Posted by Damos on February 8, 2005, at 15:27:42
In reply to going thru withdrawal RIGHT NOW!, posted by brainshiver on February 8, 2005, at 11:25:16
Hi Brainshiver, luckily I didn't have too much trouble when I dropped the dosages down apart from the zapps and the odd spin-out or two. This only ever lasted a couple of days though. I hit problems doing 75mg every other day which seemed to really screw up my system, so I stopped completely on Sunday.
While I can't remember anyone else mentioning the hot and cold problem you're having I've had a similar experience when recovering from the treatment for a couple of life threatening allergic reactions (big injections of antihistamine, cortisone and adrenalin). Swinging from way, way too hot to way, way too cold about every ten minutes or so. That usually lasted 24 hours and the next day was like having been run over by a fleet of steam-rollers, repeatedly! Sorry to say but the day after that was usually pretty lousy too. I'm actually surpirsed you feel as good as crap - but you're probably just being polite for our sakes.
Best thing I can suggest is that you take the time to read all the posts as experiences differ considerably as do the chosen strategy for quitting, from Jiggitykid's dive from the 10m tower with a 3.8 degree of difficulty (Greg Luganis eat your heart out) to others who have dipped their toes in the shallow end then paddled for a bit taking it real slow. I think you've got a fair idea of how your body deals with sudden changes.
How do I cope? One day at a time. Just knowing there are all these truly wonderful people out there going through it too helps a hell of a lot too.
Take good care of yourself.
poster:Damos
thread:12459
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050207/msgs/455058.html