Hello all,I just got my meds for cold turkey,I was givin librium.So what iam asking is if anybody has used this can you please give me advice on the positives and negative about this drug.Sure i could get this from the internet but i would much rather get it from the group of pepole that im starting to see as my family along with my wife and kids.So if you could help it would be greatfuly appriciated. Thankyou so much,Brent
I thought you said lithium at first.Sorry.I took librium years ago if I remember right it should help you relax like a vailum.how are you feeling?Are you all set for the battle ahead?Please remember if it starts really getting bad hop on here so many of us know what its like so we should be able to encourage you.Good Luck to you.....mj
Iam so ready the damage sorrow this has cost me and my family i will do anything for them plus myself.And this is a big step for me but i sure am ready.Thank you for your response,Brent
Hey Brent just wanted to tell you good luck. Post often it helps. You could even keep a running journal here some others have done it. Like start a thread titled day 1 and everyday post something about how your day is going, smptoms your having and so on. This way oneday you can look back and see how far you've come in your recovery. I can't provide much info on Librium because I have never taken it personally. I know it's a drug that is given mainly to aide in the withdrawl of alcohol and it has been around for years! The only advice I can give you is to go to the bottom of the page where it says " search forums" and type in the word " Librium" some old threads and posts should come up talking about it.. Good luck and stay positive. What are you going to be detoxing from by the way and how much were you taking? Vitamins, hot baths and motrin helped me some during withdrawl.. Oh yeah and don't forget the Immodium AD that is a wonder drug and helps out with those late night trips to the bathroom. Rae
Ps. I bumped up an old thread titled "Questions about Librium" you could read some about it in there to..I will look for a couple more for you and bring those to the top of the page...
Ps. I bumped up an old thread titled "Questions about Librium" you could read some about it in there to..I will look for a couple more for you and bring those to the top of the page...
Ray, I will be detoxing from oxicontin 180mg a day.The journal sounds like a great idea and somthing i will do.Thank you so much and i hope to talk again I would like that.Thank you my friend,Brent
Brent,
No problem and wow you are going to be in for a bumpy ride but stay focused on your goal and you'll get through it. It's not going to be easy withdrawl is never a picnic.Try and stay positve.. Do you have anyone at home to help take care of you while your feeling down?.I found some old threads about Librium and if you click on view new posts you can read the 2 I found for you. hope that helps. Take care and keep posting. We are all here to support you through this. Rae ( Rachel)
No problem and wow you are going to be in for a bumpy ride but stay focused on your goal and you'll get through it. It's not going to be easy withdrawl is never a picnic.Try and stay positve.. Do you have anyone at home to help take care of you while your feeling down?.I found some old threads about Librium and if you click on view new posts you can read the 2 I found for you. hope that helps. Take care and keep posting. We are all here to support you through this. Rae ( Rachel)
I have my wife who is and always has been my biggist crutch,i will look at those threads thanks again Rachal,your friend Brent
Brent,
Good glad to hear you will have someone with you during this difficult time. It would be hell to do it all alone.. When was your last dose and was it 180 mgs?
Just click on Main Categories and click pain pills you will see 2 different threads titled Librium.. Like I said you could always do a search on it at the bottom of the page too. I think it sounds like a good idea if you just take them as needed and for a very short period of time. You don't want to end up addicted to a nezo and have another withdrawl to worry about. So I wouldn't take more than you have to or use for long term. That is just my opinion though you and your doctor will work that out. Just be aware addiction can happen with those as well. Good luck~ Rae
Ps. Potassium is really good for restless legs.I took the pills but you could drink juice, eat banana's and stuff like that to help restless legs as well..
Good glad to hear you will have someone with you during this difficult time. It would be hell to do it all alone.. When was your last dose and was it 180 mgs?
Just click on Main Categories and click pain pills you will see 2 different threads titled Librium.. Like I said you could always do a search on it at the bottom of the page too. I think it sounds like a good idea if you just take them as needed and for a very short period of time. You don't want to end up addicted to a nezo and have another withdrawl to worry about. So I wouldn't take more than you have to or use for long term. That is just my opinion though you and your doctor will work that out. Just be aware addiction can happen with those as well. Good luck~ Rae
Ps. Potassium is really good for restless legs.I took the pills but you could drink juice, eat banana's and stuff like that to help restless legs as well..
Hi Brent,
I posted to you on your other thread, also. I just wanted to add that I found the withdrawal to be a little easier mentally last time because I got myself psyched up about it ahead of time. You said "I am ready" so hopefully that will help you with the mental crap you will go through. I'll be thinking of you. Stick around here. It will be a big help to know that others have gone through what you are.
I posted to you on your other thread, also. I just wanted to add that I found the withdrawal to be a little easier mentally last time because I got myself psyched up about it ahead of time. You said "I am ready" so hopefully that will help you with the mental crap you will go through. I'll be thinking of you. Stick around here. It will be a big help to know that others have gone through what you are.
