think it helped me with the stomach cramps VAERIAN ROOT? WHATS THE NAME BRAND? ALSO, I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO SLEEP AT ALL WHEN I CAN'T EVEN LAY DOWN WHEN WD'ING...YOU ALL SEEM TO KNOW BEST, SO WHAT ABOUT THAT?
5. NaturalCalm ...IS THAT THE NAME BRAND?
6. Hot Baths with epson salt...EPSON? THATS THE NAME BRAND, RIGHT?
Anything else I've missed copying? I've seen the add here somewhere, where for 8 thousand plus dollars they put you to sleep and detox you in hours while you sleep...I play the same 'Power Ball' numbers every week...lol. If I ever hit the millions, I'll dedicate a few million to simply sending cases such as myself to that treatment! No one deserves to go thru these wd's! Its hell on earth!
When I quit cold turkey from heroine as a teenager-with no remidies, there was no internet then, and I was in college...missed 4 days classes, but still graduated with a 3.25 GPA, [She graduated with 2.76]. I had my girl friend-the girl of my dreams, she was my soul mate actually, and we did it together, that must have been what made it seem so much easier-having some one with me, and the compassion we felt for each other as we went thru it. Now I live alone with my service animal-am clinically deaf, in a nice studio apartment. I have cable and 4 computers...multiple computer games to take up time and the people who run this apartment complex like me alot... I keep there computers and office equipment running top notch for them...I am a computer tech, and do Wedding Photography now.
BTW...
Anyone on this watch list wanting to get married...just get me there, and have a place for me to 'crash', the photography is FREE! Or if your having computer problems, feel free to ask, I will fix your problem... might want to wait till after my worst wd's are over first, but I will owe you a big debt if this works and I live thru it! LOL
I've added you each to my friends list, please accept because I want friends like this...having to dislocate myself from so many of my present friends because they all use, I have several 'slots' open now, LOL
Thanks for confirming my thoughts on tapering, Feohmoon, I can see the logic in tapering being worse...prolonging the wd's...So...
Ok, lets do this...Cold Turkey! I am going to the bank this morning, and picking up the money to purchase remedies...If I could get a specific list of the stuff to get, I'd be forever in your debt...Name brand wise, maybe? There is a CVS Drug store nearby that should have everything you all list, and I'm going to do it today!
The begining of the list as I understand it should consist of...
1. HYLANDS restful legs and HYLANDS cramp legs...IS THAT THE NAME of the BRAND?
2. Vitamins are an essential part of detoxing... WHAT VITAMINS?
3. STILL GOT THE BANNANNAS AND APPLE JUICE, too
4. valerian root helped me with sleep, anxiety and my stomach cramps ( at least i think it helped me with the stomach cramps VAERIAN ROOT? WHATS THE NAME BRAND? ALSO, I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO SLEEP AT ALL WHEN I CAN'T EVEN LAY DOWN WHEN WD'ING...YOU ALL SEEM TO KNOW BEST, SO WHAT ABOUT THAT?
5. NaturalCalm ...IS THAT THE NAME BRAND?
6. Hot Baths with epson salt...EPSON? THATS THE NAME BRAND, RIGHT?
Anything else I've missed copying? I've seen the add here somewhere, where for 8 thousand plus dollars they put you to sleep and detox you in hours while you sleep...I play the same 'Power Ball' numbers every week...lol. If I ever hit the millions, I'll dedicate a few million to simply sending cases such as myself to that treatment! No one deserves to go thru these wd's! Its hell on earth!
When I quit cold turkey from heroine as a teenager-with no remidies, there was no internet then, and I was in college...missed 4 days classes, but still graduated with a 3.25 GPA, [She graduated with 2.76]. I had my girl friend-the girl of my dreams, she was my soul mate actually, and we did it together, that must have been what made it seem so much easier-having some one with me, and the compassion we felt for each other as we went thru it. Now I live alone with my service animal-am clinically deaf, in a nice studio apartment. I have cable and 4 computers...multiple computer games to take up time and the people who run this apartment complex like me alot... I keep there computers and office equipment running top notch for them...I am a computer tech, and do Wedding Photography now.
