Today is WED !! For me it's a Very important day. Today I am going to a sub. dr.
This is my plain of attack. ( I really would like feed back) I go see him this afternoon. Once I leave his office that's it, I will take no more hydro pills. I am giving my husband what I have left. He will take it out of the house. I think I have to go 24 hours without then I being the Sub. Right now I have so many emotions. I am so scared about the 24 hour period that I am shaking. I have to do this ya know. I would welcome and love any advice that I can get from people who know what I am going through. I feel like to next 48 hours are the most important of my life !!!
marina ~
Hi Marina;
I've never gone the sub route myself, but I just wanted to send along my good wishes to you. It takes guts to face up to this addiction - I admire your courage and determination to get clean.
Good luck;
Jim
I've never gone the sub route myself, but I just wanted to send along my good wishes to you. It takes guts to face up to this addiction - I admire your courage and determination to get clean.
Good luck;
Jim
Marina,
I wasn't going to write. I am on your husbands side of the fence. My husband is 13 days into stopping percocets cold turkey. I wanted to wish you all the best in what you about to undertake. One suggestion I have would be to take what pills you have left and flush them yourself. Have alittle ceremony over the toilet (I think August wrote about this in another post). It will empower you, I say this because I watch my husband flush 120 pills all on his own. As they swirled away he said what an idiot I am but it was for the best.
Good Luck to you today,
Tina
I wasn't going to write. I am on your husbands side of the fence. My husband is 13 days into stopping percocets cold turkey. I wanted to wish you all the best in what you about to undertake. One suggestion I have would be to take what pills you have left and flush them yourself. Have alittle ceremony over the toilet (I think August wrote about this in another post). It will empower you, I say this because I watch my husband flush 120 pills all on his own. As they swirled away he said what an idiot I am but it was for the best.
Good Luck to you today,
Tina
mistyeyes,
I am sooo very glad you did write. Thank you !! :-)
I have a goal that when I reach week one my husband and I will flush those pills.
That is like my little reward to watch them go down. My husband is going to take the day off tom. to stay with me while I go through the 24 hour period. He wants to take care of me.
A little history my husband owns his own buss. so he never takes time off. He didn't take any time off when we were gonna go on our honeymoon. He didn't take anytime off after our baby was born. As you can guess he has never taking any time off for me. (crying) He wants to be with me the 24 hour period. By him doing that it makes me feel so good, it gives me strength to know he will be there the whole time, I realized just now as I was writing this I finally won't be with out him ~ ~
Marina ~
Wow that was a tearful reply !!
I am sooo very glad you did write. Thank you !! :-)
I have a goal that when I reach week one my husband and I will flush those pills.
That is like my little reward to watch them go down. My husband is going to take the day off tom. to stay with me while I go through the 24 hour period. He wants to take care of me.
A little history my husband owns his own buss. so he never takes time off. He didn't take any time off when we were gonna go on our honeymoon. He didn't take anytime off after our baby was born. As you can guess he has never taking any time off for me. (crying) He wants to be with me the 24 hour period. By him doing that it makes me feel so good, it gives me strength to know he will be there the whole time, I realized just now as I was writing this I finally won't be with out him ~ ~
Marina ~
Wow that was a tearful reply !!
Hi Marina:
My boyfriend's first 24 hours were not nearly as bad as he thought they were going to be and he was coming off a habit of at least 400 mg MSContin a day. His first 24 hours were always the start of a bad flue, but his Day 2 and 3 days were always way worse when he was trying to quit and by then he was able to start the Sub.
He was very surprised that he wasn't worse off the first 24 hours, but I think that part of it was because he knew at the end of the 24 hours, he was going to be able to take something (legitimately!!) for relief.
Anyway, my point is that first day might not be as bad as you think.
Little tip - whatever you do, don't take Immodium either during that time. It apparently also binds to the opiate receptors and can send you into bad withdrawals when you start taking the Sub.
Just something I saw on another thread. Better safe than sorry.
Good luck - everything will be OK. My boyfriend is doing awesome with the Sub. He can't even believe it.
