Hi Evry One and thanks for asking about me. I will be 30 days clean come this Thursday! My detox was call a rapid detox done over 4 days outpatient. You have to have a suport person with you and you stay in a motel. All I know is I went in on Monday morning and they gave me two shots and I don't remember anything after that until I got home on Saturday. It seem I just slept but my friend who was with me said I talked, watched TV, and ate. Also slept a lot. I don't under stand a lot of this stuff but my detox was just to mainly clean the brain centers for opiates. I had the runs bad for a few days, a little bit of body wds, but mainly very low enrgy, restless legs, and back and leg pain. I also didn't eat much.

Today is the first day I feel I have about 80% of my enrgy back. I never was depresed but I had the blahs and the doc put me on Lexapro. The worst thing for me was the leg thing and no enrgy as I am usualy very active. Then he put me on small dose of zyprexa that he said helps the lexapro and boy does it ever. It has given me my enrgy back and I have no depresion.

I went to the pain clinic on Monday and they did an epidural and for the first time in many weeks I have no back or leg pain. You just can't imagine how good this feels. They will keep doing those kinds of things for as long as they can but the doc says I will eventuly have surgry. I won't because I tell my self over and over a hundred times a day that my back is geting stronger and stronger. My back is healing it self and I will not need any surgry or drugs. I know that sound silly but I know it will work.

So I am 100% drug free and going to either AA or NA at least five nites a week. The people are the greatest and they stand 100% behind me. The one big thing I gain is I am so much closer to God and my sprtual beleifs are so much stronger.

Thanks again for asking about me. I sort of thought you lost intrest in me but I'm glad you didn't. I pray for all of you evry day and it is so worth it to be clean and sober. It makes my heart so warm and hapy I wish I could give some of that to evry one of you.

Dear Root - How in the world do you think any of us even had TIME to "lose interest in you"--when we were all too busy WORRYING how you were! LOL!! :D
My real pessimistic side came out when we didn't hear from you again after your initial post. That's the one big problem with these sorts of Boards--you get to know and care about people--but, if, for whatever reason, the Poster is ill and unable to post....or too depressed to post--you have no other way to contact them or their family. You can really feel so helpless. :confused: So...I was so happy to hear that all's been--not just "okay"--but "GOOD"--for you! :-)

You sound as if you are healing both physically...and mentally. It seems like that Zyprexa sort of "kick-started" the Lexapro--which is great, because that symptom of lethargy seems to be one of the toughest of them all.

Anyway..it was very, very good to hear you are doing so well. Please keep in touch. We are ALWAYS interested in hearing how you are! :bouncing:

Okay...stay well! with love from Lynn :)