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40mg oxy withdrawl, please help
Hello,
So I have been doing some research and am getting a lot of great answers, but I would like to express my situation. I have been taking vicodin for about 9 months. It started out very slowly for the first 2 months. Only taking 1 (10 mg, 500 mg) every couple of days. Then after 4 months, I started taking 2 (10 mg, 500 mg) every couple of days. It wasnt until about 6 months in (2 and a half months ago) that I was doing 2 every day, on an occasional 3 for special weekends. Then 2 weeks ago, I tried 40mg oxy. I enjoyed it, it wasnt the be all end all of euphoria to me, but it was a nice background to the day. I did 1 40mg a day for 2 weeks. Then knowing I was out and would not be getting any more I stopped. Thinking it would be no worries, I started getting restless leg syndrome and didnt sleep all night. It wasnt until the shacking continued for about 4 hours that I started to get panic attacks for what was going on. I woke up the next day after only getting 3 hours of sleep. I had started to worry that maybe this was what withdrawl is as it was my first 24 hours without it. I had something really important to do so I took one oxy to see if that was the problem. All I got out of it was being really tired all day, but yes, my restless leg syndrome and "assumed withdrawal" symptoms were gone. That very night, when it had only been maybe 10 hours since I took one, i started getting restless leg again, so I took a benadryal and went to bed just fine. I woke up fine, then a few hours went by and I started getting restless leg and shacking. I'm starting to get really worried that this is indeed withdrawl at this point. So I get online and start researching symptoms and sure enough, right up my alley, that only made the panic attacks 10x worse. It has now only been about 35 hours since I last took one 40mg pill, and the symptoms are only getting worse.
I will say this, no nausea whatsoever, no flu, no vomiting, only incredibly fast restless leg syndrome, deep anxiety and now panic attacks coming to my first and unexpected addition withdrawl.
First off, should I be feeling this bad after only taking 40mg a day for 2 weeks? Or does the fact that I was doing 2 (10 mg, 500 mg) vicodin a day for 2 months play a big part in that? Most of these addiction stories I'm reading are for far higher dosages and much longer time.
I have 4 40mg oxy left and 9 (10 mg, 500 mg) vicodin. I think I could try and bare the symptoms and get past this but this couldnt have come at a worse time. I'm about to go see family far away for 5 days, leaving in about a day. Should I take what I have left on flight with me, or maybe just take the vicodin 1 pill a day until I get back? With 1 vicidin do much for my symptoms after explaining my previous in tack? I really do not want to have to tell my family what I'm going through, I'd rather deal when I get home. If these symptoms are going to last while I'm with family, I feel I should stay medicated until i get back, eventhough I just barely have enough meds left. I wouldnt mind taking the vicodin to ease off at first, but the oxy's scare me and I never want to take one ever again. If you can get addicted from 1 40mg a day for 2 weeks, this is some heavy and scary stuff.
Also, im 30 yrs old, 200lbs. I do drink and smoke medical marijuana pretty often for the past few years and have for the last couple of years. But I tried smoking today and that did not help. First time in forever I didnt feel content after smoking. Any thoughts and suggestions would be very much appreciated.
So I have been doing some research and am getting a lot of great answers, but I would like to express my situation. I have been taking vicodin for about 9 months. It started out very slowly for the first 2 months. Only taking 1 (10 mg, 500 mg) every couple of days. Then after 4 months, I started taking 2 (10 mg, 500 mg) every couple of days. It wasnt until about 6 months in (2 and a half months ago) that I was doing 2 every day, on an occasional 3 for special weekends. Then 2 weeks ago, I tried 40mg oxy. I enjoyed it, it wasnt the be all end all of euphoria to me, but it was a nice background to the day. I did 1 40mg a day for 2 weeks. Then knowing I was out and would not be getting any more I stopped. Thinking it would be no worries, I started getting restless leg syndrome and didnt sleep all night. It wasnt until the shacking continued for about 4 hours that I started to get panic attacks for what was going on. I woke up the next day after only getting 3 hours of sleep. I had started to worry that maybe this was what withdrawl is as it was my first 24 hours without it. I had something really important to do so I took one oxy to see if that was the problem. All I got out of it was being really tired all day, but yes, my restless leg syndrome and "assumed withdrawal" symptoms were gone. That very night, when it had only been maybe 10 hours since I took one, i started getting restless leg again, so I took a benadryal and went to bed just fine. I woke up fine, then a few hours went by and I started getting restless leg and shacking. I'm starting to get really worried that this is indeed withdrawl at this point. So I get online and start researching symptoms and sure enough, right up my alley, that only made the panic attacks 10x worse. It has now only been about 35 hours since I last took one 40mg pill, and the symptoms are only getting worse.
