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Withdrawl from Oxycotin
I have been on a different pain killer for the past 7 months due to a knee injury. I started on hydrocodone/apap 7.5/500. After about a month, I stated to the doc that it didn't seem as if the pills were working, so he uped me to 10/650. I stayed on these up until my knee replacement last month, to when he discharged me with Oxycotin. I am now finishing with part of my therapy, and am trying to wein myself from the pain meds.
I've been taken to the ER twice thinking I was having heart attacks, been having shortness of breathe, chest pains, headaches, anxiety attacks, vomiting.
I was diagnosed as starting withdrawl, and prescribed Ativan.
How long should I expect these symptoms to remain, and is there anything other besides putting me on more drugs?
Thanks.
I've been taken to the ER twice thinking I was having heart attacks, been having shortness of breathe, chest pains, headaches, anxiety attacks, vomiting.
I was diagnosed as starting withdrawl, and prescribed Ativan.
How long should I expect these symptoms to remain, and is there anything other besides putting me on more drugs?
Thanks.
Good luck to you dear. My heart goes out to you. It is so scary to be so worried about someone relapsing. I think that pain is very real but there has to be a safe way for people to manage/relieve it without it wiping out their whole world ie., relationships, jobs, finances, criminal charges to get their hands on it, etc. I pray my fiancee can get off of the Oxycodones. He ended up starting to snort them for he past year I had come to find out. He is starting 6th day withdrawal now and it is horrible. Many blessings and love.
Congratulations Chad! Well Done. You give hope and inspiration to those that are battling with this horrible addiction to Oxycodone. I am in love with someone that is battling the withdrawals. He is now in day 6 and has been suffering a great deal. He actually told me yesterday that he wished he had some!!! I can only imagine that being in great pain and needing pain medication is in no way fun but from everything I am reading about these EVIL Oxycodones they are not the answer. Anything that makes your body feel like that once you stop cannot be good. Nor the harmful effects it has so many organs ie., brain, kidney, lungs and liver. He actually had been snorting them for the past year or so! That really shocked me! And I think a really bad sign. I have been giving him lots of fluids, light protein meals and epsom salt baths. We may go to the E.R. this morning so they can give him something else from the pain. I just pray that he has the strength to get off of these things for good! I am trying so hard to help him!
Hi: I am a mother . My son is addicted to oxycoten.I wonder if there is anyone else out there that can help me. I need help in trying to help him. This is very hard on me and cant accept the fact that maybe something else will happen to him.His addiction started with an injury and i feel he is a victim of the medical practice. I am sure there are lots of others out there like that. I need advice and help . Would like to hear from others that are in the same boat. Thankyou.
Honey you posted on a thread from 2001.. you should scrool down and click back to forum. then click post a new question so curent members will see your post..alot of people skip over the posts with old start dates. And its very late so most people will not be on til morning.. so if you don't get a response please read in the morning after people have gotten up..
I recently got off a 4 yr methadone addiction with rapid detox,which was no walk in the park but I dealt with the sickness.Problem is now I just startred on oxycotin again,been on them for 2 wks now at 80mg a day.Now this dose is just sustaining me.I know the sooner I get out the easier!!I have to taper down at home and then I know I will have withdrwl symptoms.In the past after a 4yr oxycotin addiction I unsuccessfully tried to quit,the sickness was too much!!So being that I have only been on 80mg oxycotin for 2wks now I must get out now!!!Problem is I have no clue how I should taper off and also for how long,I'm thinking a week since I have only been back on for 2wks.Also I am hopeful the withdrwl will not be so severe tapering off and because I have not been back on for a long period of time.I just don't know how to do it and would really love suggestions!!Also any input or opinion as to how long withdrwl after the taper would be would be greatly appreciated!!I have to start the taper in the morning so yor input asap would really help!!thanks Sydney
