Percocet withdrawals, how long do they last? - Addiction: Substance Abuse

Claire_MHModerator

Jul 08, 2011

Hi, folks,

Please remember that taper plans and recommending prescription meds and dosages for withdrawal aren't allowed here. Withdrawal's an individual process -- what worked for you may not work for the next person, and it should be medically supervised.

Claire
MedHelp.org

coolguy55

Jul 13, 2011

Hi
Came across this site while searching perc withdraws, anyways I had real bad stomach pains/problems the last year. (logging accident years ago,another story ,another time)Having had upper and lower gi's they really didnt find anything,so I was just prescribed vics and percs throughout the year for pain.

After going to a diffrent specialist and having more upper lower gi's,they did more agrresive testing,and found my gull bladder was shot,so I went in for what was supposed to be a simple 45m surgery,but it ended up taking 5 hours because he found hernias and scar tissue adhesions from past surgeries(hence the pain for the last year)So after all the IV meds,pain meds for about a year,and being on percs post op,the pain from surgery is finally going away,So I decided to cold turkey it.

Grrrr I feel like sh%$, I'm 46 hours since my last dose,sweating,chills,nausea,back pain.Im so tempted to call my doctor for more pills,but I dont really need em now but to feel normal,but I know I'll feel normal if I can just get through this withdrawl (withdrawal) period.

Anyways this is my story and my song,Good luck and god bless all those who are trying and have conquered this feeling.

Elorac

Jul 17, 2011

To: Hello friends,

I am detoxing at home alone from years of percocet abuse. As with most of you, it all started from a need for pain removal, but now the percocet creates the pain so IT can remove it. My last pill was Sunday morning at 12:01 a.m. I am supposed to go until Wed. at 8 pm when my doc. gives me suboxone (a partial antagonist to all other opioids but an opioid in itself with fewer "thrills" and less degree of detox). I really don't want to take this med., but I keep playing around in my aching head - can I stay off the percs any other way? How will I live through severe pain if I can't take opioids? (I have migraines and esopageal spasms - awful pain). Does anyone have any opinion about suboxone? My withdrawal now is just terrible, and I'm afraid it will get worse - I know it will. Sleep is just about out of the question. I basically lie in bed and writhe. Ick. I want to thank you all for your wonderful words - I was supposed to get a phone counselor with the suboxone, but they did away with that on July 11. Too bad. by Elorac

harrysmooth

Jul 19, 2011

To: Forum

Hi Folks,
I was prescribed Lortab 10/325 from the VA for Chronic Back Pain 3 years ago, My prescription was 4 per day as needed, and normally I would take two per day, one in the morning which was my worse time of the day for back pain, and again around 2 pm...at FIRST! I loved the feeling I got from the pills, I could work my *** off all day and loved the extra energy they gave me..but just a few weeks ago the VA cut me off because they found marijuana in my urine test! I dont even SMOKE marijuana, and demanded a retest which they would not give me, and they told me I had to go thru a Drug Program at the VA before they would consider reinstating my Prescription. Well, I ran out of my prescription and the 2nd day I was frantic, I found one of my customers that would sell me percocet 10/325 so now I buy them. I take 4 per day, and seems like Im needing more and more...this is Crazy and Im not going to do this anymore...I NEED to get off this beast, and I am going to do it...I have about 20 pills left, should I begin slowing them down gradually or Cold Turkey this thing? Ive never had an addiction and dont know what I am facing here...Ive read each and every post on this forum and its scaring the Sh%t out of me! I know I can do this, and I WANT to do it...any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thank you all so much for being here...

etradebaby

Jul 20, 2011

To: All

I always took drugs recreationally. Started with weed when I was 15, then qualudes and blow. I did alot of blow in the early mid eighties but then one day I had enough and flushed what I had left down the bowl and stopped for 10-12 years. Now I'll do a line or 2 socially but I never buy it. I got into percs about 10 years ago as my friend had a massive scrip for kidney stones and would throw my 10-12 freebies everytime he got it filled. I never took more than one or 2 in a 24 hour period and never felt anything but empty headed and tired the next day. About 5 years ago, I started having knee issues (torn meniscus and moderate arthritis) which I had fixed. I didn't need anything more than mobic and alleve and only used those when it was bad (rain or after high impact activity). Last year the pain returned and started taking vicodin then percs and got up to 4 or 5 10/325s a day. I found out that the cartilage at the base of my femur was almost gone and the artritis under my kneecap was causing a nasty bone on bone situation. The mobic and percs allowed me to function normally and engage in the activities I love with minimal pain. After my last scip ran out, I decided to eschew the percs and just take one UL 15 (mobic) a day. I had taken anywhere from a minimum of 2 to as many as 6 10/325s a days for over 18 months and frankly, aside form the same morning headache and sluggishness and a 24 hour bout of the *****, I have no lingering withdrawal issues at all. After the 2nd day, I didn't even think about it unless someone would bring it up or ask if I could spare one. These people who eat 20 or 30 a day are messed up. There is no need for that at all. I used to feel stupid when I took more than 2 or 3 a day and only took more if I was playing 36 holes or skiing and then going out for the evening. I am lucky I guess and wish the rest of you who are not the best of luck.

Fixer79

Jul 20, 2011

Hi. I posted a few weeks ago about my hubby going through withdrawals from Perc, Vic, Norco, Soma and tramadol. The withdrawals were pretty terrible most at night. When he'd try to sleep is when the leg cramping body aches would start. All the original pain of why he started meds was there and magnified plus the pain from withdraw. We tried heating pads and bengay, ambien with a 1/2 to 1 whole 1mg xanex and it'd get him to sleep about two hrs. before he was all over the place. He's a tough guy too so it was pretty hard to watch him go through this. After day 3 with no pain meds or relaxers I found the "Thomas Recipe" think that's what it was called. It's just vitamins but I have to tell you it really seem to help not fix but help after a couple days. Wish I started it sooner. For him it took about two weeks. First week he was in pain and withdrawn and grumpy with practically no sleep. 2nd week he was still not sleeping well at night but better ish. He didn't go to work for a few days and had no appetite. He still takes xanex which has helped through out or he might have given in and refilled his scripts. He takes less than prescribed of the xanex though it is an addictive drug dependent medication. Week three he was in a better mood going to work but in real pain. Tried piggy backing Tylenol and Morton but didn't do much. Tigerbalm pain patches after the heating pad helped a little but can't do that all day. I researched non narcotic pain meds and asked Dr's for suggestions. Came up with Dicfolenac it's an NSAID so was skeptical dr gave him a script. He came home from work and I went to pick it up he was bad off so was really hoping but not faithful. His back was giving out and his hip and knee were acting up so started limping which in return pinched a nerve. It was Friday night and he said we could jump on the motorcycle cause he was too much pain. I gave him 1 of the new non narcotic meds and we watched tv. In about 15 20 min he said let's jump on the bike??? I loomed at him confused he said it works!!! He said about 5 min after he thought he felt his legs and knee feel a little better but wasn't sure yet then he said he felt better like a little miracle. He made look up the script name just to be sure it wasn't narcotic!!! We wonder why the doc didn't start with this 6 years ago!!! He said you can still feel the injury like his back but it doesn't kill ya with pain and you can move about. He's prescribed 2 a day and that works for a normal 10 hr work day on his feet... One day he worked 16 hrs straight so he did take one more at bedtime because he took the first one at 4 am and 2nd at 12ish so by 9 pm he was aching. Other than that 2 a day has been working. I hope this helps someone. It's a lot better than 6-10 pain pills 6+ muscle relaxers and whatever the tramadol was said non narcotic but is still habit forming and was doing 8 of those a day and it wasn't accomplishing the physics relief he needed but it numbed his mind so he didn't feel so bad. He's turning back into that guy I liked years ago playful and we can go out or leave town without worrying about running out of pills. I hope the best for everyone. Keep with it for yourselves but for those who love you too we suffer watching you suffer there are meds and help fir real pain you just have to research Dr's don't always know or help as much as we expect them too. You do have to do it for yourself but my hubby told me that I and family are why he really is sticking with it because the way he sees it is we will suffer more than him if he died from kindney or liver probs or any of the other tons of was these little tiny pills can get you including accidental over doses. You think your body has a tolerance and keep increasing and your body has a limit you just don't know what it is. Anyhow he said once he's gone he's gone and won't feel anything but he thought about how much that would hurt me and the kids... His mom dad sister friends... People love you and even if your not a junkie on the street you're not you anymore and you're not healthy. These are meds and amounts someone terminal uses to cope until it's over. Life is not over for anyone in here from what I've read. There is hope. Keeping everyone in prayer.

icandothis23

Jul 21, 2011

Hi all,
I have been taking about 7 perc 10 a day for last seven years. I am on day two of being clean. I wanted to know if the withdrawals get worse before they get better, or am I through the worst of it?

Thanks

naaws

Jul 26, 2011

it gets wose another 2 days and you will be Cool

akfresh

Aug 05, 2011

To: everyone

heyy everyone, i take around 100-150mg of roxys a day and i cant take it anymore, im so sick and tired of being sick and tired, waking up feeling like crap going to get my pills to make it through the day.. i first started all this b.c i was diagnosed with nefrautic syndrome which is a kidney problem where you retain A LOT of water, i normaly weighed around 145-150lb but my doctors couldnt find out why and i went all the way up to 200+lb and i couldnt even walk at one point cuz it hurt so much, they then found it was caused by hodgkins and i had to go through chemo and radition and during all this i was being fed pain medication, iv been in remission for 5+ years now soo im generally healthy besides this dam addiction!! see i was 15 when i finished the chemo and i came off the pain meds and i didnt have much of withdrawl (withdrawal) probably b.c it was mixed with feeling bad b.c of the chemo.. but it exposed me to the pain killers and gave me a tolerance.

I picked up again when i was around 17 but didnt get bad till 18 and iv been taking roxicodne for about a straight year and and a half to 2 years now, that is my drug of choice. Iv quit once before i went to a 5 day in patient detox and was clean for few months after but then had a bunch of dental work done and caused me to start using again, i thaught this time id be in control of it and only use for the week or 2 id need but boy was i wrong.. im back up to 100mg of roxies, its really taking a tolll on me emetionally b.c i know how much better life is without it but iv been putting off quitting bc of the fear of the withdrawl (withdrawal).. but iv made the decision to finally quit for good i told my father i need to quit and he is very supportive.. plus i cant keep spennding money like this everyday just to not be sick. i never really tried talkin to anyone about how i feel and whatnot but i feel like a good support system could be very helpful and seeing that there are SOOO many people who are in the same boat as i am helps my outlook a lot b.c im not alone.. soo today was my last dose of the meds and although i know the withdawrl is going to be tough im excited for being clean and actually feeling again.. to everyone it can be done and the otherside really is SOO MUCH BETTER its unbelivable, you just have to get there.. i am so gratefull for the support of everyone and my family..

i wish evveryone the best and remmeber it can be done and always think of how much happier, phyically better you will feel after the feeling of hell we all have to endure.. thanks for your time everyone

addictedmichelle

Aug 08, 2011

To: everyone

I'm a little over 72 hrs clean from 75-90mg percocet per day. Every day. Prior to this addiction I drank a lot. I started finding a perc here or there to help with my hangovers. They were like magic. I'd had severe issues with neck pain since 2005. bulging discs & bone spurs.... arthritis and something called a syrinx which is a pocket of fluid in my cord. I took 2400+ mgs of ibuprofen per day for years, tried cox 2 inhibitors, chiropractor, massage, everything except for narcotics. I had surgery a year ago and they gave me plenty of percocets. Almost immediately after I ran out I experienced a horrible E Coli kidney infection... more percs... then I had my gallbladder taken out... more percs. By now I was still behaving myself, taking the pills as directed. When I ran out I was very sick. I couldn't function. I changed my doctor and asked to be put on percs with a running prescription. She accepted. Everything was ok for a month or two until I started taking two fives at a time. Then I would run out and buy a few fives here and there. Then I convinced my doc to up the dosage to 7.5, which she did. I started taking two of those at a time so I asked her for more per month. So here I am with 90 7.5's a month and I'm eating them like tic tacs. They made everything easier! I had so much energy! I was so happy, I was a better and more patient mom to my kids! Then all of a sudden I'm taking 4 at a time and I gotta go out and buy more so I don't run out. This began a horrible cycle of buying $300=$400 worth of percs per week. I used every dollar I make. I pissed through my savings account. I had big plans for that money and it went down my throat. The past month the percs stopped giving me energy and just started making me dopey and tired. I'd notice withdrawals way before I was used to taking them during the day. I knew I was basically fu***d so I made up a plan to use the only time I'd have available... EVER to be useless. I dropped my kids off at summer camp fri morning at 8am, swallowed my last ten and haven t had anything since. Let me tell you the first day especially around hour 18 in the middle of the night was hell. I wanted to be dead. All I could think of was "What have I done to myself?" The crazy legs were the worst... Day two I must have sh** 30 times. My back was absolutely wrenched. I took lots of ibuprofen, drank lots of v8 and powerade and took handfulls of vitamins. I couldn't even stand up to take a shower and the poison exuding out of my skin made me smell like a homeless person. Surely my finest hour. I don't smoke pot, havent in years, but I got a joint and smoked 1/2 of it. I didn't really enjoy being stoned but it was a welcome difference in body symptoms and it helped me sleep. I've had the creepie crawlies, pins & needles, anxiety, sweating and freezing. I'm feeling a little better today and I am going to go talk to my psychiatrist. I gotta know how long this crap is gonna last. I need to be functional by Wed morning to pick up my kids from camp. That will be my test. Wish me luck, and btw, if I can do this, anyone can. Cause I am a straight up wimp and I've made it 3 days. Go for it.

free10

Aug 16, 2011

To: Everyone

hi everybody i'm 21 and i've been on vicodin for half a year and i've become very strongly addicted to them it all started when i had very bad boils on my tale bone i mean the pain was so bad i wouldn't wish it on my worse enemy so i finally had 2 surgerys on it and the doc start giving it to me i start off with 2 then time went on i was taking 11 a day the waston 387 7-750 or 5-500 even better the norcos what ever i can get my hands on at the time. it got so bad oneday a pill fell in the tolit i took it out whip it and put in my mouth (yes i know nasty as hell) thats when i knew i had a very very bad problem on my hands like i didnt wanna go no where i didnt even wanna hang out with my girlfriend and god knows she is the love of my life but like when i dont have i'm so mean and i make up things just not to be around her and when i'em on vics im soo nice and lovey dubby. and im tired of these vics maken me i just wanna go back to my old self even when i was just high off of weed and thats all i needed. now im on day 2 of withdraws cold turky i freaking hate the Restless Leg thing and my back is killing me and i cant even sleep no bs i layed in bed and watch the clock from 11pm to 6am it was so depressing and i hate the nights because i know im not going to sleep i just wanna be me again but any who i was just venting thanks guys for reading.

no10325

Aug 16, 2011

To: Everyone

I am on day 13 after going "cold turkey" on my prescribed 70mg/day addiction to Percocet. I wish I could tell you that there was some moment of realization. Basically, the only relationships I had were with the meds....not people. My life was timed around the meds. Do I have back problems? Oh yes. But, interestingly, I'm no more uncomfortable than when I was on the drugs. My withdrawal was the worst on days 4-6. No clue why. The temperature swings are a horrible feeling. They got far less severe after the first week, but they do flare up. My lasting issue seems to be profound lethargy and restless legs at night. It's not debilitating...just annoying. I did see an earlier post recommending setting the time aside from work or responsibility...good idea. I went through it alone...mostly. If you have a friend or family...tell them and let them help. Even a phone call once a day. I will not do this **** again. It stole 20 months of my life. I'm no "man of iron"....belive me. So, if i can do it, you can too.

