Your words are very encouraging! As of today it will be 5 days since I have used morphine. I started with tapering down and after the last half of the last pill was gone I new that it was going to be hell. Tomorrow I start with group therapy and then on Monday hopefully I can get my first shot of Narcan to curve the cravings. Good luck with your soberity!
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I am 38yrs old going through this now, I have been on morphine for about 8 yrs but noticed that I never had any engery always felt lousy. I was on about 60mg a day at one stage it took me 3 months to come down to 10mg and then suddenly I could not drop any further mentally or physically......I was scared! but one day I just had enough I have 4 kids and no energy to spend time with them so I stopped. Never stop cold turkey on a high dose as it can kill you. I am on day 6 now and my body still hurts but I just take a anti imflamatory ONLY WHEN ITS UNBEARABLE. I am still very tired, and a little breathless at times, I still have a little dihorreah and stomach cramps but I am coping. Easing these symptoms will take away from you the one thing that will stop you going back to mophine and that is the memory of what you went through to get off it. My advice is to focus on what morphine is taking away from you think about what you can do once your off it and struggle through. I have looked on many web sites and I should only have another 4 or 5 days left of the pain so no worse than a bad case of flu. So fingers crossed.
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I am in the eye of the storm as we speak, they say not to track your time because it will feel like it lasts forever... But I am now on hour 44 after my withdrawl symptoms kicked in... I have tried just going with out before and fell in to sever sweats and the hot/cold spells were h*ll. Now I am Having really bad insomnia issues, and my core is hot while my hands and feet are as cold as ice along with the loss of appetite and bowel irritability, but I did start taking gabapentin (this is a perscribed medication) but within an hour or so all of my symptoms calmed down. Like I said, I still have alot of the symptoms but no where near as bad as usual. I do reccomend finding ensure that says its used to help gain/maintain healthy weight. I strongly agree that long showers feel like the greatest thing in the world! Just
Make sure to keep the fluid levels high, which will be tough, and constantly eat/drink in small amounts. A sleep aid will be very helpful (I need one my self) I would start small like using melatonin pills and / or green teas and if that does work the next night maybe niquil, but my theory is to try and keep from bombarding your system with too many other drugs. Sorry this is sooo lengthy, but for me having to hide all this happening to me and refusing to tell anyone has been the hardest part, but I am naturally a very positive person so this was my own choice.
Good luck to anyone trying to kick this habit, and if you feel a relaps coming on just remember the feeling of withdrawls and ask your self if that is truly worth it to you.
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wow I am 55 in bad pain, but want off big time, I take 5 200 mil a day with 3 30 mil qick release in the morning, I think I have a real big problem if i just went cold turkey, doesn't sound like a smart thing to do.
going on 3 years now.
going on 3 years now.
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It will take will power to do so, but to ween your self off over an extended period of time (if possible) try to kick back the total amount you take by 10% every two weeks. You may be able to do every week, but it may chance you experiencing withdrawl symptoms. Good luck!
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I used to take 250+ mg morphine per day for about three months prior to a back procedure. My doctor prescribed an ease down-period of one week. A full month later, three weeks totally off all opiates, I still suffer from nausea, insomnia, cold and hot sweats and a plethora of other side effects from quitting. It gets better every day, but by a very small amount.
I'd say you quickly recover to 50 % of your old self after 7-10 days. But that's not really the big issue. Holding out the pains for a week is doable. It's the almost flat curve in revocery that follows that gets to you. According to me, you'll feel perhaps 1 % better for each passing day - making this whole quitting process really a multiple month job. That's what nobody tells you beforehand. That's what makes everything almost unbearable.
My recipe for success is:
1. Force your drug intake down to a manageable level, i.e. a level you won't die from if you quit overnight.
2. Get a prescription of sleep aids. You'll not sleep naturally for a couple of weeks. You'll need this.
3. Take a leave of absence from your work or studies. A month will do. You'll be needing the full month to recover both physically and mentally. Preferrably, you'll also need at least a week's holiday from your family. They can't help you anyway, and you'll make everything harder for them during this process.
4. Quit cold turkey. Just do it. Just stop taking the drugs. Take your last dose in the evening. That'll give you a final night of sleep. Any ease down-periods just prolongs the suffering. Trust me. Just make sure completing #1 above beforehand.
5. Throw all leftover pills away. You wont stand a chance later on with drugs still in your house. The urge is that strong.
6. Ride out the pains from a multitude of side effects. Prepare for the worst. This is the worst you have ever felt in your whole life. Make note of the days. In a week you'll feel somewhat better. In three weeks you'll be halfway there, and you can se the light shimmer in the other end of the tunnel.
