Coming off Morphine

Did you stop just like that? 
You need to come off slowly reducing over a few weeks. 
Those symptoms you’ve described are opiate withdrawal. 
Stupidly I did the same. I say stupidly because I have a medical background and knew I shouldn’t. I didn’t realise how bad I would feel. I tossed up feeling like this for a whole week or coming off slowly so I went back on my meds and reduced over three weeks. First I stopped the long acting stuff during the day, then at night after a few days. I slowly reduced the oramorph but humg on to the paracetamol for a month 

I was taking oral morphine through PEG and also had fentanyl patches when I had my radiotherapy treatment, my doctor warned me off it slowly over the months following treatment, slowly reducing doses  I did feel like I had flu like illness for a couple of days when I came off it altogether but it did subside 

Hope your side effects don’t last long

sharon

As above, I ran out of morphine and had to go with out over a few days before i could get another prescription, filled and ended up with the dt's Swim. It was awful, needless to say i make sure i don't run out again.

You have to come of morphine slowley, i'm on oral, Patches and Zomorph.. which is really strong. 

You can't just stop.

Cat x

Hi you really need to do a phased withdraw  as Dani says. Personally I would go back in and start slowly to withdraw. 
Hazel 

Good evening SwimGuyMum, please go back onto your meds until you have seen your Dr as this can cause very bad side effects, its like smoking and drinking its sometimes best to come of it slowly rather than stop because your body gets used to the drug , if you do it slowly you will be able to control the side effects you are getting at the moment, Good luck with your continued recovery, take care.

                                                                                           Chris 

Hello….

I stopped last Monday the doctor told me to and on Tuesday I was a mess…. Phoned support nurse and GP they told me to get the patch back on, you can’t just stop!

I have to stay on full morphine patch for a week get back to normal and then start to reduce it very slowly. My support nurse and GP have prescribed slightly lower patch.

please talk to the nurse or Doctor 

I can not tell you how bad and low and anxious I felt 

Caroline x

On my own account now... 

Thanks so much to everyone that responded.  I took the Zomorph last night and back on the oral morph this morning and feel SO much better today.   I will try again later this week, just SLOWER...

Can't thank you all enough.. was a mess yesterday.

I did the same, because I was convinced I would become addicted to them. Within 24 hours I was crawling the walls, my husband rang my cancer nurse, and exactly what everyone else has said, you have to come off them slowly. 

Speak to your Doc or nurse don’t do it yourself 

im starting tomorrow on a slightly lower patch I’m so scared to feel that badly again I’m going from a 50mcg to 37mcg for 6 days  I just pray  I don’t feel any different 

caroline x

That’s same as me I rang my nurse and burst into tears I couldn’t speak so not just me then, I never knew I’d feel so bad 

caroline x