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[waytoomany]

Hello guys I am new to this here,Ive been on pain meds (30mg Roxicets) for several years now due to spinal disease and all kinds of back problems.I feel like these pills have consumed my life and have to plan everything around them.Tomorrow I will start detoxing with the help of Clonodine and Colonopin I am, scared sh**tless just thinking about the next few days,I was wondering if anyone has tried detoxing just using those 2 meds?And do you guys recomend just laying in bed the next few days? or should I try to be active? How long does it take for the worse part to be over?The Dr. tried offering Suboxone also but from what I read on here I decided it wouldnt go good with my addictive personallity,is it even worth trying to use just the Clonodine and Colonopin to detox?Please help me with any advice that youll might have : )
Thank you in advance for your time
P.S : All the meds I mentioned were prescribed to me by Dr.

[IBKleen]

Hi and Welcome!

You certainly can go through the withdrawal process with those medications but understand that you will still be uncomfortable. Sorry, don't want to sugar coat it.

Get yourself ready for a week of the "flu". You will not die from it but you be uncomfortable. GOD love ya if you can spend the week in bed but most folks don't sleep much during the detox period. You need to understand that you are draining your body and brain of all the toxins and there are bound to be side effects.

If you look to the top right of this page you will see the health pages. In there is "The Thomas Recipe". I agree with all of it except the Valium. I hate to see anyone go into another addiction. Also, keep yourself hydrated by pushing fluids. Gatorade or even water itself it helpful. Try and eat, chicken soup if that is what you can tolerate.

So, bottom line, if you can take time off from work, or whatever it is you do, make a plan and get it done. In a short period of a week you will feel better, in a physical sense. Then we can get on to the mental part as j34 mentioned.

There is a lot of work to be done but it is all worth it in the end.

Keep posting and listening. hang in there....

[ready2change]

Congrats on taking the step to quit letting the pills control your life ... I made that decision only 3 days ago and know that this is going to change my life (for the better)!  I don't need a pill to tell me I can be happy!  ... Anyways, the worst part of the detox for me has been a mental battle (if I just take 1 more etc. etc.).  I have found that the Amino Acid Protocol is helpful to replenish a lot of the nutrients that the pills suck dry!  Best of Luck to you! You CAN do it!!!

[worried878]

u r on track cos u have done the first step..which is deciding to be free...make a plan..to detox and to stay clean...the latter being the harder part of the 2 for most...the thomas recipe is in the health pages and it helps...read thru the health pages and learn what to expect..so u know what to prepare for...keep posting and lots of support here

[j34]

I don't know a thing about pill withdrawal but I do know a thing or two about recovery.At first I had to becoming willing,then I had to do it and how I did it was one day at a time. I had to break down sometimes into 5 mins knowing my life was unmanageable because of my addiction,then I started working in the solution this is how I did it I started going to Na and met people with the same disease as me and I learned that it is the first one that starts the deadly cycle ALL over again, I used to think it was maybe the 8th beer of 1/4 oz of crack,once this was made aware to me I just started to say to myself NO MATTER WHAT I WON"T PICK UP that was almost a yr ago and I have found more than I bargained for in recovery,happiness,peace,understanding,honesty(more than cash register honesty) I started getting freedom from my obsessive thinking and there is more and more,It wasn't easy it has been one hell of a roller coaster ride but well worth it! In the next month I will be seeing my son for the first time in 13 yrs after I dropped him off on a door step and he his willing to see me What a true miracle and gift of recovery I wish you well