ChubbyD63

Aug 18, 2011

To: Everyone/Anyone.

I have been on Percocet of one dose or another for about 10 years, (prescribed), I have also been on the Fentanyl patch for about the same amount of time. I am also on a 6 other meds that whose side effects include "sedation". The fentanyl and Oxy alone were enough to knock a person on their butt but, with the Other 6 meds added, well, I just don't know how I could function but, I did, to an extent.
I have had problems with my weight since childhood but had leveled off to a 10 pound fluctuation for 12 years. I slowly started feeling worse and worse and was diagnosed with type II Diabetes. I started on meds for that but,I was continuing to degrade. I was gaining weigh but losing my appetite. I gained 100 pounds and was literally falling out of chairs because I was falling asleep.
This was the early 90's and Sleep Apnea was still pretty uncharted territory for patients and even doctors. My doc at the time suggested that I may have Apnea but, he would not refer me to a sleep lab. He said I was too heavy and they probably couldn't test me. Oh, how little that doctor knew about Apnea! Now we know that weight can actually be a major contributing factor. So a few months later I was finally persuaded to get a second opinion. I did and was referred to Belin Sleep Clinic in Green Bay. I was diagnosed with the worse case of Sleep Apnea to that date.
OK, sleep apnea is under control and drinking gets out of control! I was neglecting body terribly and managed to get an infection in my body whose cause was never discovered but, it was severe enough that, by the time I was taken by ambulance to the local ER, I was in complete renal failure and, I was up to 700 Pounds! I was told I would not survive the night. That was in 2003 and I am still here. I have lost 300 pounds and want to be an active person. I was very active in my younger days and now that I have been sober for 8 years and I have lost weight and had excess flesh removed, I am the most mobile I have been for 12 years! Now the drugs are holding me down.
I have stepped down from the original Fentanyl dose of 75 mg to 32 mg every 3 days. I have cut down the Oxy from 3 pills a day to 1 pill a day.
I now want to stop the final dose of Oxy and wonder how bad the withdrawals will be, if any?
My Oxy is 5/325 (I think). I had diarrhea today and heartburn last night and today. Also a low grade headache. This is day 3 without. Am I still in for a rough time or am I likely as bad as I will get?

J253

Aug 20, 2011

To: Everyone wanting help

I was taking anywhere for 4 to 6 10/325 percs a day it was the same story as most... Start with one then months later out of control, I ran out so the doctor wouldn't refill my prescription for another three days. This led me to sayin f&$@ it. It's time to quit I have a beautiful wife and daughter, a business that is starting to slip not just because of the economy but because of my addiction and I'm not liking the person I've become because I feel high when Im not on them. My first day was the worst day of all. The worst flu systems in the world, whole body hurts, and I don't even know what sleep is at that point, day two was about the same with the exception of massive craving to take more to fix the w/d. I couldnt take it I was emotional and depressed so I took 1 5mg vicodin felt better in 5 minutes. That wore off and I didn't want to jump back on the wagon so I didn't take anymore. Day three beyond emotional and broken up about how I've let this substance control me for 8 months. I at this point apologized to my wife for my male pms and told her I will be more compassionate When she is going through pms because if its half as bad as this crap she has every reason to complain. Shes my support that's really bearing with me and helping to get through this. By the way still no sleep and I can't take it anymore so I went to see my doctor. Now this is a pivotal moment in my recovery I told my doctor I can't take it because I've made it this far without taking percs and this form pretty much shows a curve of once you get over that 72 hour hump it gets better. My doctor to my surprise said why didn't you see me on day one so I could help? you have a wife and daughter a business to keep up and you shouldn't have to suffer through this and it says a lot that youve dropped it and come this far. He also commented on how I don't smell like alcohol. I asked him With a concerned tone do I normally? He laughed and said no but most people try alcohol to sleep and not feel the w/d he said he had a guy in there on Monday and he was total intoxicated my Dr. Was like are you effing serious you drove here like this and we can't let you drive home so the had to call him a cab after his appt. My dr. Said you can do this more comfortably with a little clonidine for the anxiety and blood pressure he said I won't get addicted to it and it should help me sleep a bit. It did help but I still only get four hours of sleep max, and it's not comfortable at all but I have more energy. At this point everyday is getting better and the fog really is clearing, more energy boosts through the day, alot more positive due to my wife support and my daughter ( she thinks I have the flu) music is helping but it has to be upbeat. Well I'm on day six still not much sleep but I definitely feel a lot better, the cravings are not as bad because the feeling of clean is starting to really set in, one day at a time I tell myself and that seems to work well. Ive been reading these posts the whole time to try to understand this grueling process and I, along with all who have done it will tell you this is not easy but it is worth everything, think about the reward, a better healthier family life, mind, and happiness, energy and the ability to actually live life rather than just get by and trying to get percs to feel okay for 2 hours at a time, the pains are going away more and more now it's time to try to get everything that was slipping away from me back into it's rightful place and under control again. IT DOES GET BETTER!!!!!!!! Baby steps will lead you to big leaps. Cold turkey is definitely hard but it hits this head on and ends the misery faster than just prolonging it when it's what we all want. Nobody woke up and said I want to become addicted to percs most of us took them for legit reasons because of illnesses or injuries. But it's better to leave them behind you and you wouldn't be reading this unless you wanted to quit. Keep reading these and keep in contact with someone through this process you need to have support it's easy to get here by yourself but it's not easy to do it alone! any loved one that is truly a loved one will welcome the support for you in an effort to make you stronger and healthy again. I will post again in the near future to keep people informed about the personnel experience Ive had to help some people that are going through this the same way as I have. I'm not finished getting better by any means but, I refuse to be a slave any longer to this stuff. Thanks for reading, J ps sorry for the way it's typed its from my iPad and I'm not comfortable with the keyboard as I'm trying to type this as fast as I speak

bill5159

Aug 21, 2011

To: DETOX HELP

I DETOXED OVER A MONTH PERIOD. I CUT DOWN FROM FOUR A DAY TO THREE A DAY FOR A WEEK THEN THE SECOND WEEK CUT DOWN TO 2 A DAY FOR A WEEK AND THEN THE THIRD WEEK I CUT DOWN TO 1 A DAY FOR A WEEK THEN 1\2 A DAY FOR A WEEK THEN I HAVE COMPLETELY STOPPED FOUR DAYS AGO AND I AM UNCOMFORTABLE BUT IT WAS BETTER THAN STOPPING ALL AT ONCE AND ANY DAY NOW I WILL WAKE UP AND BE NORMAL AGAIN FOR I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE
HOPE THIS HELPS YOU

yikes721

Aug 23, 2011

To: Short time user...It still sucks!

So...I'm 50+ and the recipient of a new hip.  In short, 2 years earlier I had hip clean out surgery (not very effective due to arthritis, but I finished it off by running).  I recuped and went back to the gym and sports, no more running or impact though, but tweeked something that finished it off and was forced to get the full replacement.

After comming out of the operation, I was on Diloted.  Too strong and got nausea.  Refused to hit the button on the drip and was put on Percocet.  I had to wear a Scop Patch to prevent throwing up.  Never liked the feeling of the drugs, but liked the pain less.  Came home and continued the dose for about a week.  Two pills every 4.5 hours.  The second week I was so F'n tired of not having any control of my life, I started to cut the dose in half.  Even then I didn't realize the pain wasn't my hip.  It was the shortened dose of pain killer and my body screaming to me to take more. By the begining of the third week I wanted off Percocet and was perscribed Norco.  Yea, that's the ticket!  That lasted 2 or 3 days and  I was at wits end.  Saturday, prior to  12 noon I took my last pill and opted to deal with the hip pain.  What a surprize.  It was minamal.  What I didn't see coming was the withdrawl (withdrawal) from the painkillers.  Woke up Sunday and was braging to the wife how I had not taken any painkiller for almost 24 hours.  Took a shower and that was the begining of 48 hours of pure hell.

Now remember,  I was on pain killers for less than 3 weeks.  Sunday was sheer pain. Pins & needles, chills, nausea, full on out of control shakes and I was in denial that I was in withdrawl (withdrawal) till about 24 hours after that final dose.  One of the longest days of my life.  Monday was half as painful on no sleep.  Today is Tuesday, little sleep, and I still feel the aftermath of my short but educational Train Spotting Class.  So got on line to find out how long this is going to last and I discover it's different for every one.

For me, it is similar to the half life of a radioactive substance. Sunday was curl up in a ball and die, Monday, chomping at the bit, today, still feel the wrath, but half as bad as the day before.  My Wife has been a Saint.  Sunday, she had every right to leave me, but she didn't.  Even though I am on crutches, She got me moving and we walked outdoors for two hours.  The best walk of my life.  I keep eating what I  can and taking vitamins.  Drinking  liquids to flush the system and getting out of the house.  Yikes.  My wife says tommorrow will be better and so far she's been right.  Looking foward to Wednesday like its Christmas.

Well I hope this helps someone who believed that this could not possible happen to them because it was a short duration of use and they are in good physical shape.  I'm looking forward to feeling better and getting back to normal and my bowel movement not smelling like pain medicine.  Good luck, Stay Strong (It gets better), and God Bless.

jkyeah

Aug 24, 2011

I've been on and off prescribed vics and percs for 5+ years. 28 year old male. I've quit cold turkey 3 times throughout the years. I just did my fourth. Everyone here makes good points as we all go through the same thing. You've gotta want to stop if you are going to get through this. A few pointers from someone that knows what going cold turkey is like every time I do it ....

1.) Day 2-4 are usually the worst. After day 4, symptoms usually start fading away and day by day, mind and body starts feeling better.

2.) Vicodin withdrawls are the lightest. Perc, oxy and benzo(xanax) are MUCH worse. My benzo withdrawl (withdrawal) was INSANE ... PLEASE Stay away from benzos if you can. Those things are nuts. My 2nd cold turkey withdrawl (withdrawal) was from percocet and xanax. I stopped both cold turkey. This may have been the craziest experience of my life. PLEASE do not get yourself in that type of situation. I wouldn't want my worst enemy to go through that.

3.) Take AT LEAST a multivitamin. I take 12 vitamins in total. You're body is going through a lot and you usually don't eat much through the withdrawl (withdrawal) phase. Keep your body fueled up as much as you can.

4.) WATER WATER WATER. I know it's hard to swallow it sometimes but you gotta stay hydrated. You're on the toliet 30 times a day. Make sure you replenish your water supply. This helps you flush out your system faster and only lessens the time you're feeling like crap.

5.) Depression may set in pretty hard going through this. Try to keep your mind on other things and not to think too much. Watch lots of movies. Talk to friends. GET OUT OF THE HOUSE! I've heard others say smoking pot helps, masterbation (masturbation) helps, drinking helps. For me ... staying active and working out as much as I can helps the most. Go on lots of walks. I was up to walking a couple miles 3 to 4 times a day during my withdrawls.

6.) I wouldn't suggest getting active immediately, however, I usually start small walks on day 3 and by day 7, I'm trying to jog, lift light weights and get back into shape. Staying active, drinking water and taking vitamins will force your body into recovery mode. THE SOONER YOU GET YOUR BUTT MOVING, THE BETTER YOU'LL FEEL.

Everytime I go cold turkey, I stop for roughly a year. In that year that I'm not taking these pills, I'm smarter, wiser, emotionally great and in great physical shape. Some of the best accomplishments in my life have happened when I was off off these pills, working out on a regular basis and feeling great.

When I start taking them again, I start slow, on a low dose. Sooner or later, the body builds that tolerance and you're taking more and more. This is when your mind starts getting affected and although you don't see it right away, you're on the road to problems. As I took more, I became more of an aggitated, angry person. My personal relationships go bad and my work performance goes down the tubes.

I have a bad back from a motorcycle accident and car accident. Do these pills help with the pain? Yes. Is the pain bad enough for me to live this crazy life and take them daily? Well, that's what I struggle with. That's why I go in and out with taking these.

I'm now 8 days clean and my withdrawl (withdrawal) symptoms are gone. I've lost a good 15 pounds and I'm now working on building my body stregnth back up. At least two walks/jogs a day and lifting light weights.

You can get through the WD symptoms. How many of us here have said we've done it? How many of us here have said that they are better without these drugs? How many have said it's not worth the trouble? We're not making this **** up.

Deal with the withdrawl (withdrawal) symptoms and get your mind right. You'll feel amazing once you accomplish it.

-jk
clean for the 4th time. will i start taking them again in 6 months to a year? that's what my track record shows. meanwhile, i'll be in the best physical shape of my life ... my personal relationships will be better than ever and my MIND WILL BE RIGHT.

