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tapering off painkillers
can anybody out there give me some info on tapering off percoset? i am down to 3and one half a day, but don't know how long to wait before cutting dosage down and how much to cut down. please, i need advice.
i just wanted to share my story. I have abused percocet now for nearly 4 years. When i realised i had a problem a friend told me about suboxin. I bought them off the street and they kept me good and solid for about a year. Now i want to stop taking anything and i want my life back. I had no idea how addictive subs are and man the last 6 days have been brutal. I own a business have a wife, and 2 kids and all i want is to be there for them. with a clear mind and body. Well, it's day 6 and it still sux but it is getting better. I have been reading posts on this site all week and I want to tell everyone here thank you. without the advise and nameless support i dont think i could have made 6 days. I'm almost there and when i get there another pill will never touch my lips again. Thank you to you all you have been like my family on this site. I know it sux guys and if your hurtin now believe me it gets better.
David,
I'll start off here anyway, to give you time to start a new thread.
When you decide it's time to come off the pills, you will suffer from a withdrawal syndrome. That's like a really bad dose of flu so your parents are going to notice. Do you feel able to tell them so they can support you through this.
You could also think about going to your doctor and asking him/her for help with writing up a tapering plan. Again your parents would probably need to know.
If you decide to go cold turkey, you should plan in advance because there are things you can get to ease the withdrawals:-
1.) A good vitamin supplement.
2.) Tonic water to ease leg cramps and also some fresh orange juice.
3.) Simple pain killers like paracetamol and ibuprofen
4.) Travel sickness tablets to ease nausea
5.) Imodium capsules to stop diarrhoea
6.) 5HTP, a natural amino acid to help with the withdrawals and calm you down.
7.) Valerian tincture to help you sleep.
The last two can be bought at any good healthfood shop or online.
Take a hot bath every day and again when you get the sweats.
You should lay in a good stock of DVD's to distract yourself with, and lying down listening to music helps too.
You'll need to get out for a walk in the fresh air at least once a day.
Can you handle all that. Do you have a brother, sister, partner or close friend who can support you through all this?
You can expect the worst of the withdrawals to be over by day 3, but you'll still feel crappy up to day 10.
I'm not sugar-coating this for you. You need to know to suss out whether you have the determination to succeed.
Think it all over and we'll be waiting for your questions and comments. There is plenty of help, advice and support for you here on the online community.
Take care
I'll start off here anyway, to give you time to start a new thread.
When you decide it's time to come off the pills, you will suffer from a withdrawal syndrome. That's like a really bad dose of flu so your parents are going to notice. Do you feel able to tell them so they can support you through this.
You could also think about going to your doctor and asking him/her for help with writing up a tapering plan. Again your parents would probably need to know.
If you decide to go cold turkey, you should plan in advance because there are things you can get to ease the withdrawals:-
1.) A good vitamin supplement.
2.) Tonic water to ease leg cramps and also some fresh orange juice.
3.) Simple pain killers like paracetamol and ibuprofen
4.) Travel sickness tablets to ease nausea
5.) Imodium capsules to stop diarrhoea
6.) 5HTP, a natural amino acid to help with the withdrawals and calm you down.
7.) Valerian tincture to help you sleep.
The last two can be bought at any good healthfood shop or online.
Take a hot bath every day and again when you get the sweats.
You should lay in a good stock of DVD's to distract yourself with, and lying down listening to music helps too.
You'll need to get out for a walk in the fresh air at least once a day.
Can you handle all that. Do you have a brother, sister, partner or close friend who can support you through all this?
You can expect the worst of the withdrawals to be over by day 3, but you'll still feel crappy up to day 10.
I'm not sugar-coating this for you. You need to know to suss out whether you have the determination to succeed.
Think it all over and we'll be waiting for your questions and comments. There is plenty of help, advice and support for you here on the online community.
Take care
David,
There is lots of great help and advice that the folk on the list can give, but you'd be much better to ask this as a new question to the forum. This thread is years old and your question is at the very bottom of hundreds of replies so not many people will see it.
Meantime, we need to know how long you've been taking the pills for this time, exactly what, and how much you take each day. Do you always take pills every day?
It would also be helpful to know what made you come to the decision that now is the time to stop, and let us know how serious you are about wanting to stop.
Thanks.
There is lots of great help and advice that the folk on the list can give, but you'd be much better to ask this as a new question to the forum. This thread is years old and your question is at the very bottom of hundreds of replies so not many people will see it.
Meantime, we need to know how long you've been taking the pills for this time, exactly what, and how much you take each day. Do you always take pills every day?
It would also be helpful to know what made you come to the decision that now is the time to stop, and let us know how serious you are about wanting to stop.
Thanks.
