sosad's detox

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

anniemac;688182 wrote: Hi ss,
How are you today?
Been thinking of you...

:l
annie
xx

Right now, I feel shaky and trembly. I probably only got an hour or two worth of sleep last night, and that was not a good deep sleep. The rest of the time I just lay there in bed getting hot and the cold.

How are you doing annie?

[Dreamweaver]

sosad's detox

I'm so glad that you were able to get a couple of hours. Maybe you can curl up on the couch with a blanket, movies, and snooze on and off today. Have you been able to eat? I slept better last night. I'm on day 3 and this is when I usually slip (as soon as I start feeling a little better, I start the vicious cycle over). I might go to an AA meeting later. Hang in there today! I will be hanging on too! Take care!

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

It's kind of hard to curl up on the sofa when your trembly and heart is pounding like a hammer in your chest... I have absolutely ZERO appetite today, although I've been drinking lots of water. Ya, day 3 is always the time that I slip as well. It's day 3 when I start feeling normal again. Once I'm feeling better I may attend an AA meeting as well. I just have to get out of the house. If I was working, it wouldn't be so difficult for me to stop for a long time. It's just sitting around this lonely house all day long watching what little funds we have disappearing. I figure if I don't get something within two weeks, I'll have to abandon the place because I won't even be able to make the electric and gas bills.

[Dreamweaver]

sosad's detox

Have you tried the librium anymore? I too am looking for more work. I am hoping by tomorrow, I can start looking. Are you in the states? Yesterday, tea, toast, and a banana worked pretty well for me.

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

Dreamweaver;688447 wrote: Have you tried the librium anymore? I too am looking for more work. I am hoping by tomorrow, I can start looking. Are you in the states? Yesterday, tea, toast, and a banana worked pretty well for me.

No librium. The last one I had was yesterday morning. As much as I dislike these horrible withdrawal symptoms, the librium makes me feel bad in another way. Yes, I'm in Texas (DFW area to be exact). Yesterday I had a little bit of an appetite but today none at all. I really wouldn't be suffering this badly if I hadn't really hung on a good one my last night drinking, which was Friday. I had moderated myself down quite a bit in the days leading up to that point and then on Thursday and Friday (or was it Wed/Thurs; my head isn't thinking clearly now) I really tied one on.

[vlad]

sosad's detox

I took Kalms to help with sleep patterns, still didn't sleep great (about 3-4 hours) but it was better than not at all.

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

Thanks for the wealth of information zen, I have been taking B complex vitamins and something called Liver Balance (formerly known as LIV-C), but you're supposed to take all that with food and I haven't eaten since yesterday afternoon.

[Dreamweaver]

sosad's detox

Thanks Zen! I take Lamictal and trazodone. I'm not sure if Lamictal is considered an MAOI or not. I will have to check. Hang in there sosad! I am still getting the hotflashes and anxiety. It might be another couch day!

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

Thanks DW, and thanks to you as well Zen. There is not shortage of health stores around here, so I have no problem finding the supplements.

[MissMerlot]

sosad's detox

how are you doing?
thinking of you and wish you well...

annie
x

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

Thank you both. Got a good night's sleep last night. Feeling tons better. The only thing that woke me up this morning was a cramp in my left calf. I am grateful that today I only woke up with a headache and not the horrid weakness and shakes. I'm still weak, but nothing like yesterday.

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

Great. Here comes a wave of withdrawal again. At least it is coming later, and not quite as severe as yesterday. I hope that it stops sooner as well.

[Tulipe]

sosad's detox

Hi SS,
How are you today? Great job on making it so far. Hope you got some good sleep.

[sosad61]

sosad's detox

I was sleeping just fine and dandy but kept getting awakened by leg cramps. Every time I'd lay back down, it would start up again. Grrr..

[Cinders]

sosad's detox

Sosad,

Are you taking good supplements? Leg cramps can be due to a lack of some minerals. Remember, drinking robs our bodies of the ability to process the nutrients from our food. That is why we have to take more than the minimum for sure.

Good on you for the sleep. That is such a trigger for us drinkers and I believe the cause of many a relapse.

My daughter found Melatonin did not help in the first week of detox but that after the first week, it worked a charm. Of course, once she got healthy again, she got pregnant, so she gets no sleep now, anyways. :H

Stay the course, Sosad. This is the fight of your life. You can win and you will be able to handle all those things we ignore when we are drunk. The things that crop up don't change however, slowly but surely we do and we become functioning adults again. It is an awesome feeling.

Love,
Cindi