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On Day 2 of detox

since 2004, been on oxycontin and percocet prescriptions for crushed wrist.  Today is 2nd day of attempting to detox.  I am tapering so I am hopeful not to go through torture. I had a tattoo before i started that says This Too Shall Pass.. because I have never made it before.. I get too sick. All I can do now is lay here.  But I have to take the trash to the dump today and also make a phone call about by verizon bill. This will be the toughest thing I do in my life and I am all alone. Wish me luck. I have the Thomas receipe stuff right by my side. Blessings. Shiloh
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1331115 tn?1536362140
If you can truly taper down that is good but remember when you stop you will still go through w/d. I know c/t is hard to do but once you get through about 5 days you should have it licked. Sometimes tapering just prolongs the pain so think hard about doing it and I hope it works out for you. I could not taper as it just won't work for me I went c/t off 240 mgs/day of oxys and it was rough but I have been sober for 307 days so it can be done. I will pray for you and I know you will make it all the way. God Bless---Rick
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I Agree that I think u r tapering too fast. Try 3/4 of a 10. How many 10/325 percs a day ?
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I am taking 1/2 of a 10-325 every 3 hours and I am in hell.  I stopped taking 60 mg (3 times a day of 20 mg. each of oxys, thank God).  I think I have gone down too low.  I thank you so much for your advice.  I think you are correct. I just have to take this slower.  I was feeling pretty good last week but maybe that is because the oxys that have been in my system for almost 10 years now were still in my system. Thank you for any input. I was so sick yesterday and today I didn't even want to take the thomas recipe vitamins, etc. and didn't even want to eat.  So I think I will up my dosage to feel human.  I was just worried that I would not be making any progress but I can't extend these horrible symptoms over such a long period of time. Love!
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Shilo...This is why tapering can be just hellish!!   You're in withdrawal constantly without a let up!  So,you need to either get on a dose strong enough to get rid of the symptoms and SLOWLY and over time decreasing it by SMALL amounts OR bite the proverbial bullet and just stop cold!

How much Percocet are you taking per day now?
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wow - i am back in hell again and dont' know how to handle. reminder: i am all alone here.  i am totally off oxycontin and trying to taper with percocet (which is the same ingredient as oxycontin) but not timed release.  And... the thing is the first week I was doing ok, and now I am sooooo sick again and can't even function.  What is the deal?  I am trying so hard to make it to every three hours to take my smaller dosages.  Nobody ever answered my question so I think it may be inappropriate to talk abou tapering advice so I get that.  I am just so afraid to go cold turkey and at the same time, I am suffering constant w/d symptoms by tapering like this.  Anybody?
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Tupac...your post was overlooked here...go to the top of this page and post your own thread...you'll get a lot of responses...click on the green,post a question button...
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Let me know could use some advice from aanyone??
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Hey
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I have been on oxycotin for 3 an half months about 80 mils a day an I am going cold turkey todays first day with nuthing how long do u think I will be withdrawling for guys??..my name is rick
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I got an email from someone asking me how to taper. but i saw something that said that was against the guidelines here. I don't want to do anything against guidelines.  Was that a set up?  Is this board being monitored?  I just want to feel safe.