I will say this, no nausea whatsoever, no flu, no vomiting, only incredibly fast restless leg syndrome, deep anxiety and now panic attacks coming to my first and unexpected addition withdrawl.
First off, should I be feeling this bad after only taking 40mg a day for 2 weeks? Or does the fact that I was doing 2 (10 mg, 500 mg) vicodin a day for 2 months play a big part in that? Most of these addiction stories I'm reading are for far higher dosages and much longer time.
I have 4 40mg oxy left and 9 (10 mg, 500 mg) vicodin. I think I could try and bare the symptoms and get past this but this couldnt have come at a worse time. I'm about to go see family far away for 5 days, leaving in about a day. Should I take what I have left on flight with me, or maybe just take the vicodin 1 pill a day until I get back? With 1 vicidin do much for my symptoms after explaining my previous in tack? I really do not want to have to tell my family what I'm going through, I'd rather deal when I get home. If these symptoms are going to last while I'm with family, I feel I should stay medicated until i get back, eventhough I just barely have enough meds left. I wouldnt mind taking the vicodin to ease off at first, but the oxy's scare me and I never want to take one ever again. If you can get addicted from 1 40mg a day for 2 weeks, this is some heavy and scary stuff.
Also, im 30 yrs old, 200lbs. I do drink and smoke medical marijuana pretty often for the past few years and have for the last couple of years. But I tried smoking today and that did not help. First time in forever I didnt feel content after smoking. Any thoughts and suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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day 2, 48 hours since i last used an oxy, but im not sure if you call that 48 hours or more like 36 hours. I have yet to feel nausea, the runs, or muscle pain. I'm trying to figure out if that means its going to last longer because that hasn't even kicked in yet, or if I just got lucky on that side of it. I hardly feel lucky though. The restless leg, lack of sleep, fear of this new feeling, and tremors have my full attention at all times. I'm so use to clouding myself, my brain doesn't know how to cope with reality. Worried about my trip, i fly out to see my mom with my brother for a 5 hour trip tomorrow, I don't know how ill be able to stand it. That seems like the worst place for someone in my condition to be.
On what I feel is a good note though, I threw out all the pills i had left. I for some reason feel that Im early enough into this to quit cold turkey and never go back, if I tryd to taper I feel I would never stop. Thanks to everyone for listening.
On what I feel is a good note though, I threw out all the pills i had left. I for some reason feel that Im early enough into this to quit cold turkey and never go back, if I tryd to taper I feel I would never stop. Thanks to everyone for listening.
also, thank you to bmdad, I was posting my response when you did, so I didnt get time to read yours until after I had written my last comment. I'm still quite up in the air as what to do. If I wasn't going to see family, i would bite the bullet at home. But going to see them, sitting down to open presents, going out to eat, watching movies, just seems like how the heck am I going to do that with a shacking leg non stop. I haven't gotten the flu or runs yet, but it sounds like from everyone else, thats just around the corner. I'm torn, because part of me wants to say taper down, take what you have left with family, then come home and bite the bullet CT. Then the other side of me says, maybe going out of town and a different environment could be just the thing I need. All I know is, if I don't take any more until the time I leave, I will be starting day 3 on a 5 hour plan ride. I'm sure some of you can imagine how horrible that would be.
thank you gnarly, I feel I may be glued to this forum for a few days. I'm kind of embarrassed about all of this and wan't to get through it. Man, what bad luck, right before I see family I only see a couple times a year. I'm hoping I can just tell them I'm coming down with the flu and they will be supportive and take care of me, even if not knowing what is going on. I would consider taking what I have left with me and see, I'm not even sure that one 10mg vicodin a day would do much for me after 2 weeks of 40mg oxy's anyway.
I've taken xaxax before but usually it just makes me go to sleep and then I feel really depressed the next day. I may try that though as anything would be better than taking oxy again to get through this in my opinion. Who knows, maybe I'll actually get some sleep tonight? Also, just curious, it is now 11:55 pm, and the last time I took 40mg oxy was yesterday at 9am. So how far into the process would you call this?
