Posted by chris777 on February 16, 2005, at 0:11:05
In reply to Immensely relieved! ? saw, posted by partlycloudy on February 15, 2005, at 7:55:42
how long do you have to be on this stuff to cause whithdrawal?
I have been taking it for pain (fibromyalgia), and have recently lost my job, do I may have to quit, (plus I can't tell any benefits anyway)
and to Spriggy and partly (if you still need it)
on the depression, I had a severe depression after ceasing methadone, and going on a new pain med. It was the worst depression, of my life, and I was in excruciating pain to boot, but I made it. (at least the depression lol)It probably sounds corny, but IT WILL PASS. It's one of the hadrest things I ever had to do, but I had to be rational about it. I had been in pain for around 5 years, and even though the pain had been greatly amplified, from the whithdrawal/reaction I knew that the depression, had to also stem from it, as it came on me just as suddenly. I honestly didn't care if I lived or died, and honestly felt that this is probably the closest a person can come to being in hell on earth, literally. But I knew it would pass as it wasn't normal, It was just too intense, Like a bad flu, or an intense fever. I have had a few high fevers as a child, where i was so dizzy and nauseated, I couldn't , get up off of the floor, because for some reason even elevating myself to the couch, much less the bed , just made me feel worse., but I didn't die. and I had a flu so bad that I couldnt even hold down water, I couldn't see, and I had to call my parent's to take care of the kids, cause my ex wife was sick as well, but I didnt die , and it passed. Just keep it in mind that whatever garbage you are going through is temporary, and relatively short, seriously how long is a hundred years in the grand scheme of things? I have been in pain for 5 years now, and If it stopped tomorrow, it would be like a cold, or a flu that I had in the past, that just passed, like a storm, and then it was over. Just be patient, I am better than I was during the whithdrawal, but worse, than I was before it. but the depression passed after about 3 or 4 weeks. But If you can't make it on you own , by all means get some sort of help, I have been through alot before this happened, and so I could be rational, but I can't think of a time, that I wanted to go to the hospital more, but I knew their wasn't anything they could do for me, other than put me back on methadone, and by that time, I had already gone through the worst of it, and I thought I would rather be miserable at home , than at a hospital.
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