Hi Brent! This is Joe's girl Sandy and I just wanted to let you know, I'm proud of you. Joe and I have gone through this together for the 3+ years we've been together. Sometims Perocets but toward the end, Oxy's. And I say the "end" because we split up in July, I moved back to Massachusetts, cleaned myself up (cold turkey, no meds) and just when I thought it would never happen, got a call from Joe that he was ready. I got that call at 9 in the AM and drove 8 hours to get to him to help him through...he's been clean 10 days, this will be his 11th. Since that call, I have moved back into what I believe all along was/is OUR home and I finally feel like this is it. Of course it's not easy, but being through it myself I can understand his pain and I must commend your wife. I know how hard it is to watch someone you love hurt, but the end justifies the means. You will be elated at the clarity you are about to recieve. I know you've had questions about some meds to help you through and unfortunately, I have no answers. Joe and I did it with nothing, not that we wouldn't have taken the help, but there are some meds that can be more addicting than the ones you're already abusing. I do know what has helped Joe are sleeping pills, of course he takes them only at night but between the cold sweats, the leg cramping, the general all around sick feeling in his body, sleep is detrimental and the DT's were robbing him of it. Since he's gotten adequate sleep, this time around, this LAST time around, he says has been a teensy bit more bearable. I know everyone is different but I do remember that it took a little over a month before I felt ALIVE again. I don't remember much about anything that went on during that month, but I do remember the overall feeling of anxiety and restlessness...and when that finally subsided, WOW! It's like you see the world with the eyes of a child...colors are brighter, laughetr is louder, you just feel GOOD!
I don't know if you are a very spiritual person, and if not, I'll believe for you, you are not alone, God is with you, and you never know, he may for right now be taking the form of your wife. God bless you both, and should either of you like to chat, just let us know and we'll find a way, THERE IS always a way!
Sandy and Joe
I don't know if you are a very spiritual person, and if not, I'll believe for you, you are not alone, God is with you, and you never know, he may for right now be taking the form of your wife. God bless you both, and should either of you like to chat, just let us know and we'll find a way, THERE IS always a way!
Sandy and Joe
Brent, it did help me to have a Rehab diary (look under Bumpnbad), I kept it up for quite a while, and went back and reread it last week. The idea of being able to document the changes within you is very healthy.
Hey Brent, I've taken Librium before and I really could not feel much of anything when I took it. Maybe it did take the edge off a little but not so much that I was all peachy king. Hopefully, it will help to ease some of your symptoms. Didn't I read that you were coming off of Oxy's? If not, then I'm sorry that I have you mixed up with someone else. Take Care and have a great day. Take things nice and easy.
Good luck to you! Stay strong and stay focused on the goal of getting clean and staying clean. As lousy as you may feel, try to get some exercise, get f2f support and pray. Remind yourself that it is temporay, "this too shall pass".
You can do this!
Jim
You can do this!
Jim
Brent,
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!Proud of you,stick it out bro,the worst will soon be over. The only thing I can tell you,is that it will get better,this feeling you have now sux,but,keep in mind,you got you in,you CAN get you out.As I said before,and others too,keep a journal brother.It is therapeutic while you write,it gets your mind "moving again",and is a good,...no, GREAT reminder of the hell you are going thru to get "YOU" back.Try to jot down even the SLIGHTEST bit of imrovement each day,even if the sick feeling is still at it's toughest,you are one day....one minute...one second...ONE STEP closer to ridding your body of that poison.AND THAT IS PROGRESS!...no matter how you bend it shake it or stir it.
So my prayers are with you,and your family.And as many of us on this site are doing for and with you now,out of love and compassion for a fellow fallen brother...so too will you, one day,give back. STAY STRONG BRENT,YOU ARE GETTING THERE!
Joe
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!Proud of you,stick it out bro,the worst will soon be over. The only thing I can tell you,is that it will get better,this feeling you have now sux,but,keep in mind,you got you in,you CAN get you out.As I said before,and others too,keep a journal brother.It is therapeutic while you write,it gets your mind "moving again",and is a good,...no, GREAT reminder of the hell you are going thru to get "YOU" back.Try to jot down even the SLIGHTEST bit of imrovement each day,even if the sick feeling is still at it's toughest,you are one day....one minute...one second...ONE STEP closer to ridding your body of that poison.AND THAT IS PROGRESS!...no matter how you bend it shake it or stir it.
So my prayers are with you,and your family.And as many of us on this site are doing for and with you now,out of love and compassion for a fellow fallen brother...so too will you, one day,give back. STAY STRONG BRENT,YOU ARE GETTING THERE!
Joe
I am attempting to wean myself from 4 vicodins a day....any suggestions?
Burned, start a new post and lots of people will answer.
How do I start a new post???
Burned,
Go to the top of the page where it says post a new topic. Then in the box at the top you put the subject like " Tapering of vicodin" and type your story and hit post.. People will respond...
Brent I am here for you whenever you need me. You can also e-mail me at Bunny4804@aol.com... Today is the beginning of a wonderful journey it has just begun..Sure it won't be easy for a couple weeks but everyday will get better. Stay positive and take the librium as needed along with mortin, immodium and hot bathes. This will pass you know that! I have faith in you. Take care and keep writing here everyday on this thread. Keep your journal going. You never know who you might help. Good luck, Rae
Go to the top of the page where it says post a new topic. Then in the box at the top you put the subject like " Tapering of vicodin" and type your story and hit post.. People will respond...
Brent I am here for you whenever you need me. You can also e-mail me at Bunny4804@aol.com... Today is the beginning of a wonderful journey it has just begun..Sure it won't be easy for a couple weeks but everyday will get better. Stay positive and take the librium as needed along with mortin, immodium and hot bathes. This will pass you know that! I have faith in you. Take care and keep writing here everyday on this thread. Keep your journal going. You never know who you might help. Good luck, Rae
