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Percocet withdrawl please help!!
I have been luckier than most people here, I have only taken maybe max three perks a day and only for a year or so. I've never had cravings for the drug, if I have it or don't. I've been off and on them for my pain, sometimes weeks without. I usually had stomach issues and restlessness in between, and sometimes nothing. This time, my last dose was Sunday night (its now Tuesday night). And that was even an accident....I had a Dr appt Monday morning, and was planning on having them start tapering me on my dosage, or I would do it myself (I am a pharmacy technician). But the specialist I saw apparently as a rule doesn't prescribe any kind of pain medications, even Motrin. So I was stopped suddenly. This time, I have very severe what feels like restless leg syndrome on crack but all over my body. Just that weird under the skin feeling like I HAVE to move. Its awful, and its all over. I also so far only have minor stomach stuff. This weird skin crawling thing is driving me batty. I do currently take gabapentin and alprazolam (both at night) and they didn't do anything last night. Hot baths haven't helped. Because its all over my body, RLS tips only kind of help. I would love any help and tips (including OTC meds that would help kind of) that I can get my hands on!!
You will make it. Stronger every day. Drink something good for the tummy and try saltines too. The skin & chills reduces at day 4 for me. I was on Percs for 2 years. Feeling good today at day 10. Read all the Perc posts and ask questions. Some of these folks really care. You are doing great...big steps you are making. You will do this. Keep posting.
Hi and Welcome!,
Sounds like you've got 48 hrs of clean time in, don't go back, don't stop -- you can do this if you want it. I know that the trashing around and restless leg thing is rough. So, is the sleeplessness. You're almost halfway through. It sounds like you have a light habit - that's a good thing. Like Painbal says -- lots of water. There isn't really anything that's not a prescription that will keep you asleep at the stage you're at right now. Try to distract yourself just try not to stress to much about it. Try to decouple from your symptoms. Watch a movie -- listen to music-- read a book, etc. If you're lucky enough to have someone there who'll do it, massages and foot rubs help. It's really important that you try just take this moment to moment. Think how little two or three days is. That's all it'll take you to get over this hump. If this is your first habit/tolerance you can walk away and you'll be sleeping well and healthy in a relatively short time. I've got thirty years of hardcore opiate addiction behind me and I'm here to tell you to walk away, now, because it get's harder and harder each time you return. Whatever happens, please, keep posting. You've got people in your corner, here.
Sounds like you've got 48 hrs of clean time in, don't go back, don't stop -- you can do this if you want it. I know that the trashing around and restless leg thing is rough. So, is the sleeplessness. You're almost halfway through. It sounds like you have a light habit - that's a good thing. Like Painbal says -- lots of water. There isn't really anything that's not a prescription that will keep you asleep at the stage you're at right now. Try to distract yourself just try not to stress to much about it. Try to decouple from your symptoms. Watch a movie -- listen to music-- read a book, etc. If you're lucky enough to have someone there who'll do it, massages and foot rubs help. It's really important that you try just take this moment to moment. Think how little two or three days is. That's all it'll take you to get over this hump. If this is your first habit/tolerance you can walk away and you'll be sleeping well and healthy in a relatively short time. I've got thirty years of hardcore opiate addiction behind me and I'm here to tell you to walk away, now, because it get's harder and harder each time you return. Whatever happens, please, keep posting. You've got people in your corner, here.
Most likely not too much worse usually the W/D peaks 24-72 hours just hang in there you can get through it and it's definitely worth it to be free from the stuff.
Hey,
Yeah, needhelp144 knows what he's talking about he's been through it a few times. I'd say your peak time would be at just about 72 hours. It could be sooner, 'could be later (but I doubt it.) Things will start to ebb from the peak point, usually in the same amt. of time it took to ramp to your peak. Just try not to stress. I know you mentioned that you ran out of meds and that's why this is going on. How do you feel about stopping? I see you're a tech. that must be difficult, considering. I had five friends who were pharmacists. They graduated school together. Only one has their license today. You can guess why..
