Suffering.

[paramedic9742]

Hello everyone i thought i would let you all know how i am doing. Well i still cant sleep and i am having heart palpatations i assume from anxiety. And crazy legs, Thats what i call it anyway. I am going to the doctor tomorrow, I am hoping that he can put me on something that is non addictive for sleep. I am taking vitamins and still working out and not smoking. Not smoking has been just as hard as everything else if not harder. I am still in severe pain I am not sure what they will ever do about that i know there are non narcotic pain killers out there. I have pain in my knee well both of them now and chronic migraines as well as back pain. I am hoping the doctor can find a solution from the headaches. Even before i used hydro i was diagnosed with the chronic migraines. They are awful. Anyway sorry i havent been posting much but i have been back at work and my Pt communication skills are improving again. I did have a call the other night that shook me up. I had a women who was on crack alot of it that day she got raped and beat because she was on the street trying to get more. I am so thankfull that i never went on the street to get the drugs I am glad i got help when i did. I just dident know what to say to her and i felt bad. Anyway i will talk to you all later. Wishing you all the best.

[Done-With-It]

Oh gosh, That would be so hard!~ That would freak me out too.

I'm sorry your not feeling well, Hopefully this doctor can help you out.
Let us know!~ ;-)

[northbelle]

so sorry..It does sound though like you ARE making it through?? I mean you are going to work right? That saved my butt having a job to do everyday. I have faith that you can find a non narcotic way around this..becasue if you are like me..Your addiction WILL eventually lead you to the streets. I did not THINK mine would of course but please believe..when I see someone like that girl you told us about..I think..there but for the grace of god go I...Nobody is immune...I hope you get some relief from the pain. I think we numb ourseves so much with opiates ..our poor bodies are hypersensitve to pain..I ached for two months !! I swear to god it DOES get better...the pain will subside..you don't have to suffer forever...
thinking of you norhtbelle

[woops]

Just wanted to say - hang on - cos you have done so brilliantly and really its still early days? Your symptoms sound very much like my own - for a few days - and still I have a pain issue to confront..........
I have damaged joints as the result of accident,and narcotics would take all the pain away - was wonderful. But now - I still have pain down one side in ankle/knee/hip joints - and its pretty painful - added to by now with arthritis in those joints. But there is no way I am going back to use opiates again to deal with these problems. And I know exactly the path this pill taking would lead again!! No way to live.
I find that exercise and keeping mentally challenged and interested are my best weapons at the moment. They help me tremendously. But I guess you get all that from your job - sounds so interesting. Don't underestimate the spin off from a good interesting active job.
You know - I have a sort of sneaky suspicion that stopping smoking might be the big culprit here - and not the opiates? Anyone I have seen stopping smoking talks about headaches/muscle/joint aches and general dreadful lethargy. Could this be it? I had a friend who, while stopping smoking, would come home from work at 6.00pm - eat dinner and go straight to bed - cos he couldnt find anything to do in the evening to interest him without the cigarettes! Its was so funny for us watching - not so great for him!! I'm afraid that this friend still smokes to this day! It seems a really difficult withdrawal ............
Anyway - as I write this - it is a new day - maybe you have slept and even now getting gradually better? I do hope so!! Sleep is a real bummer when you lack it!! I know! ( It's always the last thing to settle down for me. But its time limited - I have found that sleep started to sort itself out at about day 14/15 after stopping codeine - but even then it was only a few hours - and today as I write this - I am waking every morning at 5.30am - getting just 5 hours of sleep per night - but that is OK - it is enough for now - and I know it will all adjust itself as the days and weeks go on - I simply will not let myself worry about it. That is a very consious decision that I made.)
If not - just get the head down and plod on - some things just have to be bourne? - and it's not for so long - a day or a couple of days can show such a humungous improvement?
You'll do this - but take it as it comes at you - accept it - get the day done - head on the pillow - tomorrow is a new day!!
Eyes on the prize!!
woops
PS - suggest you make a firm decision not to worry about yourself re sleep & pains (as soon as those thoughts come into your head - dispel them) - and turn all your energies into work, family, and fun - do more - not less. A mind over matter situation which really really works for me. But I am definitley simple minded!!!!!!!
Good luck!
Hoping to hear that you are getting along so much better no..............
woops

[Buzz Kilowatt]

I had and sometimes have heart palpitations, too. Especially during initial withdrawal

I find that taking magnesium supplements twice a day helped for me. Certainly won't hurt you to try.

Buzz

[splendra]

(((tina))))

I bet a nice gentle swedish massage could help especially the RLS(restless leg syndrome). My mom has RLS and we have been doing swedish massage on them for years. I hope you will consider trying it....