My heart is racing, I have the shakes real bad. I feel scared. I suffer from panic attacks so my chest is hurting. Good thing I dont know where to get any pills right now or I probably would. I have been alone for the whole day and I think it is making it worse. The craving I mean. Please give me some advice on how to get past this horrible moment. I havent had any pain pills in 4 days(after doing them for 5years) and today is the first day of not having any valium or xanax.(never used valium until 4 days ago and xanax have never abused them. 30 xanaxs lasted me about 6 months)
God I dont think I can do this!
Aprill... hang in there, hun... go take a warm bath or shower. When i was detoxing i took at least 3 showers a day. It will also help with the pain. I am sorry... only a couple more days of this... you CAN do it! Love, Bri :)
Yes and put some epsom salt in your hot bath, it will pull some of the soreness out of your muscles...Hang in there hun, you can make it...
April,
Hi.Yes you can do this!! It is hard but it will get better.You've made it four days.
Good for you.The worst should be about over now.The mind will start its tricks .
You gotta get thru it.Get busy.Do something to take your mind off of the craving.I know it's easier said than done, but you can do it.
I'll be here for a bit if you wanna chat..
DJ
Hi.Yes you can do this!! It is hard but it will get better.You've made it four days.
Good for you.The worst should be about over now.The mind will start its tricks .
You gotta get thru it.Get busy.Do something to take your mind off of the craving.I know it's easier said than done, but you can do it.
I'll be here for a bit if you wanna chat..
DJ
this is so hard! I cant even type. I cant stop crying. This really suxs!!!!
You can type, you just did it... Now, keep talking to us, keep your mind busy, you are going to get over this hump...
Maybe I cant do this alone. At home I mean. I just dont want my kids and parents to find out
April, you are being bombarded with all these emotions that you have drugged for so long...don't let them get the best of you! Keep posting, go to a meeting, get some phone numbers...feel the love of one addict to another. Take the suggestions that people are giving you....I remember having a crying fit in rehab...I got in the tub and slept for a few hours...it felt great! (warning, not recommended if you are alone with no one to check on you)
It will get better...I promise!
Crying helps...you are in mourning over your best friend...pills...let them stay at rest. If you use you will only be at square one. You can do this honey, be strong....keep posting...we love you!
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It will get better...I promise!
Crying helps...you are in mourning over your best friend...pills...let them stay at rest. If you use you will only be at square one. You can do this honey, be strong....keep posting...we love you!
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Aprill, you should not have to go through this alone... I'm sure that your parents already know about your addiction. See, we as addicts think that we can fool everyone, but usually our loved ones know we are addicts long before we know ourselves.. Yes, you heard me, our loved ones usually know long before we admit that we are addicts and they just don't say anything for their own personal reasons...Now, do what you have to do, but the worst part of the physical w/d should be subsiding very soon then you are going to have to fight the mental part of the disease. I say seek some outside help, it can't hurt...Take Care...
Thanks all. Still cant stop crying but I think maybe the bath would be good thing right now. Be back later.
Good for you April! Keep coming back!
OH APRIL....I know your going through a very tough time.I've been there a few times myself.I'm so sorry,but detox is not fun.We all have been where you are right now.If you want to be free of those pills you gotta go through some tough times.
That is why there is AA..Na..and this message board.To help those of us going through tough times.YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! keep writing,ask questions and try and keep your mind off of detoxing,it won't last forever...I promise...each day it will be alittle better than the last.
Your in my prayers Kiddo!!
That is why there is AA..Na..and this message board.To help those of us going through tough times.YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! keep writing,ask questions and try and keep your mind off of detoxing,it won't last forever...I promise...each day it will be alittle better than the last.
Your in my prayers Kiddo!!
April,
I hope you feel better after your bath. Make some hot chocolate, watch a christmas classic on tv. I know how you feel and I'm about to go through it yet again, I'm already feeling it coming on.
Whenever you feel upset come here and talk about it. There are so many people rooting for you!!
Stacey
I hope you feel better after your bath. Make some hot chocolate, watch a christmas classic on tv. I know how you feel and I'm about to go through it yet again, I'm already feeling it coming on.
Whenever you feel upset come here and talk about it. There are so many people rooting for you!!
Stacey
April,
Are you feeling a bit better yet??? hold on...thats a phrase from the book A Million little Pieces by James Frey.....it stuck with me..
HOLD ON...this wave of emotion...of panic...will pass...every minute, every sec that you justbreathe....and HOLD ON...is a sec and a min over...by just breathing and HOLDING ON...it will pass....IT WILL PASS...
Pam is right, about us THINKING no one knows our little secret...those that truly love us..DO KNOW....and people that love you will surround you with love and be able to support you through this...theyare your soft place to fall...you need them right now.
This is not your fault April...its not a relection on YOU...You do not have some terrible defect, some moral demonic clause....you became addicted to your med
it happens all the time and to really good and normally well balanced people.
Shame will keep you stuck, and is adding to your anxietty...
My advise is to tell your parents, tell your husband, let them love and support you till you are strong enough to love and support them back...
Hugs,,,
Ali
EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT..............................
Are you feeling a bit better yet??? hold on...thats a phrase from the book A Million little Pieces by James Frey.....it stuck with me..
HOLD ON...this wave of emotion...of panic...will pass...every minute, every sec that you justbreathe....and HOLD ON...is a sec and a min over...by just breathing and HOLDING ON...it will pass....IT WILL PASS...
