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Tearing through my "weaning" prescription of oxy. Need encouragement, please.

by coastalgirl, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
I am so mad at myself.  I received 50 oxycodone pills Tue with a plan to take 3 for a wk, then 2, then 1...some to spare.  I have taken 6/7 everyday and 3 by 11am today.  Still have 30 left and need a plan to make them last and force myself to stop this habit.  My husband has trusted me so much and asks me how is it going, I say great, he never counts them.  I need strength!!!!!  I pray, I look in my baby's face, I don't want to face w/d and know I need to wean but they are so tempting when I have pain...and when I don't.  Where do you find the willpower??  I'm so weak.

p.s. I sometimes share email add w/husband - I will never get emails from this site there will I?  That would not be good.  TY.
Member Comments (12)

by hopeless, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
No you will not recieve emails from this site....

Hey i was just like you, was taking anywhere between 6 - 10 oxys a day for over 4 years....

All i can say to you, is that you have to force yourelf....Tell yourself that you are only going to take 3 a day, one in the morning, one in afternoon and one in evening.......do this for 5 days or so, then cut down to 2....then 1.....
This is what i did and i know it is hard to do, but it can be done, you can do this.

Wheni used to wake up in the mornings i would pop a pill, out of habbit. I would also have at least 4 in me by noon.......Set a limit for yourself, make a goal...3 a day, Do whatever you have to, tell yourself that this is all you have is 3 pills..Do you have anyone who knows about what you are going through? If so, maybe give themthe pills and tell them to only give you 3 a day, no matter what. I know this is VERY HARD, trust me...but it will help you to ween off them....

Hope this helps,
Let me know, okay?
Hopeless

by SUBMAN66, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
To: HEY COASTAL
I am new to this site and I would just like to offer a word of encouragement to you. I was in your exact place about a year ago and my wife and children were my inspiration to get the hell off of that poison! I could not wean of the OXY'S so I began Suboxone treatment, it has saved my life!! I have been on Suboxone for nearly 7 months and have had no desire or the need to take any more pills. Please, please if you can't get off the OXY's that way, try this therapy. Your family will love you for it!! God bless-

by itsnoteasy , Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
I know its a hard  to taper on your own plus being in pain does not help believe me i know i am in the same boat,. Why cant your husband hold the pills for you thats the only way i can taper, my wife holds and hides the pills You sound like you really want to do this and it can be done just keep looking at your  baby . GOOD LUCK!!!!

by hopeless, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
To: Coastal
I also heard alot of great things about the "Sub" i myself haven't tried it, i just made myself quit cold turkey...But for alot of people this Sub seems to work. I was scared to go to my Dr. i didn't want him to know about my problem, cause i lied to him so many times and i felt that if i went to him, he would look at me as if i were nothing but a lier....I hope you can do this, if you can go to your Dr. and be honest with him, he will have some ideas for you as well.

Good Luck
Hope

by gingerbreadmand, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
I am praying for you to find the strength. I had 240 Norco (8 a day) to ween off my habit. They didn't even last me 2 weeks. My personal experience is that weaning will never work "for me". My will power is so much better when i am in full withdrawals (WDs). The moment i convince myself to take a couple for the WDs, it is all down hill. That little taste causes a huge desire to have more.  Once i get to a familiar buzz, I can't let it go until bed time. I am currently using methadone to get by. I have actuallly had decent luck with it. I've used it as many as three days-- i just take really small amounts until i don't feel like ****. After 3 days i was able to go half a day without norco and without feeling to crappy. unfortunately, this made me feel like i always had a fall back. so, now i am desperately looking for inspiration to quit. I am starting to feel like I will have to lose something major in my life to finally quit. I have a better life than I ever could've imagined growing up. I know this isn't what you probably were looking for with this post, but it is the truth. Try to go cold turkey and tell everyone you have a really bad flu. Weaning works for those who are dependent, but not addicted. If you are addicted, it is not going to work.

