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how much usage to get addicted

by brimat, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
I have been taking 10 to 15mg of percocet a day for about 12 days now to relieve pain from an injury.  I know it is different for everyone, but does anyone know about how much usage of this type of drug it would take to get addicted to it.  Thank you
Member Comments (93)

by tlk, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
If you continue for much longer at that dose, even if you are not addicted you will likely suffer withdrawal symptoms, which can send just about anyone back for another pill to make them go away. The withdrawal can be as bad as the original pain. So make sure you are working with your doctor to taper down. I used off and on for many years without problem, but once started on a daily dose after a few weeks I had very bad W/Ds when I ran out. Good luck.

by angst, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: tlk
How goes it this morning?  I've got to get out to the shipyard in less than 2 hours this morning.  It  will not take me a long time to get ready.  My fingernails are really long.  At least 3 curl to the side, although I keep them filed.  Maybe I should cut them before I go to the shipyard.  I'll be dressing much like the others who are men.  It will not be a delicate or femine job.  However, it will be a challenge.  I need work that pays good even if it means taking a man's job.  Wish me luck.

by oxyaddict, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
Good Luck with the Job

by hippy, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: angst
don't forget work boots,i think tou have to have them to work in a ship yard , i worked on the saratogo years ago.

by angst, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: Hippy
Yeah, I have to have steel toed boots, jeans, and mostly tee shirts.  I have to buy XXL tee shirts to hide my endowance.

by tlk, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: angst
You sound good, and good luck. I've never even been to a shipyard, but it sounds like interesting work, good clean labor! Is this full time?

I've been going nuts, my kids have been sick and my husband had the laptop the last few days so I couldn't even escape into cyperjunk. I think my house has mold as my oldest daughter and I are both getting daily headaches.

Will you be at work all day? You should cut those nails before one gets pulled off and really hurts! tlk

by angst, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: tlk
I will cut my nails.  My  hands are just like my mother's were.

I doubt it will be good clean work.  It will probably be more like hard, sweaty with lots of dirt work.  But my grandma always said a job is a good one if you give it all you got.  She did not mean laying on your back either.  I will be one of a very few women pipe fitting.  I'm strong from years of lifting patients and maintaining my acre of god's country.  I can do it.

Check out the mold.  Get a good antihistamine.  The new ones are expensive.  Good luck with that one.  It is so humid here on the gulf coast.  But it is salt water.  It makes a difference some how.

by dive, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
Addiction and physical dependance are two different but intertwined things.  You can be physically dependant on a substance, but not addicted to it.  If for example you take your percocet as perscribed and when you stop you have chills, sweats, diarhea for a few days but never go back to the pills, that was dependance.  If you keep taking the percocets because you like how they make you feel after the pain is gone, then that is addiction.  A fine line to cross, but easily done.  



Are you taking them for the "feeling" or to prevent the pain?  Ask yourself this and the answer will tell you if you are addicted or not.

by tlk, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: angst
Well, good dirty work is better than no work, huh? Actually I think that sounds great. I'm thinking about looking for a different line of work myself. My husband keeps telling me to go work for a corporation doing PR (I did it for police agencies for the last 5 years) because I could make a lot, probably double, the money. But it's this spiritual thing, I hate commercial work, it kills me. I did that prior to going into public service. I was miserable. Of course the stress of my last jobs probably pushed me over the edge with my using (it was a short push though, I have to admit). That's why I was so interested in what you're doing; I think physical labor would be great! I am tired of working around a bunch of men, though, especially cops who can be real pains. I love the guys as friends, but they hit on you constantly. Sorry for digressing.

Good luck, you will do great! Just don't hurt yourself. And don't take any **** from anyone!

The weather here is soooo hot, in the mid-90s, and the city is covered with haze and smog from the agriculture burns in Mexico right now. Everyone is sick. It lasts a good month.

