I was in the same boat, oxycodone for 5 years with vicodine for breakthrough. I tried everything to quit but could not function through the withdraw and I have a 10 year old son, a bed bound mother and a now 25 year old daughter with major depression so needless to say I had to function. So here's the scoop my ailing mother makes about 3 to 5 trips to the hospital a year and every time it's the same thing a huge fight with the doctors to give her pain meds that she has been on for 20 years. They refuse and she lands up in ICU because she sick with infection and than they send her into withdraw. Here's the cure the last two trips to the hospital as I argue with the doctors to give her pain meds so she doesn't go into withdraw and this time she never does. The doctor accused me of taking her pain meds stating with the high dose of meds she was on there's no way she's not in withdraw after 3 days of NO PAIN MEDS. She took 180mg of oxycodone a day with vicodine for breakthrough. I was furious thinking all I go through to take of her and your going to stand there and accuse me. So after a angry call to administration I swore I would never take her back to that hospital again, never giving another thought as to why she never went into withdraw. 3 month later back to the hospital needless to say a different one and the same thing happened 5 days into her hospital stay and no withdraw. NOW I was paying attention what was different from the hospital stays before with severe withdraw to the last two with NO WITHDRAW she was diagnosed with Parkinson's between the severe withdraw and no withdraw visits and they put her on CARADOPA- LEVADOPA that was the only change. So I figured what the hell I'm going to try it and that my friend was the best decision I ever made I mean to tell you there are no withdraw symptoms at ALL. No runs, no chills, no body aches, no restless legs, no feelings of I can't make it. You just feel normal. I quit the pain meds and started taking the CARADOPA-LEVADOPA for about a month than I quit those to. 101 days later the only thing I take is aleve and ibuprophen for pain. I want to shout from the roof tops to let people know I even thought about trying to get a patent on the use of this for opiate addiction which I will still do if I ever get enough money to patent it for this use before some neurologist does. LOL you do need a prescription for this but I don't think any doctor would have a problem with prescribing it as it is not a narcotic. I really think that big pharma already knows about this but the money they would lose from opiate scrips persuades them not to tell people. Please spread the word as I will to this is a miracle. My friends can't understand why I am so excited over this discovery but anyone in withdraw will
Day 4 here and knowing I'm not the only one going through this is oddly reassuring. How did we get to this point...sheesh.
Yes! Yay us! Day 3 clean for me! I would continue the xanax if i was you. It helps and its alot on u to quit all at one time..hang in there! U will get threw!
Sorry i started typing that this morning and just now able to finish. I am glad you got up and enjoyed the day! Yay us
My last hydro 10/325 was 1/2 pill Friday morning at 6am. (From 4 sometimes 5). I am also in the process of getting off flexeril, xanax and neurontin. 4 years if not longer).
By Friday morning that 1/2 was the last of all but xanax (not taken on regular basis). The flexeril or neurontin were not regular either.
The first day I took only 2 hydro. I swore my heart was going to race out of my chest. As long as I was moving it wasnt that bad. The second day I only took the 1/2. The anxiousness was literally driving me crazy. My I suffer from RLS and it was lije RLS in my whole body. But mostly my heart. I found making myself get up to do something even if just 5 mins at a time and writing helped it alot. Also been drinking a mixture of oj, honey & apple cider vinegar like 3 times a day (mixture both of my parents swear by for RLS). Upon researching said mixture I learned Acv (the vinegar) has been used for medicinal uses since like 400 BC. And for a HUGE number of things.
Friday night the restless was so bad I was flailing around like a crazy person. I made myself so nauses I started dry heaving. I fell asleep with the bucket in bed with me and my head on side. Laast was not as bad. Mostly in 1 arm but I did the dry heave thing and was asleep ALOT faster than the previous night. I did also end up taking xanax the first night to see if that helped. I took 2 1/2 so I am scared to stopped suddenly since stopping 3 other meds so I am cutting down 1/2 per day until i am down to zero. I have 9 yr old twins who dont know whats going on but i did tell my 13 year old. I am sure they have noticed a difference in mom.
Well its almost 10pm..the day went great! I got outta bed and went into living room with kids and laughed n talked as they took forever puting grill together.lol "was cute" then My daughters did shopping bc its moms day! And i cooked on the grill for us. We hung out talked laughed ate and just enjoyed the day.! yes i had cravings and i was sore n achy but it was fun! I love my daughters and i will achieve this goal for them!