40mg oxy withdrawl, please help

[jacktheman]

Hello,

So I have been doing some research and am getting a lot of great answers, but I would like to express my situation. I have been taking vicodin for about 9 months. It started out very slowly for the first 2 months. Only taking 1 (10 mg, 500 mg) every couple of days. Then after 4 months, I started taking 2 (10 mg, 500 mg) every couple of days. It wasnt until about 6 months in (2 and a half months ago)  that I was doing 2 every day, on an occasional 3 for special weekends. Then 2 weeks ago, I tried 40mg oxy. I enjoyed it, it wasnt the be all end all of euphoria to me, but it was a nice background to the day. I did 1 40mg a day for 2 weeks. Then knowing I was out and would not be getting any more I stopped. Thinking it would be no worries, I started getting restless leg syndrome and didnt sleep all night. It wasnt until the shacking continued for about 4 hours that I started to get panic attacks for what was going on. I woke up the next day after only getting 3 hours of  sleep. I had started to worry that maybe this was what withdrawl is as it was my first 24 hours without it. I had something really important to do so I took one oxy to see if that was the problem. All I got out of it was being really tired all day, but yes, my restless leg syndrome and "assumed withdrawal" symptoms were gone. That very night, when it had only been maybe 10 hours since I took one, i started getting restless leg again, so I took a benadryal and went to bed just fine. I woke up fine, then a few hours went by and I started getting restless leg and shacking. I'm starting to get really worried that this is indeed withdrawl at this point. So I get online and start researching symptoms and sure enough, right up my alley, that only made the panic attacks 10x worse. It has now only been about 35 hours since I last took one 40mg pill, and the symptoms are only getting worse.
  I will say this, no nausea whatsoever, no flu, no vomiting, only incredibly fast restless leg syndrome, deep anxiety and now panic attacks coming to my first and unexpected addition withdrawl.

First off, should I be feeling this bad after only taking 40mg a day for 2 weeks? Or does the fact that I was doing 2 (10 mg, 500 mg) vicodin a day for 2 months play a big part in that?  Most of these addiction stories I'm reading are for far higher dosages and much longer time.

I have 4 40mg oxy left and 9 (10 mg, 500 mg) vicodin. I think I could try and bare the symptoms and get past this but this couldnt have come at a worse time. I'm about to go see family far away for 5 days, leaving in about a day.  Should I take what I have left on flight with me, or maybe just take the vicodin 1 pill a day until I get back? With 1 vicidin do much for my symptoms after explaining my previous in tack? I really do not want to have to tell my family what I'm going through, I'd rather deal when I get home. If these symptoms are going to last while I'm with family, I feel I should stay medicated until i get back, eventhough I just barely have enough meds left. I wouldnt mind taking the vicodin to ease off at first, but the oxy's scare me and I never want to take one ever again. If you can get addicted from 1 40mg a day for 2 weeks, this is some heavy and scary stuff.

Also, im 30 yrs old, 200lbs. I do drink and smoke medical marijuana pretty often for the past few years and have for the last couple of years. But I tried smoking today and that did not help. First time in forever I didnt feel content after smoking. Any thoughts and suggestions would be very much appreciated.

[vicki595]

Oh...where's my head??    MERRY  Christmas !     Just know you're doing a wonderful thing for yourself and for those who love you!!

[vicki595]

Jack...you're doing great. The sleep helps!   Now,just tell the folks that your're "fighting something but trying to be brave"...get that exercise in,drink,drink,drink!! Fluids help the RLS along with minerals like calcium,potassium,magnesium,and zinc.

It will not take 3 months to feel good. We can talk more about the 3 month thing when you get back west...and about that Xanax, it's a big no no with alcohol. Just FYI...

Mery Christmas!

[laurel453]

the exercise even in the middle of the snow will make wonders :) it seems you are gone through the worst, great... have a merry christmas night feeling proud of you !! :)

[jacktheman]

beginning of day 4,

I can't believe it, i got 8 hours of sleep last night!! It is one of the best feelings I've got since this all started. Now I'm still laying in bed as I just woke up, so its hard to say how my symptoms are, I'm pretty calm, but do feel the anxiety creeping in just a little and my leg started doing its thing a little, so I'm assuming as my mind wakes up, the symptoms will come back. But the sleep was a very good sign for me that I am actually getting better. I will try and go for a walk and get out of the house, although, im from sunny california, and im now in the snowy east coast so that alone wont be to easy. Ill just make sure to go during the peek of the day, should be fine. The signs of improvement are really giving me the strength and belief that I will beat this, and will see the light at the end of the tunnel if I can just stay positive. Thanks again for all your help gnarly and others.

[gnarly_1]

hey Jack I dont think it would look suspicious to anyone if you and your brother went for a walk around the block tell mom you need some fresh air ....starting out a walk around the block will seam like a lot remember theirs going to be an energy crash and your going to have to push yourself just to make it around the block im glad you told your brother now you have someone to talk to and be accountable to our secrets keep us sick your doing really well that flight must have been tuf showes your tanastaty off your a fighter your going to be fine I do this 6 nights a week after a wile I can almost tell the ones that are going to make it and the ones that are not putting everything into it ...you all in you will come out on top
just hang in there a little longer .......Gnarly  

[jacktheman]

Thank you so much gnarly, you have been so much help to me, you've really helped put my unknowledable mind at ease. I'm getting through this, my goal is just to take it one day at a time, and try my very best not to worry about the "exact" time I will be feeling better, and how much longer this will last. If I can get through the day, then I am doing great. Just so everyone knows, I told my brother what was going on and he is being very supportive and by my side for the next 5 days, it means so much to me not to be alone all day. However, we have agreed not to tell my mother. So I am visiting her telling her its just the flu. I feel really bad, but as I'm sure a  lot of you can imagine, it must be one of the worst things in the world for a mother to hear from her son " mom, im addicted to oxy" I think I can pull through and I would like to keep her mind at ease. However, in doing this, means I have to tell her I'm sick, therefor, hard for me to say I'm sick and then still say, I'm gonna go for a run. Any suggestions on how to get some exercise in? Possibly just sit ups in the bedroom and walking around?