oxycontin withdrawl restless legs =(

[nickyguy]

I have been taking Oxycontin for probably the last 4 weeks anywhere from 80-160 mg a day, and in the past week I have probably ingested 400 mcg of fyntnal.  Ya I know what an idiot.  I want to lead a normal life, I'm hurting so many people.  I've kicked a hydro habit of about 20 norcos 10mgs a day in the past and it was tough, the most brutal WD symptoms were the cold sweats, waking up having to change my shirt and sheets.  But this is day 2 with no oxy/fent and let me tell you I've had 2 of the WORST nights of my life.  I've been taking about 8 norco a day just to try and alleviate some of the symptoms.  I'm usually "okay" during the day but I'm so afraid of night coming it's ridiculous.  The restless leg syndrome is so uncomfortable.  I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy I've probably slept 2 hours in the past 24 and and as night nears I'm beginning to worry.  I was wondering if their is anything ANYTHING anyone knows to help with this horrible symptom. I seriously move from bed to couch and back, walk back and forth in my kitchen.. trying to stop the feeling of beetles crawling from toes to thighs UGH any help would be great.  

P.S. I have no options of any benzos

[HenryS354]

No worries bud, it wasnt bad mentality, its just addict mentality! No harm no foul right?  Now lets get you started!

Get rid of all your opiates... as you are done now!  I had 200pills of suboxone that were locked in a safe, and today I flushed them.  It was the hardest thing Ive ever done... Im terrified to work my flight to Europe on Thurs without my meds, but F it, Its gotta be done, and I will live!

If u feel the need for the xanax, try it, just be careful.... everyone is different.  Get some melatonin or valerian root for the sleep issues.

Hylands restful legs for the RLS, along with some Calcium and CHELATED Magnesium, unless it says chelated magnesium, its garbage!  Most uber cheap versions are magnesium oxide and have a not so great oral bioavailability.  Qunine can help and is found in tonic water (If u can stomach it)

Gatorade, immodium, Vitamin B12, and advil will also come in handy down the line.  Epsom salts in those hot hot baths you are gunna take with sooth muscles, and allow for more magnesium absorbtion through the skin...  Pretty kewl eh? You still with us?

Just remember that a lot of this is a mind game, not all but a lot.  A game you can beat.  When Im sweating my *** off but freezing cold, I just laugh at it.  When I stand up and get so dizzy I fall back on the couch, Im in hysterics....  :-P  Get where Im goin with this???

There are a lot of people here to cheer you along the way, myself included as I go through it with you of course.  This is the last time you will ever have to do this, that is IF YOU NEVER WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN!  

And when you cant sleep, look me up on here, shoot me a PM or somethin.... We can ***** about our wd's at the same time!  lol

God speed my friend!
HS

[nickyguy]

=) thx WD brother, I really appreciate it just took my supplement of the hyland/mag, ate a tad, and chugged some apple juice! Now bath time!

And if I can't sleep.. this is where I'll be!

and I ammmm with you, restless legs pshhh I LOVE doing jumping jacks at 4 in the morning =) who doesn't! (o god haha)

[HenryS354]

LOL, Hope u get some rest.  If not, I'll be here lurkin around, or playing the New SM Galaxy 2  lol, but I'll keep an eye on my PM box.

Keep us posted to how u are doin.  One last thing.  The very first drug I tried was Fentanyl, IV to boot!  Never smoked pot or anything, went straight to the big guns.  I was droppin over 1200mcgs IV per day (I worked as a surgical tech in the OR on the Open heart team before I started flying)  So I know all too well how that gig goes.  

Now get back to those jumping jacks.  :-P

HS

[gnarly_1]

Hey dude I just wanted to encourage you to hang in there and get this thing done and over with....you really need to stop taking the norco its only going to prolong this thing...it may bring some temporary relief but in the long hall its only go to make it last that much longer...you have been given great advise and I see your using it thats really good
everyone on here wants to see you succeed ..IM a big fan of the hot bath theory
I think it helps more then anything else you may have to take several a day
right no get comfortable with the saying....'' you just got to be ok without being ok for a wile" and learn to live by it fore the next few days...if you believe in God praying helps
God is all you got at 3am ..keep posting were all here to support you good luck and God bless....Gnarly

[BaileenJoshuasMama]

I laughed when I read about the jumping jacks I can relate the restless legs is the worse I took valerian root  and melatonin to help me through the first days. If you choose to use the melatonin it says 1 or 2 tabs but my addiction counselor told me I can take up to 100 mg safely so you can adjust your dose to what you need and its natural and really does work I'm done with physical withdrawls but i still am using it because my sleep has yet tocome right. Good luck and just remember your stronger than any addiction my best friend would email and call me several times a day to tell me that during my detox to keep me going and it really helped me. you can do this

[banana911]

Ohhh, I wish I read this last night - - it was just 2 or 3 nights ago that I was weeping and sobbing in my pillow at 2,3,4AM with the worst RLS...it was surging through my arms & legs.  That is just the worst when you have been sooooo deadd tired alll day after no sleep and all you can do is flop from couch, to chair, to bed, to couch.  And you are just dying to sleep - - then you try to sleep and you have to move every 15 seconds - no confort in sight.  UHG!  I was online here & another website that I just googled and everyone was pretty much saying the same thing as above.  A few people were suggesting larger doses of ibuprofen or aleve.  I did that (I took 5 aleve & I think that is pretty much way over suggested dosage, ba careful) and then I also took a natural sleep aid called ALTERIL that has L-Trytophan, Valerian root, GABA, Malatonin and a bunch of other flower extracts - I took 4 rather than 2 (my mom gets that at CVS).  So I took all that at like 3 in the morning so I am sure just being exhausted and frustrated fueled the punch.  But I did sleep from 4-something until 8AM when my alarm went off I was still dreaming...
AND the kicker is I still had the electric boogies in my arms & legs as I went about the next day but that night I did not have the RLS - it just plain disappaited.  
Just my experience from the other night??!!!!Not sure if it will help...  Best of luck to you....