As far as that goes, WHAT the heck IS "secondary withdrawal"? It's obvious to ME that such a thing DOES exist! I'm 4 wks and 6 days COLD TURKEY off an 8 year run on oxycontin. Even my daughter, who will soon take her state boards for licensing as a Nurse Practitioner, INSISTS something else MUST be going on with me, as I should be WELL past my withdrawal symptoms!! N O T ! Though I AM still having physical symptoms, I have been pretty much back to myself, as personality goes. I was actually enjoying life again. Two days ago, I experienced an "episode" unlike anything I'd experienced before. The closest I can come to comparison would HAVE to be the one MAJOR panic attack I had about 15 YEARS ago! No fear apparent to me, it was simply brought on as my body's physical response to entirely TOO much stress in my life. The major difference between the two being the rage I felt this last time. After it "passed", (lasted about 24 hours.), it was like suddenly waking up, with my first thought "What the heck, (though different terminology), just happened to me?! I have 6 disks ruptured currently, (T6, T8, and from L2 all the way through S1), with 2 back surgeries behind me, (1999 and 2000). Needless to say, I've had a great fear, since quitting pain meds, of my pain forcing me back onto them!!! This episode built as my pain level increased, throughout a lengthy drive in a vehicle that DID NOT suit my back. Think this could have been a panic attack? Or was it mood swings related to withdrawal? I have always "studied" my pain, symptoms, etc., in an effort to learn what helps/hurts. I NEED to understand what is happening to me! At the same time, I am NOT interested in taking antidepressants! Any info would be helpful! THANKS!