soma withdrawal treatment

please please help me! i am up to 15-20 a day and tapering is NOT working... I AM SO SCARED

GOING THRU THE SAME HERE, AND ITS RUINING MY LIFE. HAVE YOU FOUND ANYTHING TO HELP?

yes, I too have been on these nasty litlle round devils, I can go through a bottle of 120 in a week, I want to get off them too thats why Im here writing. I have severe rhumatoid arthritis and myloidystaplastic syndrome, which is a form of lukemeia, and just finished a year of chemo, when I don't have the pills I get charley horse cramps in my legs so bad and feet that I can't walk. at night I lay in bed an my body
jerks so bad its like Im jerking off the bed. I want to get off these too but don't know what to do. Im going to try to cut back and see it that will help , I lay in the bed at night an pray for god to just take me in my sleep. thats how bad i am now. i don't want to die, I can't keep on living like this, when Im total out, I get the night swets, and will have the diarrhea too, but the fatigue is so powerful, which is from the R.A> and the chemo. I just need to get all these drugs out of my system, and try to deal with what ever is going to be, but I have severe bone pain so bad from the r.a. and the neupogen and procrit that I have to take to keep my labs up to just live, any one got any advise for me, Ive been dealing with this since being diagnosed in 1999, can someone tell me which way to go from here. when I take the norco and soma it helps me with the bone pain from the chemo, but when Im out, Im so miserable. any advise will help.

you need to talk to your dr. about changing your pain meds without tylonol. The tylonol in vicodin and percocets is more harmful for your organs than the opiates. As long as your taking them as prescribed they are safe when not abused. Also alot of people dont realize that anyone on opiates for a long time becomes dependant on them. There is a big difference between dependency and addiction. Pain management is also about being able to have a life worth living. From my personal experience as a pain patient and talking to several hundred others with chronic pain dependency or even addiction is a better way to live than dealing with severe pain that has no end in site. Starting a pain management program is a life changing choice that you should do lots of research on finding a compassionate Dr. that takes time to listen to you. Having a good Dr. makes a huge difference. Stay away from pill mills!!! I was a pain patient for 3 years had lots of ups and downs but my Dr. never gave up on me because i was honest with him if i screwed up. Now Im able to live without daily meds (about twice a month i do use them on the worst days). One last piece of advice if your Dr. is not helping you reach a comfortable life try a different Dr. the next month until you find one your comfortable with. After all he has a lot of power in the quality of your life. Remember do not Dr. shop. Don't beat yourself up because you screwed up one month it happens to everybody. Once you build a good relationship with your Dr. it will greatly help you out to educate yourself about narcotic pain relievers and other options available. Just don't start asking about specific drugs on your first few visits. Dr. will see that as drug seeking behavior. Try real hard to make the plan he gave you a honest try. If your still in a lot of pain and he wont increase or change medications you have every right to find better treatment elsewhere. You only have one life to live don't waste it being in constant agony because of all the ignorant people out there who have no ideal what you go through every day. I hope someone read this and it was able to help lead them to a better quality of life

I have been on SOME like eery four to six hours for years and I could quit my other pain meds tomorrow, before getting off this SOMA c**p,. If you find a way , plesse do tell. J

I have been taking Soma for about 40 years...the past year or so, I've been taking 3 a day which is a lot more than I was taking. (I was just taking it when I couldn't stand the pain, maybe one a week.)  Then I started taking more because I liked the high I got from it.  I quit smoking about 30 years ago and the past month or two I have been craving what I thought was a cigarette, I couldn't understand why...then I realized that it must have something to do with my Soma addiction.  I decided to stop taking the Soma and I'm having a hard time dealing with it.  I get the craving which I know now is for Soma, not a cigarette, but it's so strong!  I want to get off of the Soma, but I need some suggestions as to how.  I've gained weight the past month I guess from trying to satisfy my craving/addiction.  I would appreciate suggestions to help me stop and to get rid of the cravings I'm having.  Good luck to you jwc and to you lpcyu.

I was taking 120 every 2 weeks. That was a month supply from my doc. Day 1 off soma was fine but I was very tired all day. Day 2 started the vomiting and severe pain in my back. Day 3 still vomiting and tremors started. All in all this lasted a week. I thought I was going to die or should I say I felt like I wanted to die. Never ever take this med, its not worth it.

