31st December 2003
To everyone who has replied....thank you all so much. Wow...this is so hard to do. I'm finding that it is consuming every second of every day....it is ALL I think about. Nicole...your words were touching and I thank you for the reply. You are so right...my family is a dream come true. I am living the American Dream and I cannot afford to mess this up. I have to break this addiction.
Hydro knows no boundaries...it is a faceless addiction...imo
Phil: Where did you come from? You are truly a blessing. I cannot thank you enough. I didn't realize my taper was so severe until I found myself getting sick around 2am. UGH!!! I'm not really taking them at any set time. Would this help? I'm trying to hold out as long as I can during the day before taking any. Yesterday I didn't take anything until 2pm when I took 1.5, then around 6pm I took another 1.5 and around 9pm I took my last pill. This is a milestone for me. I failed to mention that most days I was also drinking atuss, hydrotuss, tussionex, anything...along w/the pills. Who knows how much I was taking. I was afraid to keep track. In any event, today I was planning on doing the same except maybe just take 1 pill instead of 1.5 at a time....tomorrow I'm down to 3 pills and so on. You're right about the xanax...I'm definitely saving them for the end. I am also taking phenergan (sp) at night. It used to make me REALLY drowsy when I took it so I'm hoping it will help w/the sleeping. I'm also starting an intense exercise plan. Walking the neighborhood, treadmill, light weight training. I've read on this board that exercise really helps and hot baths! Is there anything else I should be doing or doing differently? Your advice is unmeasureable. God Bless you Phil and keep you. I truly mean this!
N8bocho....keep the faith. This board is amazing. Your anonymous here so no one needs to know. Keep coming here and everyone will support you. I took me about 8 weeks to finally post and I feel so great having done so. The people here REALLY care and really really want to help. Good Luck and keep in touch.....
To everyone else...Banker....thank you.
Hydro knows no boundaries...it is a faceless addiction...imo
Phil: Where did you come from? You are truly a blessing. I cannot thank you enough. I didn't realize my taper was so severe until I found myself getting sick around 2am. UGH!!! I'm not really taking them at any set time. Would this help? I'm trying to hold out as long as I can during the day before taking any. Yesterday I didn't take anything until 2pm when I took 1.5, then around 6pm I took another 1.5 and around 9pm I took my last pill. This is a milestone for me. I failed to mention that most days I was also drinking atuss, hydrotuss, tussionex, anything...along w/the pills. Who knows how much I was taking. I was afraid to keep track. In any event, today I was planning on doing the same except maybe just take 1 pill instead of 1.5 at a time....tomorrow I'm down to 3 pills and so on. You're right about the xanax...I'm definitely saving them for the end. I am also taking phenergan (sp) at night. It used to make me REALLY drowsy when I took it so I'm hoping it will help w/the sleeping. I'm also starting an intense exercise plan. Walking the neighborhood, treadmill, light weight training. I've read on this board that exercise really helps and hot baths! Is there anything else I should be doing or doing differently? Your advice is unmeasureable. God Bless you Phil and keep you. I truly mean this!
N8bocho....keep the faith. This board is amazing. Your anonymous here so no one needs to know. Keep coming here and everyone will support you. I took me about 8 weeks to finally post and I feel so great having done so. The people here REALLY care and really really want to help. Good Luck and keep in touch.....
To everyone else...Banker....thank you.