Honestly

[trdofbeingtrd]

In 21 or 22 days I quit norcos, period. My mind is made up, and it will happen. A problem I am finding, is jeesh, I hear about terrible anxiety for more than a month with some people. This is scaring me, not enough to not go through with it, but.......

Please, just do me a favor, and while my wife is great support, and I love her forever, please help me as you help the others. I won't be weak to want them again, I will be scared. Before I got hurt, and got this pain, and took this medication, I was doing good. I had conquered my panic disorder, conquered my dp and dr disorders, and had it in my hand. Now, it's taken away. This is not a 'feel bad" for me post, just asking for help.

[JES168]

didnt mean to answer a question meant for gnarly. but i hope your anxiety lessens. You Can do this, just think of the day your clean and withdrawals are over. that always gave me encouragement. good luck.

[JES168]

70 should be fine. i dont know how long you want to taper but if you have less you might just have to taper a little faster. i only had 32 to taper because i took the other 50 i was going to taper with just to get high. my taper was only seven days long. im not sure you would even call mine a taper, i just cut my dose a little more than half for five days then had two days taking only one . but i did take tramadol for those last two also. this was the mildest withdrawal that i have ever had. oh and i was with no pills for two days took one on my third now im on 2nd day again, but feel much better.

[trdofbeingtrd]

I know you can't give specific taper advice, but, I have 70 pills left, and I am taking 8 a day, although because of what I had to do today I went through 10, is 70 enough to do a safe taper that will work by time I run out?

[gnarly_1]

HI  you will find that after your off the narcotics for a wile your pain clock sorta resets itself
and your pain will probably be manageable with 800mg ibuprofine ...I know now it dont work and it wont as long as the narcotics are in your system but we have many members including myself that find our pain is a lot more manageable without the narcotics you will go threw a period of whats called rebound pain it takes your body some time to build up natural endorphins  but once it dose things will get better....your at where I was taking the pain meds but not getting any releaf from them it gets to a point where nothing the give you will work
keep going with your taper post for support I will check on you form time to time hang in there you'll get threw this............Gnarly  

[trdofbeingtrd]

I am tapering down, although I haven't done my trackers for about three days, I am down to 8 and I will be going down to 5 tomorrow. Thank you for the encouraging words. It's the pain that gets me mad. I will have this pain when the pills are gone, but what is funny, I have the pain now. It *****.............oh well, I can do it.

[throwindatowl]

You can taper or as I like to call it slooooooooow down. Dont drag it out either. I came off 120 -150mg oxys. Ive ran out before and wd it wasnt pretty. I sloooowed down and quit and it was much easier. Either way quiting is the end result. Im glad your making the right decision. Almost all of us feel much much better within a month. Congrats on making the right choice. I can tell you relapse is part of it for most of us. Get some aftercare and make your first time quiting your last time. You have to know this. You can NEVER take an opiates agains. Dont be tricked. I was tricked many many times. Never means never. Your drawing a line in the sand that can never be crossed no matter what. You can do it. Its only a stupid little pill right? No big deal. Dont make it one.