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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.
........ 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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