Oxy and Subox Withdrawals AFTER detox?!

[flutterby_storm]

HELP.
I was in rehab....I checked myself in.  I was taking 6 to 7 of the 30mg oxycodones per day (from pain management....I'm 'not addicted but dependent' according to the doc bc I took as prescribed.  So I took them for only about 3 months.  Two weeks ago I went to the ER with withdrawal symptoms, and a dr wrote a rx for suboxone with the pretense that I sign something saying I will go to his office in 3 days. (He only gave me 3 days worth of suboxone.) So I went in on a Thursday and we talked.  He said "You basically have three options.  You can check yourself into rehab, you can be on suboxone or subutex (kind of the same thing, just one contains another ingredient), or you can just suffer."  He wrote me a rx for 4 days (enough to get me through the weekend and make a decision.  I talked to my husband and MIL and I decided to check into rehab.  Monday evening I was FINALLY admitted (the process took 7hrs).  I know that suboxone has a 37hr half live and it takes a while to get out of your system.  But when I went to rehab I was VERY determined that I did not want any more opioids.  My dr rx'd phenobarbitol (which is for seizures), Valium (for the anxiety), Bentyl (for the stomach cramps), a muscle relaxer (for the leg cramps, Ativan (for break through anxiety), and a multi vitamin and magnesium.  I was there 5 days.  I left on Friday.  And to be completely honest, I thought I was ready to go.  I thought I had gone through the worst of it.  I was wrong.  Now I find myself detoxing still at home.  I have horrible diahrea and nausea and stomach cramps.  The good news is my dr rx'd the Valium, Phenobarbitol, Bentyl, and put me on Zofran (for anxiety or depression, but it has to build up in your system....I have a preexisting anxiety disorder).If it matters, I was in pain management because I have cancer.  I have decided I don't want to depend on drugs and I was to do it the holistic way.  So My question is, how long does this last?   Some help please!!  I have three little kids that depend on me and I cannot function like this. TIA!!

[snowflake24]

Your  story is interesting, if you were on the opiates for only 2-3 months, your withdrawals shouldn't be that bad, mild, and I agree with ben727 on this. Maybe you are having withdrawals off the anxiety meds. I guess i dont know enough about your situation to give you advice, because something is missing.Or I dont have enough info. sorry and good luck. there is lots of support on this site, please dont hesitate to post. wish i could have helped more

[Ben727]

Hey, I'm sorry you're feeling so lousy! If you can clarify whether you were given suboxone or subutex, and what the dosage was while you took it for seven days, that will help the folks here who know more about it to give you feedback (I'm sorry, I don't know enough to do so). I do know enough about oxycodone to say that if you're 14 days from last using it, it's unlikely that that is what's causing the withdrawl symptoms you describe.

Also, if you only took oxycodone for 2-3 months total, I'm not sure why your original prescribing doctor wouldn't have recommended a taper from the oxycodone. With the facts you've given, suboxone seems a bit extreme as an initial treatment.