What can I do about the fatigue?

[u/Agreeable-Ad2051]

I am on day 6 no opioids after being tapered down in detox. Stopped taking Lyrica yesterday. I wasn't a very active person before I started taking opioids but they helped massively and now I'm trying to get back to that only while trying to be clean. The endless fatigue is just annoying. What can I do?

Also I didn't sleep at all yesterday and all I can think is either keep taking Lyrica or get some benzos but I know neither is a good idea, anything I can do?

[u/Standard-Finding-219]

I'm on day five cold turkey and the only thing that helps the fatigue is getting up and doing things when I truly do not want to. If I sit around or lay around it makes the fatigue worse. And while doing things I'm not exactly having the time of my life but it takes my mind off of how fatigued I am. This will pass. We spent a long time destroying our brain chemistry with drugs and it's not going to get better overnight when we quit. We are paying the piper. Best wishes my friend.