Quick Question Please!! Oxycodone vs. Tylenol w/Codeine?? Please help?

[bellaboo33]

Hi, i was wondering if anyone knew the differences between Oxycodone and Tylenol w/Codeine??  I know they both have acetomenophen.  But, the Tylenol with Codeine has Codeine obviously.  I was taking the one with 30mg. of codeine.  Now I have Oxycodone 7.5-325.  What is the opiad in this drug?  Is it also codeine, or a different drug?  I know my body's reaction to the T3, so I am a little nervous to try this new one....oxycodone.  Is it stronger, not as strong, the same???  I would really appreciate any help!  Thanks!!

[MikeWithFamily]

I understand Migraines, I have been getting them for the past 30 years or so. I've tried everything and it was the Migraines that got me addicted to pain meds. I am now on Suboxone to assist me in my Detox. YOu sounds knowledgeable and reasonable; but you also sound like you are justifying the Tylenol 3 popping. Not trying to get inyour grill, but reread what you wrote...ok. I just got off the phone with my wife and I read her your entry...she said exactly what I thought she would...she said, "that sounds like you sounded"...I said the exact same thing when taking the T3. I was taking it for years socially. Well, T3 got kind of boring after a while, and I moved up to Vicodin. Prior to my getting help (which by the way was just this past Monday, and I"ll tell you how I"m doing in a moment) I was up to taking 15 - 20 Norco a day, which is the equivelant of 30 to 40 regular vicotins. This rotten addiction just sneaks up on you and you never, ever see it coming until its too late. However, you do sense it coming, but guess what you do....you make excuses for taking it (just like you are doing now) and will continue to make excused because Migraines are hard on you...you will increase your dosage and you will soon think about something stronger...trust me, you will. I am so very sorry to hear about your kidney probs. I have no idea what that is like. I am saying this hopingyou will save this and print it off, and then revisit after you fix our Kidney problem. Mainly because you sound exactly like I did
How am I doing now? I am doing great. The LORD has lead me down the path I needed and life is starting to become brighter and more cheery. Each day is actually beginning to have a scent to it; we forget to breath and smell as we go thorugh life; at least, thats what the pills do, make you forget.
Regarding your MIgraines, I had the same probs, I went years going to different places trying to find a drug, method, program that would eradicate them for me. Nothing worked, until I tried the Imitrix Shot. Swear to you Bell, it works. Its not scary, not a big deal at all and its works. Please give it a try. The other med that I had luck with was Maxalt. My wife takes Maxalt and she does well with them.
I wish you teh very best Bell, I really do. I just really made me feel "bummed out" when I read your post and could relate to every single thing you said about the Migraines. GoodLuck Bell,
MikeWithFamily

[bellaboo33]

Good for you girl!!!  You should be so proud of yourself for getting off the drugs!  really....you should always remember that!  how bad of an addiction did you have?  how many pills were you taking daily?  i dont know much about how much people take, or what they take, or street drugs.

i know that the times that i am not taking anything i feel down and the days seem to crawl by so slowly.  so, i know you must be struggling with staying off the pills.  how did you get off?  

the celexa is really helpful.  but it is also an addictive drug.  you cant just stop taking it without having serious withdrawal and possible seizures.  you have to wean yourself off it with the help of a doctor.  of course it is not as harmful as being addicted to narcotics though.  

[oxygirl487]

wow thats funny...well not funny but u know what i mean lol......the celexa seems to work for me so far no side effects......i was so grouchy i couldnt stand myself half the time......im just 32 and ive been on alot of meds for yrs...i am almost 3 months clean from an oxycontin habit......oxycontin is a very powerful drug......i started with percosets from injuries from a car accident and i just kept getting worse and worse really till they put me on oxy's........but im clean.....was hell but i did it....now staying clean is the hard part ive learned......i just dont want to c u do the same  thing i did and it can happen so quickly u dont even realize it ill u run out of pills and then u r sick and the u just use them to not get sick anymore....im sorry i fel like im preaching to ya.....

[bellaboo33]

thats so funny.  i am on celexa too.  i have been on it for years.  i have had anxiety and depression issues for about 15 years.  im only 30!!  i tried a lot of different drugs for my problems through the years.  some were awful...bad side affects, and some helped.  i am on celexa, and clonipin daily now.  it helps me a lot!  i have a shrink that i see regularly for these problems.  its a never ending battle for me.  my body is definitely addicted to these two drugs, but i may just wind up having to take them for the rest of my life.  then again, i cant take them if i ever want to have a child.  but i am nowhere near there yet.  

are you addicted to oxycodone?  i hope you dont mind my asking.  

[oxygirl487]

i also suffer from depression and anxiety ...my dr put me on a med called celexa and it is helping trmedously.....r u on any antidpressants? they sem to help....i just dont want to c u have a really bad addcition.......to be totally dependant on a pill is the worst thing eever.......

[bellaboo33]

thanks for the comments.  i am in such a painful and scared place right now, so i took two pills.  i know that the drugs effect my depression and anxiety a lot.  i am pretty knowledgeable on my whole situation.  i too started out with the T3 for legit pain.  i get migraines and normal headaches a lot.  i have been to every specialist in new york city, and tried all the drugs possible.  i tried alternative medicine, acupuncture, etc...  nothing helped me!  i have been suffering migraines since puberty.  the T3 was the only thing that helped...thats how I started using it.