I'm still a teenager and I found about pain killers my senior year in high school I use to take them from my dad.. I stopped cause they found out I was taking them. I didn't feel the addiction then but I got back on them an it's horrible I have taking everything thing from vicoden percs tramadol to oxy I'm at a bad stage I'm taking up to an average 6 tamadol or 3 in a half percocet a day does anyone have a good way to get off these pills
I'm also going through a similar battle. I'm lucky in the respect that I was able to quit smoking after 10 years or so. I may be just a mental thing for me but I feel in my brain I have the power to quit anything if I can quit that.
That said I don't remember it giving me the physical affects like Oxy 15mg 6 X day does. Ouch.... I have found that doing a tapper really worked for me. It's tough don't fool yourself but you can do it!!!! I cut from 6 to 5 for 2 days, dropped to 4 and stayed there for 3 days, then I went to using a perc 10/325 and mixed the oxy 15mg by breaking it in half but being careful not to make a higher does than using 3 1/2 of my original pills oxy15's. I actually had to keep working and I'm IT so it is tough to sit at the computer and Craaaawwlllllll..... By Friday I was ready to take some more pain and knock this crap out.... I went to 2 1/2 of the 325's, and I think the next day went to just to of the 10/325's. Oh yea and then I added Excedrine. Careful you don't want to take to much of this either due to liver issues. It also has 65 mg of caffine so take early for your morning perc... it helps a little. I went through another week at work this way...sucked a little but was doable for sure. I knew the next weekend was going to be it....scared for sure because I thought I might be in trouble at work..... I was so I called in for Monday and Tuesday.....in process of forclosure too so wow stress is maxin............ God will make things work!!! Give it up to him.... you can't controll all of it....
So Wed went back and wow it was not as bad as I thought. I actually had some good stuff happen and I felt more alive... hair kind of stood up on neck (good thing not the creepy feeling) and got pumped up. okay now it's been 6 days and nothing other than Excedrine and ibuprofin. Don't forget when you get all the aches and pains to use ibuprofin with excedrine. Not large amounts. 1 excedrine couple times a day and 3 ibuprofine 2 to 3 times a day as long as your liver can take this. If you have other problems for sure get the doc involved. Just letting everyone know my experience. I've been on these things for over 10 years now and I'm so over it. There is more to life.
Cheers and good luck!!!!!! I will keep watching this post
That said I don't remember it giving me the physical affects like Oxy 15mg 6 X day does. Ouch.... I have found that doing a tapper really worked for me. It's tough don't fool yourself but you can do it!!!! I cut from 6 to 5 for 2 days, dropped to 4 and stayed there for 3 days, then I went to using a perc 10/325 and mixed the oxy 15mg by breaking it in half but being careful not to make a higher does than using 3 1/2 of my original pills oxy15's. I actually had to keep working and I'm IT so it is tough to sit at the computer and Craaaawwlllllll..... By Friday I was ready to take some more pain and knock this crap out.... I went to 2 1/2 of the 325's, and I think the next day went to just to of the 10/325's. Oh yea and then I added Excedrine. Careful you don't want to take to much of this either due to liver issues. It also has 65 mg of caffine so take early for your morning perc... it helps a little. I went through another week at work this way...sucked a little but was doable for sure. I knew the next weekend was going to be it....scared for sure because I thought I might be in trouble at work..... I was so I called in for Monday and Tuesday.....in process of forclosure too so wow stress is maxin............ God will make things work!!! Give it up to him.... you can't controll all of it....
So Wed went back and wow it was not as bad as I thought. I actually had some good stuff happen and I felt more alive... hair kind of stood up on neck (good thing not the creepy feeling) and got pumped up. okay now it's been 6 days and nothing other than Excedrine and ibuprofin. Don't forget when you get all the aches and pains to use ibuprofin with excedrine. Not large amounts. 1 excedrine couple times a day and 3 ibuprofine 2 to 3 times a day as long as your liver can take this. If you have other problems for sure get the doc involved. Just letting everyone know my experience. I've been on these things for over 10 years now and I'm so over it. There is more to life.
Cheers and good luck!!!!!! I will keep watching this post
was reading a post that someone asked if we knew they were addictive... the answer yes and so does the doctors. yet when you have chronic pain...you take them for the pain not the high! then there comes a times after 1, 2, 3...years you get tired of just taking pills. and that is where i am - i guess i am deciding i would rather just live in pain, I know the Lord will help. i am going to wean down, and going to have the Thomas recipe help me. if anyone has any idea's how i should wean... would love to hear them.
i take 10mg of Percocet and in between 7.5 vic. ---3 to 4 times a day, sometimes depending on the pain i will mix but still not taking any more than 3 or 4 a day. i have ultram but usually do not take, doesn’t help. also doc just prescribed something for nerve pain.
thank you for all the info i have read
i take 10mg of Percocet and in between 7.5 vic. ---3 to 4 times a day, sometimes depending on the pain i will mix but still not taking any more than 3 or 4 a day. i have ultram but usually do not take, doesn’t help. also doc just prescribed something for nerve pain.
thank you for all the info i have read
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