Im now 2 weeks clean after 5 years of addiction to pain med's. I'm concerned because I still feel depressed and like my nervous system is out of wack. How long does it take for your body to get back to normal? I'm on AD but I have no appetite or desire to do anything. If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions, please let me know.
Hey Tenille! Welcome to the board. What you are feeling is typical. My body and brain didn't level out until around a month after I quit the pills. It just takes time for things to start working again the way they did before we fed all those chemicals to our bodies. Hang in there, it does get a little better each day, promise.
Are you doing anything to help yourself stay quit? Counseling, NA/AA? I found that through private counseling I was able to speculate on why I felt the need to stay numb for years, and came up with many possible reasons. Learning some of these things has made it easier for me to get past my drug habit and deal with life clean.
I highly recommend any face to face support you can get.
Take care and good luck!
Hang in there. My doctor said it can take 4-6 weeks for the brain levels of the "happy chemicals" to return to normal, and even longer for some individuals. For me, week 6 was when I could finally say I felt like myself again. Good luck and congrads...what a huge accomplishment.
Hey Micheal! How are you doing?