Stay strong out there.

flash1966

Aug 28, 2011

To: everyone

enjoyed this thread very helpful - was taking 20 to 40 mg of percs and oxys for recreational purposes. Also doing blow and taking benzos. So I have been off percs for 17 days and bezos for 10 - over all I have lost 20 lbs and still have no appetite or energy. I am worried that this is not normal - can anyone comment on stomach pains and loss of appetite for this long? Thanks

ERock24

Aug 30, 2011

hey I'm 19 years old. and I started out last February by taking about 5 7.5mg Vicodin a day. Than once that tolerance was shot after about two months I started taking about 6 endo 10's a day. I ignored my addiction because the pill were in my mind "helping me". I mean I was happier, my um PE problem went totally away which made my girlfriend happy, I was more content to do school work. But than one day my group of friends found a couple connections to roxicet 30's. I started selling them to be able to afford the drug and was still draining my bank account. I was up to 100-130mgs a day for about the entire summer. Everyday. But last friday I decided to quit, before starting my frshman year at college so I could have a hope of succeeding and it has been awful. I had a fever of 102.1, the restlessness and aches that were all over made it impossible to be comfortable or sleep. If I got off the couch I would through up, if I looked at any food, again just through up. The constant diarrhea and migranes (migraines) only added to the HELL. It completely worse than I had anticipated. I took a OTC muscle relaxant to help the restless feeling for my legs and a lot of advil for the aches. Now on day 5 i can say Im better, the physical withdrawals are over, but the psychological ones are not. Im incredibley anxious and depressed...to the point were I can cry on queue. I was wondering if anyone else had these feelings? And for everyone who is going through what I just did, stick to it, its hell but as humans we are stronger and when u do reach the light at the end of the tunnel its almost like a high itself. F**K those little blue devils, be smart and be safe and please let me know if anyone is experiencing the same depression? I would love to know if it goes away or if I should seek a psychiatrist

Spanishgirl1972

Sep 14, 2011

To: kristina9880

I have gained alot of weight actually I started taking them about 3 years ago due to C-Section then started passing kidney stones 11 to be exact then I had 6 surgerys due to the stones , and I have gained a fair amount about 40 pounds Doctor told me that so people gain weight , kinda like the munchies everytime my 4 hour comes to an end I start eating anything and everything I see in sight :)

ihavedonethis

Sep 14, 2011

To: icandothis

as i have done this it is known as 96 hours of HE#? you can do this from ihavedonethis

LIVELIFESAM

Sep 20, 2011

To: all

hello everyone. i was addicted to percocet for almost 3 years. today is now day 6 for me off of them. and even though it has been the hardest thing i ever did. i feel like me again and you start to realize that being on those things doesnt make you any better. it makes you someone your not...i am not saying that everythings done and over with because i have a long journey ahead of me...but everyday gets better and the physical symptoms fade. i find that its the mental that is the hardest to over come. you get so used to the same day to day taking your pills in your mind that you think you need it but you dont. you really dont. tell yourself that. look at yourself in the mirror and say "who do i want to be? do i want to be a drug addict or do i want to live life on a natural high" also the more support you have and people to talk to the easier it makes it because those people care and want to see you do right and get off of the pills. 3 days ago you wouldnt have heard any of this come out of my mouth but today is a new day and a new chance to live life to its fullest. good luck to all of you and even though i dont know you i will pray for everyone going through this. STAY STRONG IT WILL PASS AND YOU WILL BE THE PERSON YOU DESIRE TO BE. PERCOCET IS THE DEVIL.

tam207

Sep 20, 2011

To: any of you

Hi I am a Mom..My 20 year old is doing percs..Its day three that he has had none ..I dont know how to help him..He cries to me and I just keep telling him he can do it..Hes extreemly tired and cries to me..he feels sick to his stomake..He has been going to work but takes him an hour just to get dressed..He cried all the way to work (I drove him) What can I do to help him..or what are the right things to say to him...I tell him he can do it and it will get better...I promised him that..what else can I tell him..How can I help him..what kind of vitamins are good to take..how long til his head does not feel foggy...Please anyone how can I help him and please what are some things I can tell him about the withdrawals so he has confidence in what Im telling him..I love him so much and this is killing me ...Thank you from something that is out of my control but would like to help all I can

littlebit667

Sep 20, 2011

To: tam207

Hon go up to the top of the page and click post a question and repost this. I want you to get the help, but it may be missed in this old thread.

Melaine299

Sep 24, 2011

To: Leo2700

What is gabipentin? and is it and RX too?

dontbeafool

Sep 26, 2011

To: everyone

Listen, here it is, plain and simple: If you take pain pills of any kind for more than a few weeks, you will be addicted. Period. Your life will only get worse. I've seen it so many times. I work with addicts. You will start taking more than perscribed, then buy them off the street and then people will say you're a junkie and on and on, etc., etc... and guess what? they'll be right! Don't let this stuff turn you into a junkie!

Pain pills are the devil. And I don't go to church and I'm not religous, but Oxycodone is the devil. It shows no mercy and doesn't discriminate. The withdrawals can be described as the absolute worse feeling you will ever have. Hell on earth for about 2 weeks. Then you will start to feel human again.

You have to believe what I'm telling you. This stuff will control your life and if you try to quit, it will remind you what TRUE PAIN feels like. The withdrawals from oxy is so brutal and agonizing that most people can't stick it out and eventually relapse. The addiction is that powerfull. Anyone that tells you different is either lying or ignorant.

Get your life back. It won't be easy. Trust me, that stuff is a dead end. The only people that defend it are drug addicts and low life junkies that have already lost everything and just don't care.

Remember, Pain Pills are synthetic Heroin. Would you sit here and defend using heroin? Of course not. Just because you have a perscription, doesn't make it ok.

Pail pills are meant for short term relief of pain. Not as a way of life.

If only one person reads this and decides to change their life, then I feel good about posting it. And I never post anything online, but this is close and personal to me from having watched people I love and care about lose their lives. Literally.

damnaye

Sep 26, 2011

I am an 23 year old. And been on percs for 2 and a half years. I'm on my 3rd day. And feel alot better. I was prescribed endocets 5mg's for back pain. And been taking them 5-8 times a day. I spend 800-1100 a month just for percs. Its been a disaster. Finally i have my eyes open and realising. Now i need an councillor

Pricogirl83

Sep 26, 2011

To: dontbeafool

Hi,
I just read your post and it has helped me alot. You rerad alot going through these threads. I have been on and off of opiates for about 8 years... I have also been on suboxone. I don't know what to do anymore, when I read thses I go through so many thoughts... I am going to try my best and be strong!! I'll post when I feel better.

dontbeafool

Sep 26, 2011

To: Pricogirl83

You know what, good for you! I know its a lot of ups and downs before you conquer this disease. But you can and you will, if you stick to it and don't let the harsh withdrawals make you go back to the pills.

You see, that's really what this is all about. People want to take these powerful narcotics to feel good or maybe because they are in pain (which is often exaggerated unless you have cancer, etc.) and then when they run out of money or decide to get clean, they are introduced to the brutal world of withdrawals.

This makes them go back to the pills just to not have to face that reality. But its always there. Just waiting for you to run out of money or pills or both. And then these innocent looking little pills will make you feel the most HORRIFIC PAIN you have ever known.

So I congratulate you for taking that first step. Most people relapse dozens of times before they get a grasp on it. You will feel better in due time. I promise.

dontbeafool

Sep 26, 2011

To: damnaye

I congratulate you too. Please read my reply to the girl after your post. I'll bet it's been a long 3 days. But, pretty soon it will be a week. Then 10 days. Then 2 weeks. Then you will start to remember how to enjoy life without pills. Hang in there!

dontbeafool

Sep 26, 2011

To: Everyone

Brittany Murphy, Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson, etc., etc. What do they have in common? They all died from an addiction in one form or another to Pain Pills.

Remember, it doesn't matter if you are an A-List hollywood actor or a homeless person, Oxy doesn't discriminate. Don't feel like you are the only one going through this. You are definitely not alone.

Just know that when you try to take that deep, full breath but can't seem to pull enough air in your lungs, that is the respiratory deppression that the Pain Pills are inflicting. It can eventually stop your heart and you can die in your sleep. Just look at the names I listed. Young, talented people with their whole lives in front of them. Dead from pills.

Makes it a pretty simple choice in my opinion.

dontbeafool

Sep 26, 2011

To: Pricogirl83

Hello, Pricogirl83

I read that you didn't know what to do and it sounded like you have tried many things and might be feeling like nothing works. I have some thoughts that may or may not benefit you. If you're interested in any info that may help you or at least give you a new perspective, let me know.

Killakilla22

Oct 04, 2011

Ive Taken 4 to 7 every day for a few months and at least one almost every day for years. I don't really know what i like to do except pills. I'm 4 days sober today and thought about just doing one tonight. It's going to be around me and free and only for tonight. I want to. I don't know what to do.

ksecret

Oct 08, 2011

To: killakilla22

You have gone this far without taking one, why would you send yourself straight back into withdrawls when that measly pill wears off? Is one pill, or one night, really worth feeling like crap for another 3-4days??

amoretto

Oct 11, 2011

Hi, my question is if you take percs once or twice a week will you still withdraw from it? I was taking at least 2 30mg percs a day, then went on suboxine and stopped. But honestly, I enjoy the drug too much to just quit doing it. I am a more social, outgoing person on this drug, something I'm not when I'm sober. So would I still withdraw if I did the drug once or twice a week?

Leggings

Oct 17, 2011

To: Everyone

Hi, you're taking them twice a week, trust me it will get worse! I started taking them here & there when my tmj would act up now I'm taking up to 5 percs a day. If I run out I will take vics, aterol, oxys anything I could get my hands on. When my script is done I buy them. I been taking them for 1 1/2 yrs. And right now I'm on my first day of detoxing & I'm going crazy! The body aches, chills, headache, diarrhea & depression. I can't even get out of bed!!!!! So please if ur taking 2 a wk pls stop because it's gonna get worse & your gonna end up like me & all these other people that are going through the same thing I'm going through that I had no idea so many people are going through the same thing. I think people are doing pills now more than cocaine & crack. My friend went from taking pills to snorting heroin. I'm going to see my doc tomorrow to get on Suboxone. I tried quitting cold turkey & I literally wanted to kill myself. I just wanted to say thanks for everyone sharing their stories it helped me a lot to make one of the biggest decision of my LIFE!!!!

lorrie283

Oct 18, 2011

To: YIKES721

HI---I AM 60 YEARS OLD, A MOTHER AND A GRAND MOTHER. LAST NOVEMBER, I WAS STRICKEN WITH A SEVERE CASE OF SCIATICA. I WENT THROUGH ALL THE USUAL TREATMENTS TO GET RELIEF. I HAD THERAPY, 3 EPIDURALS AND FINALLY DECIDED TO HAVE SPINAL SURGERY AS A LAST RESORT. SO, IN JANUARY OF 2011, I HAD AN 8 HOUR SPINAL SURGERY WHICH CONSISTED OF FUSING, GRAFTING, SCREWS, RODS, NUTS AND BOLTS. I ASKED THE DR. IF HE SHOPPED AT "HOME DEPOT" LOL!!! ANYWAY, I HAVE NEVER DONE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL. I WAS YOUR PROVERBIAL NICE GIRL. AFTER SURGERY, I WAS PUT ON A MORPHINE DRIP (I WAS SUPPOSED TO PRESS THE BUTTON MYSELF) AND NEVER DID. WHEN I GOT HOME, I WAS PUT ON PERCOCET. STILL ON PERCOCET SIX MONTHS LATER, I FELL ON MY BUTT AND BROKE MY TAIL BONE AND A DIFFERENT DISC. SO, I JUST KEPT TAKING THE PERCOCET. NEVER DID I TAKE MORE THAN 2 A DAY. TO ME, THIS WAS NOT ADDICTION. IT HELPED GREATLY WITH THE PAIN. I COULD DO ALMOST ANYTHING. I FELT GREAT. WELL, IT IS NOW OCTOBER. I DECIDED THAT THE PAIN WASN'T REALLY BAD AND DECIDED TO STOP TAKING THEM. WOW, I WENT THROUGH SOME WEIRD STUFF. LATER TO FIND OUT THAT WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING WERE ACTUAL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. BUT HOW COULD THIS BE? I WAS ONLY TAKING 2 PILLS A DAY? AFTER ONE NIGHT, AND ABOUT 20 HOURS LATER, I WAS CONVINCED I WAS HOOKED AND TOOK ANOTHER PILL JUST SO I COULD SLEEP. I REALLY WANT TO GET OFF THESE DRUGS. I HAVE A DR. APPOINTMENT THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. I WILL BE HONEST WITH HIM AND TELL HIM I NEED HELP. NOT SURE WHAT HE WILL RECOMMEND BECAUSE I HAVE READ DOZENS OF TESTIMONIALS ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS. BUT I DO KNOW THAT "COLD TURKEY" IS DEFINITELY NOT THE WAY TO GO. I PRAY FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE IN THIS MESS. DR.'S SHOULD REALLY MENTION THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDICTION ON THIS DRUG. MY DR. NEVER DID. I CAN'T AFFORD NEXIUM FOR MY ACID REFLUX BUT 100 PERCOCETS COST ME $5.00. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???

jenny666

Oct 23, 2011

To: help

Hey please answer a few questions for me. I have been on about 10 a day for 4 months and before that I was on 5-6 per day for 6 years. How long should withdrals last for me. How long did the body/leg pain last for. also how long did it take for energy to return. I have three perks left. tomorrow i will quit. did you take anything like suplements, did anything beside immodiam to help....

drudge769

Oct 26, 2011

Just hit my 73rd hour of w/d off of percocet. Started causally enough like most people by taking one or two 30's over the course of a week and gradually the dose started creeping up. Add to that a slipped disc and severe sciatica followed by back surgery and for the past two months i was doing 45 mg per day. Took my last chip of a 30 on Sunday night at 6:30 PM and have been clean since. Monday was a long day but i made it through a 10 hour day of work. Had some sweats and some hot flashes but made it through. Monday night was a different story. Lots of twitching, "kicking the habit". Woke up Tuesday very tired but soldiered to work. Felt very nauseous but did not throw up. Gastrointestinal distress began and has been present since. Slept a little better than Monday night but my legs still twitched. Today was better and I actually had some decent stretches of feeling like my old self again. Stomach is still upset but pepto seems to be working. One of the key things I have been doing is drinking a lot of water and flushing my system (approx, 160 oz. a day). This along with exercise, hot hot hot showers at night and all natural melatonin seems to be working for this guy. The mental craving is still there but that is what i need to work on once the physical addiction is out of the way.

FML1973

Oct 26, 2011

I need help! I am addicted to percocet! I was on my last 2 got nervous did not want to feel the withdrawal, I took the 2 percs cut them in 4 and chopped them up to dust and sniffed them to make them last till my next script which is tomorrow afternoon. I want to get off but can't! I need help please help me get off these devils:(

Jimmy1975

Oct 26, 2011

To: FML1973

Hello and welcome ! First if you really want off of those Devils then you have come to the right place . How much are you taking per day ? That will help us help you ! And how long . As you can see there are many success stories here and you can be one of them ! I'll wait for your response ..Take care Jimy

lex1212

Oct 28, 2011

To: All who are suffering...

