Oxycontin withdrawl

[steve]

I have been taking Oxycontin for about 3 years and for the past few months its gotten out of control.  Started with a few 40s per day, then twice that, then more, etc. etc. etc. over a 3 year period.   Quantity was still reasonable til about 3 months ago.  I have been taking 1200-1600 mg per day now for about 3 months, first because it really made me feel great but lately because without I felt horrible.  Reading the comments this is more than anyone else mentions and what is written scares the hell out of me regarding what I have to look forward to. People on 120mg per day say they cannot take it so what will happen to me?  I have made a decision to cut back to 320mg per day not just because I want to but because I no longer have the ability to get such large amounts without putting myself or others at risk.  The most I can safely get now is 400mg per day, so thats where I have to start.  I began this 3 days ago and its been hell.  Got to 660mg yesterday which means I will be 'short' later on.  I am not in a position to take any time off work for rehab nor can I quit entirely as the pain is too unbearable without, so those are not solutions for me.  My question is, can I do this on my own?  Will the withdrawal symptoms get so bad I wont be able to keep going?  Are there any suggestions, other drugs, etc. that can make this go any easier?  I have never tried anti-siezure drugs for example and I hear they can help.

[rasta244]

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[vicpic]

I too was in a really bad car accident and became dependent on my meds to make me happy... I understand all to well what you are going through and if you need someone to talk to here I am :)

[Bocephus_]

Hi, I am right there with you. I am on day 4 today (went coldturk about the exact same time as you.) I am suffering the usual hell. pain, aches, depression, fatigue, restless legs and arms from hell, nasuea, cold sweats. I was doing about 60 mgs a day of oxycone for my back. Had a script from my doctor, but ran out after two weeks this time. I tried to go to a walk in clininc to get some help with the w/d symptoms and was told that they didnt have a license to detox people and gave me the "drugs are bad" sermon. (Thanks for nothing.) I have found a little relief from the following:

Immodium ad
pepto bismol
muscle relaxers (if you have them)
excedrin pm
melatonin
trazadone (if you have them)
CRAPLOADS OF HOT SHOWERS

I don't know if you've been through this before, but i know what you're going through. Its pure hell. You should start to feel better after day 4 or 5 depending on your daily intake. Last time I cave in at day 4. Not this time. You Can Do It !! ............I know how bad it *****. I'll send you my email if you need someone to commiserate with. Hang on for dear life, you can do it, your almost there !!!!

[MissMommy06]

I am 23 years old and I was only Percocet 7.5 last year. Then when I got into a car wreck, my doctor changed my medication to Oxycodone and it started out like anyone else. I was taking it as prescribed and then I was taking double the dose. I have stopped cold turkey and I haven't took anything for the past 46 hours. I feel like hell and I am trying to maintain bc I am going through a divorce and I have a little girl with little support. Is there anything else I can do to feel somewhat better? My body hurts so bad, among the other list of symptoms I am having. I pray to God I can get through this.

[tcoc8o90]

Oxycontin is a god send to those of us with constant 24 hour pain..its extended release formula is great. I am 19 years old and have been prescribed to oxycontin and oxycodone for 2 years. Before pain management i was buying the pills from friends and family..i was doing 5-8 80mg oxys a day. then when that stopped working i sought doctors to have MRIs done and about everything else. I have spinedylothesis and have buldging L3 L4 and L4 and L5 discs. I have since slowed down and now only take enough to be pain free which is 2 40mg tablets and 2 30mg oxycodone tablets daily. Do not abruptly stop taking the medicene because you will have withdrawls from not having the medicene in your body. I have never allowed to let myself to withdrawl in the 5 years ive been taking it because ive always had enough..i am currently about to spend the next 2-3 months getting off the medicene by having doses lowered with help of my doctor..that is the only way youll do it without degrading yourself to being a junkie for something to get you straight

