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prescription pain medication withdrawal

prescription pain medication withdrawal

I was in a car accident 8 months ago and had back surgery recently.  I have been on different pain meds depending on which doctor I was seeing.  These include, tylenol 3, percocet, hyrocodone and talwin.  It is two weeks since surgery and I decided to stop taking pain meds as the pain from surgery is getting better.  I stopped cold turkey and yesterday had horrible panic attacks. Are painic attacks associated with withdrawal from pain meds.  Should I go back to taking them and slowly taper them down?  
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Yes, panic attacks are very common. They should go away in a week or so. I would just tuff it out and be done with it.  It's great your getting off this stuff now. It would only get alot worse.
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Hang in there - do not go back and start using - --- you can get through the panic attacks - - if you start using again it will only get worst the next time you try to quit - --  Expect a few days and then everything will start to improve.  Best to you and keep posting.
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