by SUBMAN66, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
To: HOPELESS
Quitting cold turkey is an amazing accomplishment, but dangerous as well. The Suboxone gives you the oppurtunity to fix the wrongs that you may have committed during your drug abuse, that's the beauty of it. For me, it brought my true and best self back out from beneath the dark cloud I was under. Good luck to all and remember that Sub is out there if you need a lifeline.

by RRivers, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
To: coastalgirl
Well, its tough isn't it?  Wow!! If you have 30 pills left, and take six seven a day now, start by doing one-less a day from the start, so it wold be: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, if you want to go that far.  I you done it that way you would have 15 left, When you went c/t. If thats what you plan on doing.  you could even go 5,5,4,4,3,3,2,2,1,1 and be out on the day you quit.  The first day gives you 5 days of taper, the second give you 10.  I want to say something here. and it might not sound logical, but it seems to be how it works.  Some people want to use every bit they have before they quit, and it seems like its not as easy for some of them, as it is for some one, who has quit before the bottle is quite empty.  I have dome c/t twice, once on morphine, and now on my 12day of methadone.  Each time I had pills left when I quit.  When i quit morphine, I had over 100 left, this time I don't know, I put the bottle where it needed to be, and its there.  When i am done, I will ask my wife to dispose of them, and it will be done.  Yes I could always start again, but I won't.  I am done.  Yet it was a comfort knowing that if I couldn't have, and started drowning, I could always get back to shore, and go back, and learn to swim again.  I guess those pills in the bottle, are kinda like a life jacket.  No one wants to use it, but if they have too, its there. This is not to mention the fact that it will give you willpower, from your denial.  If you have none there is no denial, its all pretty much punishment, denial I believe is a very important factor in building willpower.  

If you can't put it in your mind that you have to quit for the sake of yourself most of all, but for your daughter and family very much so to then, I am afraid you will not have nearly as easy of a time of doing it, and may need to seek a detox center to help you either on an in-patient or out patient basis.  That willpower is all that is going to get you through for days, then months afterwards, well all here can encourage you and help you, but you have to have the courage to know you can and will do it.  You have to find some way to become strong within your self, and know that you can and will do this, and that you will be successful.

I wish you the very best, and I hope that you make the right decision, not only for yourself, but for your daughter, and your family.  You can do this there are many of us that are successfully taking that path.  I know you can too, but you have to know you can too.

If I can be of assiastance please don't hesitate to address a post to me, or enail me at renegade.***@****.

as always,
best of luck, and keep the faith,
Ren

          

by shelby74, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
Hi there,

I know tapering is rough - personally I could not find the strength in myself to do it.  I had to go c/t.  Since your husband knows your plan though - why don't you give them to him to give to you?  He sounds like a caring man but unless he is/was an addict there is no way he will know what we are capable of and how difficult it is to taper.  Just be straight with him - tell him he needs to put the pills where there is no chance of you getting to them and no matter what you say - he is only to give you this many a day.  I wish you all the best!

Shelby

by coastalgirl, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
To: Strength for today
Thank you all so very much.  I am going for a walk now, take my dog to the park and also take my mind off of these pills.  The support and empathy I have found here have been a God-send.  I know I should give my husband the bottle but I don't want to disappoint him again with my behavior the last few days.  I can make it through today and will start fresh tomorrow taking 3, as instructed.  Thank you all.

by tomanypills, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
To: subman
ct from opiates is rarely dangerous. many people use suboxone and if thats thier choice then its the right thing for them but having to take something daily to feel normal is exactly what some hate about addiction so they choose another way,,gl to whatever way we choose

by terry129, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
So 7 months on sub to avoid a few days of wds that millions of people have gone through. Hmmm. so I should use cigars to stop smoking ciggarettes, whiskey to get off beer, chocolate cakes to stop eating twinkies.You need to be on sub to correct your wrongs ? Dont wait to long before you start posting on how to get off the sub, which should be about a 1 week program to begin with

by charlenekt, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
To: coastalgirl
It sounds like you have a wonderfully supportive husband. Maybe you should give the bottle to him and have him dole them out to you. That way it's a team effort and you will be able to successfully taper.
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