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Question

i have been clean for about a year now. after wasting 8 years of my life on d***s. after my mother died i realized that i cant live like this anymore,( its funny when something thats so tragic that happens in our life we sudenly have the room for change) so quit cold turkey, trust me it was hard, but i know that it was worth it decipet detoxifying stage.
now im just wondering if these are normal feelings and im not crazy, coz im going through alot right now and i need to know what are the signs of getting off of the chemicals, whats the side effects coz im driving myself nutz please help
i just need to know if im ok to feel the way i do and the aches and pains

your opinions count

Answer 1

You body craves the JUNK you had going,...

try to imagine a kid in love with a roller-coaster ride,..and suddenly he realizes he will never get to ride that roller coaster again,..or for that fact any roller-coaster ever again.
Your body remembers how good it was,..and it wants another ride!

Answer 2

You will definately feel woozy and achey for a while once quitting drugs cold turkey. But I just want to tell you that I am very proud of you, and I'm sure that your mother would be so happy with you right now. I've seen so many of my friends go down the tube, blow me off, and get thrown into jail because of drugs. So it's great to hear that someone is stopping. You can help others stop too. I would go into rehab or something; having a support system is always helpful. Good luck!

Answer 3

Your not crazy but you said you have been clean for 8 years. Did you slip and get back into the meds? If so what you are feeling is normal and really no different that the flue. I would not recommend quiting cold turkey for the fear of seizures or other adverse effects of quiting rather try tapering. If you insist then just stop and suck it up. My theory is at first you were taking whatever it was to get high and as you know you develop a tolerance. So at that point your taking it just to feel normal. At first when you were getting high I would call that the honeymoon period and then it is the fear of withdrawl which confirms an addiction..right. I think addiction is a learned process rather than a underlining disorder. You might here people say have fun getting of that or you will never get off that and that right there sets in your brain a fear to stop or fear of withdrawl. Studies showed that people who were kept in compete ignorance about what they were taking did not become addicted because they did not fear the withdrawls or realize that the flu like symptoms were caused by the discontinuation of the opiates. Makes sense right. Again these are my theories and part of what you feel in withdrawls are all in your head, but please dont get me wrong you will hurt as depedence is very real. Dependence and addiction seem to be confused by many people. Thier idiots!! You will encounter the same problem taking any antidepressent after you stop taking them but what the good old drug companies did was classify the withdrawl from antidepressents as DISCONTINUATION SYNDROME. HMM I find that interesting. If I miss a dose of Lexapro I feel worse than anything!!!! Yet since there isnt the Media, Dr,freinds, family, drug companies themselves blowing the withdrawls (I am sorry discontinuation syndromLOL) out of proportion you do not fear the withdrawls from antidepressents which again I think are worse than opiates. So really withdrawls from opiates are just blown out of porportion and that makes you fear stopping them and its then you would classify your self (or others) as a addict. Just like depression or anxiety may be perpetuated after you stop them the same would go for opiates where you would feel achey, tired and in pain. Thats until your brain has regained its own control of pain or regains its ability to produce endorphins and dopamine on its own again. So if everyone wouldnt have blown the withdrawls out of porportion you would probably not feel as bad (although still like crap). Most of its phsycological!!!!! I would try to make some lemon poppy seed tea which has shown to curve the withdrawls which are now implanted into your head. Like I said most of the withdrawls are phsycological yet you will get flu like symptoms. Whats the big deal everyone has had the flu right but as I said I would fear seizures or other problems and preferebly try tapering just like you would antidepressents.

Answer 4

There is no "normal"- so understand that whatever you are going through is real. D***s are evil. Your body will try any and every trick possible to get you to use them again. When you start feeling bad, tell yourself that you are the one in control and they have no say in it. Living free is worth the battle. You really need someone (like from NA?) to talk to and be accountable to. It's too easy to lie to yourself- you can convince yourself into just about anything. If you haven't met Jesus yet, that's the best place to start. He will take away the ugly and help you rebuild your life. God bless you sweetie.

Answer 5

If you have been off of the drugs for a year, the what you are experiencing is "post acute withdrawal" symptoms. They can happen up to about 18 months to 2 years after quitting and can feel like you just stopped the drugs again. Please hang in there. And PLEASE get to some NA meetings. They will help you more than you can imagine. You can talk to people there about what you are feeling and they will help you through it.

Answer 6

it depends on what chemicals you are on...
regardless, it is difficult to institute complete change in ones life, but like everything else, after time, you will become acclimated to it and it will eventually become normal.
my personal advice about the drugs- stay away from ppl who do them. make new friends.

Answer 7

I just wanted to commend you on your honesty and courage..I hope you are able to stay clean and have a beautiful life.

Answer 8

I would really like to correspond with you personally. Please check my email address and feel free to correspond there. I believe I can be of some assistance to you. I have some personal experience with this and would prefer to talk with you one-to-one.