I'll be honest here..it is hell and takes one hell of a lot pf strength not to give in. I have reduced 45mgs of oxycontine..100 left to go. I am slowly reducing the soma as well. The worse for me is the chills and sweats and complete lack of appetite..I have to force myself to eat. It is important that you are completely honest with your doctor and that to see a psychiatrist as well. It takes a combination of both to deal with this hell. I have accepted that it is going to take at least a year to get off completely and there is no way in hell once I am off this stuff will I ever take it again...I would rather live in pain.

I am going through this right now as the dr taking me off the soma...I am at the end of my rope with being sick like this....I feel like I am dieing as well..does it ever end? Now I am having to reduce the only ant-depressant that worked....Viibryd and it has only taken a few days for the depression to set back in.

Like another guest who posted awhile back, I did not start on Soma for a pain condition.  My dad is prescribed the 350's every month now for as long as I've known him.  While attending college, at some point during my second semester I began taking a couple of his to school with me so I could take them and feel relaxed and more focused during class.  Eventually he caught on when his pills started disappearing more and more quickly.  However, I just couldn't stop.  I remember one of the first nights not having the Soma to help me sleep and I could not stop moving my legs!  I was just thrashing around in bed all night.  From then on, I spent many nights awake, even though I had to go to school still.  Eventually, I had to stop going to school and do what I could online because I was just always in so much pain.  My parents took me to my GP, but she didn't help much.  I went through a gambit oaf different pain meds including Vicodin, Darvocet, Percocet, Flexeril, and many more.  At one point I asked her to prescribe the Fentanyl patch, which she did, but did not continue for very long.  About 6 months after my addiction began, I was rushed to the ER for Soma overdose (took 6 at once).  That's when my parents figured out how bad my addiction was.  I was ordering pills from the internet since I couldn't steal them anymore.  They continue to keep all meds locked up in a box.  After my stint in the ER I told them my back hurt so bad and that's why I was taking them now.  I had two MRI's done, which my GP said she couldn't find anything wrong with my spine in the first one and that's when I decided I needed to see an orthopedic specialist.  He was able to clearly see two herniated discs in my lumbar region.  He tried apatches and laminectomy, but they didn't help the pain.  I started seeing a pain management doctor in the same building as my ortho specialist and he tried a series of 3 epidural blocks before the surgeon decided I needed a spinal fusion.  Since my spinal fusion, the pain has only spread to the rest of the body and has increased.  I feel helpless without my patches, Soma, and Vicodin.  I honestly do not want to be taking the oral meds anymore.  I'm tired of the anxiety and anger issues caused by the lack of having the drugs in my system, but I just want to be normal again.  I start crying when I think of myself as a drug addict because I always swore I would never do drugs.  I feel guilty for all that I've selfishly stolen knowing full well that my dad needed it more than me and then for trying to lie about it.  I hate myself.  I hate the person I've become.  Sometimes I believe I'd be better off overdosing myself so I don't have to deal with this constant struggle.  I only started doing it because the high felt so good, but now no one trusts me.....not even me.  I need help badly, but I'm afraid to even tell my doctor for fear he might just cut me off completely.  As I write this, a tear rolls down my face because I don't want to be this person anymore.  I don't feel like I could do enough right for others to forgive me, especially my dad who's done EVERYTHING and more for me.  I just don't understand why I can't say no to my own self.  I just have this sinking feeling that I won't ever get "normal" back.  I don't want to live this way anymore.  My addiction has made me a homebody because I've relied on my pain meds too much to the point of fearing even just 20 of back/neck/shoulder/leg/hip pain.  I want to be able to trust myself again so I can have a life of my own again, but I want it to work like magic.....just wake up with no more drug addiction.  That would be heaven to me.  I really think I need rehab, but I can't afford it and I would be scared as hell that I wouldn't be able to cope with my pain in a treatment facility.  A question for anyone that's been to rehab: if you begin experiencing pain while in treatment, what do they do too help you, if anything?  Just curious because I've been to the ER for withdrawals because I couldn't stop vomitting and was becoming dehydrated.

