COMING OFF PERCOCET?

[SAD GIRL]

I HAVE BEEN TAKING PERCOCET FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW, EVERYDAY! IT STARTED FOR BACK PROBLEMS AND THE AMT. I WAS TAKING WAS OKAY IN THE BEGINNING, THEN I STARTED TAKING MORE AND MORE THAN I SHOULD.  IT IS NOW TO THE POINT WHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY LEFT, I AM RUNNING AROUND WORRYING ABOUT WHERE I CAN GET MORE, I AM EVEN GOING IN DEBT FROM BUYING THEM OFF THE STREET.  I AM SCARED AND DON'T WANT TO BE IN PAIN ALWAYS, BUT, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME OFF THEM WITHOUT HAVING HEART FAILURE OR WHATEVER.  IS SOMEONE JUST ABLE TO STOP COLD TURKEY? OR, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS MEDICATION I CAN ASK MY DOCTOR FOR TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS AND GET ME EITHER TOTALLY OF THESE THINGS OR AT LEAST BACK TO TAKING THEM THE PROPER WAY? I NEED SOME HELP. THANK YOU.

[toothfairie]

hi and welcome dswift...this is an old thread so you should post a new one....got to the top of the page and click "ask a question".  It doesn't have to be a question....just post for support....we can help you thru the WDs...this site is awesome for support and info....just let us know what your symptoms are and we can help you get thru them.  It will be a tough few days but you can get thru them...we can help....it's kind of slow tonight but someone will post when you start a new thread....good luck and just hang tough!!  

[dswift87]

IM 25 yrs old and I'm addicted to percocet. I've been addicted for a year and I snort them about ten a day. I want off and I don't think I'm strong enough I have three young kids to take care of. The worst part is feeling sick at work. I can't take time off  because I can't afford it. I want my life back but I don't know how to do it. my kids need me and I need the old me. Can anyone help me with advice please I'm struggling for help. I don't have insurance so I can't afford medicine

[JJust]

My comment is this....  I am 14 days clean from percs.  today.  I started like everyone else does.  Back pain from years of construction. 5mg 3x a day to 1-1/2 years later 180 10mg per month was not enough so I became to buy 30s behing my docs back. At my peak I was at 180-10s, 30-45 30s and 35 5s per month. The real trouble began when I started mixing the sleeping pills.  At the end of my journie I ran out, couldn't buy more and my script wasn't to refill for a week...  I made the decision to stop then. I figured I would go cold turkey and if I took sleeping pills I could cover the pain from the W/D.  NOT!!!!!  I woke up in the hospital with tubes in me!   14 days later I am clean and feeling better.  Still not 100% but better and more important alive!  I did go to the doc for help and with clonidine for the shakes and Advil to try to cover the pain you can do it to. Everyone is different and my addiction is my own experience however, going thru this opens a new door for everyone.  You can do it and need to do it fast. If not, look forward to 2-3 weeks of complete HELL!!!!    Good luck. Stay strong, stay positive!  

[Ottermanj]

Everyone that has problem with getting off of pain meds use Ativan that is what they use in most.places to get you off pain med 2mg every 4 to 6 hour for the first two days then go down to 1mg every 4 to 6 hours for two days now I am not a doc but it works

[182915]

GO TO THE CHRISTIAN BOOK STORE AND GET THE RECOVERY BIBLE WHEN I LOSS MY SON  THIS AMAZING BOOK GOT ME THROUGH , LET GO AND LET GOD !!! PERCOCENT IS NOT LETTING YOU LIVE FREE ITS BONDAGE  HOLDING YOU BACK FROM REAL LIFE!! LIFE IS TO SHORT  ENJOY LIFE AND BE THANKFUL EVERYDAY , THERE ARE  PEOPLE  WHO WISH THEY HAD A CHANCE FOR LIFE!!!!!! GOD BLESS

[tbird11763]

Never thought I'd be lookng on a page like this,Wow are these things bad news.