I was put on percocet back in the beginning of 2008 for severe back pain that had been going on for years...it took nearly 10 years before they decided to do surgery on my low back and that was after many tries of spinal injections. I have been on this drug for 4 years, the surgery helped very little and I am still getting spinal injections. I finally made my mind up to stop taking the drugs as my life was just in a fog and I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. So I quit on my own, it has been 15 days, night time is the absolute worst. No sleep so I find myself cleaning everything hoping to wear myself out, does not work. The pain in my body is awful and for some reason the worst again at night. I have to take 3 benedryls to even feel some anxiety relief. My doctors got upset with me, but you have to choose your battles and mine is to have my life back. I just wish the withdrawls would stop. Will they ever stop? I pray to God constantly...

littlebit667

Oct 28, 2011

To: lex1212

I kept telling myself...YOU HAVE the FLU!  It will be over and I will feel so much better.  My brain seemed to get that and settled down a little.  It is hard, but doable!  The Thomas Recipe (bottom of the page under Health Pages as Gnarly said will help.  I did not to the tranquilizers and had to cut back on the Ltryosine, but the rest really helped.  Imodium (immodium), Imodium (immodium), Imodium (immodium) (liquid or pills if the liquid can't be found or you can't swallow it) will help.  I took double the dosage for a few days (personal choice) and it helped so much..even with the withdrawals in general and the opiate trots which sucked.

Hydrate and eat!  Even if it is just a little every hour or so.  You have to eat something to keep your energy up as much as possible.

If you have Restless legs..it is hit or miss what works.  Walking seemed to help me some.  Hot bath with epsom salts..a little.  I finally had to get my doctor to refill my restless legs meds (non addictive) to get some sleep.  If nothing works,your doctor might help.

One hour at a time is all anyone can ask.  After 2 weeks it gets a little better and I started to say, One day at a time!  Your brain will do all sorts of things to get you to take a pill.  I found if I was hungry..the cravings got worse.  I would try to eat a banana, a few grapes or a few crackers to get that under control.

Good for you.  I hope all goes well.  You have made a good start coming here....this site has helped me so much!!!  Keep posting!!!!!

You have to remember how opiates work, and why you feel depressed etc. when you quit taking them and after you are over the withdrawals.

Opiates bound to the opioid receptors in your brain and body. They release their artificial endorphins to them, and block the bodies natural endorphins. After a while the neurons that produce the body's natural endorphins disappear. There is no need for them so they just don't rejuvenate like they would normally.

When you stop taking the opiates,  they leave your opioid receptors bare, and they are calling out for your body's natural endorphins, but there isn't any there at first. You body has to repopulate the neurons that make them, and this takes time.

Endorphins like dopamine  control your moods, anxiety, sadness, anger, happiness, pain etc.

You will slowly get your "old self" back as these neurons repopulate and begin increasing their endorphins production. After being off the opiates for a month, they should be about 45-50% of normal, and be back to normal within a year.
So hang in there, you will feel better and better as the months roll by, and they roll by pretty darn quick when we get to our age, don't they!

Try keep busy and keep your mind focused on positive things instead of dwelling on the depression, anxiety, etc. that are only temporary and will disappear as your endorphins return to normal.

Does that  answer or help you understand your questions?

littlebit667

Oct 28, 2011

To: lex1212

also, this is an old thread that may or may not get you the help you need.
If you will go to the top and hit the orange button and post whatever it is you need to let the forum know then you will start a new thread and you are more likely to get the support you need.

I happened upon this or I would not have posted either.

I do not want you to be missed.

misshelpme209

Oct 31, 2011

thank you very much I am not a on the street addict my Dr. has been perscribing these to me for over 3 yrs now and from for I went to three 30mg a day it has been the 11 days of hell when does it get better next month she wants me to take 4 15mg a day isnt there a detox pill that cant hurt you please help,,all alone

misshelpme209

Oct 31, 2011

thank you very much I am not a on the street addict my Dr. has been perscribing these to me for over 3 yrs now and from for I went to three 30mg a day instead of 4,30mg. it has been the 11 days of hell when does it get better next month she wants me to take 4 15mg a day isnt there a detox pill that cant hurt you please help,,all alone

misshelpme209

Oct 31, 2011

To: All Alone

i didnt say that to well my cvomputer played a little add words so sorry I went from X4 a day and 30mg. to X3 a day of 30mg. and next month she wants me to do X4 15 amonth for a month when does it get better this is day 11 please someone help me I only take what is given to my by My drs never anything else. thank you for your help it is 11 days now and I am scared and never went through anything like this in my life b4 almost 4 yrs now this is so hard.I am the one who typed above this one. sorry

misshelpme209

Oct 31, 2011

oh it is not me above this one I do not know how this reply works I thought it went in order so sorry My Dr. has had me on X3 oxycodones for over 3 yrs and now took one away on the 20th 11 days ago I am still going crazy I am not an addict I think my head thinks so, I have never cheated and only do what Dr's tell me next Month she wants to put me on X4 15mg is this right? has anyone done this and then she wants to go lower again for a month I cant take this is it true after 14 days it gets easier? I guess everyone would be different but these dts are unbelievable, I do not like to bee alone, one time I heard voices and though people were touching me I cant leave my house, no appitite, no sleep , well very little, sweats, then cold, cry a lot and the headaches and more any suggestions, anyone, please I am waiting for my Dr to call back today, I have never been through this be, thank you and God bless all of you who are going through this it is soooo hard. my prayers are with you believe me I cant believe I am even on the computer but I had to find someone to talk to, ty signed scared and feel alone

misshelpme209

Oct 31, 2011

To: misshelpme209

I am so sorry I wrote so many times I am just confused and did not think it was posting this many times I apologize this is an important site and very helpful I have learned a lot just reading, you are all remarable and a lot od you gve me so much hope bless you misshelpme209 again,,sorry

littlebit667

Oct 31, 2011

also, this is an old thread that may or may not get you the help you need.
If you will go to the top and hit the orange button and post whatever it is you need to let the forum know then you will start a new thread and you are more likely to get the support you need.

I happened upon this or I would not have posted either.

I do not want you to be missed.

misshelpme209

Oct 31, 2011

To: myself misshelpme209

just wanted say I am a female it says I am a male now that I understand this more I will be careful how much I write I really did not think it was sending.

misshelpme209

Oct 31, 2011

To: littlebit667

thank you so much, sincerely misshelpme209

sally92588

Nov 02, 2011

To: Anyone who is having surgery soon

I have had 2 abdominal surgeries in my life.  The first was in 1979, it was open surgery with a 10-12 inch scar.  Was given Morphine shots in the hospital.  Was sent home with NO OPIOID MEDICATION WHATSOEVER on day 4 or 5.  I was told to take aspirin.  It took a good month to be able to walk upright, however I am grateful I did not become addicted to any pain medication.  P.S. I think doctors were more cautious about addiction way back then.

Last year I had Laproscopic (abdominal) outpatient surgery for a cyst.  I was sent home the same day.  I was given 14 Percocet pills.  I was told to take one every 4 hours.  I ended up taking one pill, which I had cut up into pieces and took like 1/8 of a pill every 4 hours with 4 Motrins (percocet made me nauseous).  I decided to take Motrin instead.  Had lots of pain for about one week.  Needed help getting out of bed, going to the bathroom, etc.  But it was WORTH IT.  No addiction to Percocet ever developed.  I have a horrible fear of addiction due to having a close family member who has been on METHADONE FOR 20 YEARS.  He is too afraid to go to detox.   He has tried countless times to get off Methadone and Failed.  He got addicted to heroin (snorting it) 20 years ago by accident.  His friends talked him into using that crap.  He has regretted this decision for 20 years.  He's now 40 years old and a drug addict. What a waste of his life.  He has to go to a 'program' once a week to get his supply.  It *****.

IT'S NOT WORTH IT.  TAKE MOTRIN INSTEAD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

sally92588

Nov 02, 2011

To: Anyone who is having surgery soon

I have had 2 abdominal surgeries in my life.  The first was in 1979, it was open surgery with a 10-12 inch scar.  Was given Morphine shots in the hospital.  Was sent home with NO OPIOID MEDICATION WHATSOEVER on day 4 or 5.  I was told to take aspirin.  It took a good month to be able to walk upright, however I am grateful I did not become addicted to any pain medication.  P.S. I think doctors were more cautious about addiction way back then.

Last year I had Laproscopic (abdominal) outpatient surgery for a cyst.  I was sent home the same day.  I was given 14 Percocet pills.  I was told to take one every 4 hours.  I ended up taking one pill, which I had cut up into pieces and took like 1/8 of a pill every 4 hours with 4 Motrins (percocet made me nauseous).  I decided to take Motrin instead.  Had lots of pain for about one week.  Needed help getting out of bed, going to the bathroom, etc.  But it was WORTH IT.  No addiction to Percocet ever developed.  I have a horrible fear of addiction due to having a close family member who has been on METHADONE FOR 20 YEARS.  He is too afraid to go to detox.   He has tried countless times to get off Methadone and Failed.  He got addicted to heroin (snorting it) 20 years ago by accident.  His friends talked him into using that crap.  He has regretted this decision for 20 years.  He's now 40 years old and a drug addict. What a waste of his life.  He has to go to a 'program' once a week to get his supply.  It *****.

IT'S NOT WORTH IT.  TAKE MOTRIN INSTEAD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

sally92588

Nov 02, 2011

Michael Jackson died of "Acute Propofol Intoxication" not pain medication overdose, no opioids were found in the toxicology report (propofol is an anesthetic) anyway he did have a previous addiction to pain medications. So he went down the road to addiction with stronger and stronger drugs. That is a shame.

It is very unfortunate that so many people inadvertantely become addicted to these drugs. Please don't take these Opioid medications unless absolutely necessary and for a very short period of time, preferably under one week.

The only time it is justified is if the patient has a terminal illness...

misshelpme209

Nov 05, 2011

To: eloac

hi I forget my name i used on here but i have been going off oxycodone 30 mg for 15 days now I was on 4 a day and now 3 i have terrible headaches is this normal not sleeping either please anyone help me thank you very much, misshelpme209

misshelpme209

Nov 05, 2011

To: everyone

hi this is misshelpme209, I have been going through this pian managment for 3 1/2 years all Dr. control I just went down to X3 oxycodone 30mg 15 days ago and I was on X4 a day the headaches are unbelievable, I can handle getting use to eating slow and doing gatorade and drinking a lot of fluids and handleing a lot other things ok, these headaches are really scaring me, they come and go but are all day long is this normal? my Pain center I go to did not tell me anything when they told me they were lowereing my meds, well which is good my pain is gone I wanted to go down a lone time ago we were not sure if I would need another surgery I didnt so here I am and I thank you all I have learned a lot from this site I dont know what I would have done if I didnt learn what I did from all of you just by reading your posts, I hope I will be ok please hospitals wont tell me anything unless I go there and I do not see my Dr. until the 17th they never return calls I guess they figure it is a waste of there time and we will all be ok but this is so new and soooo scary to me please someone help again it is only 15 or 16 days now and I need to know about these headaches aspirin and tylenol do not help and I try to eat more and if I eat to much it will come right back up any answers? thank you to all of and God Bless each and everyone of you Iknow now how hard this really is,
misshelpme209

helppp74

Nov 08, 2011

To: poor meo

I m 2days clean n I feel like s$$h I dont think I can do this I have a 2year old n I m trying to do it for her I need help please how long will I fill this way!!!!

Benjaminwb

Nov 08, 2011

To: everyone

I hurt my back in 2007. One day I was at work doing my normal routine and I leaned down to pick a box up and fell to the floor in pain. The box was not heavy or anything like that. I could barely move and started crying. I called my boss and had to go home. That was the first time my back ever hurt. I went for months trying to deal with it with tylenol and ibuprofin but the pain was largely still there and work became extremely difficult. I went to the hospital the day it happened and the found nothing wrong and just gave me vicodin. I went out one night and got very drunk and that morning I woke up crying from the pain in my back and called my grandmother and she was very concerned so she brought me a few pain pills that she has. Within 15 minutes the pain was gone and after that I decided to just start taking them on a regular basis. I went to a back doctor and he gave me tramadol as well. My MRI only showed minor damage between 2 of my disks called osteo arthritis and every doctor I talk to says there is no way that is causing my pain. One doctor did say that he read a report that some patients with back pain that is extremely minor have more pain than people with extreme damage. That did make me feel less crazy. So lets see... it's been like 4 years since then and I've been taking them almost every day since. I've been on pain management and everything you can imagine. As of lately I've been prescribed percocet 10 mgs 4 times a day for a year now. What I have noticed is that the relief effect is not the same anymore as time goes by. It's really just an addiction now. I stopped taking them on sunday and actually feel ok besides the major sweating. I had a prescription for Gabapentin and started taking them and I feel 100 times better. They are non-narcotic and I recommend them to anyone trying to stop taking pain pills. They have their own withdrawals but are nothing like pain pills, more like coming off an anti depressant. I want to feel normal again so bad. My life since 2007 is just a rediculous mess and it makes me so sad. I want to move on and create a better life for myself and reading these posts gives me hope of a better future. I prey that anyone coming off of these evil pills is successful and has a better life there after.

Good luck to everyone =)

You will make it!

lovingpartner

Nov 09, 2011

To: Everyone

I've been reading these forums for about a month now. I have a couple of people whom I love dearly & hold extremely close to my heart fall victim to this addiction. I am infuriated that this is something that is LEGALLY prescribed by persons who are supposed to take care of you. My son's father just moved to the state where we are & he is battling percocet withdrawals. It breaks my heart & have been doing research since I found out this was what he was doing: quitting pain pills. I want to help & make his recovery as smooth as I possibly can & ease the pain & keep him from relapsing.
Please, please, please, I beg of all of you, if you have any suggestions, I will do just about anything to help him. I know a strong support system is crucial in a successful recovery & I have been providing an extremely positive environment, showing love, appreciation, importance, purpose.....
Please, I must help make this smoother for him, I REFUSE to give up on him, he is a wonderful person who got addicted from a valid prescription that spiraled out of control and he quit 'cold turkey' 30 hrs ago..... I encourage all of you, it will be tough, but life is too beautiful & short to let it pass you by.....please talk to people who love you, they will help you - emotionally at least.....

Satch1151

Nov 10, 2011

Omg here is my question I want off this crap I take 2 30mg morphine and 4 15 oxycodon for pain I hate it I am lazy no energy at all. But I am in a lot of pain. What is a sup for the pain?

