well, I ain't been braggin lately, but still happy and clean. I have a question though for anyone that remembers, please! How long before the physical starts to feel better? I can't get "regular" I can't get the gut feeling better, and the back aches!! I wonder if I just didn't seriously screw some organs up, or is this pretty norm? I have been back to work, so I expected a little backtracking, but not like this! Thanks in advance guys! It is day14, I love being clear headed! The physical pain right now don't even budge temptation! SOO SORE!!
Hello Brendidi,
Yip eeeeee, 14 days, 2 whole week's. That is incredible. Congratulations, 14 days isn't easy to get to.
I am so sorry you still feel like poop. Sarah (notfeelingclever) shared with you how she felt like for poop for days and days. What you are feeling is normal.
Keep hanging in there. If the back pain and all the rest of it is concerning you, you may want to see a doctor. Getting a "check up" isn't a bad idea after all you have been through. I had destroyed my physical health with all my pills. Knowing that I felt like poop because I was sick on top of it helped me cope better.
Catherine
Yip eeeeee, 14 days, 2 whole week's. That is incredible. Congratulations, 14 days isn't easy to get to.
I am so sorry you still feel like poop. Sarah (notfeelingclever) shared with you how she felt like for poop for days and days. What you are feeling is normal.
Keep hanging in there. If the back pain and all the rest of it is concerning you, you may want to see a doctor. Getting a "check up" isn't a bad idea after all you have been through. I had destroyed my physical health with all my pills. Knowing that I felt like poop because I was sick on top of it helped me cope better.
Catherine
Everyone is different, but at least you are through the worst of it. No set answer that applies to all. 14 days is great! It has to be coming soon, but you were on pretty high doses if I remember correctly. Hang on, you have made sooo much progress.
Give it a little more time, I started feeling better, then got a UTI and was back down for a week, had to go to the ER cuz I was in sooooo much pain, but I told them about my disease and they did not give me a narcotic, they gave me Toradol. Don't give in! I am on day 35, so ask away.
Felicia
Felicia
Brendidi....
For me, most of the aches and pains left around 2 weeks...took a little over 3 weeks to start sleeping more than 4 hours a night and right around 30-45 days for my energy level to get back up there....
I remember people telling me to take it easy...you didn't get this way over night so give your body time to heal....
Hang in there...you are doing great!
Take care,
Stacey
For me, most of the aches and pains left around 2 weeks...took a little over 3 weeks to start sleeping more than 4 hours a night and right around 30-45 days for my energy level to get back up there....
I remember people telling me to take it easy...you didn't get this way over night so give your body time to heal....
Hang in there...you are doing great!
Take care,
Stacey
Brendidi
Everyone will have a different time frame, but i well remember that back pain and stiffness, the wanting to feel better NOW, not later...i remember thinking i had earned that right....i had after all stopped taking the pills and should have instant gratification...
Keep in mind how long you abused your body...and incredible though our bodies are, they need time to recover..both your brain and your body need to adjust...
Immerse yourself in a healthy lifestyle as well as your new healthy choices..eat well,. take a multi vitamin, get some form of exercise..
Try those heat wraps for your back...they work wonders, and just last night, not having any wraps left, i resorted to using some of that heat lotion...and to my total amazement..it worked...have had that bottle of heat stuff sitting for years but always figured it was too 'light weight' for soemoen like me that was used to heavy narcotics for pain....
Give those two a try...oh and lots of hot baths to help de toxify your body...
The good news is that EVERY day, your body is repairing and your brain is rewiring, and remembering how to make serotonin and endorphins all on its own ( imagine that..lol)
hang in there,,your doing well..
Hugs
Ali
Everyone will have a different time frame, but i well remember that back pain and stiffness, the wanting to feel better NOW, not later...i remember thinking i had earned that right....i had after all stopped taking the pills and should have instant gratification...
Keep in mind how long you abused your body...and incredible though our bodies are, they need time to recover..both your brain and your body need to adjust...
Immerse yourself in a healthy lifestyle as well as your new healthy choices..eat well,. take a multi vitamin, get some form of exercise..
Try those heat wraps for your back...they work wonders, and just last night, not having any wraps left, i resorted to using some of that heat lotion...and to my total amazement..it worked...have had that bottle of heat stuff sitting for years but always figured it was too 'light weight' for soemoen like me that was used to heavy narcotics for pain....
