Home remedy for stopping Oxycodone

[jhollo1970]

What are some of the best home remedies for stopping Oxycodone use? I have no money for the suboxone. I have been taking 5/325  8-10 a day for around 2 years prescribed by my VA doctor and I want to quit and I have tried but the withdrawals got the best of me? Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks

[tat2edtwnsmom]

I am seeking help desperately. I'm a mother who wants to stop and be that kick *** mom ii want to be. I am on up to four 30mg oxycodones, usually three but sometimes four. I wake up feeling like I can't even get them off to school without that pill waiting for me. Right now I'm taking my xanax, but have stooped to vicodin because it will be a week before I get my hands on those "blues". But I don't want them anymore. I'm an addict. Plain faced. Can anybody that has been there tell me what to expect when I go cold turkey? I'm already running off, and sucking up ten or more vicodin to supplement those damn oxys..I feel like dying would be easier, but is not an option. I will not leave my twins here on this Earth before I have to.

[lookwest]

If I use this format should I still be able to work over the 4 day window?

Thank you so much for you insight BTW...

[IW63boomer]

Hi Momwithissues,
I have been completely off hydrocodone for one week as of tonight, as I write this.  I wish I had magic for you, but I don’t.  This past week has been pure hell.  I am over the intense body pain and the worst of the chills, but I still can’t sleep.  I am trying to knock myself out with Benadryl, which usually puts me under, but doesn’t seem to be having any effect on me now.  
I would really suggest to you that you can’t do this alone.  I live alone and have no family, and I am living and working now in a town where I really don’t know anyone.  This is very difficult to have no support.  The Church I go to has groups for addicts and alcoholics and I am looking forward to going to one of those groups tomorrow – I really hope some of the other folks there can give me help, support, love and insight into what I can expect.  
I know it might sound harsh, but call in all support from friends, family or anyone who might be able to help you.  Find someone to take the kids and take two weeks off of work.  Tell them at work that is it a family crisis you have to deal with.  
I would also suggest that before you quit, spend a long period of time lowering your dose.  Consult a doctor and see if there is anything they can give you to help you sleep.  Look up the Thomas recipe on line or on this forum and follow what it says as best you can.  It helps me – but don’t get me wrong, it is still hell.  
The important thing to remember is that quitting is all worth it.  I want my brain back.   I have been taking huge doses of oxy and hydro for about nine months and I have to quit.  
Find support.  There are groups out there who will help you.  You need to do this.  Keep posting on this forum.  As I go back over the years and read older posts, I can see how people have struggled and have succeeded.  You need love, care and support – don’t be shy about taking where ever you can find it.   Keep posting.  People you don’t know and have never met will be rooting for you, supporting you and praying for you.

[tweetz43]

Wow...thanks for your info.  I've been on oxy for 10 years!  Was up to 180 mgs a day!  I've been trying to taper down for a month now, and I'm not doing a very good job.   Every week I run out of pills that are prescribed, then I either borrow from someone, or I buy them illegally.  My habit is getting too expensive.  I'm disabled, so I want to just try to stop cold turkey at home.  I am now on 100 mgs a day.  I do have kids and dogs to take care of, so I thought about going to a hotel for 3-4 days for the worst of it.  I don't know really what's best.  I love your advice though, and I do have Klonopin, Fenergan (nausea), clonidine, and requip (restless legs), Lyrica (leg pain).  I should be able to do it, but my mental addiction is worse than my physical addiction!!!    HELP!

[zeeker1273]

I have only been taking 30mg oxycodone immediate release since Dec 2011. About 4 months.  My prescription was twice a day at first but after awhile I was concerned about the w/d and weaned to one a day. I tried to ask the prescribing doctor to help me detox and he said " Oh, just go away, you make my life difficult".  I couldn't believe he said that to me. I guess I will be detoxing myself with nothing.  I have a few pills left and started today cutting the 30mg in half.  Do you think my detox time and w/d will be a little less and easier because I haven't been on them that long? Please help. I have no one to talk to. Thanks.

[sickntired224]

It's Been My 3rd Day Without Any Meds,So Dreppress,I Started Taking Them For Lower Back Pain As Well As Reconstructive Wrist Operation,I Took Them 4 About 3Years 9 or 10 pills a day i stop this past nov 2011,Got Another Operation On My Wrist I Took Them 4 a Month,This Time Seems Worse 2 With Drawl,4 Years Ago I Lost My Mother 2Weeks Later My Dad,Sister,Brother Die On Me In A Car Accident,So It Make's It Harder To Go Through The Withdrawls I Get So Sad It Feel's Like Im Going 2 Lose My Mind,,Need Help,,Miss My Family,,Meds Made Me 4Get My Pain My Loss,