Needhelp58

Nov 12, 2011

To: Sprstar

I feel like I'm reading my story ...: I'm 7 days with no PERCS .. Down from 2-8 a day for 2 years.....I can't go into rehab, I will lose my job and my apartment.... Today I woke uP feeling like I was coming out my skin ..... What do you do to relieve these feelings .... I'm cold turkey day #7......please advise

sappys3

Nov 14, 2011

I cant seem to kick them perk habbit. everytime I try I feel like poopy. I wish I can go back to the way I use to feel when a cup off coffee would do them trick. now I need that's well think I need it off course help :(

archangel7777

Nov 17, 2011

To: naaws

not really, im a pro body builder martial artist, and a high metabolism...drinking tons of gatorade and protein shakes and multivitamins...I AM ON DAY 6 and still feel like I have the flu. My head spins at night, RLS, backache, cant get warm no matter what...Complete Hell...I couldve sworn by day six it would ease up but nope...even the diareah came on strong like every 30 minutes...i was taking 6 10/325 for about 2 years from a gym accident...i do not see the light at the end of the tunnel

3daughters75

Nov 17, 2011

Melatonin will let you sleep! Ive been clean for 8 days and tried everythn to sleep...melatonin is it!!

archangel7777

Nov 18, 2011

so this is my day 7, how is day 8? How much longer for this hell??

bboy64

Nov 19, 2011

Hi guys I need help don't know what to do want to quit oxycodone very hard , should I tell me doctor

archangel7777

Nov 19, 2011

bboy, how much were u taking and for how long, and also how is your metabolism

iwanttojustSTOP

Nov 25, 2011

To: addictedmichelle

You just gave me so much hope. I feel so far in that I can't get out. Im spending more than ANYONE should, esp being a single mother. the craziest part is, It doesn't even DO anything for me anymore. I am looking for a wayto JUST STOP and some support. I take about 10 10mg percs a day. Sometimes more. It has been a huge battle. Went from tyl 3 for headaches, to vic, then got sober then something would happen, tooth pulled, migraine, etc. It's insane. I am open to any advice at all! I DONT WANT TO BE LIKE THIS ANYMORE! So big ups to you for staying strong!

lynn1844

Nov 27, 2011

I'm. A 24 yr old women def struggln from percocet addiction someone please help..can the withdrawls kill me if I'm not in dr.care?

wasaddicted9980

Nov 28, 2011

To: WasAddicted

Gang, I'm writing to post my experience with withdrawals. I was doing "baby" percs (the 5/325's), 10-14 per day for about 8 months. Not crazy but still had bad withdrawals when i tried to stop. Stomach craps, felt like someone was ringing out my belly, restless arms bad, headache. I decided to go to a 5 day detox (they are everywhere). It was the best decision I ever made. Those people know exactly how to handle the detox. I was so painless. It's day 9 and I never felt a thing. I feel better than ever, I have more energy today than I thought I ever had. So worth it, insurance paid for it but it was only $2600 if I had to pay out of pocket. When I arrived, I was already about 24 hours out but felt OK. Upon arrival they gave me a clonodine and one 2 mg suboxone (I could have chosen more, depends on your usage) Within 1 hour of taking the sub I was straight as an arrow, felt fine for 30 hours, spent most of it talking with other people going thru the same. It was comforting. On day 2 I took another 2mg sub. Nothing after that as far as subs went. Only took 4 mg of sub over 2 days. This was my first time in detox and first time needing the subs. I took clonodine a couple more days and some tramadal but no more subs. By day 4 I was feeling fine, did not have any withdrawals from the sub at all. The stomach cramps never came back, I had a hard time sleeping for a week but other than that it was so painless. The clinicians would have let me tapper by day from 12mg, 8mg, 4mg, 4mg, 2mg then none. Thats more for needles (Herion users). I decided on just the 2mg and it worked really well for me. It was worth it, no need to be ashamed of what you are fearing. The people close to you know what you are up to, trust me. Be descrete but the ones you really love will be thrilled and proud of you. Save yourself the money waisting and chasing around and get some help. Poeple are willing to help, you just need to look (check you local area, they are around). I choose a rural area detox. Fix my lifestyle better. The detoxes are everywhere these days. Just learn your lesson the first time and stay clean. Best of Luck to everyone! I love you guys!

gourgeous

Nov 30, 2011

i had trauma to my abdoman...never took narcotics prior ..was al ways afraid..but when i have pain still the only thing that makes it go away is a half of a 5/325 perc...sometimes i think i can muttle through the pain..but why should i tourture my self when a half of a perc helps...but what i dont like is the anger a nd let down that comes when it wears off..my family and children notice and thats not fair for them..im not on mega doses thank god cuz dr dont perscribe freely...but i do crave that nice pain free happy feeling..and i try each day not to even take half..so i feel bad for all you who take many aday. good luck.

newatthis2011

Dec 27, 2011

I've been on Percs for almost 10 months, and I'm down to my last 5 pills, and my doc wont prescribe any more until the 5th of Jan, because my last bottle was supposed to last 1 month, and instead I upped the dosage by 2 pills - taking 3 in the AM & 3 in the PM.

When the nurse first told me he wouldn't refill just yet, I got nervous because I'm reading about these symptoms, and I can relate to some of it because when I go to long without taking them I get awful headaches. But then I thought, what about exercise. And I haven't been exercising at all, so I started reading about exercise being one of the best ways to detox without taking more pills to get off the pills.

I'm really sick of taking meds at this point. I'd love for my back to stop hurting, but this arthritis isn't going anywhere. Sooo, I'm going to try a little Zumba when I get home and see how long I can go without taking my last set of pills.

Has anyone else gone cold turkey and used exercise to curb the withdrawal symptoms? I never thought in a million years I'd be this dependent on pills, but pain is a mutha - lol.

Some of my symptoms when I go to long without taking them are blurry vision (i get this even when i do take it - which is another reason I need to stop), agitation, head aches, ear ringing, unable to focus. I have felt the chills but they didn't last long - probably because I got my dose.

Well, someone please let me know if they've been successful with the exercise treatment. Apparently it builds up your endorphins that make you feel happy and powerful - kind of like that feeling when the percs start to kick in, only difference is it supposedly stays there and isn't as temporary as are the pills. Since the pills alter your brain (or something), I guess it stands to reason that any adrenaline rush would be a good imposter for the pill.

awoodyard

Dec 28, 2011

I am in the first day about 3ight hour since I took my las thirty I have kicked the habbit twice and was horrible I am so scared to feel this feeling again I know it takes twelve to. Twenty four hours to even start to feel the detox I am trying to cold turkey it like I did last time but don't know I am strong enough to do it again I know of a detox clinic but don't want to be traped like an animal so am trying to stop at home I know the first three days r the hardest the anaxiety skin crawling the mucsle spasms thr upset tummy like that knot in your stomach like an elephant is sitting on you I am scared like everyother time I just wish I wouldn't have picked up again

IBKleen

Dec 28, 2011

Hi awoodyard,

This post is a few years old. If you go to the top of this page and hit the orange Post A Question button you can follow the instructions and start your own thread. There is a lot of good support here and you will get help with any questions you have.

If you need help, let someone know.

hotbutshivering

Jan 03, 2012

To: all

New Years is here and again it is time to get off pk's. This is going to be the hardest one yet, as my usage has increased to 2 X fentanyl 50's at all times, and anywhere from 4 - 10 X 325/10 perks a day. It is costly, it is ruining my body, and affecting my daily life negatively - between job and family, no one knows what kind of guy to expect - dosed up nice guy, or cranky withdrawal guy.
My idea is this, and I've heard conflicting reviews: No patches now since 12/31. Taking a half of a perk when day starts to be unlivable (normally after lunch), and another half 30 min before sleep. First two nights have been awful, and I have taken another half at about 4 am to make it through rest of night. I am hoping to start skipping daytime dose and late night dose by day 5, thus leaving me at one half a perk at night before sleep, which I'm hoping after a few days will help ease me back into sobriety and thus normalcy.
Any additional thoughts on this slow down method? Am I just prolonging the w/d stage? What do I do? I HATE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

MboxAddictedMoney

Jan 04, 2012

To: addictedmichelle

Hey great blog, im kinda going through the same thing..im 27 and have.alot of pressure to much money is my cause....I am broke now but i was going threw an easy 500mlg a day purcs. so scared of the withdraws so i just got more smarter and crafty. I own a dealership and run an automotive shop....so i had it easy to get and find, its like 2 out of 5 people do them now...crazy! but just wanted to see how your doing and holding up? i switched to the suboxone been on them for 6 months 3 a day 24mil to much but now im paying the price, Its time to get clean, Its for me because i miss my life and my wife. I have a beautiful baby girl about to turn one...so Im doing it on my own....i had my father pick me up switched phones and #s had to hire someone to run my business to much uness. money....i did good my first couple of days without anything. As i dig deeper into the net and other attics/abusers. im 8 days clean and now feeling like sh*t, my legs,hot-cold,goose pumps,live in the bathroom. i cant really eat, and i also havent slept in 3 days....its crazy. Im just so sick and tired of being sick and tired...hopefully i start feeling better....my pops doesnt really know...i had a crazy life but successfull i ended up partying alot which led me into all mlg purcs. oxys, liquid codone,

Devin1123

Jan 08, 2012

To: MboxAddictedMoney

If you're still feeling like crap, I've been through these withdrawls 3 times already and I'm 35. I have some advice that might help you. It helps a lot. If you haven't done so already, go to the drug store and get yourself Magnesium tablets. Take anywhere from 400-600mg's a day. It will help relax you a bit and stop any anxiety or shaking. They're perfectly safe. Also, try hot showers or baths. Nice long hot showers will help a ton. Last but not least, you can also buy yourself a good B complex vitamin. This will help with energy. The only other thing that would help more is walking. Long walks help build seratonin levels in the brain and stop any weakness or anxiety. I tried it once even though I hated doing it, but it really worked amazing. I was walking about 2 miles a day. Hope this helps.

Randy1123

Jan 11, 2012

Iv been on perks for about a year now, taking up to 18 a day for the past 8 months this stuff is for no one if
You don't have to take it don't!!! Coming off them is worse than the pain I have in my face( broken top jaw sinus plates eye socket and bottom jaw) just don't take it if you don't have to!!!

MikeInFrance

Jan 17, 2012

To: Everyone

I am on day 3 of stopping oxycodone (specifically oxynorm 10mg) I worked my way up from one a day to 25 (250mg) a day in one year. Never took it orally. Sniffed it from day one. Stopped cold. Felt ok all day today after 2 nights of hell but he'll returned tonight. It's 3am now (I'm in france) someone please tell me that I will feel better very soon. How long can I seriously expect this?

prettyblonde7

Jan 19, 2012

To: dontbeafool

Thank you!

jump3r

Jan 20, 2012

hi........ heres my story. I will be 33 in a few weeks... Okay ive been on hydros for id say 3 years maybe alittle more.. I have to quit NOW, i dislocated my knee cap and got hooked on them.. I thought id be fine, but i have had now a bout of allopecia (loss of hair) and ive got this muffled sound in my rigth hear that comes and goes.. I cant lose my hearing and want m y hair back. Well i did some research and saw that hrodro abuse can result in lower testosterone and possibly loss of hearing ( 2 studies, thats it for now)... so it kinda mkaes sense... i take at most 3 10/325 or 10/500 a day usually bout 2 and half, no more than 3, but started off with like 1 then 1.5, then it was 2. I always bite then, lil peices ta a time thinking i was being cautious. Ive always been very cautios as what i do, i used ti smoke pot and thats it, tried harder things but never liked them and was able to just stop. im hoping it will be the same with this, but i am not sure, so i want to intro m yself and i will be here posting to keep my thoughts up. I have a trip planned for Feb 2-7 for my bday in Vegas, the SuperBowl, and a UFC event so i really hope i can be good in with in 2 weeks. i do know that just now when i saw my hearing problem could be coming from this abuse and loss of my hair too, i damn near had a panick attack just thinking about quitting, god i hope i can make it through this and im going to do my damnest

martyzz

Jan 22, 2012

Hi, I stopped taking percs 10/325 12 a day for 1 and a half years but my Dr gave me methidone. I take only 2 a day and its been 6 days so far and I still haven't felt any withdrawal symptoms. I only got 20 of the methidone pills so when I'm out I hope to be done with this EVIL **** called Percocet.

Livelife31

Jan 22, 2012

Well I am on day 6 no oxy op,percs.been using about 10 yts on and of again mostly on though.and I feel like sh....... If u know what o mean when I new I was going to stop I grabed 2subs to get threw the worst just did not want to have to detox of that but I still have s1/4 left man how long I am I going to feel like this good luck to every one out there getting our life's back and getting off this bad bad stuff.

Livelife31

Jan 22, 2012

Sorry forgot to tell u for about the last 6 months or so I was using about 200mg of meds

joseps2

Jan 23, 2012

To: Elorac

well they are great if you take them the way yor supose to but most of us that abusesd prks will do the same with subs my best addvise is to seek the pros maybe inhouse detox to get you though the the first week because it is the most painful its hard but you can do it

lady1111

Jan 29, 2012

I HAVE TO SHARE MY SECRET CAUSE I CAN SEE HOW BAD THE PAIN REALLY IS, MY BABY SISTER HAS BEEN ON PERC 1OS -15s, what she can get her hands on. to the point of over $100. 00 a day habit,she IS LOOSING HER HOUSE, BEHIND ON ALL BILLS AND IS RUINING HER LIFE. SHE HAS 0 FRIENDS TO SPEAK OF HER OWN HUSBAND CANT STAND HER, AND AS FOR ME I STOPPPED BEING AROUND YEAR AGO, BUT I FINALLY FELT THE NEED TO HELP HER FOR HER HUSBANDS SAKE.

SO HERE IS HOW YOU REALLY DO IT, WELL DUH ITS DETOXING RIGHT? SO WHY NOT START RIDDING YOUR BODY OF TOXINS BEFORE YOU EVEN TAKE THAT LAST PILL. MOST PEOPLE DONT PEE OR POO REGUALY ON SCH PILLS, SO\ \

STEP 1 MAKE A QUIT DATE,A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS, THIS TOOK 2 BUT PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT

START 2-5 STEPS ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE QUIT DATE IF POSSIBLE!!
STEP 2 IS START DRINKIG LOTS OF WATER ADD CRYSTEL LIGHT IF NEEDED
3) ACTIVA IT MAKES YOU REGULAR, WHICH IN TURN GETS OUT TOXINS, SAME AS WHEN WE PEE. GETTING RID OF OF AS MUDH BACKED UP TOXINS IS GOOD.
4) TAKE NIACIN HELPS CLEAN YOU OUT ALSO
5)GET A SPECIAL TEA FROM H.S.U, ( ITS A HEATH FOOD STORE) TEA IS A SPECIAL PURE CONCENTRATED GINSENG TEA. HAD LITTLE HONEY TO IT AND IT TATES JUST FINE.

