COMING OFF PERCOCET?

[SAD GIRL]

I HAVE BEEN TAKING PERCOCET FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW, EVERYDAY! IT STARTED FOR BACK PROBLEMS AND THE AMT. I WAS TAKING WAS OKAY IN THE BEGINNING, THEN I STARTED TAKING MORE AND MORE THAN I SHOULD.  IT IS NOW TO THE POINT WHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY LEFT, I AM RUNNING AROUND WORRYING ABOUT WHERE I CAN GET MORE, I AM EVEN GOING IN DEBT FROM BUYING THEM OFF THE STREET.  I AM SCARED AND DON'T WANT TO BE IN PAIN ALWAYS, BUT, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME OFF THEM WITHOUT HAVING HEART FAILURE OR WHATEVER.  IS SOMEONE JUST ABLE TO STOP COLD TURKEY? OR, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS MEDICATION I CAN ASK MY DOCTOR FOR TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS AND GET ME EITHER TOTALLY OF THESE THINGS OR AT LEAST BACK TO TAKING THEM THE PROPER WAY? I NEED SOME HELP. THANK YOU.

[Kjay201]

How longs do the bones and muscles hurt? I have gone cold turcky and im on day 5 after 2 years, My head seems clear, however my body hurts. How long until the pains go away?

KJ

[savymaddie]

I've been almost clean since June..its now Christmas..i was up to 8 or ten a day for about two years..since June I've probably taken about 30..i hate them but what scares me is how discontented i am with my life now cuz my head is clear. I'm afraid I'm gonna leave my boyfriend,vwe have two kids together. I was the girl who hardly smoked a joint until i met him. He's a pothead and drinks whenever he can. I find myself hating him and feeling after four years i just woke up from a drug induced coma and now I'm different. Afraid i might make life changing decisions too soon. I don't know what to do. I quit all on my own. And now i feel so alone ..im at a crossroads and don't know what to do

[lilmondo]

Thanks Hatthis for your post too!

[lilmondo]

I'm in a similar boat. Fractured my femur 2 years ago and started with T3s and  Tramacet. I need them for the pain, but I need them more now for the high and I'm nearly out and I don't get a refill until Jan 16. If I tell the doc he'll take away the meds, but if I don't this is just going to keep getting worse. Right now I'm thinking about going downstairs, to an apt, and ask this guy who I think might deal if I can buy an oxycontin from him. I haven't been to the streets yet, but I'm getting close. I can just feel it coming. I'm 56 years old and so embarrassed. Nobody knows. Sometimes I feel like I'd rather be dead. It's good to know that other folks are in here.

[hatthis]

I feel the same way...I have been taking them for two yrs now...n I'm scared to get off them...n no body knows not my husband family work nothing but I feel its controling me now n I don't know wat to do ...do I stop cold turkey n deal with being sick ..I gotta go to work how do I go to work that sick??? ....I m trying just don't kno wat to do

[bluebelle787]

I am on day 3... I have been using the suboxone method and after 4 years hooked on oxys, this seems to be a miracle. I am taking small pieces of the sub, they work wonders. A small piece takes away all w/d symptoms, and they stay in your system for a few days as well. Not feeling well today on 3, no sub yet, trying to abstain for a few hours at least. So far, suboxone is the best I have found in opiate addiction treatment. A little xanax or colonopin to sleep, even tylenol pm, after day 4. Takes at least a week for physical probs. Good luck. Pray. I turned my back to GOD after my husband died in a car accident, and the pill usage went thru the roof. Its been 1 year now and I am talking to GOD again. GOD will give you the courage.... BEST WISHES. STAY STRONG!!!