Yeah, needhelp144 knows what he's talking about he's been through it a few times. I'd say your peak time would be at just about 72 hours. It could be sooner, 'could be later (but I doubt it.) Things will start to ebb from the peak point, usually in the same amt. of time it took to ramp to your peak. Just try not to stress. I know you mentioned that you ran out of meds and that's why this is going on. How do you feel about stopping? I see you're a tech. that must be difficult, considering. I had five friends who were pharmacists. They graduated school together. Only one has their license today. You can guess why..
What do you mean the same amount of time to ramp to my peak? I'm okay with stopping, like I said, I never have really craved it. I am NOT okay with HOW I've had to stop all the sudden. It is very dangerous.
Why is it dangerous? You're withdrawing from three or so percs. a day, right? Is there some other medication? What I meant by ramping down is the symptoms tend to ease in the same way they built up. Think of an equilateral triangle, with one side representing your climb to the peak of how sick you're going to get. The point of the triangle is your peak, let's say at 70 hours, after that the symptoms will start to ease down the other slope. It's quite possible that you'll be sick a shorter time.
From my experience I was on those before my 12yr methedone ride..I really do feel that you are going to be over it in no time..You were not on a large amount and you did them for a short amount of yrs...The last state for most w/d is the weakness...I read you are taking a bath...Are you using the magnz salt?? Plus as you should know magnz taken is a good detoxer..If you feel the ache after a bath then get under a heating blanket..I know it works I still use it for body aches in my 6m...The leggy thing is the worst..I have seen alot of otc things for that..I was told once by a dr I worked for to wrap warm towels around the legs..Maybe with the magnz salt...Then when u feel a bit better come back and we can assit you with alot more.. The stomach they use the immonium ( don't use do not know how to spell it) I here this one alot...
Anyway Just hang on and ride the wave it will pass...Keep us updated.
vickie
Anyway Just hang on and ride the wave it will pass...Keep us updated.
vickie
Going off any opiods cold turkey is dangerous, depending on your medical history. And no, there is no other med thank god lol so you are talking how long the medication took to make me feel good during one day?
No, because you're worried I'm just trying to explain that at 48 hrs. you're almost to the midpoint which is the worst you'll feel in the acute withdrawal phase. After that you should be walking downhill as opposed to up. In other words it'll get easier day by day. I don't know quite what you mean when you say that CT is dangerous. If you have a complicating medical condition or are pregnant, I might agree but otherwise, no. Barbituates, alcohol and Benzo's are the dangerous drugs to come off of CT. It's unpleasant but really not that dangerous. People have died in rapid detox but that's induced. I'm glad to hear there's no other med. It makes it a lot easier.
Yea Evolver is right mainly benzo/alcohol ect. is dangerous stopping cold turkey but with opiates especially the low dose you were taking stopping cold turkey is the way to go because tapering opiates can just further your addiction and it's not needed plus you've been clean for over 48 hrs so you're almost in the clear just keep pushing you'll feel better sooner than later.
Withdrawing from any opioid is dangerous, depending on your medical history. And no, this is the only med thank god lol. So you are saying like in weeks how long it took me to feel the effect of the drug or what?
Lots of people here went c/t from a way higher dose and are here to share there experince...Most of the treatment centers have you go c/t and give u non-addictive meds to help with the anxiety like BUSPAR (buspirone) NOT wellbutrin (bupropion) anti-depressent. Many people get them confused...Most of the DOCs use the clonidine (bp) med for the opiate detox too...Yes the benzo should be tapered just like booze...I went c/t from all plus the methedone, adderral and clonazpam because of my long yrs of using...Had to just do it and I am here today 6 m and alive and free to share my experinces. Just please try to re-direct your self and do not think about it...I have seen some success here with the power of postive thinking...And they did beat it....
Wish u well....
vickie
Wish u well....
vickie
All I meant that if you taper dose like you should, and are actually able to stop, you have almost no withdrawal effects, depending on your dosage. Think I'm on day three here, but I think I was in too much irritation last night so I took a fair amount of stuff for sleep so I'm a little not all mentally here as much today....but so far I think that that is helping.