Peace,
Mickey
My boyfriend's first 24 hours were not nearly as bad as he thought they were going to be and he was coming off a habit of at least 400 mg MSContin a day. His first 24 hours were always the start of a bad flue, but his Day 2 and 3 days were always way worse when he was trying to quit and by then he was able to start the Sub.
He was very surprised that he wasn't worse off the first 24 hours, but I think that part of it was because he knew at the end of the 24 hours, he was going to be able to take something (legitimately!!) for relief.
Anyway, my point is that first day might not be as bad as you think.
Little tip - whatever you do, don't take Immodium either during that time. It apparently also binds to the opiate receptors and can send you into bad withdrawals when you start taking the Sub.
Just something I saw on another thread. Better safe than sorry.
Good luck - everything will be OK. My boyfriend is doing awesome with the Sub. He can't even believe it.
Peace,
Mickey
Marina..first of all, congrats on taking control of your life and doing something about your addiction. I personally am a big proponent of c/t but only in certain cases. I just don't think you should swap one pill for another. BUT, that doesn't work for everyone and from what I have read about Sub, it sounds like the miracle drug for those that can't do the cold turkey. And to be honest, in the beginning, if I had known about it, maybe I wouldn't have relapsed so many times. How long do you think you'll be on it? I've heard that 6 months is the minimum in order to be successful.
Mickey was right, the first 24 hours of w/d aren''t as bad as the 48 or 72 hour mark. You'll be uncomfortable but I think it's a mind over matter thing..you know you'll be getting relief soon so it shouldn't be too bad. Just drink lots of water and yes, stay away from immodium. It does have a narcotic value to it and will screw up the effect of the sub.
Are you going to seek out support through meetings? Now is the time to start setting up a schedule and make a plan to follow through. Your Dr. will probably require you to go to them anyway.
Your husbands a good man. You're very lucky. Be as honest with him as you can. It will help him through this too. He should check into his own meetings and try ala-non. They will help him understand your illness. I never told my husband about my last relapse, didn't want to rock the boat you know, and I have regretted it every day since. I hate the deception. One day.
Hang in there and post your little heart out. It's a big scary world out there without the numbness that our little evil friends (the pills) give us, but it is also a wonderful life waiting for you.
I'll be here..
Cowgirl
Mickey was right, the first 24 hours of w/d aren''t as bad as the 48 or 72 hour mark. You'll be uncomfortable but I think it's a mind over matter thing..you know you'll be getting relief soon so it shouldn't be too bad. Just drink lots of water and yes, stay away from immodium. It does have a narcotic value to it and will screw up the effect of the sub.
Are you going to seek out support through meetings? Now is the time to start setting up a schedule and make a plan to follow through. Your Dr. will probably require you to go to them anyway.
Your husbands a good man. You're very lucky. Be as honest with him as you can. It will help him through this too. He should check into his own meetings and try ala-non. They will help him understand your illness. I never told my husband about my last relapse, didn't want to rock the boat you know, and I have regretted it every day since. I hate the deception. One day.
Hang in there and post your little heart out. It's a big scary world out there without the numbness that our little evil friends (the pills) give us, but it is also a wonderful life waiting for you.
I'll be here..
Cowgirl
Marina:
Congratulations on changing your life. I know three people who have successfully used Suboxone. Meetings are an essential component and usually your Dr. will recommend this also. My friends just could not bear another cold turkey w/d. So, I actually researched it and found the Dr. (whom I already knew). He is great because he is a sober member of AA and really enforces going to a 12 step program. Suboxone is great because if you do use (which one friend did) you CANNOT get loaded. It doesn't make you high, just normal, maybe a little tired. Have a plan though on how long you and your Dr. decide for you to stay on it because it is a maintenance drug.
Good luck,
Rach
Congratulations on changing your life. I know three people who have successfully used Suboxone. Meetings are an essential component and usually your Dr. will recommend this also. My friends just could not bear another cold turkey w/d. So, I actually researched it and found the Dr. (whom I already knew). He is great because he is a sober member of AA and really enforces going to a 12 step program. Suboxone is great because if you do use (which one friend did) you CANNOT get loaded. It doesn't make you high, just normal, maybe a little tired. Have a plan though on how long you and your Dr. decide for you to stay on it because it is a maintenance drug.
Good luck,
Rach
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