[brew_r]

for those of you who constantly suffers from withdrawls from oxycontin and dont know any way to feel better, suboxone is a miracle drug. suboxones are prescribed by some doctors to get off of oxycontin and nothing else. it makes the depression part of withdrawling seem like you never started oc. And for the aching and soreness part you have none. your personality is back to the same person you were before you ever started oc, you know, like happy and looking forward to doing things. seriously, dont just sit there, bein all depressed and ****, dissolve a quarter or a half of an 8mg sub (ONLY if youre withdrawling!) and in ten to thirty minutes you'll see what im talking about. but deffinately DO NOT take suboxone until at least 10 hours after doing oc, cuz if you do, you could have reverse effects. but listen to me everyone< if you lookin for a way to quit< or even just stop withdrawlin for a day, if you wakew up and feel like **** from withdrawls and havent smoked, popped, snorted, plugged, or banged any oxycontin< take a half to a quarter of an 8mg suboxone andf youll be fine all day. oh, and by the way, after you do suboxone, you cant get high off any opiate based drugs for at least twelve hours. and DONT do any opiate based drugs 10-16 hours prior to suboxone, cuz you could go into withdrawls hella quick. and dont try to smoke suboxone.

[helic]

you are screwed. expect at least 5 days of unbareable pain. then 3 to 6 months of the worst sickness you have ever experienced. drug cravings, suicidal depression, nothing will help. once you get through to the 2nd month or so there are some things that might help you sleep.i would suggest talking to a naturopath experienced with opiate withdrawl.i  was taking up to 800 mgs a day for a 4 or so years. i payed 10,000$ for treatment ,they had to knock me out for 5 days to get through the bad part(emergency room, ativan IV). then i did 9 days of suboxone and quit that cold turkey and endured 6 months of ******* HELL. but, now after a year im doing ok, besides the constant desire to get high. but everytime i do i realize how ****** i will become and i instantly go through withdrawl and get sick for a week. there is no escape. you have to do it or die.

[meadowmuffin]

i was prescribed 6 oxycontin10mg and 6 ocycocet  for about 5 years. than i had surgery. now i'm trying to withdraw. Help, please i'm in my 5th week and still only down to 4 oxycontin and 2 to 3 oxycocet every 24 hr. by the way i'm almost 60 yr old. Any advice about oldies like me?

[RoscoM]

I've been on oxycontin for about two years for pain. I've since had surgery and am coming off them now. I was doing 40mg 3 times a day.
My Doctor told me to cut down gradually. So i'm doing 30mg for a week then 20mg for a week 10mg etc.
I'm surprisingly still feeling a bit uncomfortable though.  My main complaints would be lack of sleeping soundly or for 7-8 hours straight. I seem to sleep for 2-3 hours then i'm wide awake.
Also I just feel like I can't fully relax.  Kinda like i'm constantly toe tapping, even though i'm not, to the point that my legs actually start to ache!!  Leg rubs would help.
Any way good luck everyone, be strong cause you can do it!!
Merry Christmas!!
Ross

[DJAddict]

I've been stealing my Dads OC and taking 90Mg's per day along with my Mother in Laws Ultram and my own Vicodins. It HAD to stop!
I'm on day 5 of Cold Turkey and I told my family of my Vic addition and that I am trying to kick the habit but feel too ashamed to tell them I've been taking THEIR pills so I'm just sticking to the Vicodin story for now.
Anyway, The first 3 days were pure HELL and here in day 5 I have better times and worse times as my body (and more my mind) keep telling me to "just take ONE for now and then get back to none later"
I refuse to do that so my wife has taken all my pills and hidden them and has been instructed not to give me any unless I'm convulsing on the floor and she is considering calling 911.
So far up to day 5 my body just hurts, I have mild shaking, mild twitches, headache, muscle aches no energy or ambition and generally feel really crappy but I'm going to do this. I HAVE TO.
All those pills were killing me and I know it!!!!
Like the TV adds used to say...."Just Do It"!

