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Good for you my friend! Day 22. My understanding is that the first 30 days of opiate w/d are tough. I took the easy way out and was prescribed Suboxone. Problem(s) is - 1) the w/d from Suboxone is similar to the w/d from opiates - long and a tough road and 2) opiates don't work for legit things like post-op pain relief.
I went off Subx once and in prep for back surgery. My PCP thought that he could simply put me back on oxy and I would avoid w/d. First thought wrong! Three days after I stopped Subx I went into horrible w/d - the thing you have been going through for 22 days. I went right back on Subx but was still sick for a week.
Please stay strong and get past this addiction. You are a role model for me - taking the hit and getting offf the drug. Good for you!
Joe
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Last June I had complicated nerve replacement surgery. Unfortunately it left me with severe chronic post op pain. My pain management Dr. first put me on oxy three times a day. That wasn't enough and I hadn't slept for a week. He then had to add long acting morphine x2 a day for 24hr coverage. I was on both of these opioids for several months but had to stop the morphine because the amount and combination was causing severe confusion, exhaustion, dizziness etc. I still need to take the oxy alone and deal w continued pain but couldn't continue with the added morphine. That's why with my escalated anxiety I just stopped the morphine without consulting my dr and thinking it through! Day 25 off the morph...