Is this anxiety or what?

[babyonboard]

Please help! Every morning I wake up and my body feels shakey inside and my heart is beating really fast. It's always right when I wake up. My hands and feet are sweaty too. Is this just from coming off the opiates? Does this eventually just go away? This is day 14 of being clean for me and I still have diarrhea. I went to the OB (I'm preg) yesterday and they gave me 2 bags of fluid because I was so dehydrated. They also gave me a shot of phenegren (anti-nausea) and this drug made me so jittery I couldn't stop moving the left side of my body. I had to then take benadryl to counteract it. It was horrible. I swear this has been the worst 2 weeks of my life..... when will it end???????????????????????

[LittleC]

Hello,

I am a heroin addict who has been clean for 3 years. Yes that feeling will end! Your body is going through withdrawl and it takes a few weeks to feel better. Warm showers help. Hang in there!

Little C

[Peter]

It could be the withdrawal from the opiates.

It could be the changes your body is going thru.

It could be you are not taking proper care of yourself. Why were you so dehydrated?

Whatever it is you will start to feel better again. Just don't make the mistake of thinking a drug is going to make things better.

[windysan]

I've never been pregnant but it does sound like the tail end of the opiate kick. Remember to drink lots of fluids and if the doc says exercise is okay then exercise. Sweating all that crap out of the body will help but stay hydrated.

[babyonboard]

Hi everyone,
I am feeling a little better again. Little C, I get in the shower right away... I've also found that this is all that works. Congrats on your 3 years... that's so wonderful. Peter, I was so dehydrated because I couldn't keep anything down... I was vomiting and have the worst diarrhea. Everything is going right through me. I had keytones (sp?) in the only drop of urine I could get out so they gave me fluid. My other doc told me to take imodium until the diarrhea stops because becoming dehydrated is very dangerous for me and the baby. He said my GI tract is still going through w/d's. He also said I could take benadryl for the nausea... they gave me a script for the nausea... zofran... but I am too afraid to take it after what the phenegren did to me. Windysan, thanks... and I hope this is definitely the tail end of it.
Thanks for all your advice!

[Buzz Kilowatt]

When I quit opiates I had very loose bowels for a number of weeks. Immodium helps.

In my own experience, nothing has beat swimming as a way to feel better immediately. Swimming is good if you are PG but get the blessing of your Doc first.

Buzz

[northbelle]

You are right where you are supposed to be!!! This will change...that is one thing you can count on!! Have you read about PAWS?? Post Acute Withdrawal?? It is very real and it is so comforting to know that coming off drugs takes a while and we are not permanently messed up!!! I still have lots of symptoms sometimes...sometimes I feel good!! Baby do you have a support group?? All you have to do is look in the phone book for NA and AA and call and talk to someone..it would give you some great suport..just like the people here ..it is so hard to do this without help..although I know many people here don't go to meetings and make it..I am just not one of them and could not do it without!!! You are really doing great and I LOVE seeing your name here on the posts everyday!!! You are not alone on this journey girl...we are right here with you...love northbelle