Fentanyl Withdrawal Symptoms (Page 32)

I'm trying to wean myself off the Fentanyl patch. I went from 75 micro-gms to 50 now I'm on 25. Having a problem and not sure it is related to the decrease in the med. It's been 20 days on the 25 micro-gm and I'm going crazy. I need to keep rocking, moving in any way b/c my body is very restless. Is this a symptom of withdrawal and what do I do? I cannot take it any more.

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Etienne, I'm so sorry...Shame on me for assuming. I thought you were named after Etienne Aigner. That is another thing with this stuff. Losing my mind. Oh my, I think Aigner was a he too.........Gosh I am truly sorry, please forgive????? I guess I should just shut up before I make a bigger fool of myself...Love ya anyway(Please don't cry, just because your a he doesn't make the pain any lesser)

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Oh nuttynanny. When I was on fentynal I didn't know what sex I was :)
It's ok, u just have to send me your brownie recipe. I heard your brownies are the best.

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Hi Steven an Nanny, my brownies are hands down the best. And Steve, exact opposite for me On the patch! Turned me into a mad woman. Lol. Oh well, so much for that now!!! It was fun while it lasted. Nanny, I'll take that reciepe just to see.
Hope you all are doing better.

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Etienne, I guess since I'm the oldest and have been using the longest(LOL) my recipe for brownies is the best. I put a pinch more in mine than everyone else does. Makes it last a little longer and you laugh a little harder. Here's to the good ole times....But, I'm not allowed to partake in this anymore. It's not worth the time I would spend in a place noone wants to go. It's bad that I can remember the times I had before addiction. That is something I will not ever forget, happy times. Seems like I never have a happy moment nowdays or they are far and few in between. Pain meds have totally messed my life up or should I say I let pain meds mess my life up. Of course it was not my intention to get like this, it just happened. That is what happens to alot of people that are trying to live a life in some kind of normalicy not knowing what this drug will do for them. Of course some people can handle it, but I can't and I'm not going to say that I can. It has caused alot of heartache in my and my familys lives and I know that there are alot of others out there that are living in sheer terror of what it has done to them. I try not to get in anyones business but if anyone can get anything out of my experiences, I will feel a bit better about myself. I just wish I could help everybody.....Loving ya'll and living one day at a time. May God bless all that's a prisonor of this drug ( and the ones that are going through hell getting off this drug.....)

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Hey Shannon.....It's so good to hear you.....I thought you got lost.....YEA......OMG....I was just informed that a friend, that I haven't heard from in a few years, hung theirself in jail a couple of nights ago. I am so sad. They were going through the same as we a few years ago. Please Pray for me, this is so depressing and I feel so for his family.....omygosh, omygosh...this makes me wonder about the pain he must have been going through...I am so sorry yall I have to go...

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Nuttynanny
Don't be so hard on yourself. I can't speak for anyone else but I don smile much either and I don't socialize like I used to. Weather it's the drug or just me being in constant pain I'm not a happy or talkative person with others and that alone has made me depressed all the time. But this site has given me back a spark of life. You and Shannon and sonmany others that I have chatted with has given me a twinkle of happiness. So I'll take what I can get.
Be happy if only while texting. It's a start, right?

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ET, I know this is a very difficult time for you. I am very sorry to hear about your loss. I too am Extreamly depressed. I spend and have spent years in the fetal position. I know I am not bi polar but I can go from crying to laughing in 3.3 seconds. So ya, picture me laughing with tears still falling from my swollen eyes. Lol :( please take care of yourself an if you ever want to txt email me and I'll give you my number. xxxxxxxxx6 at xx [1]. I'm afraid if I spelled it out it wouldn't get posted.
I find it much easier to talk it out with strangers than family and friends. Just want you to know I'm here for you

[1] Editor's note - In order to protect privacy, we do not allow individuals to post their personal contact information on our discussion threads (except in some very rare cases).