NOW THE NIGHT TOU START, TRY TO TAKE ANY THING THAT WILL HELP SLEEP ( ZAENEX) IF YOU GOT IT, SLEEP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE 12 HOURS IS GOOD THEN WAKE UP TAKE ANOTHER DOUBLE DOSE OF THE TEA, AND TYLENOL (VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON ACETAMINIPHEN IN YOUR PAIN PILLS) YOUR BODY HAS BEEN ADDICTED TO TYLRNOL TOO..

lady1111

Jan 29, 2012

A++++ SECRET) I HAVE TO SHARE MY SECRET CAUSE I CAN SEE HOW BAD THE PAIN REALLY IS, MY BABY SISTER HAS BEEN ON PERC 1OS -15s, what she can get her hands on. to the point of over $100. 00 a day habit,she IS LOOSING HER HOUSE, BEHIND ON ALL BILLS AND IS RUINING HER LIFE. SHE HAS 0 FRIENDS TO SPEAK OF HER OWN HUSBAND CANT STAND HER, AND AS FOR ME I STOPPPED BEING AROUND YEAR AGO, BUT I FINALLY FELT THE NEED TO HELP HER FOR HER HUSBANDS SAKE.

SO HERE IS HOW YOU REALLY DO IT, WELL DUH ITS DETOXING RIGHT? SO WHY NOT START RIDDING YOUR BODY OF TOXINS BEFORE YOU EVEN TAKE THAT LAST PILL. MOST PEOPLE DONT PEE OR POO REGUALY ON SUCH PILLS, SO\ \

STEP 1 MAKE A QUIT DATE,A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS, THIS TOOK 2 BUT PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT

START 2-5 STEPS ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE QUIT DATE IF POSSIBLE!!
STEP 2 IS START DRINKIG LOTS OF WATER ADD CRYSTEL LIGHT IF NEEDED
3) ACTIVA IT MAKES YOU REGULAR, WHICH IN TURN GETS OUT TOXINS, SAME AS WHEN WE PEE. GETTING RID OF OF AS MUDH BACKED UP TOXINS IS GOOD.
4) TAKE NIACIN HELPS CLEAN YOU OUT ALSO
5)GET A SPECIAL TEA FROM H.S.U, ( ITS A HEATH FOOD STORE) TEA IS A SPECIAL PURE CONCENTRATED GINSENG TEA.( HELPS DETOX THE BLOOD IT REALLY WORKS!!!! HAD LITTLE HONEY TO IT AND IT TATES JUST FINE. ( IVE BEEN ON IT OVER A YEAR I LOOOVE IT! WELL NOW IT DID TAKE A FEW TO GET USED TO IT BUT NOW I LOVE THE TASTE, USE LEMON IF YOU CANT USE HONEY

NOW THE NIGHT TOU START, TRY TO TAKE ANY THING THAT WILL HELP SLEEP ( ZAENEX) IF YOU GOT IT, SLEEP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE 12 HOURS IS GOOD WHEN YOU WAKE UP TAKE ANOTHER DOUBLE DOSE OF THE TEA AND NIACIN, AND TYLENOL (VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON ACETAMINIPHEN IN YOUR PAIN PILLS) YOUR BODY HAS BEEN ADDICTED TO TYLENOL ALSO.
THEN TAKE SOMETHING TO HELP YOU SLEEP AGIAN,,, WHEN YOU WAKE DO THE SAME ROUTINE, KEEP A LOG OF WHAT HOUR YOU TAKE THE TEA, TYLENOL, AND NIACIN. THEN SLEEP FOR A LITTLE MORE.KEEP DOING THIS ROUTINE TIL YOU FEEL BETTER, REMEMBER NOT TO OVER DOSE ON THE TYLENOL EITHTER OR NIACIN. AFTER ABOUT TWO DAYS MOST OF YOUR PAIN SHOULD BE GONE BUT STICK TO THE TEA AND TYLENOL AS NEEDED, AND IN THE FUTURE IF YOU HAVE PAIN TAKE TYLENOL AND DO YOUR BEST NOT TO GO BACK TO PAIN PILLS, GOD BLESS,

lady1111

Jan 29, 2012

ALSO FORGOT TO ADD LIV-C FROM HSU HEALTH STORE TAKE THAT 2 WEEKS PRIOR TOO, AND THE TEA COMES IN A BOX, SURE THE CLERK WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU FIND THEM BOTH, BUT THE LIV -C IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PAIN PILLS CAN TAKE A REAL BEATEN ON YOUR LIVER

sickof4742

Jan 31, 2012

To: GETTING NERVOUS

Myself and my husband are extremely addicted to percocets. I can't tell you how many we take a day because it varies. What I can tell you is that we go through 40 10s in about 3 1/2 days. I have been wanting to quit for quite sometime now, I get to the 2nd day and I can't handle the sickness. I can't take spending tons and tons of money on this evil drug anymore. i need to just deal with the sickness and just stop. The only problem is my husband isn't willing to quit. Any advise

Rich1120

Jan 31, 2012

To: dontbeafool

Read your post from Sept 26th, 2011 about the percocet.
You are so right. Although I only take 15 to 20 mg of Percocet per day,
it really does'nt matter whether its 10, 15, 20, 50, 100.
I AM AN ADDICT. Unfortunately, I rely on them each evening after 5 PM through 9 PM. It relieves my Loneliness and Depression....that's why I take it. Thanks for listening.
I just wanted to air it out and tell you that your post really hit me.
Thanks again
RS

kelli1021

Feb 04, 2012

I see everyone talking about how they got hooked on this stuff for pain and how bad the pain is from withdrawl (withdrawal) but what I don't see is what they did to control the original pain after the addiction was broken. I have suffered SEVERE back pain for almost 20 years that just keeps getting worse. I have gone to so many doctors and they all just act like I am a drug seeker and tell me they can't find anything but back spasms. For the first 2 years I took otc advil 2 pills about 2 or 3 times a day. Dr.s put me on celebrex. Ended up with bleeding ulcers and a severly diseased gallbladder. (Now I must take 3 different rx stomach pills). None of the NSAIDS helped. After having a c-section for child birth, I was put on percoset and given a script of 20 5mg pills. I could not believe the difference in my back pain. Even with the pain of the c-section, newborn twins and a 4 year old, I was able o actually move without hunching over in pain. I told my dr about this and again he acted as if I was drug seeking. About 5 years ago, I moved and got a new primary dr who gave me injections in my back and a script for 10 mg percoset. The shot actually made me urinate myself instantly and continued to pee myself for 3 weeks afterward. After 3 months of him prescibing this, the dr actually had a nervous breakdown and again I went on a search for a new dr to treat me to no avail. My husband was injured in a war and the VA drs just wanted to push him away so they prescribed percoset to him. He di not like the nausea it gave him so I took it and for the first time in years, I was actually able to function. Pain still there but nothing like usual where many days I could not even get out of bed. Now, I have been addicted to percoset for 3 years. I want to stop taking them because I know the law and how much trouble I could get in if it was ever discovered that I am on a rx narcotic that is not mine, but what will I then do for the back pain? After 20 years, it has gotten completely debilitating without the percoset and really bad even with it, it is pretty bad but I can function. I have tried NSAIDS, injections, physical therapy, chiropracter, tens units, soma, tramodol, cyclobenzaprine and nothing helps but the percoset. Any suggestions on what I can do to treat the pain without the narcotic medicine would be greatly apprectiated because I want to get off of this stuff but I know I am better off addicted to IT than I would be bedridden from debilitating back pain. Please help!!!

IwillDoThis

Feb 04, 2012

To: kelli1021

Kelli - I wish I had the answer for you. I am in Day 5 of detoxing off years of hydrocodone use for chronic pain. While I never abused them, took more than prescribed my body got used to dosage and they stopped working, I knew this but kept taking them because I knew I'd need to be prepared to get my body off this physical dependency. I've been doing a very gentle type of yoga for a year and it really has changed me, just learning to breathe and meditate can be a HUGE help with the pain. I'm planning on taking one day at a time with my pain and just try to address each symptom as it shows up with heating pads, aspercreme, advil, I do get gentle chiropractic, bi-weekly massage, I've seen an oriental medicine guy, accupuncture gives me relief. Hell on my worst pain day if you gave me a chickenfoot and told me to shake it over a fire I would do it to get relief. Finding a good doctor to help you with your medical issues is sometimes so elusive - are you near a university? just thinking out loud. Let me ask you is the med controlling your pain or are you just hooked now and in pain? Hopefully some others with more time off meds and a chronic pain condition can offer more info. I'm just starting my path but coming here is a good first step and if you are here I suspect you were like me - at the end of your rope, in pain and physically hooked on these damn pills.

Bellyup29

Feb 05, 2012

To: flash1966

I am 45 yrs old. And I have been off and on opiates for 30plus yrs. It is very normal to have your symptoms for a long time. The good news is ,THIS TO SHALL PASS! Just keep drinking water, water, water. And go to GNC and get the well pack vitamins. They are a gods sent. Unfortunately for me I have also had to have alotof surgeries, I have a bad back. So for me off and on. I have struggled with this for a long time. Detoxing off benzos and opiates are hell. The problem with that is we forget how bad it was. I wish you the best.

Randy8854

Feb 14, 2012

To: Bellyup29

I have now been off the Oxy 10/325's for about 90 days now. I was taking 8 or 9 a day for over 4 years. After 4 years these things become your "normal" way of life. I was determined to get off of them and took my last 20 pills and broke them all in half. Then I began to reduce intake. After my last pill the withdrawal began day 2. I was crawling! Restless leg syndrome at night was horrible. Every day I was washed out from lack of sleep. I began to read books just to get my mind off of it. Then long walks in the winter air. It was the worst experience of my life! They still call out to me at certain times but I now know better. After having surgery 2 weeks ago I was given Oxy's for pain. Here's what I found: Once off this horrible drug from its daily use and you're aware that it's now out of your body you can actually take the drug again as long as you can control its use. I took less than prescribed for 3 days and threw out the rest. It worked on ther pain and only the pain! Understand, with real pain it focuses on that! After I threw them away I had no withdrawal at all! So once off of them for a period and you are truely past them, you can take them again for pain providing you are aware that you never want to return to that addiction
again! Just my experience....

Stuck325

Feb 20, 2012

To: harrysmooth

I just read your blog, and the only advise I can give you is to taper off of them slowly. You will probably go though withdrawls but I dont believe it will be as bad as if you go "Cold Turkey." I only now this because 2 months ago I ran out of 10/325 perc2 weeks prior to my renewal script. Since I realized that I would be running out 2 weeks before my next refill i decided to taper off the perc's. However this time I have run out and I just did it cold turkey and the withdrawls are terrible. I am suffering from flu like sysmptoms, runny nose, coughing, weak, restless, no sleep, shakes, and G.I distress. Im sitting here contrantly looking at the clock eagerly awaiting my appt. with my doc tomorrow so I can get rid of this feeling. I need help and I am currently looking into differant rehabs. Good luck to you it's a very difficult thing to go through...Stuck

NorthEast213

Feb 20, 2012

To: Stuck325

Hey stuck any thoughts of just riding it out buddy? you are already into the middle of withdrawal and soon the worst will subside. What better time then the present/? Post a new question if you would like any additional help.

Don't go back on them now what is the point? Just gets harder each and every time!!!! You can do it!!!!

Ricco414

Feb 20, 2012

I'm 21. I've been perscribed 4 30mg oxycodone, 4 40mg oxycontin a day for the last 2 years, now i've been constantly trying to find another doctor or anybody who can help with the pain. I've talked to surgens, and plenty other DUMB F$*#'s who send me in a loop hole of bull S#@T round and round. Nobody can seem to find whats causing all this pain. I broke my back and had a bonefusion, a mri says everything is fine, but i still deal with constant pain daily. Now my painmanagement screwed up a scheduleing appointment i was suposed to have with some other doctor, and i cant get in for over 2 weeks after my script runs out. Well guess what, my script ran out on friday, its monday and now im starting to deal with withdrawls. Now im nobody who doesnt understand what its like to deal with withdrawls because i've been screwed around by doctors before, but I never seen a M.D REFUSE TO HELP ANYONE..... I ask them if theres anything they can do, they tell me no we refuse to help you, go to a hospital. So i go to the hospital, they say we cant help you because your on a contract with pain management.... SO WTF RIGHT.... So i call the pain management up agian and they say, well if ur feeling that bad go to the hospital because we wont help you and hang up on me.... I call them back and instead of yelling at the *****, i go, well ..... this is what the hospital said..... So the pain management wont help me, they say go to the hospital, the hospital wont help me they say go to your pain management... LIKe FOr the doctors.. if your reading this.... DONT Put people on such high medications and then not help them when they need help because i bet you anymoney you would do anything for your family if it came to the pain their in, then these bad *** withdrawl (withdrawal) symptoms if they went through them...... anyways, when i first went to a pain management I thought they were doctors who helped, and i was so relieved that there was actually something out there that could stop the SEVERE pain i was going through on a daily basis. Now after 2 years of dealing with a bunch of pricks, I think of pain managment as Nazi's and M.D.'s as Hitler..... They know what this **** does to people and yet when you cant get any helpfrom anywhere, they just dont care.... I can see if that was with somebody who abused drugs, but i never once abused anything. So you know they should actually help people like me but noooooooo...... anyways.... Day 1... And IT HIT HARD, My day one is most like "From what i've been reading" Your, day 1-3, X10... So be happy you get it easy... I don't get symptoms one bye one, they all come at once, and all stay for a long time... Which *****........ And on top of that im in a constant pain of 1-10, a gaurenteed 10+...Which means I am constantly in my bed because of the pain... and staying in my bed dealing with withdrawls makes your whole room smell like **** cuz of the toxins released through your pores

caseyluda

Feb 21, 2012

To: all

i have also been hooked for many years i was taking about 15 750s a day i decided to quit when i did i get cold sweats and fell lack of motivation i fould best to help me was taking motrion and drinking energy drinks and staying busy and around people dont let the drug controll you it is 80 percent in your brain if you make it past 72hours the drug is out your system keep your head up people we can do this

Lopez1100

Feb 23, 2012

I have been taking percs for about a year now.. I take the 15s or the 30 mg's up to about 100 mg's a day I want to stop sooo bad!! I've tried cold turkey longest I went was 3 days before I relapsed. I can't stand the w/d symptoms achy, sweaty, depressed, and insomnia. Tried tapering down seems I just can't do it I find myself taking more and more .. I don't know what to do anymore .. Please help! ;(

idkidk

Feb 24, 2012

To: all

im writing this as tears stream down my face. ive been addicted to percs for about the past year, taking about 90mg a day. i'm currently on day 4 of going cold turkey since having to relocate to the west coast for a new job. the first day wasnt too bad but then waking up the second day was like waking up in hell. throwing up until nothing was left in my system and diarrhea for about 2 hours straight, it was awful. besides that i felt so worthless, tired and lazy. the 3rd day was better, took lots of imodium (immodium) and vitamins, drank lots of water but the anxiety and the RLS were still there a bit unfortunately. today i feel even better. i find that smoking some weed helps and really hot showers/baths, thats about it. the worst part of everything is staying up all night watching each minute pass before your eyes, it seriously is torture. im so tired of this and just want it all to be over. i just want to be able to sleep again like a normal human! i know if i was back on the east coast id without a doubt relapse, basically moving out here is my last chance. i just had to get all of this off my chest, ive been reading everyone elses posts and it started to make me feel better so i'm hoping i could maybe do the same for somebody else. wish me luck because i need it!