It was so nice of you Kip to respond to me. I guess I'm not experieced with how to manuver my postings. I originally wrote further up under hydrocodone but then I thought I should enter after the last posting. Maybe among other things I could use advice on how to ask for advice. In this area doctors have flooded patients with oxicotin but I have noticed some strange things. The people who get scripts are usually on disability or have a medical card. These people can have the actual pills delived to their front door by fed ex. This is appalachia so there is alot of poverty, someone shows up at the door and offers hundreds of dollars for pills they didnt have to pay for and it is hard to turn down. So there are people who have never comitted a crime i their life trafficing in narcotics. There is no way a doctor is going to give me oxycotin for anything but there are many who get hundreds a month. Pharmacutical companies, doctors and dealers are all getting rich while sick people like me are forced to pay too much and worry everyday about finding a pill. This stuff effects the brain in our pain and pleasure centers so everything gets screwed up and it takes a long time to repair. I keep trying to think what the healthy me would do because the sick me is not making good choices. This forum has inspired me to force vitamins and minerals so I can start building myself up. Yesterday I did one 40mg which kept me from being sick so I think I'm lowering my tolerance. Today I have done the same so the challange will be to not get another one later in the day when I start to feel like ****. With this newest plane crash I can focus on other people's problems insted of my own pity party. Thanks again for being out there somewhere. Telby
telby:
you are "not out there alone!" the problem is when you post near
the bottom, it is real easy to get overlooked. i too take oxycontin
40mgs three times a day. my pharmacist tells me i'm not addicted to
them, rather i am dependent. when i ask the difference, he smiles
and tells me "you have a diagnosis, and more importantly insur-
ence!"
what a joke, i went almost 20 years feeding a drug habit by break-
ing into drug stores and clinics. to hear now that me and my ad-
diction are "legitimate" is somewhat amuseing. i am in intractable
pain so that is the reasion for oxy-c. i try to quit every 4-5
weeks for a week. when i do this i use Thomas's detox recipe.
i certainly look forward to further post from you Telby. please
post closer to the top. don't be afraid to break in on someone
elses thread.
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
you are "not out there alone!" the problem is when you post near
the bottom, it is real easy to get overlooked. i too take oxycontin
40mgs three times a day. my pharmacist tells me i'm not addicted to
them, rather i am dependent. when i ask the difference, he smiles
and tells me "you have a diagnosis, and more importantly insur-
ence!"
what a joke, i went almost 20 years feeding a drug habit by break-
ing into drug stores and clinics. to hear now that me and my ad-
diction are "legitimate" is somewhat amuseing. i am in intractable
pain so that is the reasion for oxy-c. i try to quit every 4-5
weeks for a week. when i do this i use Thomas's detox recipe.
i certainly look forward to further post from you Telby. please
post closer to the top. don't be afraid to break in on someone
elses thread.
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
Another day and I wonder if anyone is out there. Just writing is good for me and if it happens to interest anyone else that is cool to. Reading all of the concerns about the dreadful withdrawls from opiates I thought of some things I have learned along the way that helped me in the past. When I was addicted to heroin I kicked at home. The medication which saved me was Darvacet 100. I hated it because it upset my stomach and gave me bad breath but it did cut the "sickness" enough that I could get through it. They don't stay in the system long and they are hard on the kidneys and liver (take no more then two at a time, more will not help a bit and can hurt vital organs). As much as I disliked them I found I was dependent on them once I was over the heroin. So I tapered off every day reducing my dosage at least by one and this was the only time tapering was successful for me. Being addicted to a drug I hated was really too much. NOw these oxy's are a problem for me. I have no access to Darvacet anymore so that's out - short term use of methadone has helped me in the past (no longer then four-five days) but I can't find any of that. I mentioned the Naltraxon because I can use that. It is a very potent medication so I know to be very careful. It causes immediate withdrawl so it's important to be used after tapering down to no more then 40mg a day (20 would be safer) and going at least 24 hours with nothing. I know to take less then a hafe of a dose and that while I am taking it it creates an opiate blocker so it is impossible to feel effects of oxycotin. It is a committment to getting clean and staying clean. My head is the problem, giving up this old hateful evil friend is harder then outsiders think. My self esteem is so low at this point and my fear of living life and facing myself is tremendous. I also know I cannot continue spending my days feeling like ****, looking for drugs, waiting around for drugs, and figuring out how to pay for drugs. Oxy's are now $1.00 per milligram in this area so it's a minimum of $40.00 per day which causes other bills to be put on the shelf, more stress, more drugs and on and on. Once I start to feel sick I panic and since I have no emotional resources I end up back on the phone trying to hook up. I have taken time off work to get my act together so it is now or never time. I have so little faith in myself and when I look into the future I see a black hole. This drug family is definatly run by the devil, it is a slow wearing away of the soul and one looses the ability to feel joy. I noticed that most junkies live in a world without color or art, it seems to get soaked into the drug. I do want out and I will work everyday to build myself up so this time I'll get through it and be done with it. I give all of you a great deal of credit, unless you've been down this road one cannot know the pain and misary of such a life. God bless us all, Telby
