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.

[diomonee]

Im addicte to percs I need A good taper  Dose Anyone have any advice Itake 20 Mg  3 to4 Times a day  Idetoxed once bfore And then started again Its Been 7 months Pease someone help me i hate this evil grip its got me in

[IBKleen]

dd69,

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[dd69]

my family has been destroyed from presciption drugs! iwas agreat wife&mother ilived for my kids 1stmyhusband2nd me last! hewas a RN   put our kids1st me2nd him last!i started getting sick from ovarian,pelvic,uterous cysts&fibroids.had 8surgeries 2ayear from98 thruogh 2006.he played everysportwith our2 boyscoached em  all the time.got hurt without me knowing took my percocet,vicoden,oxy& morphine!with out me knowing.Stole scripts fromwhatever hospital,nuresinghome homehealthcare family homes he worked4. gotaddicted.started goin2 doc4 painpills.doc tapered him off after4 years so he wouldnt get that habbit.heneeded.then wrote his own scripts at every dr. visit i had,kids&his dr visits 2! he lost his RNlic got caught stealing meds from his patiens.went2jail got finedpaid $$$$4,000courtfees&put on probation.then1 month left2 b done with probation,startedfakeN  like he was a DR.writting manyprescriptions again.hes now in prison! im raising our2boys @15#17 yrs.old& our 9yrold daughter.I`m more sicknowith3lumps on my rightbreast myDr.says it needs2 b tested4 cancer,igotta have surgery2remove thecysts/lumps that camebackon my ovaries,haveaheartproblem i takeheart meds4,along withasthma&astomachulcer.... the boys arenolonger respecting me as weraised em2&theoldest ishangN with  gangmembers that have guns,sell drugs&rob withguns maybe Nagang.the15yr.got a15yr.oldgirl pregnant my.Our daughter needs eye surgey&her vision will never improve even after surgery.my husband wont be here 4anysurgeries nor2help raise  ourboys 2guideEM&protectEM! prescription drugs are just as bad as streetdrugs.Thier should be alaw against DR.whom give patients narcoticdrugs 4 to long& turn EM into drugaddicts! Docs are drug dealers 4 the pharmaccompanies. take benadryl,ativan,,antibiotics,vitamins 6 small meals no redmeat lots of fish,vegies,juices,fruits&lots of fiber& pray get close2GOD live everyday like its your last enjoy&honor the lifeGODgave you!

[FLaddict]

YOu did not take it enough to need to taper off... The pills slightly alter the brain chemisty... especially the "feel good" part... You will be fine in a few days...
However based on what you are saying.. Have you ever been on a anti depressant??  I would consider a natural option like 5HTP  or L-tyrosine...
Get rid of the rest of the pills... dont start down this road,,, we do not want to see you back here in a few months because you couldn't stop...

[ptendergrass]

Hello all.  I had a bout a 2 week stint with Percocet which I pilfered from my grandfather's medicine cabinet after he was taken to a retirement home with terminal cancer.  The bottle does not give a dosage, but the tables read Endo 602 (602 mgs?).  I took a half of one of these while I cleaned out my grandfather's belongings and I did notice that it made the experience significantly more interesting.  I got it in my head that it would be meaningful to re-stage the house for the Realtors with all of his personal belongings.  In any case, a couple of days later I took a whole pill and got somewhat sick.

I left them alone for a week or so until I went to Vegas for my girlfriends birthday.  I am not a hardy traveler, and I have a history of anxiety.  Normally I bring Lorazepam with me wherever I go just in case.  I started with one half a Percocet a day and by the end of the trip I was up to two halves a day - One in the daytime and one at night.

When we got back home 4 days later I found myself fairly depressed.  I noticed that I was very irritable and somewhat anxious.  I took a half and went for a bike ride a couple of days ago and haven't touched it since.  I have been quite depressed, which is fine, nothing new, but my anxiety seems to be right next door at all times and ready to blow up into a panic attack.  Bad dreams.  Careless, crude, and insensitive with my girlfriend  

These feelings are strongly linked to my predisposition for anxiety - somehow the Percocet has  worked its way into my system and become an added driver.

Im sure that my addiction is nowhere near as painful as many of these posters.  I'm simply looking for the best way to get though his period.  Ive already been off for 48 hours.  Should I go back on to taper?  I have tried hard not to get addicted to Lorazepam and so wont take it more than every other day, but can this be a good transitional drug?

I can see the danger that this drug poses, especially with so much of it on hand.  I feel that I am the loving person I am supposed to be when I am on this drug.  I feel eloquent, calm of course, but more, I feel contained, a warmth and support that I cannot offer myself and my family cannot offer me.  I'm sorry to all of you who have gone even further down this road than I.

Any ideas are welcomed.

Thanks.

[Jon]

Hello everyone. I just found your website because i was intentionally looking for websites on Hydracodone/Vicadin/Opiate
addiction. I am someone who found the "love" after a car accident in 98'resulted in a prescription to Vicadin. I never new Opiates could feel so Goooood. I re-upped as many times as I dared. Who needs love when things feel so right! I wasn't able to get a steady supply until my son went into the hospital for orthroscopic surgery on his knee. They sent him home with a bottle for possible post-operative pain. I still don't know what is more amazing/shocking, him not asking for any or me eating those pills until they were all gone. There were thirty. I took one a day until they were finished. I told him some bullshit that
they had fallen in the sink. Even in that small dose they just make me float. I feel like a pat of melted butter. Warm, safe,
free from my anxieties. They make me feel right. I would probably take one now if I had it. This weekend I attempted to recreate that feeling by buying a twenty dollar bag of chiva on the street.I have never done that. It was real but I cringe at the risks of buying dope so easily cut with who knows what. I "wish"
I could get a script so i wouldn't have to think about going to such extremes.I don't like/really use chiva I prefer something more "safely" pharmacutical. Please don't rip on me too bad. This
life just feels so hard. Too hard, I'm afraid. Sometimes it
seems like the lesser of two evils. Seeming suicidal depression
being the second. I'm just reaching out. Peace,Jon (jon_bd***@****)