Once the withdrawal from oxy was done, my energy came back within the next couple weeks. Each day was a improvement and I had to take it slow due to back problems.
Since pain is something that brings my mood straight down...I was
pretty careful with everything for a month. Positive things helped keep my mind off
all the changes that came with stopping painkillers, all of them were simple: movies, surfing the interwebz, picture searching (fluffy bunny stuff).
I was laughing and able to hold up my end of conversations within...Mmm...yeah, by the 2nd week. I still hurt...but
got a huge thrill that I made it thru a really rotten time. I was proud of myself and that
changed everything!
Hang in there! It does get better.