I have really enjoyed reading this forum. I am sitting here with a blanket wraped around me, last oxicotin was a hafe of and 80mg around 6:00pm yesterday. I can feel the sickness coming on and I am so worried. I have been sober from booze for the past twenty years but started with heroin in the mid ninties and now am strung out on oxicotin. I hate this life and definatly need support getting out of it. I read Thomas's detox recipe, I wonder if he has any thoughts about L-Glutamine to help with withdrawl. I will continue to read comments and hope for better days. I read somewhere that it takes 180 days free of opiotes for the brain to recover fully and maybe then the depression lifts and the sun can come out again. I can't seem to get through 48 hours at this point. I have a friend who has offered me naltraxon to bring me out of the withdrawl and give opiote blocker. we'll see. Telby
BeenThere:
welcome to the forum! there is always room for one more, so come on
in! i do hope you will keep posting, as we all need each others expierence, strength, and hope. p,lease post a little closer to the
top of the forum. see it's real easy to get overlooked in the base-
ment." hope to be hearing more from you!
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
welcome to the forum! there is always room for one more, so come on
in! i do hope you will keep posting, as we all need each others expierence, strength, and hope. p,lease post a little closer to the
top of the forum. see it's real easy to get overlooked in the base-
ment." hope to be hearing more from you!
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
It's been 8 years and 15 operations and what I know about withdrawal is extensive . First compare the quality of life you have while on oxy then to laugh when you realize that withdrawal is the price you paid for all those days you felt like a member of the healthy. people around you wont ever understand how chronic pain can totally ruin you to the point of suicide . For 8 years I have gone on and off all the pain meds each one has a wicked withdrawals but its a small price to pay for so much relief .when you do go off oxycontin be smart prepare your self for two weeks of hell the first week is the hardest you need tons of fluids to flush out and add herbal vitamins witch you should have been taking all the way.
One help in this miserable week one is valerian root and B2 B12 and 3000mgs of C a day . Even though you will have diarrhea this is a must if you don't you first week could be worse X100.
So be smart plan for withdrawals plain to be very sick don't let this happen while you begging doctors to help its to late if you need to ask for more . Use it for life "Quality of Life" not to substitute .
One help in this miserable week one is valerian root and B2 B12 and 3000mgs of C a day . Even though you will have diarrhea this is a must if you don't you first week could be worse X100.
So be smart plan for withdrawals plain to be very sick don't let this happen while you begging doctors to help its to late if you need to ask for more . Use it for life "Quality of Life" not to substitute .
it truely saddens me to hear of the loss of your 21 year old nephew
and the other young person you also mentioned. i however must dis-
agee with your oppinions about oxy-contin. as dangerious as this
narcotic drug is, it's what enables me to live a relatively normal life. since 1997 i have been in chronic intractable pain from damaged and since removed cervical discs. in the past 2 years i've had 2 major surgerys to further stablize my spine in the cevical region. last winter my neuro-surgeon told me that one of the fusion sites had failed and i would have to undergo more surgery. two days later found me with a shot gun in my mouth! judge me as you care too, i had lost all hope of an exitence without +9 pain level. oxy-contin has been one of the only drugs that has allowed me to function. instead of taking oxy-contin off the market and depriving people who truly suffer, how about looking into this problem a little more closely. the media (newspapers, magazines, tv, etc) have a howling good time going hysterical about this drug. maybe you don't see the connection here, but i do. you yourself claim to have never heard of this drug untill 2 weeks ago. maybe if the media had not made such a fuss about it--well maybe your nephew wouldn't have heard about it either.
i will pray for you and the rest of your family, as you deal with
a truly devastating loss.