[jayne5]

I recently came to the realization that my mom has been drinking while on Oxycontin she has been taking the drug for years but when she doesnt have any she steals it from my step father who is at a lose of how to stop her from taking it.. I am extremely worried about her. She is hiding the fact that she is drinking but she is not very good at it. I dont know what to about everything. She wont listen to her husband and I dont know how to talk to her. I am cerious about how to handle the situation.

[scaredanddesperate]

Also click on Back to Forum, you may just find the answers you are looking for by reading others posts and the answers they get.

[scaredanddesperate]

Try Imodium instead of pepto, i read from someone on here that Imodium is in the same family or somehting like that but I know from experience it does help and takes a little of the edge off. I also suggest going to the top of this page (if you're still here) and hit the Post a New Question Button then copy and paste what you wrote here. This is the thread that comes up when you search for Oxy WD's but most of the people on here wont see it since it started so long ago. There are great people here that can help you. Please post again, let everyone jnow what and how much you are taking and you will get a whole slew of answers to help you out. Good luck.

[potey]

CAN SOMEONE HELP???????? I AM TRYING TO QUIT COLD TURY, PROBLEM S IM A LABORER SO I CANT FEEL LIKE **** EVERYDAY............ HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST???? I TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 80 - 270MG WHATEVER I CAN GET MY HANDS ON AND I JUST WANT TO STOP I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ADDICTED WHICH I WAS DUMB FOR......... THINKING I WOULD BE THE ONLY LUCKY PERSON NOT TO WITHDRAWL BUT NOW IM SEEING THE PURE HELL THIS DRUG IS, DOES PEPTOBISMAL HELP AT ALL?

[jenalee]

my brother is an addict whom I love dearly.  He was doing 10 shot everyday for about two years then I offered to try to help him so he moved  away from thinking that would help but he would steal my money once A  week to go back.  Then he decided to go back to get saboxin and it last for almost a week.  Two days later he had the next day off so he was going back to wash clothes and get rims put on and my dog jumped in his car so he said you should let me take your dog I didn't want him to because she is my baby.  He promised he would take care of her and I said I should go get her tags to put on and he said no its ok shell be fine I gave him a rope to tie her up any time he lets her out.  The following day I called to check on her and my family said he didn't have my dog.  My brother called back saying that she was up at my parents house still I told him to go get her and call me back well five hours later he called and said she was gone that he left her at a rest area the night before.  It has now been a week and his story keeps changing on what happened.  I keep hearing him talking to himself telling himself that no matter what he wont tell me what happened because he has to stay true to you cuz your my playboy you know exactly when to pull the trigger every time. If anybody has any ideas since I am so desperate to find my dog she is my baby.  

[RICHES2004]

I THINK EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT IN THEIR RECOVERY.....I WAS ON ONLY ABOUT 400MG OF OXY A DAY ALONG WITH A HEAVY DOSE OF LYRICA... I JUST STOPPED COLD TURKEY AND I AM ON MY 4TH DAY NOW....THE FIRST THREE WERE HORRIBLE...TODAY THE 4TH IS JUST BEARABLE...I STILL, LIKE MOST HAVENT SLEPT...STILL HAVE CHILLS, AND THE RUNS....BUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AS FAR AS I GO....I FEEL MUCH BETTER WHEN I DO A WORKOUT AND SWEAT A LITTLE...FOR SOME REASON THE ADRENALINE SEAMS TO ACT AS A DRUG AND GETS ME THROUGH SOME OF THE ANXIETY.....I AM NOW CRAVING SWEETS ALSO.....SO MY TRICK WITH THAT IS TO MAKE A PITCHER OF CRYSTAL LIGHT (MY CHOICE BECAUSE OF CALORIES...ANY KOOL AID OR SWEETENED DRINK WILL DO) THE TRICK WITH THIS IS TO PUT DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF POWDER IN THE WATER....NOW YOU DONT DRINK THE WHOLE PITCHER AT ONCE.... JUST TAKE A MOUTHFULL AND TRY TO HOLD IT FOR A FEW SECONDS IN YOUR MOUTH THEN SWALLOW....THIS REALLY TAKES SOME OF THE CRAVINGS AWAY.....GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE....

