Day 21, three whole weeks of living clean! Unfortunately I woke up today having mad cravings and feeling some withdrawals again. As it was 6:45 am I couldn't call anyone or wake up any of my house brothers, so I just took some deep breaths and told myself it is just a temporary feeling and will pass soon enough. I already felt better by the time I got my sub. How do you deal with cravings and PAWS?
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Brian, I’ve been off Oxycodone for 32 days after doing them for 11 years. I’m also taking Suboxone, 8mg daily. I do IOP and just completed my 5th week. I was on the Oxy from a pain clinic, and the last couple months I started buying Oxy 30s, but they were fake & filled with Fentanyl. I made up my mind I wasn’t going to find another pain clinic, blocked & deleted the person’s number that the fake pills were coming from, I don’t want that shit anymore. I want to be normal again. The restlessness and PAWS will go away, trust me. I’ve been through Oxycodone withdrawals over 100 times, but the Fentanyl WD was much tougher. But like I said, been clean for over a month & I feel very good. You will too! You just need to want it. The brain is our most powerful muscle.
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You should start feeling better soon. I had 3 weeks of shaking after I detoxed. It was scary. I think the shakes saved me. I will never forget how hard it was to do anything, small things like typing, dialing a phone #, standing in a line at a store, etc.
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Yeah the shakes and tremors are my worst issue right now, I was called on to read in group a few days ago and I couldn't hold the papers steady and even my eyes started to shake! I'm on abilify shot and pills so tremor are a side effect so I'm gonna ask the Dr for something for that
Yeah fentanyl is a pain is the ass to come off of, I tried starting Suboxone 3 times at an outpatient clinic and every time got precips so bad I had to go get more dope to stop it. Then I went into detox and waited 3 days sick as hell to initiate. Been good since have 24 days now! Yay!