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
and the other young person you also mentioned. i however must dis-
agee with your oppinions about oxy-contin. as dangerious as this
narcotic drug is, it's what enables me to live a relatively normal life. since 1997 i have been in chronic intractable pain from damaged and since removed cervical discs. in the past 2 years i've had 2 major surgerys to further stablize my spine in the cevical region. last winter my neuro-surgeon told me that one of the fusion sites had failed and i would have to undergo more surgery. two days later found me with a shot gun in my mouth! judge me as you care too, i had lost all hope of an exitence without +9 pain level. oxy-contin has been one of the only drugs that has allowed me to function. instead of taking oxy-contin off the market and depriving people who truly suffer, how about looking into this problem a little more closely. the media (newspapers, magazines, tv, etc) have a howling good time going hysterical about this drug. maybe you don't see the connection here, but i do. you yourself claim to have never heard of this drug untill 2 weeks ago. maybe if the media had not made such a fuss about it--well maybe your nephew wouldn't have heard about it either.
i will pray for you and the rest of your family, as you deal with
a truly devastating loss.
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
After reading the comments I would just like to add that two weeks ago my 21 tyear old nephew died from an oxycotin drug overdose and less than one week later 20 miles away another kid broke into a house, stole a oxycotin perscription and ingested them. He realized that he was in trouble and went to the local hospital for help but was turned away. Feeling at a complete loss in dealing with his stupidity he took his life by jumping off a bridge. Oxycotin has been on the market for approximately three years and has over 1,000 deaths attributed to it. Young people are getting into and not understanding the full implications of what it can do are playing with fire. This is a drug that is far too dangerous to be on the market and something has to change. Where we are we never heard of oxycotin until two weeks ago, now the name plagues our thoughts. Don't take it.
Wow, what a bright future you have ahead of you... Definately another reason to stop this madness before it gets worse!!!!
You will grow to hate the drugs more and more as they take more and more of your life away from you. You have so much going for you, it would be ashame to have something as senseless as some little pills take away all your dreams, and they will if you don't clean up soon!
Your parents will tire of your excuses, and they will begin to trust you less and less, if it hasn't already happened. Sounds like you have a good support group with your friends, look at them as examples of what life can be without the drugs.
Keep reading all these wonderful posts on this forum, these people are just out of this world with all their advice and recommendations; a group straight from heaven!!!
You will need to fight harder than anything else you have ever fought for, especially going into the medical field, you will always have this hanging over your head, and the temptation will always be there. I really hope that you can straighten up and know what is most important in your life, YOU, not the pills!
I'm talking to myself as i'm typing this too, so don't think that i am wagging an almighty finger at you, i'm working on myself as i type these words.
Good luck to you, you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders, and know deep down what you need to do in order to have a successful life. You sound like you are just sick and tired of the problems these pills are causing just enough to know what you need to do!!!!
Best of luck to you, and me too for that matter!
Stay strong, and stay with this forum, they really can help you help yourself!!!!!
:)
Lv Jenny
You will grow to hate the drugs more and more as they take more and more of your life away from you. You have so much going for you, it would be ashame to have something as senseless as some little pills take away all your dreams, and they will if you don't clean up soon!
Your parents will tire of your excuses, and they will begin to trust you less and less, if it hasn't already happened. Sounds like you have a good support group with your friends, look at them as examples of what life can be without the drugs.
Keep reading all these wonderful posts on this forum, these people are just out of this world with all their advice and recommendations; a group straight from heaven!!!
You will need to fight harder than anything else you have ever fought for, especially going into the medical field, you will always have this hanging over your head, and the temptation will always be there. I really hope that you can straighten up and know what is most important in your life, YOU, not the pills!
I'm talking to myself as i'm typing this too, so don't think that i am wagging an almighty finger at you, i'm working on myself as i type these words.
Good luck to you, you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders, and know deep down what you need to do in order to have a successful life. You sound like you are just sick and tired of the problems these pills are causing just enough to know what you need to do!!!!
Best of luck to you, and me too for that matter!