Davidis

Feb 25, 2012

To: MboxAddictedMoney

I've read dozens of these posts and yours is the first I felt compelled to answer. I'm up early now in day 6 of cold turkey and feeling like ****. This is my third cold turkey off Percocet. I'd go weeks or months then just pick-up like an *******. It feels so good to take one again then start the abuse. But as for right now, I have a super-bad headache, depressed with flu-like symptoms and my third **** since I woke up.
Advice to you which is helping me a lot: DRINK WATER right now. Drink six to eight glasses a day. You need to flush out your body. It's stagnant and been poisoned by the devil of all meds, Percocet (which now I truly believe to be true)
For no reason I start sweating like a pig and have no energy. I am not working so that helps I don't know what I would do if I had to go to a job right now. In the beginning I was on Percocet 5, then 10, then #20 for up to eight years in all for chronic back and spinal problems. My MD did what I told him (sort of mad at him about that)  He'd write anything I'd tell him to write and I took those pills with joy.
Well now I'm paying with the withdrawals.
He never said no to me. I have my Doctorate so pretty smart here but really stupid about what I let happen to myself. Yesterday I was super-depressed and was thinking of ways I could die without my grown kids taking it to badly. Like, an accident of some kind that way people would feel "bad for me"
If I blew my brains out with one of my guns that is selfish and would ****-up my family for life. Friend, that's how powerfully this withdrawal messes up your mind. Through all this, I have no desire to take a Perc, I'm just wicked depressed, tired and miserable.
As for off'ing myself, I know I could never follow thru with it but my head is ******-up and I know it will take time for my bran to recover. I've got way too much to live for. I've read many posts it can take 6 to 12 months to be "normal" again.Thinking about the past several years I don't know how I functioned every day being stoned. Driving a car, making important decisions being stoned, how stupid.
I tried to do a project in my house yesterday and did two really stupid things cutting wood the wrong measurement  ( I know better how could I make such a dumb mistake )  I ruined one of the doors and had to buy a new one at Lowes. I was mad at myself all evening, besides feeling miserable.
Do this withdrawal one day at a time, that's all I can say. Drink the fluids, don't drink booze, keep your body clean inside. Let your liver recover, it's been trying to cleanse your blood all this time and is tired too, not to mention your kidneys. Don't let the demon of Percocet take over your mind. Like I said I have no desire to take a pill now, some people have that craving. I think the headaches and hangover from taking it is worse than the "good high" of being on it and my body knows I won't have the hangovers any more by stopping.
Get high on life, sounds like you tried many pills over your life to get high. Like me, be a man and just get thru it  ~  get over it and don't give up. I have not tried Subutex or any other med to get off. I'm just doing it myself.
In review:  Flush out your body drinking water. You will **** out everything over time, and start eating. Even 6 or 7 small meals a day. The first few days of withdrawal I couldn't even get hard, but now I jerk-off once a day and that is helping.
Get outside and walk. I watched a movie yesterday which got my mind off this withdrawal.
Some of these posts say to take Melatonin to sleep. I'm going to the vitamin store today and get some. Reply to this and let me know how you are doing oK and good luck.  David

Scotty2hotty24

Feb 29, 2012

To: Singlma

Dude I was on suboxone 8/2's for 3 years following a 2 year addiction to oxycontin 80mgs and I'll tell ya, suboxone withdrawals are some of the worst I've ever had. It's just substituting 1 drug for another. Get off that stuff as soon as you can because the longer you wait the worse it gets. Percs, dones, and vicodins aren't half as bad to withdrawal from as heroin or oxycontin or suboxone. To all: just be careful and get clean when you know it's time. You can do it and there are plenty of us out here that can help.

Chas77

Mar 04, 2012

To: J253

Your post was really comforting and helpful to me. I admire your fortitude in staying with it.

I am 76 yr old who had surgery for a full Achilles tear . When I went home Dr. gave me scrip for 60 525 Percocet. They told me keep "ahead of the pain" take one or 2 every four hours, boy! did I keep ahead of it. Took them for 3 months, felt great, went back for renew and he gave me Hydocodene, that caused all kinds of side effects that were really bad ,ie, rash, dizziness, headaches, as u said a very bad Flu, u name it I had them, was going crazy. They me put back on Perc. took a few and realized that was I starting to get addicted to these f#* things. Stopped Cold Turkey, feel like sh#*, waiting each day to feel better, my Internist. gave me Celebrex for my Achilles pain. It is hard to realize how these young kids take this poison to feel good. As u said one day at a time, again tks for ur post. Good Luck

Canada2009

Mar 08, 2012

To: Fixer79

This is an awesome story with a light at the end of the tunnel.

I am at day 10 without oxy's but I am still on my Tramadol and instead of oxy's I have t3's now. The withdrawals are horrible as the days go it gets worse....I am embarrassed and ashamed that I allowed myself to take this medicine for the last 18 months but also can't imagine going off the rest of my meds. I always said I'm not addicted cause I only take two or three a day and I only take it when the pain is bad but now look at me.

I will be researching the medicine your husband went on and see if I can get it in Canada. With our laws changing here regarding pain meds in particular oxy's and perc's we need to find something else that works.

I hope your husband lives a long and healthy life cause he has a wife and family that loves him dearly.

All the best Canada2009

tranquildisorder

Mar 11, 2012

i was doing oxycodone 5mg for past 2 yrs non perscribed i decided i needed to straighten up and have been off for 9 days as long as i stay busy i feel ok but as soon as i stop my back and restless legs kill me and my stomach hurts all the time thank god for immodium ad but is what i'm feeling normal before i started them i had back pain and restless legs and went to a doc and he treated me as i was a dope head or something and wouldn't even perscribe a ct or mri so that was when i did something about it myself so basically i'm asking if maybe there is something wrong or if its still the withdrawls?

tranquildisorder

Mar 11, 2012

oh.. forgot to add what really makes it hard is the my wifes doc persribes her percs so having those in the house is teaching me how bad i want off of pain meds

IwillDoThis

Mar 11, 2012

To: tranquildisorder

Welcome!

If you are otherwise healthy I would wager what you are feeling is still withdrawals.  You are 9 days off correct?  I am 40 days off and I do still have some issues - last night after feeling fine for a while I had the creepy crawlies so bad I wanted to slap someone.  It just happens.  We have changed our body chemistry, the way our brain synapses work by taking these pills - stopping will be life saving for so many but be patient it does just take time.  Time for our bodies to get those good hormones/chemicals going, things like our natural melatonin and stuff that went away because we were filling those receptors with pills.

Of course, if you feel there is something wrong you should definitely seek medical care but you are most definitely still experiencing the effects of your abuse.

Hang in there and try to replace those cravings with other activities to take your mind off wanting that pill.  Listen to some music, go for a walk, distract yourself.

Above all, be patient and caring to yourself right now.  You didn't do this to yourself overnight and you are not going to be magically better in 9 days.

So glad you made this decision, stick with us all and keep posting.  (You also posted on a really old post - when you post just "Ask a Question" and you'll get more responses.

hanaumo

Mar 11, 2012

To: all

Hey all, I took my last perc on Wed morning and was looking for some advice. I have a constant pain (not severe) in my abdomen area and when I go to the toilet I have had diarrhea for the most part each day.  My abdomen basically feels like its swollen up for last 3 days. Also one night I woke up at 4am with numbness in my right hand! Has anyone else ever experienced this while withdrawing?  I was so scared at time that I couldnt sleep again after that!  I had taken perc 10s and also the blue 30s on and off for last couple of years.  In the last month until I stopped on Wednesday, I had been doing several each day.  I dont have any other real symptons though I do get paranoid when trawling internet etc looking for diagnosis.  Is this a normal thing to experience after 4 days off them?  I dont feel bad otherwise and have been back working out.  Im not sure if I get paranoid because I dont want to admit to being an addict and that is why im thinking the symptos are from something else!  Truth is I have been addicted to them of course and couldnt go a day without when on them.  I really never want to feel like this again and just hope I havent done serious damage before its too late!
My friend suggested that I should get checked for ulcers or other issues though I have no other symptons than what I described?  I also have no med insurance which of course makes my paranoia even greater!
Has anyone else experienced this stomach/abdomen inflated/pain feeling and if so can it last for several days?
I really want to quit and never touch one again after this scary time, though just need assurance that these signs are normal and I am not just masking over another issue!
I thank you guys all for your help and im hoping that this feeling and paranoia leaves me over next few days!  I want to be in control and never have that 'uncertain' feeling ever again!
Thanks!

tranquildisorder

Mar 12, 2012

To: iwilldothis

day number 10 started off a lil slugiish but got into the groove at work been feeling pretty good since i have to say also reading theses comments helps. hearing other people can do it gives me more will power. and thanks for the encouragement iwilldothis

4menonline

Mar 15, 2012

To: yikes721

thanks so much for your post. i also just got a hip replacement, and only 3 weeks on perc. I've started to decrease my dose over the past 10 days, but last night, was the worst.

anyway, its good to know what's going on and what to expect. funny the doc does not tell you about this. they just prescribe the pills.

i think the craziest thing that is happening to me is uncontrollable crying fits.

thanks again.
kimberly

genelle2020

Mar 15, 2012

To: Elorac

Hi , I am in a similar situation, I am withdrawing from methadone for chronic pain, been on it 6 years, was at 130 mgs at the highest , am now down to 50mgs with no withdrawals, yet. My doctor wants to put me on Suboxone when I am at 30 mgs and I am totally AGAINST it! From what I know, it is a scary drug, and when you are on it, if something happened where you needed a medical procedure that requires pain meds or sedation of sorts, you cannot have it with Suboxone. Nor can you have anything like Clonazepam ( Klonopin ) which I take daily. I just hope I have a choice to withdraw from methadone by decreasing the dose very slowly. I would really look in to this drug before going on it, I am sure going to put up a fight!

Freedom101

Mar 19, 2012

To: all

I am on day 13 since my last Perc. Just like most of the posts on here i was prescriped pain meds for chronic pain issues for the past 4 almost 5 years. The last year i took the pain meds just to be able to function, dependency most certainly, addiction i was denying it.
13 days ago, i ran out my Percocet 5/325. Withdrawals started 4 hours after my last pills. Body aching, nervousness, feeling uneasy, headaches but the worse was still to come. My first night was complete horror, i couldn't sleep and had terrible restless legs. Finally i moved onto the couch and eventually got a few hours of sleep. Second, third, fourth day.... horrible days and nights. I was so touchy towards my husband my children, the only thing i was capable of doing is sitting on the couch and barely moving. Either way, i continued to press on. Day 11 arrived, my first night with maybe 1 hour of restless legs ( huge difference from the nights before ). On day 12 i had decided this is it. If i can go 12 days without this evil in my life i would be stupid to go back. I am a very faithful person and do believe in prayer so yesterday at sunday mass, i asked god to give me the strength, wisdom and knowledge to kick this addiction, this evil serpent that was running my life. This was the first time since i started pain killers i was able to name the evil in my life. The very same day i was in the bathroom looking for the blow dryer, opened one of the drawers and guess what. I found a bottle of ten remaining Lortab. Coincidence? The very same day, i ask for strength to banish this out of my life, i find a 10 Lortab in a drawer that i cleaned out just a few days before? How did those pills get in there? No clue, the last time i was presciribed Lortab was more than 4 months ago and just like i mentioned, i had cleaned my bathroom drawers just a few days before i ran out of my Percocet.
I looked at the Lortab, opened the bottle, put the pills into my hand and flushed them down the toilett. There is nothing in life worth running your life, especially liquid heroin ( thats what i call my demon Percocet). I am a better person without them, i am a better wife and most importantly a much better mother and therefore its worth the 13 days of pain to have a lifetime of freedom to have non cloudy vision. It's ok to feel pain, our bodies went through thousands of years through evolution with handling pain. My brain needs to re-adjust itself how to feel pain, how to process that, how to handle being tired and giving me the command to rest. With Percs you can go all day, full of energy, if that doesn't screw your body and brain, i don't know what will. We are NOT made to run all day long, its ok to be tired and give your body a break when it demands and needs it. Its ok to feel pain and be in a bad mood, we are NOT made to be in a good and talkative mood all day long.
I am not kidding myself, i am still and always will be on chronic pain but i rather scratch the wall paper off the wall than take anything else than 1 Tylenol if at all. I guess what i am trying to say is, if you want to live a life without pain killers its in your hands to do it. You have to be the one to banish it, nobody controls your brain but you. You started feeding this to your brain and you are the only one that can stop it. Draw strength from everything and everybody you believe in. Some people might call the faith and prayers the Placebo effect, honestly i don't care as long as it gives you strength. Remember the withdrawals WON'T, CAN'T last a lifetime!!!!! The addicton will, you can never go back and say, oh my pain is so bad, i will take just one pill today, NO!!! I could get my next refill of 140 Percocet by the end of this week. No chance, i have done enough to my body as it is, i can't take the refill, fool my brain and then go through withdrawals again. I am glad, i ran out, i am glad i got withdrawals. I saw what those pills did to me and my life and frankly it wasn't worth it. Its never too late to take control of your life. Don't be afraid of your body every minute, every hour that you go through withdrawals is one step closer to feeling human and complete again.

Rickyfressh

Mar 21, 2012

I am recently in cancun now on vacation trying to kick this crazy Habsburg . I was taking about 300 milligrams of Percocet a day. No one is worse than me and they are 25 to 30 dollars a peice. And I'm taking 10 30 mgs a day. Really tough. But I'm on my 5th day I feel great. Trying to get into shape. It's hard when I havnt worked out in a year. I'm having trouble sleeping becides that and anxiety I think 4 days is long time. Wish my luck

Weeirishred

Mar 23, 2012

To: jkyeah

Thank you.

dontbeafool

Mar 23, 2012

To: Rich1120

I appreciate that, but you don't have to thank me. If you can convince yourself that it's time to quit, the rest will fall in line. But it starts with having the mentality that the time for taking pills is over. That has to happen first. Then you can get on with becoming free from this hell!

