5th November 2004
Carol,
You are NOT alone. I will help you in anyway I can. I read your post and want you to know what you are going thru is withdrawls from the oxy. All you are doing when you are taking the suboxone is prolonging the enevenable, I know I spelled that wrong, and your w/d 's will be a little easier.
I just got over what you are going through right now. Some history: I was on opiates for 3 years, I started of taking what the doctor prescribed, then hit the big time: 15 to 20 a day. My life was unmanagable. I was irritable, restless, and discontent. Nothing BAD happend, I just knew I was addicted.
So I did what any opiate functioning women who had the potential to lose everything if I didn't get help would do : I checked into rehab!
I was on Suboxone for 10 days only.... and he taperred me off . First 8 mg for 2 days, then 6 mg for two days, then 3 mg for two days, then 1 mg for two days, then BAMM! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
When it was time to take my next dose of sub, I started hurting really really really bad all over, worse than the flu. My head like yours felt like it was on fire, my skin was crawling, I took 5 hot baths every day. I didn't sleep for 7 days :yawn: , I couldn't get up I had chills all over my body 24 hours a day.
The reason the hospital gave me suboxone is so I could "wake up" and get into the program. The word around rehab is suboxone "makes a dead man walk"
But as soon as you get off of it... ouch!
WORDS OF INCOURAGEMENT: give yourself 7 days! Be in pain! Don't try to fight it, go with it. It takes 7 days to get it out of your system. If it helps to know what is going on in your head, I was told by my Doctor that your brain is telling your body that you are dying. Thats why you feel so bad. The other part is your brain is telling your body you are dying so you will take more opiates! Fight it! It gets better! I promise. It's 7 days of hell.
Do you have a clonidine patch on? I was on that, Bentyl for stomach cramps, and something for leg cramps, and tylenol for fever, and ibuprophen for aches and pains and boy did I have a lot!
Hang in there and please let me know how you are doing! ;)
Love and prayers sent your way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Sara
You are NOT alone. I will help you in anyway I can. I read your post and want you to know what you are going thru is withdrawls from the oxy. All you are doing when you are taking the suboxone is prolonging the enevenable, I know I spelled that wrong, and your w/d 's will be a little easier.
I just got over what you are going through right now. Some history: I was on opiates for 3 years, I started of taking what the doctor prescribed, then hit the big time: 15 to 20 a day. My life was unmanagable. I was irritable, restless, and discontent. Nothing BAD happend, I just knew I was addicted.
So I did what any opiate functioning women who had the potential to lose everything if I didn't get help would do : I checked into rehab!
I was on Suboxone for 10 days only.... and he taperred me off . First 8 mg for 2 days, then 6 mg for two days, then 3 mg for two days, then 1 mg for two days, then BAMM! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
When it was time to take my next dose of sub, I started hurting really really really bad all over, worse than the flu. My head like yours felt like it was on fire, my skin was crawling, I took 5 hot baths every day. I didn't sleep for 7 days :yawn: , I couldn't get up I had chills all over my body 24 hours a day.
The reason the hospital gave me suboxone is so I could "wake up" and get into the program. The word around rehab is suboxone "makes a dead man walk"
But as soon as you get off of it... ouch!
WORDS OF INCOURAGEMENT: give yourself 7 days! Be in pain! Don't try to fight it, go with it. It takes 7 days to get it out of your system. If it helps to know what is going on in your head, I was told by my Doctor that your brain is telling your body that you are dying. Thats why you feel so bad. The other part is your brain is telling your body you are dying so you will take more opiates! Fight it! It gets better! I promise. It's 7 days of hell.
Do you have a clonidine patch on? I was on that, Bentyl for stomach cramps, and something for leg cramps, and tylenol for fever, and ibuprophen for aches and pains and boy did I have a lot!
Hang in there and please let me know how you are doing! ;)
Love and prayers sent your way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Sara