 

I live in pain from a severe spine injury, shattered ankle and degenerative bone disease. My doctor took me off of the soma in one week, and is tapering me off of the oxycontin. I am also tapering off of the anti-depressants I have been on as they caused serotonin toxicity. It is hard as hell, but there is no way around escaping the withdrawals..Clonidine prescribed by your doctor may help alleviate some of the symptoms. You have to taper off slowly. I had to first accept that it will take over a year to come off of this medicine. You may have days where you feel like you are dying, but you aren't.

First, you HAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF....stop blaminng yourself or using negative thoughts..seriously..they make it worse. It takes more energy to be negative than it does to be positive.

I am still going through withdrawals, but they are not as bad as they were last month. I couldn't even get up and walk last month I was too weak, but I forced myself..as well as forced myself to eat a little bit at a time..healthy food. The doctor prescribed nausea medication so I can keep the food down.

I researched the internet until my eyes were exhausted for organic alternatives to help balance the natural chemicals in my body again. I have found something called Withdrawal Ease, 5HTP, and DLPA..all natural organic supplement to help balance the damage these dangerous drugs have done to our bodies.

You have to work with your doctor. Explain your fears of coming off these drugs..we all have them, trust me. Let the doctor know you want to taper off slowly to minimize the withdrawal symptoms.

The ER is not equipped to handle rehab and rehab places are expensive, and from what I've heard and read about, aren't that helpful..it's mostly cold turkey in those places.

The worst thing you can do is take Suboxone or Methadone to help with withdrawal because then you have to detox off of those meds as well.

I've been as honest as I can be..it's not easy, but you can do it..don't think negative of yourself.....detoxing is hard but it is part of loving yourself and getting you and your life back to normal.

As I got this notice I was online looking for a quality sage to help with the sweating from detoxing. I am almost there..still have the rest of this year and probably a few months after. I have cried, screamed, wanted to die, slept all day...etc...but I will not let these drugs win.

Best wishes..you aren't alone, and you can get through it one day at a time.


Alexandria

lifted a prayer for you, that God will bless you with strength, peace and guidance to getting and staying off these medications that are worse for your body then are helpful. May God Bless you through your fight for success and happiness and joy!

I have been on soma for 20years or better I got on them becuse I was hit by 2 simi trucks. I was a meth user for 22 yeasts I have been clean off meth for 10 years but I have came to the realization that I just traded one high for another!!! I am hep c + now and I want to be free from all my addictions and this is my last one but I'm really scared of the withdrawals ..... Anyone that has ever had a drug addiction knows what I'm talking about. I'm scared sh*tless I'm am telling my doctor tomarrow and I'm so scared my addiction to somas has gotten way out of hand I take 8 to 10 at a time to get high . But I'm just killing myself !!! If I don't stop I should just put the needle back in my arm!!! I will use every excusse to pop more somas " I will feel better" WRONG" this seams harded to get off then meth to me... Please if you are thinking about taking somas PLEASE DON'T.... It is the worst pill in there would in my option ...

You have to come off of them very slowly. I have been on soma for 13 years..it is the only thing that helps my fibromyalgia, degenerative bone disease and arthritis. My stupid doctor took me off of them cold turkey and I was deathly ill for 4 months and several back and forth to the hospital. They don't make me high, they just take the edge off the pain. My psychiatrist put me back on three a day and within two days all the sweating, chills, throwing up..etc stopped. Right now I am being tapered off of oxycontin and that was hell when the doctor took me off of to much at one time. I am going to br in pain the rest of my life and I don't want to take the oxycontin, but I am seeing another doctor to deal with coming off this medicine and I will have to take something to function with the pai from my damaged back and shattered ankle.

That's exactly what I'm going to do. On it for four months but feel completely addicted to it. Psychologically and Physically. I have a lot left so I can do it slowly. Take three at a time. Your body starts to want more to relieve the same pain. I also have non addictive muscle relaxers and I'm on Xanax but don't abuse it. I know I will feel anxiety but wonder if it's psychological and my movement disorder gets worse. Anyway, encouraging. The Xanax should help with withdrawal too I know. Thanks for your input.