Not sure if it is me being so med hungover or if yesterday was the worst day for me.....
yes it will get better day by day....you are almost to thru the worst part...the first few days. I CT'd off a 10-12 hydros a day for many years...and i'm almost 54....it was rough but i had been taking them so long and at such a high dose that i knew it would be....but i'm little over 4 months clean and feeling SO much better...energy is back...sleep is back....so hang in there!! we can help you with the symptoms...just stay strong!
and congrats on wanting to stop!
and congrats on wanting to stop!
For most of us, at some point in our "taking of the pills" we had more energy, too. But sooner or later.. the brain chemistry changes and you DON'T continue to have more energy....but less....they actually cause "dullness or inaction" at some point.
You are making a great/wise decision to get off them NOW before you get to a level many of us did.....and like toothfaire said....the energy WILL return for you. (course she needs to teach me a thing or too about that lol)
All kidding aside...the energy you are lacking now is due to the w/drawal process and the re-setting and healing of your brain. When you get "to the other side" of this, your energy will be natural....not opiate induced.
Hang in there.....you are doing really good~
You are making a great/wise decision to get off them NOW before you get to a level many of us did.....and like toothfaire said....the energy WILL return for you. (course she needs to teach me a thing or too about that lol)
All kidding aside...the energy you are lacking now is due to the w/drawal process and the re-setting and healing of your brain. When you get "to the other side" of this, your energy will be natural....not opiate induced.
Hang in there.....you are doing really good~
Oh yes all those meds got most of us wired up to the moon..I went up the latter from hydo/oxy to the methedone and was adding the adderral just to get a bigger buzz, so I can go to work and do everything at one time..I had very complusive behavior..What a dumb mistake but It was a mistake and I just take it as a Blessing and a lession..That is the hardest part for most of us.."we lived to use and used to live" Now aftercare helps me stay strong and fight this demon off my back..I have mellowed out so much in my 56yrs...I like the new me....lol
Hang in you will be fine..You are doing great and you will beat it too..Think God you were on a low dose..It did not build up as bad so it should detox at a good rate..Remember the magnz and/or any detox vit/min. Stay hydrated and get the electros going..
vickie
Hang in you will be fine..You are doing great and you will beat it too..Think God you were on a low dose..It did not build up as bad so it should detox at a good rate..Remember the magnz and/or any detox vit/min. Stay hydrated and get the electros going..
vickie
Laci, I found that taking OTC Benadryl tablets very 4-6 hours for the first 2weeks helped me a lot with the restless jumping-out-of-my-skin feeling, in addition to making sure you drink a lot of fluids (Vitamin Water Revive with B vitamins and electrolytes helped a lot...I drank bout four a day and still do!!), and try taking a magnesium supplement, especially at night. These things helped me a lot during the early days.
See I just got dx with fibromyalgia (now my whole life makes sense---but that dx is not what started the Percocet) so I never had natural energy before. Usually physicallly I have the habits of around a fifty year old. And I'm only 27! ADEXEC benadryl is a hit or miss when I take it for itching or sinus stuff usually.....sometimes I get knocked out, sometimes it doesn't do a thing (including doesn't help the thing I would take it for) I haven't taken it because I'm way afraid of it knocking me out to the point I'd be falling asleep at work the next day. I take xanax for anxiety, so I've been using that. I got prescribed trazadone as well today (because I usually have sleep issues regardless of Percocet). Never had trazadone, but was told it would mix ok with the gabapentin I'm also on at night. Not sure if either of those might help too?
I've been forced to go cold turkey a few times in the past when I was unable to find any. Usually at about two weeks I would come out of that initial funk. That's not to say that the restless legs lasted that long. At the most those would continue for about 3 or so days. I'd get on my treadmill and run because trying to sit through it would make me want to rip my hair out. Running/walking also gets some endorphins pumping which will help a little. I've heard potassium helps a lot with restless legs too.
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