I have a huge question. I am now off of oxys totally. I am taking a mix of percocet and xanax. The percocet will last me for about 3-4 hours.  I take some xanax at night to sleep as last night I had the restless legs like crazy. I am taking the vitamin b, l-thorine, and also potassium and following the thomas receipt.  I am so grateful to never touch another oxy but I heard now that to get off percocets will take 10-12 days of pure hell. Does anybody have any experience?  I went out to walk yesterday and got eaten up by mosquitoes. Got to put on mosquito proof spray today.  any help with anyone who got off of percocets would be appreciated. I would say I am not taking a total of 3 10-325s a day.. cut in half when I need them.. to taper. which to me is a miracle as I am now relieved of 60 mg. of oxys a day.  I feel like I want to throw my oxys away. They ruined my life.
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Thanks be to God, the universe, our creator, whatever anyone's concept of God is. for this board.  for a couple of days there, when no one wrote to me, I felt so alone.  'thank you for writing with you comments and intuitions and hopefully, love.  Because I am alone and this is the battle of my life.  I could not bear the misery I felt last night after 4 days. This always happens to me at the 4 day mark. I get so sick I can't bear it.  So I did take a xanax and also upped my percocet dose. The good new is that within one week, I am totally off of 90 mg. of oxycontins per day and now I am dependent on the percocets which I am trying to taper. The reason I took more last night is the purpose of tapering is to ease into a clean life. And I felt tortured I was so sick.  We all have to do things, clean the kitchen, stock the frig, get the energy to take the hot baths, clean our rooms, change our beddings, put on clean clothes, comb our hair, brush our teeth. All of these things I can't do when I get that sick.  But I am not giving up.  It may take me longer and I do feel a sense of accomplishment that I have not touched the oxys in almost a week.  I thank you for any encouraging words you can offer me. I had a facebok account and of course, nobody knows about my drug withdrawal attempt or even addiction/dependency. I guess I have been making posts lately that are depressing such as how much I feel bad about the devastation of the tornados and somebody called me on it and told me how great life is.. that I should do things like volunteer and help others versus grouse about things going on in the world.. like watching Quaddaffi kill innocent people, etc.  I am a highly sensitive person.  I can't apologize for who I am but it is true that withdrawal does make one very depressed.. moreso than usual.. but lord, this world is effed up.. I think the only way we survive is to ignore and live in our own worlds.. and take drugs to escape.  I am ready to face this world without the use of drugs but it is going to be so hard to be so sick.Love, Shiloh
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hey youre not alone you have us, many of us here are currently going thru withdrawals and this site has really kept me going cause i have no family and all my friends are addicts so once they knew im improving my life they want nothing to do with me and so be it, after day 3 or 4 i promise you will have the urge to get up and at least take a shower or clean or something, my first 2 days i literally stayed naked and took a hot shower every time my water tank filled up and it really helped also ive been taking non narcotic/ over the counter drugs that help take the edge off and induce sleep like benedryl and sleeping pills. i wish i could taper off i know i could but i have a job interview so i have no choice but to go CT and it sux i know but ive gotten alot of good advice here, drink lots of water and you need to eat the more your body is metabolising the faster you will get thru this
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I am currently tapering as I too can't handle the WD. I'm a baby when I get a little cold. When I have a surgery, forget it...I'm a unbearable monster. There is no way I cld take care of my kids much less myself if I cd. I'm actually scared I'd commit suicide. I think some ppl are stronger then others and if you can taper, do it. Definabtly the days that I give the pills to my husband or only take what's suppose to be needed w me to work,I do much better. Out of sight the better. Then there is NO option, NO choice,NO temptation. It's actually so much easier when they r not there. I crave like crazy but I CAN'T take! My dr told me to wean slowly. Maybe I'm prolonging the opiat train a little longer but I got to do what I got to do. I also have been getting mini panic attacks. So scary
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Hang in there.....Everyone here is right!  Your tatoo says it all.  I was a habitual relapser off of a very bad methadone, hydro, oxy, or anything I could shove down my throat.  I never thought I could get through this but with the help of a lot of water, exercise, suppliments, protein shakes, and a lot of posting I made it through....I am working on my second month sober which is longer than I have ever made it.  AA and NA are necessary once you can get out of the house.  You have got to get your mind right though....I know you are miserable right now but you have to keep telling yourself you are DONE!!!  I use what I call my "Happy Place" every time the cravings or pain got really bad....You cannot allow the thought of using even swirl around in your mind for even a second SO....Every time I was starting to think about it I would picture a scene in my head that was a reward or made me happy....For me I pictured myself in my new truck driving around town that I could now afford because I wasn't spending thousands of dollars on opiates.  Think of a scene that makes you happy and everytime you think about pills picture that in your head.

Hopefully you are taking your suppliments and drinking plenty of fluids.  I know it seems impossible now but getting some exercise is VITAL to a speedy recovery.  I would force myself to get down and do 1 or 2 push ups every once in a while and worked up to walking from there.....Soon, I noticed that for a couple of minutes after I did something physical I would feel better.....I worked up to where I was getting 40-50 minutes of continuous exercise a day.....You can do this, if I can do it anyone can!  Keep posting, keeping drinking lots of water, and take all of your suppliments.  I also am a believer in protein powder shakes....These things are awesome!  Your body needs lots of fluids and clean, lean protein to help rebuild your nuero pathways.  The faster you get the toxins out of your body the faster you will heal and start to rebuild.....Good luck and God bless!
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I am so sick.  This is so difficult.
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I can't go through torture. I have tried this 4-5 times before.  I can't bear the torture of cold turkey. I have to taper.  Cold turkey to me is not just hard. I feel that it is unbearable. Since I read your post this morning, I went for 4 hours without anything and I am so sick now I can't bear it.  I tell myself I will get better. But I cant bear it.
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OMG. I am trying to take 1/2 of a 10-325 percocet every 3 hours and my head is starting to kill me after 2 hours.  looks like torture for an hour.
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This is my third day and it is getting tough but I expected that. the thing is that I am seriously tapering slowly. Please do no go cold turkey.  If you are like me, when I tried to go cold turkey, I was sicker than I had ever could bear for over a week before I had to get some relief and go back on the drugs.  I think the only way you can get off the drugs is to taper.  I have cut down pretty significantly and still, I have little energy.  Feel like eating tons but I am also running to the bathroom quite often.  I am starting to feel the fever come on which has been a symptom in the past.  You are right.. We have to take a minute at a time but this is the fight of our lives. Thank the lord you are here. So interesting.. I watched the royal wedding.. such a fairy tale...
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Hi!   I am older too...51,  I am also on day 2..too. cold turkey.  Unfortunately, I am at work, so it has been very hard.  I keep coming back here for reassurance.  Everyone is so helpful and nice.   We can all get through this together.  I see that Ashelen has been helping you too.  She has been there for me and is very sweet.