BTW...
Anyone on this watch list wanting to get married...just get me there, and have a place for me to 'crash', the photography is FREE! Or if your having computer problems, feel free to ask, I will fix your problem... might want to wait till after my worst wd's are over first, but I will owe you a big debt if this works and I live thru it! LOL
I've added you each to my friends list, please accept because I want friends like this...having to dislocate myself from so many of my present friends because they all use, I have several 'slots' open now, LOL
This is awesome! You sound so much more positive than you did in your first post. Just remember the withdrawals are only temporary and you can do anything for just a few days. Keep looking toward the end. Just play it like you're sick. It'll be over soon. And keep posting and reading the board. It just helps knowing you're not in it alone.
Day 18 here ...
Day 18 here ...
Very impressive you decided to go ct!! You will be uncomfortable through the weekend and then this physical nightmare you are going through will end. Again, great choice to get this part over with.
I was never one for vitamins and supplements and such, still am not, so I don't know one from the other. I do the home remedies for as much comfort as I can. But members here are big on what is natural to take and what will help you. Listen to them as they don't recommend something they haven't taken themselves.
Hang in there and ask questions when you need to. Someone is here a good part of the day and night. I wish you the best and hope it is over for you soon!!
I was never one for vitamins and supplements and such, still am not, so I don't know one from the other. I do the home remedies for as much comfort as I can. But members here are big on what is natural to take and what will help you. Listen to them as they don't recommend something they haven't taken themselves.
Hang in there and ask questions when you need to. Someone is here a good part of the day and night. I wish you the best and hope it is over for you soon!!
Got it, going to the bank in an hour, my next dose of medication should be 3 oclock as I've tapered off to 8 hour doses, when do I begin the remidies? I should have them all by then.
Question... Do I try to be active, clean house, go for walks, play computer games? If I remember correctly, I could not sit still before when quitting heroine... I assume this will be very simular, the sensitive skin will keep me from laying down, sitting for any long period of time, or allowing anything but water to touch my skin.
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1) These products will help you with RLS ( night are a hell with RLS) Hylands restful legs is the brand name of the product, ask for it because it is a very small bottle and sometimes it got overlooked. Same with Hylands cramps legs.
about number 5) Natural Calm , i think is a magnesium suplemment .... magnesium, calcium and potasium are minerals that will help you with muscle cramps and aches and with RLS ( bananas and apple juice are rich on potasium and this is the reason they are recommended )
2) a good vitamin complex... and i would add a B's complex and vitamin C.
4) you will experience problems with sleep and anxiety, this is quite normal and i would tell you that you will still have problems with sleep and anxiety even if you are taking some stuff to help you . There is no magical pill to erase those wds symptoms but at least you can alleviate them a litlle bit.... If you are not taking anything else apart from the percocets, we advice melatonin to help with sleep , it is non habit forming ( OTC ) along with valerian root ( this is a herb , so it is not a brand name, look for valerian root )... valerian is a help with anxiety too.
I have just remembered that there are some people that are taking supersnooze to help with sleep ... and it has many of the ingredients that we are advising all in one so you could try this product... supersnooze to start with and see how you are feeling... maybe with the days , you will see if you need anything of the above.
5) Epsom salts are magnesium tablets... you will feel much better after taking one of those hot baths with the salts, it is a temporary relieve but it is one good one :)
so.... i would start with the Supersnooze ( i think the brand is "puritan's pride " ), the vitamin complex and the B's complex and vitamin C, , maybe the valerian root cause i feel you are already quite nervous and the epsom salts along with immodium ( diarrhea ) and advil ........ keep eating as much bananas as you can, the apple juice, some gatorades....