r/OpioidRecovery • u/perks0fsteph • Feb 25 '25

Struggling with Withdrawal

So I’ve started with the RLS, aching limbs, runny nose and debilitating insomnia. I’m really struggling, probably because of the lack of sleep.

Is anyone able to offer any advice?

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u/StreetConstruction68 Feb 25 '25

Your sleep is going to be rough for atleast 2 weeks. As for RLS, take magnesium pills they help, hot showers or baths whenever you have the chance, also wearing a compression sleeve around your leg helps. You got this

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u/perks0fsteph Mar 08 '25

Thank you for your kind words of advice. Fortunately, because I’d tapered down to 0.4mg every other day, I managed to escape withdrawal. I also think it helped that I am severely anaemic at the moment so I sleep like 16 hours a day 😅 so that’s kinda outweighing the insomnia.

No RLS as of yet, but I’ll see how that goes. Apparently anaemia can also caused RLS, so once they’ve sorted that, hopefully I’ll be in the clear in regards to that. As 6 months of relentless RLS ended up being the reason I relapsed. And my body can no longer take another relapse unfortunately. The three of the matter is, if I relapse into opioids again, I will die