Give those two a try...oh and lots of hot baths to help de toxify your body...
The good news is that EVERY day, your body is repairing and your brain is rewiring, and remembering how to make serotonin and endorphins all on its own ( imagine that..lol)
hang in there,,your doing well..
Hugs
Ali
thanks you guys! as always, gave me back some hope.
Brendi......
Just wanted to say Great job as well.......
14 days is incredible when it comes to getting of pills............You have the worst of it behind you now.
The hardest part for me after the initial physical withdrawal, was the anxiety, I would pace the floors, and just be anxious and nervous about anything and everything. I couldn't even put my finger on what I was afraid of. Slowly but surely it does pass though. Sleep was always the last to come as well..........I remember my last time cold turkey around week 3 or so I started to get some more sleep.
Ali is right about the heat wraps. I used those ThermaCare wraps like crazy............Put them all over yourself if you have to lol..............The warmth eases pain and tension so so much, and is so comforting I love them.
Keep us posted.
Hugs.
Just wanted to say Great job as well.......
14 days is incredible when it comes to getting of pills............You have the worst of it behind you now.
The hardest part for me after the initial physical withdrawal, was the anxiety, I would pace the floors, and just be anxious and nervous about anything and everything. I couldn't even put my finger on what I was afraid of. Slowly but surely it does pass though. Sleep was always the last to come as well..........I remember my last time cold turkey around week 3 or so I started to get some more sleep.
Ali is right about the heat wraps. I used those ThermaCare wraps like crazy............Put them all over yourself if you have to lol..............The warmth eases pain and tension so so much, and is so comforting I love them.
Keep us posted.
Hugs.
Hey Brenda:
I am sorry you are feeling so badly....I well understand what you are going through. One of the things I wanted to mention is....our brains (our opiated addict brain) is so accustomed to feeling better, right now!...
Relax, feeling....in itself is a new experience for us. FEEL IT...and try to get out of the thinking, that you have to change it...alter it somehow.
Your back hurts, and you are not 100%...you aren't dying, and you are not in that much pain...(or at least I hope not)...our pain receptors are kind of fried...our threshold has a kind of unnatural standard...it will take some time to get that all back into place.
What I told myself, even in the throws of feeling really s***ty, is that ANY day sober is better than my best day high. I know that is true...and I cling to it, even to this day.
Have you made a gratitude list? Actually list all the things in your life that you are grateful for? You can do it here, it will lift everyone!...or if you are more private, do it for yourself. When we begin to think of the bounty of our lives, and all the things we have to be grateful for...it helps us to move away from "pain" and into the soft light of grace.
You will be fine, Brenda! I promise....stay clean, and stay centered and listen to your heart more than your body!
Peace chickles....you are doing great!!!!
Sarah
I am sorry you are feeling so badly....I well understand what you are going through. One of the things I wanted to mention is....our brains (our opiated addict brain) is so accustomed to feeling better, right now!...
Relax, feeling....in itself is a new experience for us. FEEL IT...and try to get out of the thinking, that you have to change it...alter it somehow.
Your back hurts, and you are not 100%...you aren't dying, and you are not in that much pain...(or at least I hope not)...our pain receptors are kind of fried...our threshold has a kind of unnatural standard...it will take some time to get that all back into place.
What I told myself, even in the throws of feeling really s***ty, is that ANY day sober is better than my best day high. I know that is true...and I cling to it, even to this day.
Have you made a gratitude list? Actually list all the things in your life that you are grateful for? You can do it here, it will lift everyone!...or if you are more private, do it for yourself. When we begin to think of the bounty of our lives, and all the things we have to be grateful for...it helps us to move away from "pain" and into the soft light of grace.
You will be fine, Brenda! I promise....stay clean, and stay centered and listen to your heart more than your body!
Peace chickles....you are doing great!!!!
Sarah
Thank you Sarah! You always make these horrible physical pains, seem necessary, lol!! I absolutly agree about every day sober is better than a best day high! I got pretty emotional the other day just overwhelmingly happy to be free! I am going to make that list, great idea to reflect, and funny it took this to see it. I was on such a depressed journey before I quit! I really don't know how I kept friends or family in the dark. I know I am most grateful t get time with my daughter back, when she needs me the most. I am turning in, cant stand not to stretch out right now. I would never go back, this was way harder than I even dreamed. I thought I knew plenty about it, but really didn't as I never meade it to this point before! Night! Dreams to us both!
