Gotta keep this short, nausea plus has me living in bathroom today. my hubby got it set up this morning and I will be checking into treatment tomorrow at five pm. They told me on the phone that they will give me nothing more than motrin during detox. I wasn't expecting a pharmacy but I did sorta think I'd be given something anything like phenergan maybe to help with the severit y of it. oh well guess I thought wrong. I'll write more later but right now I'm just too dam sick to do much of anything,
I don't what you were on I just "kicked" vicodin about a week ago & it wasn't easy. I shook like a leaf - blood pressure went way up. I saw my Dr. Mon. & he gave me lorazipam to help w/ the anxiety & shakes - it's helping somewhat, plus I'm drinking - so I guess I'm giving 1 thing for the other huh?
Boo- You made the right decision. Check back when you're out...my prayers are with you..
Hey Boo - I didn't want this to be all about me - good luck to you for sure! I'm only curious if it was a faithful Dr. that enabled you to get to where you are - as was my case & shame on him for doing so! Best of everything keep positive thoughts & all should be well.
Hang in there....I am on day for of detox on my own. I did get phenergan for the nausea which helped, but I was constantly on the toilet the first couple of days. It is hell. I wish I could go to rehab. I am a mom with two young girls and a husband who does not know. I am on my own. I totally feel for you. The phenergan just takes away nausea, NOTHING ELSE. No buzz....not like the
10+ Norco I was taking every day. Damn....I feel like I am on Mars.
You are not alone!
10+ Norco I was taking every day. Damn....I feel like I am on Mars.
You are not alone!
Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes everybody. I just woke up and haven't gotten sick yet again but sure do feel like it.
I am totally amazed at my son. My husband went to Sears earlier and I threw up quite a few times while he was gone. My son came in the bathroom every time and rubbed my back-got me a wet washcloth-and stayed with me whole time everytime. I'm really proud of him and ashamed of myself that he'll do without a mom to tend to him for a mmonth.
My hubby actually spent a fortune on pajamas and a robe/slippers. If I saw the same things in the store I'd love them but would never hasve paid that price for them. He said he knew I'd like them and wanted me to be at least a lil' comfortable. AWWWWWW!
Now that I'm packed and all, I don't wanna go. What are my in-laws gonna think? What about thanksgiving? I'm scared, plain and simple. From now on, not a dang thing from a doctor will go in my mouth until I know all there is to know about it.
Check back later guys.
I am totally amazed at my son. My husband went to Sears earlier and I threw up quite a few times while he was gone. My son came in the bathroom every time and rubbed my back-got me a wet washcloth-and stayed with me whole time everytime. I'm really proud of him and ashamed of myself that he'll do without a mom to tend to him for a mmonth.
My hubby actually spent a fortune on pajamas and a robe/slippers. If I saw the same things in the store I'd love them but would never hasve paid that price for them. He said he knew I'd like them and wanted me to be at least a lil' comfortable. AWWWWWW!
Now that I'm packed and all, I don't wanna go. What are my in-laws gonna think? What about thanksgiving? I'm scared, plain and simple. From now on, not a dang thing from a doctor will go in my mouth until I know all there is to know about it.
Check back later guys.
Jen..before you know it you'll be somewhere safe. They'll have you so busy teaching you how to live again that you won't have time to feel bad. They will moniter your blood pressure and make sure that you're ok.
Let go of all of the worries about the outside for now. There's nothing you can do. There will be a Thanksgiving next year (and you will have so much more to be thankful for) and your son will have the mom he deserves. As for the in-laws, they will come to understand and I'm sure want nothing but the best for you, Shame isn't going to help you right now.
I am so proud of you and am pulling for you. Hell, there's a part of me that wishes I was going with you! To live in a controlled, safe enviroment like that really apeals to me sometimes...
Good Luck, sweetpea, can't wait to hear from you when you get back..
Cowgirl
Let go of all of the worries about the outside for now. There's nothing you can do. There will be a Thanksgiving next year (and you will have so much more to be thankful for) and your son will have the mom he deserves. As for the in-laws, they will come to understand and I'm sure want nothing but the best for you, Shame isn't going to help you right now.
I am so proud of you and am pulling for you. Hell, there's a part of me that wishes I was going with you! To live in a controlled, safe enviroment like that really apeals to me sometimes...
Good Luck, sweetpea, can't wait to hear from you when you get back..
Cowgirl
Hi,
Ditto on Cowgirls post big time!
It's all about you right now, a few weeks in trade for the rest of your life, pretty good deal I would think. I'm praying for ya', and your family will benifit far more then they can possibly imagine at the moment. This is life and death for us, your only going away for a few weeks, and it's to get better, rather than possibly
picking up again and going away for good! Ya' know what I mean? Your worth it!
Take care...................................God bless........................................Bob
Ditto on Cowgirls post big time!
It's all about you right now, a few weeks in trade for the rest of your life, pretty good deal I would think. I'm praying for ya', and your family will benifit far more then they can possibly imagine at the moment. This is life and death for us, your only going away for a few weeks, and it's to get better, rather than possibly
picking up again and going away for good! Ya' know what I mean? Your worth it!
Take care...................................God bless........................................Bob
ditto cowgirl, too...If it makes you feel any better, I spent last xmas and new years eve away from my girls in treatment. It sucked, but I knew I was going to crack soon if I didn't.
I can't believe they only give you motrin...stupid doctors. They gave me clonadine patches and burprenex...it helped so much...