Freedom101

Mar 23, 2012

To: all

Day 17 since my last Percocet it DOES get better. Nausea, feeling down, lack of energy, mood swings, body aching has all past. I used to think about Perocoet all day long, now i wake up and it doesn't even cross my mind. Only trouble i still have is the lack of sleep. That actually got worse. The first days i got about 4-5h now i am down to 2 most 3 hours. I am exhausted but i just can't get the sleep. When i lay down my restless legs go nuts. Pretty scary considering that i haven't had any pills in 17 days and my body is still withdrawing. Either way, i saw my doc and told him that i will not take any more narcotics. He looked at me as if i had lost my mind. There is no turning back. I will not go back to that drugged state.... another day towards freedom...

chtoro

Mar 26, 2012

I've been taking perk 30's for about 6 months doing about 6 a day...I still feel terrible. Ive been clean about 3-4 days...I can't sleep or eat...any suggestions...if I could get some sleep I'd be ok.

dontbeafool

Mar 26, 2012

To: Rich1120

No problem. Hope you're doing well with this very toxic disease. Just remember the magic number - 21. It takes 21 days with no relapsing to feel human again. Back in the 70's they had a 21 day methadone program that was more about staying clean for 21 straight days than it was about the methadone.

Just think, in 3 short weeks you will finally have the life back that the pills stole from you. Hang in there.

Freedom101

Mar 26, 2012

To: all

Day 20, still going strong. No turning back, life is good without Percoct.

ashley042104

Mar 30, 2012

I'm currently addicted to perk 30s perk 15s and tramadol. I quit 4 days ago but went back to it because my family did not praise me for it. I felt like hell and i have no where else to turn to Please help I'm at my wits end and I'm scared from everyone arguing with me I'm going to go off the deep end please help.

tranquildisorder

Mar 30, 2012

28 days and i'm feeling good stomach still messed up every day but i think that might be un related i feel free i can change jobs if wanted actually i'm moving in a week for a better job opportunity getting off is the best decision of my life other than marrying my wife who had my 2 great kids it was a family decision to all out there it can be done you just gotta be ready and everyones post helped whenever i felt discouraged so thank you all

needhelp005005

Apr 06, 2012

To: anyone

I have been taking percocet 7.5/325 for two years mostly on--especially the last year--My dr wouldn't prescribe more than 4 a day I have have had pancreatic cancer and rheumatoid arthritis as well as a host of other health problems but getting off this stuff is the worst and getting different drs will get me in trouble--I am up to to 16-18 as high as 21 a day of the 7.5's hasn't helped that much--I stopped yesterday pretty much cold turkey --feel terible- thinking of medical detox--I don't drink--I have nothing to take the edge off. the hospitals all know me and though I have legit healh problems these w/ds are horrendous and i als=ways run out. how long will coming off this much take really--I am already very depressed and have a small very small support system. Please let me know the average of the w/ds--its been 30 hrs.

solfuego

Apr 07, 2012

To: needhelp005005

I have taking perc on and off for about 2 years, I have lost of kidney stones that pass 3 times week, I also have endometrios which is quite painful, I know I have things that cause a lot of pain but I am tired of taking this drug. I will be replacing perc with Advil. When I go through withdraws I say in my head that I have a flu and treated as flu with flu medicine like night-quail and etc. When people get a flu it usually last a week or so. This helps me a lot by thinking I am not having withdraws, our minds are very powerful and by thinking it s withdraws makes it worse.My last dose of perc was yesterday at 9 am:)

somethinGottagive

Apr 09, 2012

To: somethinGOTTAgive

was reading n decided to vent as well...ive been on pills on n off for about a year...oxy 40s, perc 10s, vikes 10...whatever..5s,10s...it used to be that just 2 or 3 would have me straight..but now i need at least 8-10..prefferably 12-15..not in one sitting but spaced out over the day...anyway...ive tried at least 2 times in the last 2 months...its only been serious that long..today was day 2 before i jsut relapsed n took 2 60 morphine...*** my life...ive been doin research into thomas remedy..n ill prolly try a variation of that ..which is just basicaly anti-depressents, vitamins, immodium n whatnot..somethin gotta give..i pray for all of us..good luck

bigdreams

Apr 09, 2012

Hey, just looking for some insight. My fiance and I have been doing pills on and off for the last year. We pretty much do whatever, oxy, opana, perks, vicodin, whatever is around. I always told myself I would never become an addict. But its time to stop. We are getting married in three months and want to start a life. We tried several times to get clean using methadone that we had bought, it worked for a few days but we always seemed to relapse. I absolutely cant take suboxone, it makes me vomit every time it dissolves under my toung. Ive run.out of idease so this time were trying.cold turkey. We are only in the first 24hrs and feeling like hell. Im wondering how long the acjes and pains will last, when will I start to feel nornal again. Also, the lack of sleep is terrible, and its taking a major toll on my job. Hoping someone can help and soooon!

haroojaat

Apr 09, 2012

To: bigdreams

I have a similar situation i started taking percs 5/325 for the first the months, keep in mind for no pain just the high. I was buying them from a friend that had knee surgerory. After three months I started taking Oxycodon 15mg, i started with 2 a day but slowly but surely moved to 3-4 a day. In between if he did not have oxycodon i started taking oxycontin 20mg 2 twice a day. I started taking this last march, i had a baby boy in between and he is 6 months old. Imagine that i was high for the first 6 months of my babys life. WOW saying that hurts enough to bring tears in my eyes. So 4 days ago i decided to stop, first 24 are tough but do able because you still have enough mg's in your body to keep the w/d to a minumim. My second was the hardest all i could think of was getting more pills. I felt like utter death, just utter ****. I could not sleeep at night and moaned the whole night. I had to go to the urgenct care becase i felt so bad they prescribed me librium, honestly that did not help at all. Now day 3 comes, i feel like **** and i am very moody. I faught with my wife and said things to her and her brother that i would have never said if i was normall. Its sad to see how a stupid little pill can controll you life. Its not that your getting high even more, your doing it just to get by cause your mind craves it. Now its day 4, I still have shivers but my depression has gone down some what and im starting to feel better. Even till this second i feel like getting more, but if i do, i went through the last 4 days of hell for nothing. Its mind over body, not only are you much more moody on the drugh, but you start forgetting things, you start spending more money then you can afford. But most importantly you are hurting the people around you. Imagine i have been high for the past year on these pills and have lost 6 months of real quality and true time with my son. Lets be honest nothing really helps coming off, people say benzo's, hot showers, smaller dosages, melisa leaves ect. The only thing that will help in this case is your mind, thinking about the people you love and how you act like. Be strong, be smart, and most of all be honest with yourself. Stop as early as you can and dont look back. This drug makes you happy just for a couple of hours at the most, and the other hours you spend on thinking about taking more or are upset cause you dont want save the pills for later. W/D are bound to happen, quiting is not, thats up to you and only you. Dont let the devil when, you kick its ***!!! good luck everyone and stay strong, and live strong

candace13820

Apr 09, 2012

I am a 40 year old female, the last 2 years have been a real he11 for me, the pain my body was going through was terrible, i went to the doctor , with not much results, finally a family member helped with some pills, i would buy them and take as needed, mainly for my neck and legs. 2 years later i am now prescribed oxycodone, 4 x a day 7.5's, i take about double, doc has no idea, there are 4 in my family that take them so i usually dont completely run out. I want off them, they are a nightmare whether i'm detoxing or not, i am so scared, i have interstitial cysitis with cronic (chronic) pain, alot of problems with discs in my neck and back, they did mris and found lesions on spinal cord and brain, supposed to see ms spcialist but waiting list is 6 months. I have withdrawn before and the leg problems with withdrawal are far worse than my norm. but the pain in the rest of my body is so bad without anything i'm not sure i can live without something that works. The depression has been awful. I am so scared, my doc doesnt even seem to know what to do with me, i receive weekly treatments for the cystitis, not working well, i have much pain even with 10 mg every 3 to 4 hours. if i were to list all my medical problems it looks rediculous,,,not sure what to do, any advice?

spencer594

Apr 12, 2012

my husband and I have been taking perc 30's for 3 years...i was taking up to 6 pills a day so 180mg we would get suboxone and only take it the days we didnt get the percs...which we would end up finding money and getting percs the same day anyways. we couldn't take it anymore..the control the pills had over us. every time one of us would try to stop, the other would convince us "one more time, that's it" my husband went on business trips and i was home with my son for long periods of time and needed that extra help of the perc...which i was lying to him about, he was taking the suboxone....while he was gone our dealer ripped me off about $300 and that was it for me...i didnt even want to think about the pills so i stopped and had a weeks worth of suboxone left...well i took that and that was 6 days ago and i still feel awful...ive been drinking tons of gatorade and i just have the worst body aches and chills i just cant take it anymore..i want to get help but im only thinking about what will happen to my son...suggestions?

wanttobeclean_2012

Apr 14, 2012

I have a very similar story to everyone here.... hated drugs growing up... never took anything... body heal itself type of thing.... had things prescribed thru 2 c-sections, etc. and always came right off... then i had a herniated disc... had it fixed and felt like a million bucks; until i re-herniated.... then had 2nd surgery and pain stayed.... ortho sent me to pain management... worst thing i EVER did was see that doc.... within 2 years i was on opana and percocet... tried to quit both cold turkey several times because i was always running out of my scripts early.... this stuff has taken such a hold on me.... finally got off the opana and percs to go on to oxy's... kicked oxy with tramadol... kicked tramadol by going back on norco.. then went clean for two weeks.... to see how bad my pain REALLY was... well, i did go back on norco... then had PMDD symptoms and doctor prescribe me effexor. after 10 days i wanted to die! worst **** EVER. went to er because i had a headache that i thought would kill me and they called doc and he wanted my system reset... so nothing but tylenol.... that was 4 days ago. it has been rough.... very, very rough.... i will not deny it... i have felt hopeless, had horrible GI issues, horrible VIVID dreams about awful things... sleep is tough... everything is tough.... but i have done it. and if i can, you can... i have taken care of 2 kids by myself and we made it..... vitamins help, gatorade helps, excercise, get out of the house as soon as you can.... all great advice! thing is... guess what??? go in for another herniation surgery this coming tuesday.... to get back on all the stuff again.... i would love some advice on how people manage this... i obviously can't have surgery w/o pain meds. i also have to go back to doc who prescribed effexor and see what he wants to do... am not taking another drug w/o researching it though. that i have learned... just took a long time... thanks for reading and if you have any advice i would love it!

Punkin2410

May 01, 2012

To: Rickyfressh

Was wondering how your doing...

CanuckGal

May 03, 2012

To: wanttobeclean_2012

Hi - I've just been glued to these posts for obvious reasons ;) Are all or most of you in the U.S? I'm a Canadian gal looking for a confidante. I feel very lonely in this medicated world with 3 herniated discs. I'll write more along with responses. Not many posts lately.

Merci!

goinclean

May 07, 2012

To: everyone suffering

first night and i know its not gonna be fun been eating 5 a day for years with tons of alcohol also my body is not ready but i have to quit this **** it is ruining my life

hellchild720

May 08, 2012

To: fellow members of hell

I have been taking percs for years. i take them because of a serious chronic medical condition. getting docs to write scrips for me is easy. The longest i go without taking them is two weeks tops then im back on em. ive never been addicted to any other drugs and thats rare coming from a musician in the music industry.
Every one in this world is addicted to something. You have some who cant function without a cigarette or cup of coffee in the morning. the key is control.
taking 20 or 30 pills a day is the sign of someone who has no will or mind power at all.
i will say that detoxing is pure hell but fortunately for me i have a high pain tolerance level.
For about a week im a little messed up then around week 2 im perfectly normal again then i do the whole thing over.
Around 2 weeks your body is normal again so when you take them again you puke your brains out.
The worst thing for me is getting on stage without em.
If you try my method your withdrawal will not be as bad. take em for 2 weeks then stop then do it all over again.
There are worst things in the world you could be doing. Nothing wrong with escaping reality sometimes. IF your hurting others then you need to stop if you are not get high!!!

Francyna

May 08, 2012

To: hellchild720

ALL I CAN SAY IS " WOW ! "

LodiDodi

May 08, 2012

To: jkyeah

I know this was posted a longtime ago but thank you so much for your advice and wisdom on the subject. My hubby is going through this right now. He is on Day 2 and am surprised he even went to work. He came home early yesterday and slept from 9am until 3AM this morning. He didn't want to eat or do anything. He was very jumpy when he heard the slightest noises and then very irritated by the dog barking. He is a very strong willed person and I am confident he will get through but have a fear he may not. He is surrounded with people addicted to percocets/methadone. They smoke it off foil! That f'ing blows my mind. But I totally get it. When crushing and snorting them isn't enough anymore then you step it up a notch. I didn't know this was such a problem until very recently. He admitted to me that it has been a year long struggle. Not sure if you will even see this rant of mine but thanks again anyway!

UNCLEBOB2012

May 21, 2012

To: WD helpful info

I told my doctor that I had heard that "MOTRIN blocks the same receptors in the brain that opiates do"... He just smiled and said "I've heard that too"... Last time I ran short on my 40mg oxycontin I took 5 - 200mg ibuprofen... laid still on my back and got relief for about 5 hours. This may work for you... (P.S. a fan directly on the top of my head with feet elevated on headboard)

ness70

May 24, 2012

To: Fixer79

Reading your post gave me hope. y husband is going cold turkey on Sunday with 3 days off to follow. Watching him deal with this is breaking my heart. He is taking 60-90 mg of percocet a day and is still miserable. He has been cutting back slowly in hopes that it will lessen the withdrawals. an you give me any advise as a caregiver? We also are planning on using the "homas Recipe" Looking forward to any input you may have.

ness70

May 24, 2012

To: addictedmichelle

our story is almost identical to my husbands. He will be going cold turkey in 5 days.his has destroyed our once healthy and active sex life and it seems to be the only thing we ever think or talk about anymore. I wish you the best.

sillygirl1979

May 25, 2012

To: harrysmooth

I am in the same boat as you. I have been addicted for about 4 or 5 years now. However, my dosage kept getting upped and upped and upped. I am no longer on Percs, but instead oxycodone 30, It just doesn't have the tylenol in them. Like you I am ready to quit, I do not want to live like this anymore. When I wake up in the morning I have to think about how many pills I have before I decide what I can do that day. Also like you I have about 20 pills left and am not sure what the best way to go about this is. I am thinking to go cold turkey except when I start getting dope sick take however many it takes to make me not sick. I am hoping the number of pills it takes me to feel not sick gets lower and lower, and by the end of a week or 2 I can wake up in the morning and not worry about being sick. Good luck to you keep us updated on your progress!!!!

mks1

May 28, 2012

Hi guys I need advice I've only been on percocet about 6-8 weeks about 60mg a day and now down to 10-30 a day and I quit for 2 days but felt so awful I went back but only 10-20 per day. How long will the hot cold sweats last if I stop???? That's what bothers me most

mks1

May 28, 2012

To: please help

Hi guys I need advice I've only been on percocet about 6-8 weeks about 60mg a day and now down to 10-30 a day and I quit for 2 days but felt so awful I went back but only 10-20 per day. How long will the hot cold sweats last if I stop???? That's what bothers me most