thxs, hope12 - Addiction & Recovery Message Board

openlyaddicted0 · 03-16-2004, 08:09 PM

thank you you dotn realize how much you are helping. i appreciate it. ive seemed to really click with you so far. doesnt bother me but not alot of people ever reply to my threads. i will follow your advice and start the patches, and go to the doctor and try and get some valume or something. im not sure but im prescribed restirol, for my anxiety, and so i cna sleep. im not sure fi that will help with withdrawls but maybe you could give me some incite. well hope to here back from, you thxs again

Hope12 · 03-17-2004, 06:56 AM

Hi OA!,Sorry for getting back to you so late, but my computer kept kicking me off last night right in the middle of my posts back to you-when it happened the fourth time,My daughter had to hold me back from drop-kicking the computer out the window.Anyway...My experience with Restorils is that they're okay for sleep, but not too good for acute anxiety.Valium would be better for the anxiety part for a couple days, then maybe a switch back to restorils for sleep.Clonidine also can help you sleep,but it would be a good thing for you to ask your doctor.Also, if you start the patch today, keep in mind it probably won't start working until tomorrow,but once it kicks in the patches are good for the fact that they are continuous release and you'll be receiving some pretty good continuous relief.
OA, don't be too upset if the people here aren't real quick to respond-there's been a lot of new postings here lately,and when new postings go up, it can kick yours way down the list where it's not seen right away,and I know a lot of people try to respond to most of the posts,but it can be next to impossible.Please don't take it personally,because it's not meant that way at all.I'll try to answer you as quickly as I can, but unfortunately I have been having so many problems with my computer at home I've been going over to my mother's house to use her computer at times,so sometimes I might be a little slow getting back to you for the time being.But I am here, and I'll answer any questions I can for you and help you as much as I can.Just hang in there,take this one step at a time,I know you can do this!!!You are not alone!!Let me know how you are doing today,I should be at the computer for a while this morning.Stay strong!!
Love and hugs,Stacie

openlyaddicted0 · 03-17-2004, 11:28 AM

lol, i hate wehn the comp acts up, especially when your tryiung to do so. but i didnt mena for it tomsound like i was upset about people not getiting back to me right away. i undertsand theres alot of newbies here, i dont taske it personal at all

), but anyways, im just glad that all of you are nice people and want ti help, i really aprrwciate it. im going to be starting the parches ina couple of days im lowering my doaeges to 2 in a hlaf pills twice a day , and then i will start the patches after im done with the pills. thxs for your support and everyone else's oh yeah sorry for the typos i type way to fast fro my brian, lol

truly openly addicted

jenny1973 · 03-17-2004, 11:50 AM

OA!
Sounds like your tapering is going well. 2 1/2 pills is great. I wish i was doing that good. I made it down to 4 a day, but had a minor setback yesterday and had 6. I am going back to the 4 today. I am curious about these patches and what they do. Do they make you sleepy. I am worried this tapering is not gonna work..a willpower thing. I do fine, but once things get stressful I go to the pills for help. Lets face it with 3 kids I get stressed alot. I would like to just flush them down the toilet but I am afraid of the withdrawls. I have valium, but it makes me way too tired. Does the patch make you tired? I really need to have some energy. I think I am just feeling discouraged today, but I am glad to see you are doing so well. keep it up!!
Jenny

openlyaddicted0 · 03-17-2004, 07:41 PM

hey jenny, i havent started the patches yet, and i was suppose to start ym tapering today, ahahhahahaha fat chance, i messed up. i just said to my self i want to fell that nice high one more time, and htne it was twice today. but tomrorow i ahve no vchoice my boyfriend has the pills, and he won't give in, so i will start tomrorow, and yes i will defi etly let you know what happens. i wont start thr patches until im off the pills. but as oson as i put them on i will letyou nkow, thxs for chatting with me see ya lkater, hang in there, and you nkow i was thinking about what you siad. how when u get stressed you go to pills. well me and you are the same. truat me thats probably the mai rerson why i ahvent quit. but you nkow i fouind thta what helps. is knowing that we eventualy have to face our prpoblems, and the more time we spend ignoring them the bigger the probs get, so im just trying to deal wiht them one by one, and when i get stressed i literallty take like 5 mintues otuside to my sefl, and it does help. even with kids just try and take a mintue by your self. but i wish you good luck kids are very stresseful, lol sorry for the typos. hang in there have agood day