ms-Contin withdrawals

[chadywak]

I'm new to this forum and i want to know how long do withdrawals for ms-contin last?

[gustaria]

first time on site. Was reading until I got to your post. Most pratical; seems good. Have been on 180mg of MScontin and about 6-8 (5mg) percocet per day for about 2 years after aircraft accident. Had hip replacement and do not need them anymore. quiting sounds like its going to  be fun. I am going on a cruise next week and after that I think I am going to isolate myself at my vacation home (maybe even without a vehicle or any meds. I will continue to read posts prior to that.

[taffie13126]

my mother in law has just been denied her monthly dose for morphine time released and has been out since tuesday , she is starting withdrawls and it is horrible .... anyone know anything i can do to ease her pain and dicomfort?

[doner]

Relax.Christ I thought I was having some panic attacks. First of all those little pills you pop dont make you who you are.They dont do the laundry they dont do the shopping and they certainly dont make you a mother.YOU DO.And still after reading your second post am not quite sure what and how much of it you are taking. You mentioned A(as in one) vicoden which was the only med you mentioned that I was familiar with. The others mentioned sounded important for actual medical problems.If you are taking a few vicoden a day and feel you are going to have a problem you caught it just in time. Coming off a few a day will be a breeze.Try coming off 30 a day.You can taper for a few days and be just fine. I am surprised that your dr. doesnt show any concern if are mentioning that you feel like that you may have a problem with narcotics.However I had a dr. like that once too. Just remember you make the things in your life happen not the pills. They are tricky buggers,they kid you into thinking you need them to be normal. Not so.You were fine without them in your life before as you will be fine when they are gone. Keep posting. take care,Done

[AmberHunter]

i have been following this thread and your story...

much of the time that i abused pills i did it for the very reasons that you posted... i was better with the kids, cleaning the house was FUN, i would talk to strangers with the utmost ease...

when faced with being out of them i felt as if my life, as i knew it with the false sense of energy and socialability (sp) was over. and it was... until i got that next prescription i was miserable and short tempered...

i have lost jobs, actually entire careers b/c of my addicition to narcotics and whatever else i could find to change the way i felt...

the good news is that you see what is going on... my kids all left me and moved in with different relatives last year after i was in treatment following a suicide attempt... you don't have to let it get that bad...

but you have some serious choices to make. 1. are you willing to go through whatever it takes to get off of the pills...

up until the point that you are able to answer the above question i will just tell you that i understand what you are going through, been there, done that over and over and over...

you will find alot of support on this board whether or not you choose to come off of the pills... and you may choose to stay on them... that is ok too, depends on what you want... and it is a highly personal decision...

ok, the cure is playing "love song" gotta run!

peace,

amber

[peaz]

Jeepers--I didn't mean to leave you out----this listing stuff is too dangerous when you get spacey like me----I won't so this again!!  LOL

  Christina--I mistakenly said your SHOULDER hurt--I was evidently hallucinating again because when I reread your post that's not what you said at all.....perdon a me, por favor.  


So---no threads available----are we supposed to take our ball  ( I COULD have used the plural.....LOL) and leave in a huff or what?   Are they trying to tell us something here???!!  Is it something we said??

[Nana42]

Ok...I'm a little calmer today.  But then again, I've had my vicodin and prednisone...(dammit, I knew I'd shove them down my throat before I even took the time to brush my teeth!).

Donor, I'm taking 4 vikes a day (once in a while 5), two Prednisone, one clonazepam and three different High Blood Pressure pills. I know I don't need the vikes, for sure...I just want them.

hippee, my doctor knows what I'm taking and doesn't seem to be concerned.  I just get a refill whenever I want.  Heck, she's given me Percocet, Oxycontin...what ever my little heart desires.  You asked if I was an intelligent person...well, I've always considered myself to be...until the mess I've gotten myself into with these damn pills!

bmac, thanks.  I will!

All I can say for sure is...when I ran out for one stinking day, I thought my world was coming crashing in on me.  It was a panic like I've never known before!  My legs wouldn't stop, my heart felt (at times) like it was pounding right out of my chest and the thought of getting more consumed my day.

I had a baby 9 months ago (at age 42...surprise, surprise!)  In my last trimester I was so uncomfortable that my OB put me on the perks.  That's when my Blood Pressure skyrocketed as well...thus the HBP pills.  Since then it's been a breeze getting whatever I want.  I just tell them that I'm in pain (which I was before the Prednisone)...and I get handed this beautiful little piece of paper that makes my life easier and everything run smoother.  That easy.