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Etienne, I have to be hard on my self sometimes. If I don't I start to stray and just like day before yesterday I was searching for a doctor that I can get some pain pills from. I called a couple of friends and they were respectful enough not to call me back with the info I wanted from them. Thank God I stopped and thought about what I have already been through or I would be back down that same ole rode. And don't get me wrong, I don't really want to go back to that way of life but sometimes I do want to. I hope I explained that right. I guess that is part of life. I would really like something to help me with this pain that I feel right now cause I am really hurting......Its pouring down rain right now so time to take a break. (the rain may be the cause of some of the pain....old age creeping up on me).......lol RIP Micheal

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FYI I posed something yesterday with my deepest sorrow for your loss, left my name, zip and "G" saying of you ever wanted to text or email me as I believe it is much easier For me anyways to talk to a stranger then close family and friends. And it didn't get posted. So these are getting screened really well. My email was very vague. It is nice to know I am not alone here in hell. I can not wait to go to heaven almost everyday. I've spent so many years in fetal position and just when things start to look up I get knocked back down again. I lived on a golf course for several years in BC and even then I couldn't get out. This has been and is a very long life. I hope everyone is feeling better today.

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Hi Shannon
I thought I was the only one that feels the way you do. I can't remember the last time I had a good day. When something gies right I too get a reality check and things get worse. I don't smile much anymore and people think I'm a mean person just because I'm not smiling. It's just that it's tough to smile when life is so hard to live. I too can't wait to be taken from this world but until then I'll keep doing what I can to live one day at a time.
I'm currently in new jersey visiting family. I'm having a rotten time. My family is so negative all they do is yell at each other. I can't wait to go back to California where I can get some peace of mind.
I sometimes feel that I'm cursed and God doesn't love me for allowing me to go through all of this but I know he does. I have to remember this life is temporary and there is another life worth waiting for.
I'm trying to learn patience every day and sometimes I have a set back.
Love you guys

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I have been on hydrocodone for 10 months and have tapered down from 3 hydrocodone 10/325 a day to 1 pill in the morning and 1/2 in the afternoon and 1/2 in evening. I did this for 2 weeks and this past Monday I just stopped the hydrocodone. I have also been on fantanyl patch since December. I started at 25mcg then doctor added 12 mcg to the 25mcg. Total 37 mcg since end mid-February. I was also given Ativan .05 twice a day since November. I have tapered down to 12 patch and today is the 3rd day. I feel shakey under my skin and my anxiety is high. I just feel really sick and am having trouble being with my family. I just want to hide out in that TV room. I have used the Ativan to calm my anxiety and it helps. I figure I will use the Ativan while I go through this. I do have Ambian to help sleep along with 600 mg of Seroquel. Last night in my sleep my legs real hurt but was able to sleep through the night. One strange thing is I can have pain in my legs in while I sleep I in my head I think that really hurts but I stay sleeping. have L5 and L4 compression so I have lower back pain and leg pain and weakness. The doctor has finished with what the insurance requires so know he can perform the MILD procedure (minimally invasive lumber compression). My question is how long will the withdrawal last. I do not plan to put another patch after this one. I figure I will keep the 12 I have on know a couple of days more making a total of 5 days. Then I will work on eliminating the Ativan and the Ambian over the next month. My psychiatrist says it takes month for my sleep pattern to get better once I rid my life of the narcotics and benzos.

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ET, you gave me my first smile and laugh of the day. Family fighting all the time. Lol. You have to admit its kind of funny. Deep down you know they love each other. That's just what some ppl do. Pain just sucks the life right out of us. I need a sober sun and crystal clear beach vacation for 8-10 days so bad. Not sure how but I might rent my place out for a month to do it. I'm in a prime location to most. Hope today is better for you.

