Well pain pills are kicked

[Josh26]

Pain pills are kicked it took me about 2-3 weeks cold turkey i was up lets see 120 mgs of oxycontin and 180 mgs of roxicodone and ide gobble 4-6 percs 10's with 4-5 bars a day and now i'm down to 1 bar a day all within that time by the way i was on this regimine for like 7 months for me honestly the hardest thing to quit is not opiates by no means its this ****** xanax i'm so over it but u have to be real slow about it and cautious you cant be like balls to the wall cold turkey everything its not a pill to mess with and let me tell you going from 8-10mgs a day xanax to 2 with coming off of all that other **** you FEEL the withdraws every second of it all i need now is better longer lasting sleep and more energy altho it gets better every day and my depression seems to be getting better i would advise all of you who are COMMITTED to quit and youve already made your mind up that youre addicted and youre life will be better off the medicine make youre mind up and do it and try not to use another narcotic to come off a narcotic i just dont see the point however it does work for some i felt every second of my withdraw and you konwo what i deserved it I"M the one who did this i did have pain but i didnt need all that ... it was just that i had the money and the access granted by a candy doctor so anyways i did it its done wish me luck on 2mgs of xanax heeh haww weird sounds like a little but this is the hardest part is the very end but then i'll be done good riddance
Josh

[Steve L]

Congratulations my friend...I've been away and your first post left me scared that you were doing c/t off high dose xanax. But you've come so far brother!! Yeah, take the last 2mg slow and it sounds like you didn't need it in the first place.
As newer meds are developed and proven for my condition, which MUST be treated lol I too plan to withdraw slowly and carefully from long term xanax which is currently indicated and keeping me functioning and working. But research into Bipolar and other disorders is under way in the pharmaceutical world and ALOT of promising new meds are soon to come out. I won't be the first to try them. I and the Drs treating me want to see real life side effects and results, but the sheer number of new meds for me is amazing.
Again, cut just a bit at a time and hold awhile..sounds like you'll be fine. Don't repeat the mistake, promise? God Bless  Steve

[justlikeyou]

congrats, keep going, it gets better.





but not easier.

[LadySundown]

Congratulations!! You're so right about benzo's being the hardest to kick. We have to keep putting it out there so people will know that you can't abruptly stop them. It can bring on seizures and in some cases death.

You're a success story and you should be proud. I remember your first post and you have come so far since then.

Please keep us posted......Take Care.....LS