Stay strong, and stay with this forum, they really can help you help yourself!!!!!
:)
Lv Jenny
What a great story kip, thank you for sharing that, i really benefitted from all you said too! :)
I think you're pretty special your own self, and i hope that you are feeling better... you sound better than you did earlier in the week, and i'm praying for you! We will all have our weak moments, just don't let them swallow you up, you're too special to ever loose!
Just wanted to say thank you!!!!
Love and prayers, Jenny
I think you're pretty special your own self, and i hope that you are feeling better... you sound better than you did earlier in the week, and i'm praying for you! We will all have our weak moments, just don't let them swallow you up, you're too special to ever loose!
Just wanted to say thank you!!!!
Love and prayers, Jenny
........ I aggree. I can just see that I'm gonna have fly over there, and have a little talk w/ Cin...lol She is this forum.... and has been for quite sometime. She has a very hectic schedule, and still finds the time to pop in and post w/ care and concern to someone in need. A true friend indeed.
Angelica
Angelica
cindi:
i guess it's my turn for concern. slow down! the answers are out
there! THERE IS A WAY THRU THIS & WE WILL FIND IT!
may i tell you about my first 12 step sponcer & his death? The
man was one of the last of the old boys- put his heart out for any
one to look into. this man worked his program like the orignal boys from Akron. i was just one of the many people he pulled out of the gutter and brought into his own home. in the old days there
were few treatment centers & insurence did not pay for them. detox
was done at the county hospital and the only drug that could be used for the DTs was chlorohydrate. Many of the people he helped
repaid him by stealing his personal property. the 3 months i lived
in his house, his television set was stolen 4 times. one of the first lessons i ever learned: you do not loan money to new comers,
you give it to them. if it was ever repaid, far out, but never let
your love for fellow suffering addicts lead you to disapointment.
****- i stole from him too. I stole his love of all addicts still
suffering, his patience with new comers, & his light of faith that
never went out, regardles of of what ever personel circumstance that would try to thwart his mission: to locate & rehabilitate the
street weary addicts and alcholics.
in almost 20 years living a 12 step program his spirit, his love, and his forever open wallet touched and helped hundreds. I owed
this man my life. words fail to express my gratitude for this
wonderful human being, so full of the light of hope, strength, &
generosity. the last years of his life were spent mostly in Tanzanea. he worked an agriculture mission through the catholic
church. when the local priest told him he didn't think it "proper"
for a civalized man to dig in the dirt with the people they were
there to save, he asked "what then he should do?" the priest seemed to think his proper place would be in the daily prayer group. he responded "pray all you want, please don't get in the way, i've got work to do! He died of african histoplasmosis, a fungal infection that starts in the lungs and ended up shutting down his kidneys. As he lay dying in his hospital bed in Sioux City, Iowa, a number of us brought a meeting to his room. of the hundreds of people who's lives he touched, helped, and saved, 12 people showed up. I'll never forget the excuses of some of the people who didn't come- hospital and dying people scare me.... i'm going to a movie that afternoon. 13 years later i stll taste the biter disgust and contempt i have for these people. this wonderful example of what recovery can do, this man who never tired of helping suffering addicts, who made his love and concern available
to any one 24/7 and they were to busy to come and give this man
what he loved most, a 12 step meeting full of the people he put his own ass on the line for..... but then i hear him tell me, "i'm
going to love you and there is not a damm thing you can do about
it...watch out, you become the people you resent... there is a way
thru this, lets find out what we must do."
cindi, where did you get the strange idea that you have nothing to
say or offer this forum? Pull back, charge up your health, renew
the kindred spirit that helped me thru the worst summer of my life!
"until we learn how to find one another, we can't run away anymore." (tom rapp)
we all need each other
kip
i guess it's my turn for concern. slow down! the answers are out
there! THERE IS A WAY THRU THIS & WE WILL FIND IT!
may i tell you about my first 12 step sponcer & his death? The
man was one of the last of the old boys- put his heart out for any
one to look into. this man worked his program like the orignal boys from Akron. i was just one of the many people he pulled out of the gutter and brought into his own home. in the old days there
were few treatment centers & insurence did not pay for them. detox
was done at the county hospital and the only drug that could be used for the DTs was chlorohydrate. Many of the people he helped
repaid him by stealing his personal property. the 3 months i lived
in his house, his television set was stolen 4 times. one of the first lessons i ever learned: you do not loan money to new comers,
you give it to them. if it was ever repaid, far out, but never let
your love for fellow suffering addicts lead you to disapointment.
