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Hi all!
Wow Stevie that went quick! Well done that man! 10 weeks! I think once you realise you can come off something as horrendous as the devil pills it proves what you are really capable of,hence why i think we try to get off other things too. Just a thought.
Everyone is doing so well,taking this on.Stay strong all.
Good vibes sent your way.
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Hi all!
Another week done people ????
Well done all who are the “journey” of getting some sort of life back.
Welcome loopylou,as Access said you are doing so well admitting the problem is there. That is a battle in itself. Do not worry yourself that you think your body might have been damaged,all what you are about to experience is par for the course(completely normal)unfortunately! You are going to have good an bad days,try an accept the bad days for what they are,they won’t last forever. Stay strong,you can do this.
Everyone else i hope you have a good weekend as possible, thinking of you all and sending healing vibes!
Stay strong all
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Salisbury you are doing awesome!! I think we all saw the 18 days and prayed we could get there. It is an achievement of gigantic proportions, it really is!Super well done!
Access, i really do not believe anyone knows what we go through to get off of these things. When a substance is more or less ingrained into ourselves it is mammoth to get to where we want to be.People just think of “Trainspotting” where its all over in a fortnight,yeah right,corse it is ????♂️ The mental side of it can last a long long time.
You are doing fabulous my friend,as are all of you undertaking this path,seriously you really are.
Stay strong all,you got this!
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Wynter,how yer doing? All good i hope.Well seen as alot are free and giving out time,i thought id add 21 weeks tomorrow for me.
My anxiety has been there i know now,since the age of 6! Mad when you think something so long ago alters your brain. I have been visiting the past and its not been nice,however it’s supposed to be good,so fingers crossed .
Sorry for that little story.
Stay strong all
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Salsbury 2 weeks is a huge achievement! You should be really proud of yourself!
Kittycat still smashing it too!
I hope Seaside is ok and hanging on in there.
It’s great to hear,and see you all doing so well it really is.
Stay strong all you got this!!
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Hi Access
Yes completely agree with you there,some days are far worse than others but the good are more worth it! I think alot of people fall into pain/anxiety trap,whereas we originally take for rhe pain then realise the more we take the less the anxiety! I too have always suffered with anxiety,but only in large amounts did it help me with anxiety.I found the anxiety withdrawal like anxiety from hell! Like out the ball park! Am back to high anxiety but bareable compared to the intensity of the withdrawal anxiety.
I think you get where im coming from! ????
Take care my friend,don’t forget to continue you to be kind to yourself!
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Hi all
What can i say apart from what has been said already! Super well done to all to have undertook this journey.It is a very brave thing you have chosen to do.VERY!
Access nice to hear your still battling along,am with you when you say you it’s all ups and downs,100%. I still get the urge to use em, when I’ve just had enough of pain.I will stick with Ibroprophen an paracetamol though as i know they do help.
I cannot remember who said it as every time i scroll back up i lose what ive wrote,so whoever it was,bloated tum is more or a given when it comes to withdrawal. It can be anxiety,our tum is its first port of call as it were.It should go away as long as you havnt had any anxiety problems in the past.However it may just be a case of your tum ajusting to work again.Opiates slow our bowels right down so it may be just a case of them catching up.
If you are worried though,see your doctor an he/she should help you out.
Kittycat, smashed it now.Hope you have given yourself a huge bit of self compassion ????
Am really sorry,i cannot remember the rest of the names at the moment,but i will say welcome and all good fighting vibes are sent your way! Do NOT give in to them that’s what they want ????
Stay strong all
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Hi all!!
Welcome Marble,as Kittycat says you are in the right place.
I think if you can have a different kind of structure you will fly through this.You mentioned never taking above the daily dose.If that is the case and it is otc medicine i think your withdrawal physically should be over quite quickly.However it seems alot of us suffer more mentally afterwards so keeping strong is a must.You can and will do this! Sending positive vibes and thoughts!
Access, i know exactly what you mean! I really do think our bodies are still adjusting, been on a high dose for so long.It must be surely. We must keep plodding on as you say it is 100% worthit without the pills!
I have noticed i get seasonal bugs now! Never so much as a cold in years then now i get every bug my daughter brings home.????♂️
Lola and Blockwarrior still fighting,great to hear from you both. You will soon have this beat! There are so many of you that have come through the otherside,proper inspiring!
Well done all!
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Access you have done amazing to get to week 8!! I still get tum issues and awful anxiety too.As you said from the moment you wake up! We just have to keep plodding on,in the hope that one day it will just go.
Hi Wynter!! That seems like so long ago now! I think we forget just what we had to go through.Was hell wasnt it.Like so many have said,you never think you will get through it, but you do!! Nice to hear from you Wynter,still fighting the good fight!
Blockwarrior, kittycat lola you are doing so well,stay strong and dont let them back in your life,and as Wynter said,go easy on yourselves and give yourself a good pat on the back for getting this far!!!
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Hi all!
I hope everyone is having a good weekend.I know things are tough but you are all doing superb!
Keep going,it will get better.
Just a quick post to day i am thinking of you all and i am sending strength vibes to you all!
Stay strong troops! You got this!
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Hi all,
Summerwinds give yourself a break this week,seriously you will feel better when you decide to cut down again.Your body needs to be in a good place.You WILL get down to 8,just give yourself time. Please.
Lola doing awesome too,as are you all!! Stay with it and you will be right soon enough.The Anxiety sucks does it not.
Kittycat think you are on the home straight! Socialising aswell, wow you are getting to a good place! Chuffed for you,really am.
I will say this again,DO NOT let them pills even have a thought,they will continue to try an trick you.Well they still try to do me!
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Hi Newlife
Things will get better,your brain has to get used to how it performed without codiene.It will take a little time i am afraid.
I read somewhere that after 4 months our brains start producing the dopamine naturally,walking and exercise is going to help you.,in the meantime.4 months is the longest i think,normally you will start to feel some kind of happiness and positivity after a month or 6 weeks ish.
Have to google the piils you are on as i have not heard of that one.
Stay strong you got this!
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Hi Access, sorry i havnt been on in awhile.
You have done really really well to get to the 6 week stage!! Please thank yourself,you have had a lifetime of those pills so it is one helluva achievement you have made. I still have my very bad days and I’m at 16-17 weeks.Anxiety,pain,you name it, and it has been present! So please just stick with it,it will get better it has too. There is a thing called PAWS,post accute withdrawal i think it stands for or protracted, am not sure, however it is basically the withdrawal lasting months rather weeks. It can happen so llease stay strong, you have smashed the last 6 weeks,you got this! Take care man and hope things get easier for you.
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Hi Wynter, yes I feel the same unfortunately,i am learning more tools to help, but nothing takes it away once it rears its ugly head! I think we somehow feel safer in the evenings?? Don’t really know if i am honest.Try have a good day Wynter thoughts are with you.
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Ohh Summerwinds, not nice to hear you not well with it,i think you knew it was always going to happen.You have done so amazing,you really have! Give yourself a huge pat on back! and stick at a number for a whole week so as too give your body a break.I know you want it all over,but whats a few weeks compared to the rest of your life.(have said that before a few times haha) Then when your feeling a little stronger go again ???? you got this you really have,just give yourself time.
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