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Withdrawl still after 4 days?

by stomcat4, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
Tags: Addiction
Hi again! I just posted in err under someone else's post and decided to re-post it properly.Sorry. I had major reconstructive surgery last September.I tore my ACL,MCL, and Meniscus in my left knee. Physical Thereapy 3 times a week and relentless pain. I am posting here due to the pain meds I was taking. I was taking 4 40mg tablets of Oxycontin and when that was done I was taking up to 10 Percocets a day. I stopped cold turkey last Friday 1/18. Today is Wednesday the 23rd and I still feel terrible. I ran the table in withdrawl symptoms. Flu-like symptoms,nauseau,vomiting, dry heaves, diarrhea,muscle cramping. Today it still hurts when I even breathe. Is it out of the ordinary to still suffer these symptoms after 4 days? The only meds I am taking are an Ambien at nite for sleep and an Ativan sometimes in the morning for the jitters I am experiencing. Please tell me this horrible feeling will subside. If there is anyone out there who has gone through what I am enduring now, can you please share some insight, advice or affirmation? I would be very grateful and appreciative to hear from anyone out there. Thank you!!   Tommy
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by stomcat4, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
Thanks Kip and GWH. It really,really helps to hear words of encouragement while going through this mess. In all honesty, I am not a stranger to this. Last Spring I cleaned up and was really making progress. I managed to save nearly 10,000 dollars for a house for my wife and 2 small daughters. I was socking the money away in the bank,exercising, eating right and reaching out until I tore my knee up in September. It is a very cunning, sneaky, and evil disease. I rationalized my painkiller usage to my knee injury. I work for the Railroad and they only pay $220 a week in sick pay. To make a long story short my 10 G's is now 300 dollars. I feel if I can get thru this I could always get back on track. I've been following suggestions on long hot baths(very helpful) and had some chicken broth an hour ago. It was the first food I was able to stomache in 2 days. My wish is to be healthy again and to be there for my family. I've been praying to God to ask him for forgiveness and the strength to overcome this withdrawl. I still feel like ****, but if I may dare whisper it feels like it's getting a little better. I hope I can offer another help in the future. It is the grace of God when one reaches out to help another. Thank You!!   Tommy

by lmb, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
To: stomcat
hope your feeling better...all the best your friend.lmb

by Mike1174, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
Well, I just went through withdraw from Methadone from being on it a year. My body is fine but I still have a dull pain in my head, Like a hang over feeling after getting drunk and wont go away, is it because the methadone left my brain and has to adjust its been 12 days now after last 4mg of meth, anyone been through this.

by J.B. to Brian and Vicky, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
To: stomcat4
Things will get better for you if you don't weaken. As someone once said, "what doesn't kill us can only make us stronger!"



I would recommend Thomas' recipe for detox just in case there is a next time for you. What you probably need right now is some kind of emotional support to weather the storm in your mind. I'm lucky for having a friend that has been clean for several years. We talk constantly(it seems)and she has a way of "talking me down" when I want to use again.



All in all, you may fail many times trying to climb up out of the pill bottle, but practice makes perfect! You have an obligation to not only yourself but your family as well. To be there for them in "reality" is your ultimate goal. Use every resource you have including God in order to get there. Please!



J.B.

by The Dude, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
To: stomcat4
Yes, it's withdrawl.  I had it for about 2 weeks.  But, it goes away, trust me.  It's like you were never even on pills after a while.  Hang in there.

by 1fortheroad, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
hi - i can totally relate.  i read about buprenex being used as a detox med, so i researched and found a place in mexico that would let me order some.  i had a nurse friend show me how to do intramuscular injections and felt that i could detox myself in a week like they do in the hospitals.  well, wouldn't you know - i ended up really liking the stuff and kept on ordering for the next 6 months!  because it is an opiate, it is just as addicting as anything else in my opinion.  i have gone thru withdrawal too many times to count...it always lasts me more than 4 days no matter what i do...clonodine (sp?) doesn't work for me nor do the vitamins....time is the only thing.  the mental part of it is equally as hard as the physical for me....i just feel so much more energetic and enthusiastic while taking pain meds...i know it is all false happiness, but it's some form of happiness none-the-less.  it totally wipes me out to detox...sometimes the feelings of it last me for a couple weeks.  a doctor told me that some people, depending on how long and how much meds they've been taking, can not feel totally "normal" for up to six months!  i've never lasted that long, so i wouldn't know.  i have ordered my last of the buprenex, and i am going to wean myself off - i'm really going for it this time.  good luck to you all - although you don't know me, you've all been inspirations for me....thank you.

by skipper, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
To: stomcat4
stomcat4:

i've been where you're at! just hang on and thigs will get beter!