****- i stole from him too. I stole his love of all addicts still
suffering, his patience with new comers, & his light of faith that
never went out, regardles of of what ever personel circumstance that would try to thwart his mission: to locate & rehabilitate the
street weary addicts and alcholics.
in almost 20 years living a 12 step program his spirit, his love, and his forever open wallet touched and helped hundreds. I owed
this man my life. words fail to express my gratitude for this
wonderful human being, so full of the light of hope, strength, &
generosity. the last years of his life were spent mostly in Tanzanea. he worked an agriculture mission through the catholic
church. when the local priest told him he didn't think it "proper"
for a civalized man to dig in the dirt with the people they were
there to save, he asked "what then he should do?" the priest seemed to think his proper place would be in the daily prayer group. he responded "pray all you want, please don't get in the way, i've got work to do! He died of african histoplasmosis, a fungal infection that starts in the lungs and ended up shutting down his kidneys. As he lay dying in his hospital bed in Sioux City, Iowa, a number of us brought a meeting to his room. of the hundreds of people who's lives he touched, helped, and saved, 12 people showed up. I'll never forget the excuses of some of the people who didn't come- hospital and dying people scare me.... i'm going to a movie that afternoon. 13 years later i stll taste the biter disgust and contempt i have for these people. this wonderful example of what recovery can do, this man who never tired of helping suffering addicts, who made his love and concern available
to any one 24/7 and they were to busy to come and give this man
what he loved most, a 12 step meeting full of the people he put his own ass on the line for..... but then i hear him tell me, "i'm
going to love you and there is not a damm thing you can do about
it...watch out, you become the people you resent... there is a way
thru this, lets find out what we must do."
cindi, where did you get the strange idea that you have nothing to
say or offer this forum? Pull back, charge up your health, renew
the kindred spirit that helped me thru the worst summer of my life!
"until we learn how to find one another, we can't run away anymore." (tom rapp)
we all need each other
kip
Hey Jennyfla,
Thanks for your response. I feel like why should I stop doing something I absolutely love. But when you think about it...I remember the first couple time I took the percocet I was like, "OH MY GOD!!" And that was only with one 5mg. tablets. After a couple days it was one and a half. And from then on it was on and off. I am fortunate enough to be the only one of my friends to be addicted, my friends support me and they see what I am going through and said that they would probably never touch the stuff even if the legitamitly needed it. Several months would go by before I would get another couple pills. I wasn't dumb enough then to injur myself to get the pills like now. And then I found in my parents room a whole bunch of tylox (oxycodone 5mg/APAP 500) because my mom had severe back surgury several years earlier and she hardly touched any of them. I was happy to have found the burried treasure. When that was gone I confessed to my parents and they forgave me and supported me. I really didn't touch another pill until a year later I found some percocet in my dads drawer because he had some dental work done. My dad was always getting root canals so I know he would have some scripts when he got home. My dad would hardly ever get them filled because he had left overs from the first script he got. See my dads a doctor so pain killers are no big deal to him. He could care less if he had them or not. He took motrin and tylnol most of the time. I wised up and everytime he came home from the dentist I knew he would throw the script away. So I went into his wallet and took it and got it filled. Again I fessed up and again my parents understood.
What I'm trying to say through all this is that I would pay $100 a pill to get the same high I got from them a couple years ago. I don't get nearly the same high now, although I do take it with vistaril which increases the narcotic effect. I don't think I would go to heroin although it is virtually the same thing. I want to get off this ****!! Now I like it but I am tired of feeling dragged down when I come off the high. I am sometimes afraid to go to sleep at night because I am afraid I wont wake up.
