r/OpiatesRecovery • u/Realistic-Bit-4933 • 21h ago

Day 5 WD

The rest of the day yesterday and last night was pretty rough. Alot of anxiety, a little depression, restlessness, fatigue, chills. Got about 3 hours of very broken sleep and my whole body feels like I was in a car accident.

Day 5 today woke up tired, sore, unmotivated, anxious, stomach issues. I'm at the point where I have to go to the store to get stuff, and just thinking about it makes me anxious as shit. I just want to stay in my hole today. I don't work today or tomorrow so that's a plus. Another plus this WD is I don't have as bad as a cough as I usually have so I'm trying to find some positive. That is all for now I suppose.

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u/IndependenceFit9157 21h ago

That post-acute body ache is no joke, feels like gravity got turned up overnight

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u/thekidbeefy 19h ago

This is exactly how I described it after coming of bupe detox. Went from 160mg oxy a day down to bupe taper in January, down to nothing on July 28th. Been clean since and feel fine now but gravity was defo turned up for a while!

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u/Malvo85 19h ago

Youre definitely gunna have motivation issues, it’s the one that lingers but it’s completely normal and goes away. This isn’t the permanent you. No sleep also plays a big role in this on top of w/d.

It helped me to just start doing stuff I needed to do and not thinking about it too much. Once you get moving it much easier to get through.

Hang in there homie. Congrats on 5 days!!!

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u/JJCMama 18h ago

THIS 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼. It took me 1 year being off of any & all opiates to get healthy motivation back. Around the year mark is when I felt a noticeable improvement. OP, Please be gentle with yourself as your brain & body adjust to being off of drugs and back to functioning properly. Sometimes just existing sober has to be enough for the day. You’ll get that motivation back, I PROMISE. I wish I was more gentle with myself now that I’m on the other side.

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u/Realistic-Bit-4933 20h ago

Yeah I feel like every muscle in my body is just being pulled and twisted right now.

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u/True-x-Ability 16h ago

You got 3 hours of sleep on day 5??? Id be ecstatic over that.

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u/Realistic-Bit-4933 16h ago

Probably not that. I'd fall asleep for like 10 minutes, wake up. All in all it totaled probably 3 hours but I started trying to fall asleep at 8 at night and finally just gave up at 630 this morning.

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u/True-x-Ability 16h ago

I just done my last line again for the 3rd time in the past month. But ive cut down drastically compared to where I was 3 months ago. So hopefully it wont be near as bad.

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u/dxmhippo 14h ago

I'm sorry it's so rough for you man... You've made it 5 days though and that's fucking incredible! Things will get a little easier each time. Idk if you have access to a hot shower but it can help with the pain. You can do this 💪🏻🩷

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u/True-x-Ability 4h ago

I gotta be the only person that has a hard time taking a shower while going through withdrawals. I get so weak and out of breath. Drying off almost feels impossible lol