i've been on and off oxycontin for almost a year now. i had 2

major surgerys on my cervical spine in just under 2 years and am

now in what the doctors are calling intractable pain. i see a

pain specialist who has implied this may go on a long, long time.

i periodically detox myself for a week - 2 weeks. 4 days off oxy

of any kind (percocets or oxycontin) is a bit "fresh out of the

box." give it another 4-8 days and you won't believe how much

beter you will feel!



keep an angel on your shoulder

kip

by OxyDout, Jan 23, 2002 12:00AM
To: stomcat4
listen to kip, he IS the angel on everyones shoulder, he is very knowledgeable in this area......your almost there, just hang on and things will work themselves out......personally,  I thin its great that you are suffering, the reason being now that you know what withdrawal is like it will make you think twice about abusing any drugs.  Of course if your in pain then thats a tough situation, but just be carefull, like we all say, its DOABLE and your strong enough to make it through, keep up the hard work and try to stay out of trouble.  



GWH

by The Dude, Jan 24, 2002 12:00AM
I was on pills for about 3 years straight.  I took everything known to man.  One day, I quit.  I don't know why, but I just stopped.  It took two weeks of hell to get over the intial shock, another month to get over not feeling right and about two more months to start feeling "normal" again.  IT DOES COME BACK, give it time.    Drugs will kill your soul.

by stomcat4, Jan 24, 2002 12:00AM
Hi All and thank you for your words of encouragement. I've been up since 3 in the morning and waver between feeling sick to feeling decent. I had to cancel my physical therapy this whole week due to the withdrawl symptoms. I hope and pray, I am ok by next Tuesday, when I'll be going to take my return to work physical. The only meds that should be in my system are Ambien and Ativan, which can be documented by the Doc. At least the Percocet and Oxycontin should be out by then. I am going to try and wean off the Ativan and Ambien starting tonite. I don't want to visit this nasty feeling again. I'm not craving, only hurting. Thanks again for all your support!!   Tommy

by skipper, Jan 27, 2002 12:00AM
To: Everyone Stomcat4 § annies
stomcat4:

do you feel any beter that you did 4 days ago when you first posted

about your oxycontin wd? if you don't feel a little bit beter at

least, i'ld say time for a visit to the doc. i know it just isn't

any "fun" to go and not get some "goodies." perhaps some patches of

clonidine and some klonipin? maybe something to help you get some

sleep. what you are going thru is bad beyond description, so maybe

a little "chemical help" is called for. I've detoxed all sorts of

ways, the worst was cold on the cement floor of the  Hennipen

county drunk tank for the beter part of a week. hell, i was the

the amusement for tunrkey and inmate alike. ever time i detox now, i think back to that awful week in 1973, and what happens to me now

is really minor by comparison. try to be thankful you've had some

say as to where and when your detox begin and took place. like i

said, when it it gets real bad, i just think back to that week in

1973, caged up, treated like somekind of subnormal piece of ****.

yeah- i really am doing ok today.



keep an angel on your shoulder

kip

by skipper, Jan 27, 2002 12:00AM
To: Annies
annies:

you certainly haven't offended me. i think a lot of times when

things going "missing" or all the other suff is usually mistakenly

blundered away. i find it hard to believe censorship exist at the

level some people believe it does. i will admit that a whole thread

was deleted yesterday. i guess this is just one more area where i

don't have much influence or control. i hope things are looking up

for you, as you seem to be walking thru some rough times. i guess

you can proud of yoursef for walking and not wallowing thru these

trying times. sometimes a person can be actually getting beter and

not know it, unless someone else notices for them. there's a good

reasion for all of us to stick togather!



keep an angel on your shoulder

kip

by lizj, Jan 27, 2002 12:00AM
To: stomcat4
Tommy,

Find a detox program!!! I just finished withdrawal from OxyContin after taking up to 40md 3x/day for 2 years! Here's what I found out:

-OxyContin is synthetic Heroine

-It takes 5 days for it to leave your system, your body will continue to react to the loss for 10 days, at least!

-If your doctor gives you any addictive meds, make sure you taper off of them, so you don't do it all over again.

-All of your symptoms sound just like mine. The only way I could describe it was by saying I felt like a Mack Truck ran over me.

-LOTS of family help and faith got me through it. It will end!

I searched for 6 months to find an ambulatory program to help me detox. They would not take patients taking OxyContin! The second day of withdrawal, my symptoms were so bad that my mom took me to the ER. The hospital admitted me to the PSYCH WARD!



The stomach cramps can be helped by a drug called Bentyl.  Ask your doctor for enough for a few days.  You can also take Immodium AD for the diarrhea