Morphine withdrawl...OMG
I have been taking morphine for 6 months for chronic neck pain. I received some injections last week, nerve blocks, they have made my pain about 60% better. I have decided to stop taking any opiates. I slowly tapered my meds like my Dr said.
OMG...I feel so horrible! I'm 36 hours into it and it's getting worse. My entire body hurts so bad it's unbearable at times, I'm having hot flashes, then I'm cold, my head hurts and I'm very nauseous. I have heard that it is gonna' get worse still and this is just the beginning...I've also heard that your blood pressure can rise to an unsafe level...is this true? I swear if I get any worse I might have to go to the ER..but then I'll look like an idiot...oh Hi I'm here to get drugs for coming off drugs... anyone have any words of advise...I feel so horrible and I'm starting to have crazy emotions, crying and depressed. |
Hi Cal ,
Does your dr know your attempting withdrawl of morphine on your own after 6 months is very serious. There are meds and thing the dr can give you to help withdraw symptoms--- u should be under dr care during this time --esp after 6 months. Please call your DR let them know what your doing you might want to go to the e.r is pretty dangerous to do this on your own. Please let me know what happens. |
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How "slowly" are you tapering? This should be a VERY slow taper, and under a doctors supervision! You should NOT be doing this alone!! The outcome could be serious.
Your doctor SHOULD have given you a weaning schedule, and made sure that you had enough morphine in order to follow the schedule. Or else, he should have given you some lesser medications to allow you to get off the morphine, but doing it like you are sounds like it's just not working like it should be. You should NOT be in this much pain, and shouldn't be having such serious withdrawal symptoms. When I weaned off ALL my meds, I didn't feel like YOU are feeling! In fact, I felt pretty good, but I had enough meds to do it, plus my doctor "had my back." So get back to your doc and have him give you a schedule and enough meds to see to it that you can get thru this with the LEAST amount of withdrawal symptoms!! I wish you the very best of luck! It can be done if your doc is willing! God bless and please take care. Hugs, Lee ;) |
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Anyways, I'm almost a full 48 hours w/o any It can't possibly get much worse and If that's the case I should be able to endure...fingers crossed |
Hi cali4nia
Hi, I sure hope you decide to call your doctor. Doing the withdrawl on your own is very very hard to do. I took morphine for almost 12 years, and I had alot of very good help to get off the drug last year. It was still horrible. I know about those symptons you are experiencing. Call your doctor, and taylor that medication down 15 mgs. at a time. Even doing it that way with kolonopin was very hard for me. I have been off now for 8 months. It is worth it to get off the medicaiton, but you need some help. ginnie:hug:
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call the doctor it most certainly not safe there is a better way use your doctor now more than ever you did not ask to be on such strong meds praying someone who cares |
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are they *******kidding me go to the hospital and have yourself taken care of plezzzzzzzzzzz someone who cares |
For me on morphine from a bad 3- level fusion, only for 3-months. The doctor thought that oxycodone would be my bridge. No way ! After day two I wanted to die ! My wife called the morphine hot line and we were told , well get back on or three more days things should turn and did. I never will believe a doctor again about withdrawl unless they are a pain doctor. I did climb out of hell.
Still on meds. in lower levels and have a great pain team now. Good luck :] |
You should be over the physical issues after a week. The emotional addiction may take a couple of months depending on total daily dose.
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