7. Never use opiates again, no matter how strong the urges are.
I can't stress this enough: You have to be prepared for just how unbearable this process is. It is, in plain english, hell. You have to know that. And when you think the mist is clearing up, you take two steps backwards. It's all part of the process. But also, it gets better. You will, eventually, be fine. You just have to endure for a length of time that never seem to end. But it does.
Good luck!
(Sorry for my bad English. I live in Finland. English is my second language.)
// Fred
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i tryed the benedryl how much did u take cuz my legs still kill me at night cnt sleep
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Just hang in there. You can expect the sympto,ms to ease off a bit then come back and then in another 2-3 weeks you'll be fine except you'll feel like you ran a thousdand mile race. Remember to hydrate, eat if you can - anythig. Drink plenty of cranbnerry juice or take cranbnerryy pills.
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About this addiction...seriously, I've been addicted to at least 200mg a day. In my mind, I've decided to quit, but only when I'm high. Then suddenly when it starts finding its way out of my system, my mind gets weaker b/c of the mental addiction (like i need it to feel normal) and then it is verified thru the terrible withdraws. Right now I'm high and I can relate to what you all have or going thru. I've tried everything and nothing works. That doesn't mean you can't get off. Cold turkey is really just killing yourself slowly and most can't handle it, they will find some way to go back and get it. Rehab and AA or NA always says your powerless over your addiction and you need a higher power to help you. Really its saying if you don't believe in a higher power then your doomed forever. So, my approach while I have enough is to taper down. I'm having a trusted person hold my medicine and start me tapering down as slowly as possible so I don't go thru the terrible withdraws hitting me all at once and the emotional/mental shock of OMG I don't have nothing. I'm not going to be a methadone addict either waiting in line everyday for my dose. That's stupid. Like little rabbits waiting for a carrot. I'm going to try my approach and hopefully it will work. Nothing else has yet.
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Getting tatoo is gr8 idea. I was thinking about it many times - It would be great to have something with me everywhere I need it, what will remind me, how terrible opiate cold turkey is because I always forget and do it again. I went through cold turkey probably 10 times and I am still doing it again and again... that I say to myself, that now I have it under control and that I will take it just once a time to have some joy... How naive I am :-).
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Reading all these posts has greatly helped me the past day.
I am 24 years old. I had a bad car accident 6 weeks ago where my midfoot lisfranc joint was totally shattered. My doctor had me on dilaudid 5mg, percocet 5mg and finally morphone 40mg CR. I am currently 3 weeks out of surgery and the pain has all but went away. I have been taking 2x30mg CR morphone sulfate tabs for about a month now. I peaked a few times at 250mg when the pain was unbearable.
Two days ago I decided to cold turkey this thing. I haven't slept more than an hour in those two days and haven't eaten a bite.I am still in a cast and will be for a few more weeks. The fidgeting and stirring are the worst for me. I also have cold sweats and leg tremors.
I have read the home remedies about some OTC meds that would help. I'm just waiting for all of this to be over. Best of luck to anyone going through this- it's the hardest thing I've ever had to do for an extended period of time
I am 24 years old. I had a bad car accident 6 weeks ago where my midfoot lisfranc joint was totally shattered. My doctor had me on dilaudid 5mg, percocet 5mg and finally morphone 40mg CR. I am currently 3 weeks out of surgery and the pain has all but went away. I have been taking 2x30mg CR morphone sulfate tabs for about a month now. I peaked a few times at 250mg when the pain was unbearable.
Two days ago I decided to cold turkey this thing. I haven't slept more than an hour in those two days and haven't eaten a bite.I am still in a cast and will be for a few more weeks. The fidgeting and stirring are the worst for me. I also have cold sweats and leg tremors.
I have read the home remedies about some OTC meds that would help. I'm just waiting for all of this to be over. Best of luck to anyone going through this- it's the hardest thing I've ever had to do for an extended period of time
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Kratom leaf can help with WD symtoms. Many of my customers at MajorKratom take it for H, Oxy, etc. Kratom is just a powdered leaf with an alkaloid profile that seems to fulfill the body's desire for opiates. It seems most of my regular clients purchase Spec B and Sumatran Superior every two weeks and we regularly receive phone calls thanking us for helping with their addiction. I hope this helps.
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i was hoping i wasnt the only one who didnt get high off of morphine. i take it for pain and curse the day they put me on it. now i cant find a dr. to help with my pain.. and the withdrawals r torcher cant sleep, eat, on the toilet all day. cant wait for this to be over
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