I've taken xaxax before but usually it just makes me go to sleep and then I feel really depressed the next day. I may try that though as anything would be better than taking oxy again to get through this in my opinion. Who knows, maybe I'll actually get some sleep tonight? Also, just curious, it is now 11:55 pm, and the last time I took 40mg oxy was yesterday at 9am. So how far into the process would you call this?
You shouldn't have to worry about seizures unless you are already prone to them or have any other underlying health conditions such as a heart condition. Withdrawals aren't normally dangerous.
Since you're going out of town you are kind of in a tough bind right now. I'm not gonna recommend what I would do but I can tell you that days 3 and 4 seem to be the worst and day 5 starting to feel much better.
It's not just the oxy causing the withdrawal. Even though you were only taking one or two vicodin a day for a few months that is all it takes. Your body became use to having it. It's not so much the amount but the length of time you were taking them. But since you were on such a low dose your withdrawals may not be all that bad. They won't be fun but could be much worse if you continue down this path.
Tapering works for some but for most cold turkey is the only way. It takes an awful lot of discipline to taper. Ask yourself this...Would you rather feel kinda crummy for a few weeks while you taper or feel very crummy for a few days and get it over with? Most would say just bite the bullet and go cold turkey.
Don't mess with xanax for anxiety. That's just another med that will eventually cause withdrawals. If you look in the upper right hand side of the page you will see the health pages. Take a look at the amino acid protocol. It lists some vitamins and supplements that will help during withdrawals. There's also some other good info in there. Take hot showers for the chills and muscle aches. Get some immodium for the runs. Eat healthy and push the fluids. And be sure to exercise. I know it can be hard to muster up the energy to do so but force yourself even if it's just a short walk around the block at first. Exercise helps more than anything!
Just stay mentally strong and fight like crazy. Get through this and never touch one again. Many hardcore addicts start out just like you. The longer you take them the more you end up needing to get the same effects. Before you know it you could be looking back wondering what the heck happened!
Hang in there. There are some great people here that will help you get through this.
Best of luck!
Brian
Since you're going out of town you are kind of in a tough bind right now. I'm not gonna recommend what I would do but I can tell you that days 3 and 4 seem to be the worst and day 5 starting to feel much better.
It's not just the oxy causing the withdrawal. Even though you were only taking one or two vicodin a day for a few months that is all it takes. Your body became use to having it. It's not so much the amount but the length of time you were taking them. But since you were on such a low dose your withdrawals may not be all that bad. They won't be fun but could be much worse if you continue down this path.
Tapering works for some but for most cold turkey is the only way. It takes an awful lot of discipline to taper. Ask yourself this...Would you rather feel kinda crummy for a few weeks while you taper or feel very crummy for a few days and get it over with? Most would say just bite the bullet and go cold turkey.
Don't mess with xanax for anxiety. That's just another med that will eventually cause withdrawals. If you look in the upper right hand side of the page you will see the health pages. Take a look at the amino acid protocol. It lists some vitamins and supplements that will help during withdrawals. There's also some other good info in there. Take hot showers for the chills and muscle aches. Get some immodium for the runs. Eat healthy and push the fluids. And be sure to exercise. I know it can be hard to muster up the energy to do so but force yourself even if it's just a short walk around the block at first. Exercise helps more than anything!
Just stay mentally strong and fight like crazy. Get through this and never touch one again. Many hardcore addicts start out just like you. The longer you take them the more you end up needing to get the same effects. Before you know it you could be looking back wondering what the heck happened!
Hang in there. There are some great people here that will help you get through this.
Best of luck!
Brian
HI ya I think C/Tis the way to go I wouldn't worrie about seizures there really rare and usually caused by much higher doses you will be just fine jumping off it will make you fell like he!! for a couple of days but attitude is everything weed will only make you feel worst from most of our members experience if you can get some xanex but just enough for mabe 5 days\that stuff is highly addictive and its very ez to become cross addicted wile detoxing please dont let fear into the equation we do home detoxes everyday here you might want to look to the lower right of the screen under the helth pages theres something called the thomas recipe it will give you some stuff that will take away some of the symptoms just hang out with us will get you threw this in one piece keep posting for support......Gnarly
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I wouldnt worry about seizures. Those can occur when benzo's or tramadol is abruptly stopped. You will feel flu like symptoms. gnarly gave you some good advice on how to get thru this. Stay positive as you can do this!! sara
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