tapering off painkillers

[Joanne]

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.

[honda89]

I had a hysterectomy about 2 and a half weeks ago.  I was taking 5/325 perks for fun for a week before.  Then my boyfriend got  10/325 so I took about ten of those spread out about a week.   So, I was taking percs before my surgery.  Then came the surgery.  My Doc gave me 10/325 about 30 of them.  then He gave me 30 more.  My pain had gone away but I was taking them because I liked the way they made me feel.  I took one of my last 10/325 on sunday night about 7 oclock.  I had one left, I figured i better save one.  Monday was the worst day of my life.  I figured I had become addicted to these things.  I was so upset that I let myself get this way.   I called the doc that night , of course the office was closed, so I asked the doc to call me.  He told me to take the last 10, but split it in half.  I was to take one that night and one in the morning.  Thats what I did.  That night I flipped around in bed like a fish out of water.  Now a friend gave me 5 5/325.  I split that one in half and took a lorazapan and actually slept without flipping around.   I'm feeling a little shakey right now, but my question is should I take a 2.5 this morning and cut that in half for tonight before bed??  How many days should I take 2.5 before cutting that in half?  When this is over I will never take another pain pill ever again!!   Will  Someone let me know the correct way to wein?

[Victor322]

Denise, you may want to start a new thread since this one is several years old and could easily be missed by those that might be able to help!

-Vic

[denise770]

I started taking Vicoprofen in 2004. By 2007 I was taking 10-15 per day, then I used tramadol 7-8 times a day when i ran out of vicoprofen.  I got my scripts the next month and started the cycle all over again.  
By 8-2007  i was so ashamed of my life i saw a doctor who helped me with Suboxone.  January I quite Suboxone, and I did have withdrawals, sleeplessness, anxiety, diarrhea, anxiety, SEVERE depression, etc.  Probably 6-7 days later it started to get better.  I slept 2-3  hours for a couple of nights, then 4-5 for a couple of nights.  My depression was getting a little better each day, though I didn;t notice it, I would tell my self I made it another a day, and the sadness will be a little better.  From mid February until November of 2007, I stayed clean.  I have 5 herniated discs in my back (thats why i started pain management on 2003) but eventially my pain stopped with Physical Therapy.  Back to my sober days, I never felt the same though.  The drugs were out of my system and I didn't even think about them.  I always felt tired and fatigued throughout the day.  I am 32 years old and I felt like I was 70 years old.  I had a minor injury  and i am back on vicoprofen.  I want to stop because i have been on it for 2 months but i am afraid of what i went through to get off.  My doc has switched me to darvocet and want to wean my self off.  Can anyone recommend how to wean off so I dont go into withdrawals again.  I didnt wean off suboxone correctly so I went through it pretty severe.  Please help!!! what should I do

[worried878]

Old post...posting a new question will help u get more answers to ur needs...cool thing tho is IBKLEEN is on ur psot...she no longer posts but she was a forum leader when she did post...read her posts..listen and absorb...she is a very good down to earth poster....thinking she must be an earth sign in the zodiac  LOL

[BethAnn777]

What is the Perc Experiment? Where can i find it? My husband and myself are addicted, and we are wanting to get off them. We need to know what our chances are and what we will be facing as far as withdrawls?

[elipsis5]

I've been doing almost every painkiller known to man.oxi,percs,vics and hydrochloride also known as ultram my first love.After being discharged from the service with a 3 mo refill on ultram 50 mg i built a tolerance to them.A friend of mine noticed,and gave me this little pill with 40 on it so i took it, and god bless America it was kick *** no pain no nothing!! so the next day i went back and got one that had an 80 on it Wow!santas elves are working overtime(Christmas everyday)then one day my wife asked me what was wrong.I didn't think it was bad so i told her,have you ever seen a Tasmanian devil?Well i didn't know it was illegal i said.then she asked me how long on been on them and how much do i take.Well everyone i should be dead,for 4 years on at least 3 8o's of Oxycontin a day so she took me to see a doctor and he wanted me in treatment asap!!so i went,Mind you i have never been without,and this **** sucked night sweats,diarrhea,shakes,insomnia,racing thoughts and cravings.(twelve days) of this reaping hellish introspective nightmare.After i left the hospital they put me on suboxone.I stayed on it for a year got off of it and more withdrawals!my wife was there through the toughest times.i was clean for a month until on a random occurrence i saw the guy i got my first oxi from.and before i could say no he gave me 20 40s.I stared at them for three days until i got in a fight with my wife and did two of them through a straw,and the devils grip had me again .but this time i was to ashamed to tell her cause i was doing so damn good!After about a week of doing them in secret my daughter came up to me and told me she was proud of me and she was glad i was her daddy.I gave her a hug and cried till i couldn't any more and told her thank you for being there and i loves you very much.well guys and gals god has a funny way of telling you he's there even if he or she  doesn't talk back.i don't do oxi anymore or anything for that matter.the love of a child is a wonderful thing and a blessing.the physical addiction is nothing compared to the love of a child.Some of you are going through the same and some may even be worse,but honestly from my heart to All ,you know whats important in your heart.and if you ever need someone to talk to my E-mail address is ***@****.  

     sincerely lee h johnson recovering addict