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Originally Posted by Fixmeup11
Detox sucks. I quit my oxycodone cold turkey and my dr gave me promethazine for the nausea, a pill for the poopies, and xanax to help control the shakes and most importantly, to sleep. If u can, lock yourself in bed for a few days and try to sleep through it. The cold sweats, shaking, and overall feel of the worst flu ever only lasted about 5 days for me. I have a small child so I couldn't hide. Longest 5 days of my life. But its way cheaper than any sort of resort. I also found that smoking a little grass was a lifesaver! Above all, get something to help u sleep. Otherwise the 5 long days are never ending bc u will NOT sleep without some assistance.
After u get through it, u will feel like a champ! I haven't taken a pain pill since april 2nd and I will never forget that date. Dealing w the pain was an entire new battle, but I did a ton of research and w the advice of the ppl on this site, I actually have my pain under control enough to get a job! I have dealt w chronic pain for over a decade and now, after diet changes, light weight lifting, swimming and knowledge, I'm great. I was so miserable and depressed for 10 yrs and now I feel so good and alive! I never thought that would be possible for me. I still have bad days, but only a handful a month instead of everyday and that's a deal I will make any day!
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thanks for the advice but doing it at home cold turkey I did not feel was a good option for me for health reasons. I weaned off of most of my meds before I left and did the final step off in at this health center in Pompano Beach. It was very very helpful, I did get off everything BUT, 2 days before I left, I was simply doing an easy stretch class and either blew a lumbar disc or tore a muscle, I have an MRI tomorrow....so now I am on a new drug called Mobic, an anti inflamm drug. I tried to last without any meds but I could not sleep or get out of bed or rise from a chair without help, not to mention getting to the airport and sitting for hours on the flight home. Oh well, a few steps forward and one back...there is still progress and this too will get better.
I did have to keep reminding myself that opiates shutoff the body's natural production of endorphins so the pain is alot worse at first and it takes awhile for the enorphin production to kick back in, my pain doc said it could be weeks.. Overall, I am moving in the right direction. I am not sure I can stay off all the pain meds and I am sure Mobic is masking alot but I only have to be on it for a short while. I have reached my goal of getting off the meds so I can assess what my true pain issues are. I have been layering drug on top of drug for so many yrs I don't know what is causing my issues anymore like high bp, headache, digestive issues, insomnia, muscle cramping, etc.
Wishing everyone well. All my best, Diandra