Percocet Addiction 2 yrs Bowel Problems Withdrawl

[Gina26]

Hi, I am new to the post. I too like many others are a mother that got hooked after the birth of my last child over 2 yrs ago. I am trying to get off percocet but my stomach hurts so bad when I start to withdrawl, I feel like my bowels or insides are really affected. Ove rthe past year I take 3 to 5 a day! The year before that it was 20 one month, maybe 30 the next occasionally & I didn't really experience any withdrawl symptoms. Now since I take them everyday I stop for a day or so & feel all the withdrawl symptoms, the worst is I feel like I have to kick my legs every couple seconds for hours & sometimes my arms-I know that sound crazy. I am wondering if anyone else is having stomach, bowel related problems as well. Thanks

[SHELLBELL79]

Your bowel problems that you are experiencing are from stopping the percocets. When you begin to withdrawal off a pain medicine your body goes out of wack. You experience many w/d symptoms. One of them is bowel problems, such as stomach cramps, diareah, etc. It can also take a while for your bowels to get back to normal after detoxing. My doctor had given me bentyl for the stomach crampsand, bowel problems with my w/d's. I also had IBS on top of that. The kicking your arms and legs is restless leg syndrome. That was my first symptom I would get if I stopped taking my pain medicine for a day or too also. I remember I thought I had rhemitiod arthritis. RLS is a very common w/d symptom. It usually happens at night. Your not crazy, what your experiencing is classic w/d symptoms!

[tramhamilton]

I was taking Tramadol 50 mg about 35 per day for about 2 years. I had the same symptoms you are describing. I had to quit CT on 08/21/08 you can read my post on busted for the second time with a fake RX. I went to the health food store and bought a body cleanse kit. Apparently the reason for my stomach and bowel problems was because I was so backed up. Not to be gross but sometimes I would not have a bowel movement for a week, and when I did it looked like rabbit turds. Obviously this is very bad for your colon to have all that **** staying in there. The cleanse was a 2 week process and every day I started to feel a little bit better, I even lost weight, (lol). My legs and arms stopped feeling that way also. Don't get me wrong it did not happen over night but you will get back to normal.