oxycontin and explosive behavior

[pertykitty]

i was curious if taking oxycontin can make a person angry, explosive, act without any rational sense? my bil is taking this and while is a jerk to begin with, he is now yelling , calling names, telling off my family for no reason , well his reason, but nobody gets his.  he is very self absorbed. he has battled alcohol and drugs for years, but this is a aggression. one i cant tolerate much longer. i dont think there is any reasoning with this man.  is it best to aviod a person like this? i hate to not be around my family, but he has repeatedly made my son cry, my mom, me i just want to smack him. what do you do? he has been to rehab more times than a person should in one lifetime. he has pain due to back injury i suppose, but wont do anything to help it. so there will be no talking to him in regards to his quitting. i guess i just answered my question, stay away. anyway i was just curious if this was typical behavior of this medication. thank you all.

[pertykitty]

in posting this i didnt mean to offend anyone. i now its hard to live with addiction. mainly i just want to know if i should consider his behavior to being due to the meds.

[mom2rachie]

It can be because of the medication or it can be beacue of another substance or it can be that he's just a jerk.
Your best bet is to stay away from him.  Your sister has to decide if this is the man she wants to grow old with but only she can say when it's enough.  If he was making my son cry, I wouldn't go near him.
Best of luck to you.  I'm surprised to see you outsdide the maternal and child forum.  :)

[Patrat]

depends on the dose I was taking 40mg three times ady for lower back pain for about 3years it made me very impatient  and not able to focuss on more than one thing at a time to the point of anger at anyone who iterupted what I was doing, It is highly I say HIGHLY addictive and the withdrawls are very bad just like heroin Iam glad I did not have little ones around at this time as they can be very distractive and I would have exploded, I now take ms contine, it's morphine and controls my pain without the problems of oxycontin though wish you luck keep the small ones safe, Patrat

[pertykitty]

thanks for answering, mom i do come out of my cave sometimes lol .

[fishmeal]

I remember a little of that on vicodins... kind of a short fuse... but this guy sounds like bad news and well maybe it's time for him to go.

[Wish Thoughts]

I was reading your comment and you mentioned taking ms contin instead of oxycontin the doctor gave me some but i haven't taken any what is the difference why do you think they are better than oxycotin and if i start taking them do you know how long i should wait from my last dose of oxycotin Thanks and take care  Mickie

[time27]

other then anger, frustration, yelling at others and self absorption. What are other behavioral paterns associated with those that take oxycontin.

This peson is very close to me, and I want to understand how I can better work with this. Their pain is very real and they have been taking this medication for some time now and due to the cercomstances really need it.

Unlike the above they are not in anyway rude, yell, show mass anger or act extermely unreasonable. However this person does get alittle edgey when they don't take their dose on-time or if there is a spike in pain I diffinatly know it.

At times It's almost like they are ashamed to ask for any extra so when I give a weeks worth they will take a little too much and run out an because they aren't letting me know till the end I feel like I can't trust them. I want to be clear, they are not taking a huge amount over what is perscribed at all maybe one extra only a few times a week.

I just want to know what else to look for and how I can better trust them. Because they have been taking it for a long time and if  without they would withdraw. They also agreed that I would have control of dispensing.

But when they take extra I get angry, it effects my trust and it ruens my day. Any suggestions

Thanks