Gentlepeace

Pain Pills
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HI,
How are you? I am feeling so much better. 100% better mentally. My energy still comes and goes. Sometimes I feel like I am 80 years old. Is that still happening to you? Just wondering. I am hoping you will say it is getting better every day, Last time you posted you sounded wonderful and said you were able to exercise like 50 minutes. I just wondered if you feel peppier all day long now or still up and down . Sometimes I will be walking and it's like my legs just wont go any more. I have to sit down wherever I am and then I have to laugh at myself. L
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Hey L,

Thanks for checking on me. You sound so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am 100% better than I was. Feel like I can enjoy life and wake up feeling like life is worth living. What a miracle of sobriety! I went online to read about addiction and the series on HBO on the NIDA website. Good stuff. Explains what happens to our brains in active addiction. If you get a chance it is good reading

NIDA website

The fatigue comes and goes. At times and it seems more apparent especially after exercising.


-Gentlepeace
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YOu sound good to! Did you have any headaches with your withdrawl? I have been having headaches for the last week and I have noticed that I wake up sweaty in the night. For some reason I didn't notice that before. I still feel much better and have just been taking tylenol and advil for the headaches. I just wondered if you noticed this. I think that oxy is harder on your body then vicodan or tylenol 3's so it probably isn't unusual that I would be a little slower at recovering. I am so much more optimistic now that my body will completely heal. I can tell that I am getting back to normal. L
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Hi L,

Yes, I had headaches which lasted for days at a time. I do not have them much now.

But also check your blood pressure to make sure it is within nomal limits.

Have a good night.

-Gentlepeace
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Thanks GP....I am glad to hear that you had headaches also. No wait....I didn't mean that the way it sounded, ha! I just mean I am glad to know it is probably part of the recovery and will get better. I hope you had a great day. Let me know how tomorrow is. Good night L
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L,

How are you doing today? Getting some sleep?

I am okay. I can sleep at night! It is so nice to have some predictability and clarity in my life these days. Emotions still take me for a loop sometimes but more bearable. I find that instead of looking at them in the negative, I have begun to look at them as an "awakening" and a postive part of recovery.

-Gentlepeace
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gentlepeace....It was good to hear from you. I was glad to log on and see a post from you. I am feeling a lot calmer the last few days. I wish I had more energy ...I go along pretty well and then all the sudden just hit the wall. It gets a little better each day, which I am thankful for. I am sleeping about 5 hours a night now and sometimes I can fall back to sleep for a little bit which is wonderful. I have been regularly taking vitamins and I am hoping that might start to help with energy. This is day 56 for me, yay! L