I have been taking about 10 lorcets or Oxycontins, mostly lorcets, a day for over a year but I feel the only way I can quit is to go C/T and I know its going to be horrible. Can anyone give me some advice on how to get through the withdrawals and describe what they will be like. And please be brutally honest, Im on day one of no pills and i feel fine but i know bad times are coming. Any help of Advice would mean the world to me.
Theres a list copiled by Rae, I will dig itt up for you, gimme a sec..
Regards,
Tom
Regards,
Tom
I cant find it, HEY RAE put down the hamburger and post tha list will ya...
Welcome to the board !!!
There is a lot of help around here
There is a lot of help around here
systems ~
crawly skin
leg cramps
sleepiness
fatigue
stomach problems
OTC medicines ~
Motrin for pain
Imduim AD for stomach
benedryl to help you sleep
Take lot's of warm/hot baths
some rebal tea's to relax
LOT'S OF WATER !!!
sorry about my spelling......... spell check isn't working.
crawly skin
leg cramps
sleepiness
fatigue
stomach problems
OTC medicines ~
Motrin for pain
Imduim AD for stomach
benedryl to help you sleep
Take lot's of warm/hot baths
some rebal tea's to relax
LOT'S OF WATER !!!
sorry about my spelling......... spell check isn't working.
K, Tom the hamburgers down...
Marina has a good list going. Nice to see you posting girl. In the beginning of withdrawl I don't know about the benedryl it MAY give you restless legs more than what your already going to have. I think benedryl is great to sleep don't get me wrong but after 10 days... Withdrawl is basically all flu-like symptoms.
Comtrex Flu Therapy( Day and night time pills) or liquid-- helps with all the flu symptoms. You'll have body aches.
Immodium AD or lomotil works good- for the trips to the bathroom
Multi-vitamins and B-12
Motrin- 800 mgs during the day for body aches/headaches etc.
Marina is right HOT bathes as often as possible. Plus lots of water.
Exercise a little each day even when you don't feel like it.
Good luck and keep posting... Rae
Marina has a good list going. Nice to see you posting girl. In the beginning of withdrawl I don't know about the benedryl it MAY give you restless legs more than what your already going to have. I think benedryl is great to sleep don't get me wrong but after 10 days... Withdrawl is basically all flu-like symptoms.
Comtrex Flu Therapy( Day and night time pills) or liquid-- helps with all the flu symptoms. You'll have body aches.
Immodium AD or lomotil works good- for the trips to the bathroom
Multi-vitamins and B-12
Motrin- 800 mgs during the day for body aches/headaches etc.
Marina is right HOT bathes as often as possible. Plus lots of water.
Exercise a little each day even when you don't feel like it.
Good luck and keep posting... Rae
Nathan, How's the c/t going? You're doing a very hard thing, so try to be good to yourself. Addiction is a disease (silly me, I didn't realize that until AFTER I'd got through the worst of the w/d). Can you put other life demands on hold until after you're through the worst of The Worst Flu in The World? Take sick leave, that sort of thing?
Massage and cranial-sacral therapy has helped a little in the past for the body aches.
Insomnia: Benadryl taken with ibuprofen -- it seems to make the benadryl work better. My doctor once prescribed ambien but that's addictive, too, so the benadryl is a much better idea.
Yoga and deep breathing.
Hot baths. I know it's mentioned above but it really does help and there's nothing wrong with four hot baths a day with a good book, if you can manage it. I thought about hot baths and TV, but as was pointed out to me -- electrical device, body immersed in water. Not a good plan.
Reward yourself for every twenty minutes you make it without your drug. I have to say, I rewarded myself often by having a cigarette. But AugustWest said somewhere that it's a question of substituting one addiction for another less harmful and that's a plan I could follow.
Good luck. I did this Feb-March. Not fun. Can you take it on trust that it gets better? I really didn't think it would, but it does.
Massage and cranial-sacral therapy has helped a little in the past for the body aches.
Insomnia: Benadryl taken with ibuprofen -- it seems to make the benadryl work better. My doctor once prescribed ambien but that's addictive, too, so the benadryl is a much better idea.
Yoga and deep breathing.
Hot baths. I know it's mentioned above but it really does help and there's nothing wrong with four hot baths a day with a good book, if you can manage it. I thought about hot baths and TV, but as was pointed out to me -- electrical device, body immersed in water. Not a good plan.
Reward yourself for every twenty minutes you make it without your drug. I have to say, I rewarded myself often by having a cigarette. But AugustWest said somewhere that it's a question of substituting one addiction for another less harmful and that's a plan I could follow.
Good luck. I did this Feb-March. Not fun. Can you take it on trust that it gets better? I really didn't think it would, but it does.