[Yoda99]

This is a very old post!!!  I started to write an answer to Steve and noticed that his post was from 2000.  That's 8 years ago guys.  In all likelihood, Steve is no longer around.  Let's put this post to bed and start a new one.
Yoda

[wait2long]

bump

[catchiec]

I was taking oxy about 160 every day for 3 months. I tried to go cold turkey twice but it was hell. I got 80 grams of methadone and took 25 mg 1st day then 20 then 15 then 10 then 5. I was able to detox off oxys with no withdrawals at all. I stopped taking meth after 5 days my body was not dependent on it. no missed work no nothing off both pills in 5 days with no withdrawals it was great! meth is the way to go just dont take it longer than 5 - 8 days or u can become addicted to it to. but takin in small doses for 5 days will get you off both I promise it worked perfect for me and several people i know.

[toodogz]

Try Saboxone. Been taking this for 2 months being prescribed by my DR. It truly is a miracle drug. Been off oc's for 2 months and feel great. Been through all the withdrawls. Finally have my life back and it feels great!

[IBKleen]

markie..hello.

This post is 8 years old and I am fairly certain these folks are not here anymore. If you want to come into the forum, go tot the top of this page and hit the post a question button. You can copy and paste what you said here. Hope to see you out in the forum!

[markie816]

hey noticed ur comment , u may also wanna take magnesium, im quittin as well old turkey, this my 3rd day, magn. helps alot as well with the pain, also immodium(constant bowel movements) or however u spell it, also the xanax bars/any benzo, best thing it kinda takes ur mind off always wantin O C every second, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO QUIT COLD TURKEY
1. Many vitamins especially multi's n potassium and magnesiam,
2. take warm showers, also have som1 rub ur legs, I no my girlfriend doin it helps
3. There is no painless way to quit, thats the main prob, people are week so as soon as they feel that pain, they think they need more, NO!! NO NO! jus fight it it is possible.
4.Tell som1, hiding it makes it worse, trust me.

I no i may be only 19 but trust me this will work, every1 in my family is in the medical busi. and they said this is one of the best ways at home, im doin it now, and im on about 200 mg a day, the pain is bad but u can do it, my dad quit, the whole reason i got on OC n things was i was surronded by oxy addict parents. my dad was eatin 6 80 mg's 4-5 times daily and he did this, u can do it all! If u all need support i can help ya out n support

www.myspace.com/lil_mark_816

[CANBEDONE]

started with hydrocodone for fun about a year stopped feeling it, i found roxicodone was in heaven, stopped working found OC's went from 40, to 80's very quickly snorting 7-8 a day for about a year... it was ruining my entire life and very expensive, some friends noticed and talked to me, i got about 10 xanax and some valium and went cold turkey and had 2 family members watch me and made sure i didnt have anything serious happen... it is not easy but what i did was i started my peak withdrawl drank a bunch of water and multi vitamins potassium for the legs hurting just get the biggest multivitamin you can find and take that oc monster head on it will pass in three days cold turkey i am on my 5th day and after your physical witdrawls you will be very sad, depreessed beyond belief you will need to be around good people... i hope this helps i am mashing thru this because i want my life back and i will be damned if a pill is going to take it from me.. i wish you all well i know EXACTLY what your feeling stand firm...

[vader461]

I've been taking Oxycotin for 6 years and I've tried to quit several times. I've takin suboxone, and was even locked up for 4 months but still got out and went right back to the drug. I used to take it to feel great...I got things done....it was my best friend. Now it is my worst enemy. After losing everything from the drug from my wife, home, vehicles, and etc....now I only take the drug (oxy) to feel normal. I feel like **** on the drug and feel like death off of it coming down. I don't know what to do. I CAN"T KICK IT. I heard great things about methadone....DOES IT WORK?? I'm all ears.