Good luck, and I will be praying for you..
Just let the outside world rest for now, it will all be there when you get back. Focus on yourself for now...big hugs to you....
Kerry
I can't believe they only give you motrin...stupid doctors. They gave me clonadine patches and burprenex...it helped so much...
Good luck, and I will be praying for you..
Just let the outside world rest for now, it will all be there when you get back. Focus on yourself for now...big hugs to you....
Kerry
Jen,
In time your son, and husband, will respect you for the courage you're showing in getting help and confronting this disease -- if they don't already. I know I do. Most people never have to deal with the hell you've been through. Like others have said, this is YOUR time. You deserve it, and need it. God Bless, M.
KatyBoyd (sp.?) --
Congrats on your 4 days, and you're not alone either! I was taking 20+ norcos a day more than 5 months ago, and like you went c/t at home. If you're on Day 4 (or 5 now), i think you're over the hump and should be feeling better, physically, from here on out. Do you have a plan for staying stopped once you're through the physical w/d's? M.
In time your son, and husband, will respect you for the courage you're showing in getting help and confronting this disease -- if they don't already. I know I do. Most people never have to deal with the hell you've been through. Like others have said, this is YOUR time. You deserve it, and need it. God Bless, M.
KatyBoyd (sp.?) --
Congrats on your 4 days, and you're not alone either! I was taking 20+ norcos a day more than 5 months ago, and like you went c/t at home. If you're on Day 4 (or 5 now), i think you're over the hump and should be feeling better, physically, from here on out. Do you have a plan for staying stopped once you're through the physical w/d's? M.
boo,
let me reinterate what none said.... my in-laws are (ex in-laws) conservative sheltered judgemental christian people (I am Christian but a lot less judgemental and much less sheltered.) who were really upset with me for all the 'mess' and public stuff I had created for us... but let me tell you they along with every one in the community now has the utmost respect for me for comfronting this DISEASE head on and doing the work to get well... in the grand scheme of things these weeks will seem like a drop in the bucket...
You have to do this ... you need to take care of you... if you do the work .. I promise you will look back and see that this was the best decision you could have made....
as for the meds they will not be giving you... there are medical reasons for this that I will not go into at this juncture... just know that you will be monitored closely and while you may not be the most comfortable you have ever been it will not last forever.
I will be praying and thinking of you everyday..and your family too...
God bless you....
Teresa
let me reinterate what none said.... my in-laws are (ex in-laws) conservative sheltered judgemental christian people (I am Christian but a lot less judgemental and much less sheltered.) who were really upset with me for all the 'mess' and public stuff I had created for us... but let me tell you they along with every one in the community now has the utmost respect for me for comfronting this DISEASE head on and doing the work to get well... in the grand scheme of things these weeks will seem like a drop in the bucket...
You have to do this ... you need to take care of you... if you do the work .. I promise you will look back and see that this was the best decision you could have made....
as for the meds they will not be giving you... there are medical reasons for this that I will not go into at this juncture... just know that you will be monitored closely and while you may not be the most comfortable you have ever been it will not last forever.
I will be praying and thinking of you everyday..and your family too...
God bless you....
Teresa
Good luck to you. Let me tell you, I am on day 5 and I feel like I am not in my body. I am sitting here at work trying to look normal but I am a wreck inside. I don't have the choice to go to rehab. It is just not in my cards. Consider yourself lucky. I am going totally c/t .... right now if I had meds in front of me they would be gone. I have to be strong and remember that those pills are the enemy! I kicked a really bad Xanax dependance 1 year ago. Should have learned from it. This now is my second time!
When do you go? I threw up the first day...I don't know which is worse...the mental or physical part of this horrible time.
Good luck.
When do you go? I threw up the first day...I don't know which is worse...the mental or physical part of this horrible time.
Good luck.
Is there any reason why you are not using suboxone for treatment? It is great, I'm here to tell ya. I've been where you are, and this is way better. Like you aren't even w/d.
Some doctors are just downright mean. Mine was. He acted like he never prescribed me anything. Then totally cut me off from my medication. What a jerk...I should sue him....but he didn't shove the pills down my throat. I trusted him. But, I couldn't be trusted to only take the required amount. Every time my prescription would run out earlier and earlier. The excuses dried up.
Still on day 5. It seems like an eternity. I want to jump out of my skin!
Still on day 5. It seems like an eternity. I want to jump out of my skin!
katboyd - you said:
...but he didn't shove the pills down my throat.
how'd you get so smart?
now you're cooking with gas!
congrats on your 5 days!
namaste'
sammy
...but he didn't shove the pills down my throat.
how'd you get so smart?
now you're cooking with gas!
congrats on your 5 days!
namaste'
sammy
I'm waiting for the fog to lift. Anyone else out there in a "fog" right now? Do you feel like you are on the outside looking in? I can't stand it. It's horrible. I feel downright SCARY
Glad to hear you're getting help! I will keep you in my prayers. You can do this! God bless and I'll be looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Susan
Susan
Boo .. i feel for you.. and i just want to wish you the best..i honestly did not know people throw up from wd.. i guess i have not gotten that far yet.. take care of yourself and my prayers are with you..
Boo....are you around? How are you????
Have you stuck with the program???? I was pretty sick the last time we spoke....I am on day 12...haven't had anything....feeling okay, not perfect, but okay.
Have you stuck with the program???? I was pretty sick the last time we spoke....I am on day 12...haven't had anything....feeling okay, not perfect, but okay.