As for you, jeenyfla, you did a good thing with your husband. Maybe he will help you get off them when he gets back. Hopefully he can show you the benefit of being sober. Although when you are sober you have to deal with the problems instead of numbing it with the heroin and oxy. I wish I could take my own advice!! I know I can get off it. I went twenty years of life without touching them. My problem is that I am a college educated person and am now working on another degree in biology so I can go to med school. I screwed up my class this summer by getting messed up before class. I told my teacher I was on pain killers for breaking my ribs so he told me I could take some time off and take the final later on...he is also a physician and knows the effects of the drug. Hang in there! I will try to as well. I hope one day we can post a message about our success and help other conquer this addiction. For now I need to rely on the help of all the kind people out there. Thanks again for your post!!
Tyler
Thanks for your response. I feel like why should I stop doing something I absolutely love. But when you think about it...I remember the first couple time I took the percocet I was like, "OH MY GOD!!" And that was only with one 5mg. tablets. After a couple days it was one and a half. And from then on it was on and off. I am fortunate enough to be the only one of my friends to be addicted, my friends support me and they see what I am going through and said that they would probably never touch the stuff even if the legitamitly needed it. Several months would go by before I would get another couple pills. I wasn't dumb enough then to injur myself to get the pills like now. And then I found in my parents room a whole bunch of tylox (oxycodone 5mg/APAP 500) because my mom had severe back surgury several years earlier and she hardly touched any of them. I was happy to have found the burried treasure. When that was gone I confessed to my parents and they forgave me and supported me. I really didn't touch another pill until a year later I found some percocet in my dads drawer because he had some dental work done. My dad was always getting root canals so I know he would have some scripts when he got home. My dad would hardly ever get them filled because he had left overs from the first script he got. See my dads a doctor so pain killers are no big deal to him. He could care less if he had them or not. He took motrin and tylnol most of the time. I wised up and everytime he came home from the dentist I knew he would throw the script away. So I went into his wallet and took it and got it filled. Again I fessed up and again my parents understood.
What I'm trying to say through all this is that I would pay $100 a pill to get the same high I got from them a couple years ago. I don't get nearly the same high now, although I do take it with vistaril which increases the narcotic effect. I don't think I would go to heroin although it is virtually the same thing. I want to get off this ****!! Now I like it but I am tired of feeling dragged down when I come off the high. I am sometimes afraid to go to sleep at night because I am afraid I wont wake up.
As for you, jeenyfla, you did a good thing with your husband. Maybe he will help you get off them when he gets back. Hopefully he can show you the benefit of being sober. Although when you are sober you have to deal with the problems instead of numbing it with the heroin and oxy. I wish I could take my own advice!! I know I can get off it. I went twenty years of life without touching them. My problem is that I am a college educated person and am now working on another degree in biology so I can go to med school. I screwed up my class this summer by getting messed up before class. I told my teacher I was on pain killers for breaking my ribs so he told me I could take some time off and take the final later on...he is also a physician and knows the effects of the drug. Hang in there! I will try to as well. I hope one day we can post a message about our success and help other conquer this addiction. For now I need to rely on the help of all the kind people out there. Thanks again for your post!!
Tyler
...That's fine deary. Hey, I was reading the dangers of Xanex thread down below.....Its getting ready to go off. I was lmao rotf.... We are soooo silly down there. I just thought it might get a laugh outta ya...sister girlfriend...my homey!!! lmao
Wow, do i ever know how you feel!!!!
I can relate, perfectly to all that you are saying, and feel many of the same feelings that you feel!
I've been abusing for a while now, and so was my huband. We started with loracets about 4 years ago, then moved on to herion, and then found oxys. I've been ok healthwise (as far as i can tell), but my husband was wearing himself down very very quickly. Drugs and alcohol were killing him, and it had to stop!
He is in a 28-day program, and seems to be doing fine, but i know if i can't stop before he returns, he's doomed!
I have this great big weight on my shoulders right now, and this unbelieveable guilt, i just can't explain it. I want to stop, but i like it too much! The guiltier and more stressed i become, the more i want to use, it's crazy!!!
I wish i could be sent away for a short while to clean up, because i don't know if i can pull this off on my own!
I'm beyond ashamed, here i go and put my husband in one of the best rehabs in the country, and i can even kick this thing!!!
