Want to quit Percocet and Oxy.....HELP!

[babs_01]

I have had a long history of using all painkillers.  10 years ago I started on tylenol 3 for headaches and worked my way up to taking 6 percocet at a time every 3-4 hours before they did an MRI and found a softball sized brain tumor. I had brain surgery and all was better.  When I quit having pain from the surgery I got off the painkillers c/t with only about 3 days of w/d's.  I had to take perc off and on for continued headaches but NEVER had a problem stopping.  Then in March I had a baby, had no pain from that as it was a 2 minute delivery, but the day after I got out of the hospital ended up back in because of a pain in my back and I thought I had a kidney infection.  They didnt find anything, but it was obvious I was in a lot of pain and gave me 10 Vicoden to take home.  That didnt last long so wen to my Dr. and she gave me percocet while we figured out what was wrong.  Finally in July we had conclusive test results, I have been taking perc this whole time, I had a gallstone.  I had surgery and everything seemed fine, stopped taking the perc had bad w/d's.  Then I fell and herniated a disk in my back now on perc and oxy.  I have taperd to 1 10mg oxy in morn. and 1 at night with 1 perc 7.  If I go lower than this the w/ds are so bad I take another one.  I get sweaty, nauseous and I also have restless leg synd. and take requip, but the RLS gets so out of control I feel like my leg is going to fall off.  I want to get pregnant in Feb but I have to be off these things, but dont know what to do.  HELP!!

[rsd_al]

Check this out!

http://www.pain-topics.org/pdf/Safely_Tapering_Opioids.pdf

Hope it helps

Allen

[vicaddict]

WOW..sorry to hear of all the bad luck you have had! That is just horrible.

I know the wd's are horrible, but hun if you really want off you have to decide when you want to do this and just do it. I know it is easier said than done, god how I know. However, if anything maybe tlak to your Dr, tell them how you feel, and what is going on.They can and will help you. What you are down to now sounds great..you tapered that much right? You can do it. Try a few days of cutting those in half. I forget now which one you said you have to have to avoid the wd's. The perc? Try that for a few nights. That may work. I can't really be of much help as I am still trying to taper. I could not do it myself so I have now given my bottle to my best friend who lives right next to me. I have no access to them. I know I am going to hate myself for doing it, but I know that I will not stop any other way. So she will dispense me 3/day and at the correct scheduled times. Then  go down from there.
Just a couple suggestions hun, I hope it helps a little.
Keep me posted please.
Good Luck
Tracy