Good luck to us all.  Let's rid ourselves of this junk!

*Nancy*
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You can do it.  A minute at a time if you have to.  I'm doing a taper as well, and I'm older than a lot of people on the forum (48.)  A little while back, I tried to go cold turkey off my oxycodone (though at the time I was still on the Fentanyl but had dropped the dose.)  Even though I was still on the Fentanyl, I had terrible withdrawals.  I could hardly move.  I tried to stay positive and set very small goals for myself; like making a phone call, a shower, dressed and makeup by the end of the day.

After doing some research, talking to some people I know, reading and posting here, and talking to my doctor, I realized cold turkey wasn't the way to go for me.  I'm just at a stable point now with my taper.  My withdrawals are fairly mild, though the past few days I've been really anxious and irritable.  I wish I could go cold turkey but I can't.

I know I'll have to go through withdrawal longer, though hopefully it won't be as intense, as if I went cold turkey.  I'm off the Fentanyl now.  They switched me from the Fentanyl to MS Contin ER.  Today I'm switching over to morphine as my breakthrough med instead of the oxycodone.  I'm hoping I don't get bad withdrawals.

Keep posting and stay positive.
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First of all, I am so proud of you! And you can do this!! Also you are not alone. We are all here for each other. We all have our own story but in a way we are a like. I do know what you mean by you are all alone back in 2006 I had to withdrawal off of Roxy's, which are similiar to Oxycotin, and it was very hard. I'm not gonna lie I thought I was gonna die! But as you can see I didn't! I am here. and so will you! The awesome thing is atleast you have things to keep your mind occupied. I had to detox in county jail, all alone with nothing! I spent 5 days in a small room with nothing other than a blanket, hard cot to lay on and a toilet. Just keep yourself busy and don't forget what you are going through! because myself i did forget and i got myself back on pills and am now fighting AGAIN! I have fought this battle so many times but this time is the real deal!

Sorry i know i got off on my own story. i just want you to know you are not alone! I am here for you. If you need to talk please just send me a message. i am on and off here all day! this has because my safe place. when i have any kind of issue or doubt this is where i come. it helps keep me grounded on what i am doing. and its good to know we arent alone!
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thank you Ashe.  I can see you understand totally. the important part for me is to force myself like you said to get up and walk and shower and try to do things, which is what I am aiming for.. living..... and I will do my best.  I love your suggestion about music so much. I haven't listened to music enough and I used to love to sing at the top of my lungs.  Blessings, and hope we stay in touch.  I am taking a little xanax which the

Thomas recipe calls for. Like I said, i am not going to torture myself to the extent possible, but this is it for me. This is my fight for life.  I am older now. 58 but I see people in their 90s living better than me. I want to feel decent again and these drugs make me feel sick every single day. thank you!
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Hi Shiloh. You're going to be amazed at what you can do....your tattoo is exactly right. it really WILL pass. I'm 3 days clean from Norco (hydrocodone) and starting day 4 and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I just wanted to let you know that you are NOT alone and you can make it through this. I have 2 young children and I've had to take care of them while going through this, on top of having to renovate our new home (painting, carpets, ripping out the kitchen...etc) and it's been hard....but staying busy has been a blessing. try to get out and walk, or walk the length of your house and sing (i've been doing a lot of that) to keep busy.

listen to music..stick to the Thomas recipe, and jump int he bath if you start to freak out...it will keep you from climbing the walls. as hot as you can stand it, and put in epsom salts if you can. I've had to talk on the phone to Lowe's delivery guys today about our new range and microwave and I was having mini-panic attacks the whole time but I got through it, and you can do what you need to do, too.

hang in there, you'll get some awesome advice here.

-Ashe
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