Pam is right, about us THINKING no one knows our little secret...those that truly love us..DO KNOW....and people that love you will surround you with love and be able to support you through this...theyare your soft place to fall...you need them right now.
This is not your fault April...its not a relection on YOU...You do not have some terrible defect, some moral demonic clause....you became addicted to your med
it happens all the time and to really good and normally well balanced people.
Shame will keep you stuck, and is adding to your anxietty...
My advise is to tell your parents, tell your husband, let them love and support you till you are strong enough to love and support them back...
Hugs,,,
Ali
EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT..............................
Dear April,
As a mother, I will tell you as I watch much son detoxing, it is very very hard but I am so grateful he came to us. If there is a possibilty you can go to your parents I hope you do. My son, in the beginning took lots of bath and drank hot tea. He shook and was hard for him to sit still. He didn't sleep very long at all but now it has been 4 weeks and he is really doing good. Sleep and eating more has really increased. I am grateful for every minute I spend with him. Hang in there and talk to this board. I don't say much but I read on it all the time. These people are really great!!!!! Take care and I sure will be thinking of you everyday.
Mamaw
As a mother, I will tell you as I watch much son detoxing, it is very very hard but I am so grateful he came to us. If there is a possibilty you can go to your parents I hope you do. My son, in the beginning took lots of bath and drank hot tea. He shook and was hard for him to sit still. He didn't sleep very long at all but now it has been 4 weeks and he is really doing good. Sleep and eating more has really increased. I am grateful for every minute I spend with him. Hang in there and talk to this board. I don't say much but I read on it all the time. These people are really great!!!!! Take care and I sure will be thinking of you everyday.
Mamaw
MAMAW,
Ive been thinking of you and your son!!
So glad its going well...
Hugs,
Ali
Ive been thinking of you and your son!!
So glad its going well...
Hugs,
Ali
April, hang in there girl. There are going to be times where you feel your going to break. You just have to stay strong and know "this too shall pass". I was addicted to Tylenol 3 for almost 4 years, and this is my 3rd full day without taking any. I decided to quit cold turkey. Right now, I feel extremely lazy, my head is pounding and i have a serious case of the runs. I have moments where a wave of depression comes over me. But all I do is think that in a couple days, hopefully I can look on this day and say "I made it this far". God is great and he doesn't like to see his children suffer. As long as you have made the decision to rid your body of those poisonous toxins, you will succeed. I went to the store today and bought some aromatherapy candles and I have them burning now with my lights down low, playing some jazz. I find that this helps me take my mind off of the way my body's feeling right now.
We're here for you. It's not going to be easy but you can do it!
~Flowers~
We're here for you. It's not going to be easy but you can do it!
~Flowers~
Dear April,
I wish I could hug you right now. I remember how hard those first days were, I'm sure we all do. I felt like my heart was going to pound right out of my chest too.
I know it sounds lame, but try very hard to relax and do deep breathing. If you can tell yourself you're going to get through it, you will. You CAN do this. Believe it.
To help with relaxing also, try hot soaks in the bathtub. I know it's a pain in the @$$ to strip, get all wet and take time to lay in the tub. But if you have some lavender candles, chamomile tea, lavender bath oil, all of these things lend themselves to relaxation and really do help.
There are a lot of other otc remedies and hints we can offer. Don't give up, we're here for you.
xo
Kelly
I wish I could hug you right now. I remember how hard those first days were, I'm sure we all do. I felt like my heart was going to pound right out of my chest too.
I know it sounds lame, but try very hard to relax and do deep breathing. If you can tell yourself you're going to get through it, you will. You CAN do this. Believe it.
To help with relaxing also, try hot soaks in the bathtub. I know it's a pain in the @$$ to strip, get all wet and take time to lay in the tub. But if you have some lavender candles, chamomile tea, lavender bath oil, all of these things lend themselves to relaxation and really do help.
There are a lot of other otc remedies and hints we can offer. Don't give up, we're here for you.
xo
Kelly
Hey,
I just thought of a great GREAT business idea...not to make money from peoples pain.....but wouldnt it be great to be able to hire a best friend...who will stay with you through cold turkey...24 hours a day???????
The Home Withdrawal Response team....they only hire former addicts and stay with you, help you get throughit, even help you clean, see to your every need for the worst 4-5 days or whatever....
They say the best businesses are born because there is a need for the servie they provide....once i beat this thing..anyone wanna join me in a Business Venture..lolo....Pam...Wiverson? Cowgirl? Shelly? Stacey??? ( Men are welcome too...lolol
Hugs,
Ali
I just thought of a great GREAT business idea...not to make money from peoples pain.....but wouldnt it be great to be able to hire a best friend...who will stay with you through cold turkey...24 hours a day???????
The Home Withdrawal Response team....they only hire former addicts and stay with you, help you get throughit, even help you clean, see to your every need for the worst 4-5 days or whatever....
They say the best businesses are born because there is a need for the servie they provide....once i beat this thing..anyone wanna join me in a Business Venture..lolo....Pam...Wiverson? Cowgirl? Shelly? Stacey??? ( Men are welcome too...lolol
Hugs,
Ali
I would, that would be a great idea! I wish I had someone to take care of me right now. I have a pile of dishes in my sink and I have absolutely noooooo energy to do it! lmao....
~Flowers~
~Flowers~