I hope everyone is having a good day. I just had to call all my bill collectors and beg not to shut off my utilities. But at least I did call; when I was using I just ignored that stuff and let it happen.

by skipper, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: angst
angst:

good luck at the shipyards. give it what it's worth and chanes

are good it will work out. BE CAREFUL. this is coming from a per-

son who collected workman's comp. for 29 months! it just wasn't

a very good few days off!



keep an angel on your shoulder

kip

by tlk, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: Ketta
Ketta, if you're out there, can you email me at ***@****? Wanted to see if we do live near each other, ask about some meetings, chat. Thanks, tracy/tlk

by tlk, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
Hello, is anyone around? I'm having another very low energy day. I'm taking the multi-vit but can barely drag myself around. Shouldn't it be better by now? I'v been off the vics for one month today. I need to clean my house but am having a hard time walking from room to room, It's almost as bad as the early days. tlk

by GOD, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: Ultram, anyone?
Just gotta' say something to all you good people!



As many of you know, I've been posting here for a good bit of time, and the original reason I came here was to get info about ULTRAM.... Because I'm a recovering Alcoholic, no doctor in thier right mind was going to precribe me ANY type of narcotic for pain, so I ended up with a presciption for ULTRAM to control some VERY PAINFUL peripheral neuropathy (caused by my inhuman ability to consume vast quantities of vodka)..



Anyway, it all started out nicely with the ULTRAM working very well for pain, and I didn't get "High", so what was the problem?  Well, in the course of 4 months, I went from 3-6 50 milligram tabs per day to a high of almost 40 per day. YES FORTY. Although I never got HIGH, my body chemistry required MORE and MORE to be free of pain. Now I've gone the last 3 days with only 2 tabs at night, so I can reduce the pain enough to get al least 4 good hours of sleep in. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just going to have to live with some amount of pain, and that is just the way it is. I've finally stopped feeling sorry for myself, and am just learning to live with "it"..  I guess It did me a world of good to do some research into how the rest of the world lives to realize that I'm really not that bad off.



Some of you may have seen me posting a few days ago that I'd gotten my hands on some OXY, and wanted to try it since it seems to be all the rage.... I found out that 80 MGs didn't even really effect me, and I wanted to know WHY...



I talked to a couple Doctors [addiction specialists] and found some very interesting info:



I was taking, as I said before, up to 2000 milligrams of tramadol for about the last 2 weeks of the heavy ultram use... that is the equivalent of 600-1000 Mgs of OXYCODONE (to your brain) -- what it all boils down to is that I would need to consume a whoppping 400 or more milligrams of OXY to get a decent buzz. In other words, I have made it virtually impossible for myself to ever become a good OXY junkie barring becoming a millionaire to support what I would need for a habit. I guess that's a good thing... but, If I ever need morphine or something for Legitimate pain control after a car wreck or something, the only way I'm going to get enough to not be in hell is to tell the ER docs that I'm a herione addict in order to get enough poppy juice flowing through my viens.



That's my 2 cents for today!

Jess

by hippy, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: tlk
i have 26 days off the vikes , also im taking the receipe

and my energy is good, I must say that i am suffering

from a the feeling of being over whelmed,.

I try to just ignore it and keep moving in the right direction.

It seem's like eating and sleeping like a normal person are so important. If i don't eat right i get very weak and if i don't get the right sleep i get stressed out to the max.

Pasta is a food that gives you energy the next day,

well i hope you feel better with the energy level,

Getting up and doing something is important, Just doing nothing seems to make it worse for me,

Enjoy the day as best you can, maybe a hot bath would help?

I know what your going through in any event and it is hard to deal with , but it will pass. Just keep trying different things and keep posting. I know the thought of staying clean and getting

to point a where i wake up and feel normal is very attractive to me. like a deream that will be coming true for us as we continue on this rocky road. I know this is true because i have been there,and living that clean life is the best high in the world.



peace

by GOD, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: Skipper
Hi!



Where are you lurking today, oh SKIP?



I'll mail you!



Jess

by tlk, May 01, 2002 12:00AM
To: Hippy
Thanks Hippy, I'm trying part of the recipe but not the L-tyr. I am on celexa, though. I did force myself to clean the house, did it top to bottom too. I still don't feel great, but at least I got something accomplished! I won't allow myself to lay around doing nothing or watching TV, because I did that for two years (when I wasn't working insane h