scared and need help!

Hi Everyone.
I don't know how to start this so I'm going to just put it all out there.  I became addicted to Oxycotin almost a year ago.  I hate them!  they consume my partner and I's life!  I want help but I don't know where to turn.  I have called the local methadone clinic and have been put on a waiting list of almost 2 months...I feel like I can't wait that long!  I need help now.  I'm spending thousands of dollars on this addiction and I hate the way it controls my life.  I never really feel good and I want to be healthy!  I'm wondering if I can detox on my own.  Does anyone know what I can expect witht the withdrawl (withdrawal) symptoms?  I know if I go a day without it I feel horrible, have pains in my stomach and body etc...I work full time and just started this new job and can't miss time without risk of losing my job.  I need my job!  Please help me!  I feel like I'm stuck and can never get off these!  I don't know what to do!

[trdofbeingtrd]

You have come to the right place. The people here are either suffering from similar things, or have conquered them already, regardless, they/we are all here to help. Currently I am on norcos, and tapering down to stop taking them. There is a community here for addiction. People who have taken oxycotin and can give you really great advice are there. There is hope, just give it a little time and you will get great responses.

[gizzy32]

Welcome to the forum,

How much have you been taking per day? Tapering is hard for most of us addicts, but you do have that option if you think you can do it? I am glad you found this forum and wanting to stop now, because addiction is progressive and I can almost guarentee you, it will get worse before better until we seek help and really want to quit.

There is the thomas recipe here in the health pages on the top right that may help ease w/d's a bit, but it will still be rough for about 3-4 days if you go cold turkey.

Only my opinion, but I don't think the methadone route is good for you right now, but that is up to you. I hope you can do this, life is so much better clean. Does your partner want to quit also?

[scaredtodeath369]

Thanks for the responses...I'm so glad that there are others out there and that I found this forum....yes my partner wants to quit too so we have each other but neither of us know what to do and it feels so so overwhelming and we feel like we have lost the battle before it even starts.

Thanks for the encouragement....I want to be healthy and I want these things out of our lives!  We are snorting between 80 and 120 mg a day each...sometimes a lot less...sometimes a lot more.  Depends on the day. During the week we each do 20 mg during the 8 hours we are at work then when we get home we do between 60 and 80 mg each.  I'm sure we can taper, but I wasn't sure how to go about that.  do we just gradually lower the amount and will that work?  Is that an option??  If weaning is a way out I'm all about that and I know we can both do that.  We are just so scared to death about the withdrawls we have read and heard about that we arent' sure what to do.  We don't want to be to sick to go to work etc...

I'm so looking forward to all of this being behind us.  I want a normal life again.