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Daniel
I have had four surgeries to my L4,L5 and S1. and I'm still in pain. Please get off the patch. It's very addictive and the side effects younger experiencing will get worse. When u stop the withdrawals will be tough. Inwas also on Ambien and although it makes you sleep, sometimes you have weird dreams and occasionally you do strange stuff in your sleep and not know it.
I also had unusual pain when I was on the patch. My joints hurt more and at first I didnt think it could be the patch but the narcotics in the patch are brutal.
You haven't been on the patch long so when you stop give it about 4-6 weeks to get out of your system.
Read some of the older messages from folks on the patch. You'll learn a lot. More than you would from your doctor.
Shannon, if arguing is love my family has a ton of it because they yell all day. I wish I had a built-in mute button. :)

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Hey all, God I thought my family was the only family that yelled at each other. They yell to get through everyone else yelling...I hide in my bedroom, I have my computer setting next to my bed and a small refriderator next to it so I don't have to go out except to use the bath. Life seems to be better that way. I'm not in the center of all this craziness and I can kinda escape. I want ya'll to know that for 8 years I was in prison and if it wasn't for drugs it was drug related. Sucks right....I never meant to get addicted but I did. I stayed clean for 12 years and was miserable with pain so I thought I could handle a little pain medication. I did good for about a year and then I started going down and knew that I had to do something. I know that I have not been on anything in some time except Suboxone and I know that I can never take anything unless I am on my deathbed. I'm sorry I didn't tell everyone this when I first started chatting in this forum but I was scared no one would want to converse with me. You still may not talk to me now. I didn't mean for my life to end up like this but this is what drugs do for you. When you first start taking pain meds life is grand but when it becomes a have to then things start to get screwed up in your head and all you do is chase the feeling that you got when you first started to take them. I know that most of my pain I caused and then I don't think I cause the cancer part but I let drugs mess my organs up to were the cancer was a walk in the park. It's sad that a 57 year old would be doing the things that I do, but I am paying a high price for the abuse. I guess I'm rambling but they tell me that is a sign of old age.....living one day at a time....love ya'll

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OMG! i get this sometimes an i'm not withdrawing!!! you do feel like your not connected and have to literally throw yourself back!

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HI! what do you mean younger will be addictive? I'm 26 yrs and just got met 2 yrs on but im in massive nerve pain.. lost a dr for abuse but im lost..

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ET completey agree... this dr bs... i wish they all understood it!

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HI ALL..lost pain dr. found another... now i want to get of this crap.. i cry, anxiety, sweat, etc and feel crzy sometimes... the RLS i have and i don't get this!?? why me!

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Hey Ang Clucas, God I feel for you so much. I wish I could take away all that you are going through. I went through all of the things you are having now so many times that I know I never want to go back to that. I think I can handle the pain more than the withdrawals that you get from the pain meds. I haven't heard from to many people since I shared that pain meds sent me to prison but Oh well, I will get over this also. I just want people to know what will happen when you get addicted and don't know what else to do. I know noone inntentionally gets addicted but that is the way you get when pain meds make you feel worse than before you started taking them, and then you have to have them to make the pain from withdrawals go away. Its just a crazy circle. I wish I had my life back to the way it was before I started taking them. Maybe one day.......

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Hi Ang
There are several of us on here that has gone through this and like me want to be there for you as you go through this.
It will get better, take each day as it comes. The side effects are rough and tough at times but be patient and drink lots of fluids. Preferably water.
This hell will pass. I thought like you and nuttynanny and so many others. I considered myself strong I cried,
My stomach felt like I was on a roller coaster the anxiousness, the constant pain in my joints I never had before, diarrhea, I couldn't eat. I definitely couldn't
sleep. I hated to be around people, I didn't like myself, I kept saying, why me? I blamed everyone I could think
of especially God. Now, I still have the problems I did before the patch but at lease I can think clearer.
That patch is not foe everyone and Im so sick of these doctors giving it out like it's aspirin.
You WILL be fine because u took time to find this site like the rest of us.
B strong and keep in touch. You're among friends.

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