Man, I know the feeling! I was an addict to Roxy's and Methadone for three years yet those withdrawals do not hold a candle to these! And what a kick in the butt, I clean up my act for a year only to be put on something for lower back pain that was not suppose to be addicting! While I don't crave them as I did Methadone and such I do have nasty depression once stopping them. The first time I felt it was only after being on them a month! I didn't pick a my script and woke feeling like I was in hardcore withdrawal. I was like what the??!! I didn't put it together till later on after taking them and went online right away. I was scared to death! What I did was take some mild pain pills for a few days to help with lowing my dose to nothing. I was taking 300 3xdaily. So that the restless legs, awful head pain, feeling like I was going to gag as soon as food touched my lips, hot/cold sweats and anxiety could pass a bit. After about 5 days I stopped that as not to become dependent on something else. Now I'm left with depressing and anxiety. In the morning it's always the worse! I'm not interested in much...little energy but I'm able to eat and sleep a good 8 hours at least. With Methadone withdrawal I would go days with out sleep till my body was like yea ok...good night...for 45 mins filled with awful dreams. I'm happy about that since insomnia sucks! But I just hate feeling so blah all day and wish it would end! It's been about 7 months. I flushed two bottles of 600mg tabs down the drain so I didn't give into taking them to feel ok for a bit...not worth it. I wasn't taking the full amount ever that's how I had so much left over. I also gave away a lot to someone who used it to help with Methadone withdrawal. I would say, go down very slow, get to the smallest amount you can as I did. And even then expect to feel like heck. But not heck on a stick :0) Good luck to us all! Oh and I can honestly say I feel better today (Sunday) then I did Tuesday. This is my second week off everything. With one week on a mild pain pill to help me along.
