At the levels you were at, you should be past the withdrawal stage. About the only thing they would have prescribed would be benzodiazepines but that would have been for the first few days. Try drinking a lot of water and do some exercise like walking and running. Eat well. Rest. The only other options are rehab and you certainly are doing well enough overall that I wouldn't think that was be necessary. If you have any atavan or valium, that would take the edge off.

I am curious if your doctor was involved in your decision to stop the pain meds. They could have made it much easier by keeping a patch on a couple extra days and then going to 25 mcg/hr and going 5-7 days and you would have been done. I did almost what you did with 150 mcg/hr but i also spread it out over 2 weeks.

Your legs should be about the only thing bothering you. If it is worse than that, contact your doctor.

You sound like you may have gotten dehydrated. Do you check your blood pressure at home? That may be something you want to do in the future. It can sneak up, especially after treatment.


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