I wish you luck, but you have to really have a good reason and purpose for stopping. You have to learn to HATE the drug!!!!]
Good luck!
Lv Jenny
I can relate, perfectly to all that you are saying, and feel many of the same feelings that you feel!
I've been abusing for a while now, and so was my huband. We started with loracets about 4 years ago, then moved on to herion, and then found oxys. I've been ok healthwise (as far as i can tell), but my husband was wearing himself down very very quickly. Drugs and alcohol were killing him, and it had to stop!
He is in a 28-day program, and seems to be doing fine, but i know if i can't stop before he returns, he's doomed!
I have this great big weight on my shoulders right now, and this unbelieveable guilt, i just can't explain it. I want to stop, but i like it too much! The guiltier and more stressed i become, the more i want to use, it's crazy!!!
I wish i could be sent away for a short while to clean up, because i don't know if i can pull this off on my own!
I'm beyond ashamed, here i go and put my husband in one of the best rehabs in the country, and i can even kick this thing!!!
I wish you luck, but you have to really have a good reason and purpose for stopping. You have to learn to HATE the drug!!!!]
Good luck!
Lv Jenny
Hello Everyone,
Has anyone seen the news report today about the letter that has been sent out to doctors about Oxyxontin. They are warning doctors about the abuse potential. I have an idea. If they are so concerned with the abuse potential why don't they turn the pill into a patch to wear. This would be much like the fentanyl patch. You can't crush up a patch. Anyway.
I am still trying to kick this addiction. When I am on it I sometimes get very tired and want to quit. As soon as I stop, twelve hours later the withdrawl gets so bad that I can't stand the cravings so I take it. Anyone else what is going through what I am going through knows that the drug taste so sweet after a long while without it. I start getting aches and paines, cold sweats, cramps, nausea, and I know it will all go away when I take the Oxycodone. I feel like I am going crazy sometimes, Maybe I should do an inpatient detox because I can't stay off it on my own.
Its the whole thrill of getting high that I like too. Going to the doctor and suckering them into prescribing me the pills. Going to the pharmacy and getting the pills wondering if they will be able to tell that I was getting the pills at other pharmacies. As soon as I hear the pharmacy tech call my name with the prescription in hand I get a huge sense of accomplishment. Just getting the drug is a high itself.
I am also mad. Why do I have to deal with this. Why do some people take the pain medicine and think nothing of it...and some people take the pills, like me, and feel like they have just discovered a buried treasure. I know I can't get mad and feel sorry for myself but I think we all have gone through that. Well thanks for listening. I'm still new so I'm trying to get to know everyone. Please help me anyway you guys can. I know I can kick this thing with your support.
Thanks,
Tyler
Has anyone seen the news report today about the letter that has been sent out to doctors about Oxyxontin. They are warning doctors about the abuse potential. I have an idea. If they are so concerned with the abuse potential why don't they turn the pill into a patch to wear. This would be much like the fentanyl patch. You can't crush up a patch. Anyway.
I am still trying to kick this addiction. When I am on it I sometimes get very tired and want to quit. As soon as I stop, twelve hours later the withdrawl gets so bad that I can't stand the cravings so I take it. Anyone else what is going through what I am going through knows that the drug taste so sweet after a long while without it. I start getting aches and paines, cold sweats, cramps, nausea, and I know it will all go away when I take the Oxycodone. I feel like I am going crazy sometimes, Maybe I should do an inpatient detox because I can't stay off it on my own.
Its the whole thrill of getting high that I like too. Going to the doctor and suckering them into prescribing me the pills. Going to the pharmacy and getting the pills wondering if they will be able to tell that I was getting the pills at other pharmacies. As soon as I hear the pharmacy tech call my name with the prescription in hand I get a huge sense of accomplishment. Just getting the drug is a high itself.
I am also mad. Why do I have to deal with this. Why do some people take the pain medicine and think nothing of it...and some people take the pills, like me, and feel like they have just discovered a buried treasure. I know I can't get mad and feel sorry for myself but I think we all have gone through that. Well thanks for listening. I'm still new so I'm trying to get to know everyone. Please help me anyway you guys can. I know I can kick this thing with your support.
Thanks,
Tyler
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