Problems just keep getting worse

[tcprice]

ok so thursday i had a rough day it started the day before i got up at 12 pm which i have been doing alot latly and didn't go to bed till 7 am the thursday morn which is really not like me at all. i have been waking up really stiff and sore and swollen till i take my pain meds then i am ok. i am going to start weening off the percocets but in the mean time i feel like i am dying what can i do to help with the stiffness and the soreness besides a bath which i have no motivation for. i feel like i am going crazy what is wrong with me?

[tcprice]

ok so i talk to 3 drs and a pharmacisit and they all say the symptoms i am having have nothing to do with percocets, i am swollen my ankles and feet and hands. my hands keep going numb it hurts to use my hands and it hurts to walk plus every morning i wake up stiff and hurting till i take my percs then it goes away a little but now its all day that i feel this. i went  to er and they found nothing wrong??? i have an dr appt fri but i am still wondering if the percocets caused this?? help im freaking out.

[janet19]

I used to feel the same way when I used. I had so much energy. I would whip around the house and clean all 3 levels good in one day. Plus mow the yard and laundry. But towards the end of the time I decided I  needed to get clean, some of my highs did not feel so good. I started being nauseous a lot and I was getting rebound headaches. My  muscles were beginning to be sore most of the time even when I used. The biggest thing was that I started losing parts of my memory which was pretty scary. At first I thought I was getting Alzheimerzers or something. I could be in the middle of a sentence and forget what I was saying. I just couldn't do it anymore I was sick when I used and sick when I didn't but at least when I wasn't using I had my mind.

I know it is hard, but it can be done. It takes a lot of inner strength and determination. Plus check on some NA meetings in your area they help also. Plus keep posting here and if you have questions ask. Some one here will answer them. Things are a little slow this weekend people are trying to catch every little bit of warm weather they can get right now. But they will be back. I will post to you soon.

[tcprice]

I know weening off them can be hard for when you are addicted to something you don't want to but its not so much that im addicted which i am its my body is very addicted to them so i figure weening would make it a little easier on me, willpower is one of my weak points i wish i new how to make it stronger any ideas there? i have a system to try this and if it don't work it don't either way yes i am getting off them there evil and causing me alot of problems. the only thing i worry about is how i am going to learn to live without them they make me feel alive again like i can do anything and i have so much energy and i am focused and feel like me but when i go off them i am really lost have no motivation and have no disire to do anything. ugh i hate this battle

[skmedlin27703]

I have been waking up feeling the same way... stiff and sore... my legs killing me... They feel all achy and It seemed to have started as I started to run low on my medicine (oxycodone).  It's like the medicine seems to wear off in my sleep and wakes me up.... causing pains in my legs that I have never felt before. I am heading to take a hot bath now.... and should be able to get the rest of my medicine tonight to make it to my doctor appointment for my next monthly rx. It's tough, sometimes it feels like you never go ahead of it! Hang in there.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

[janet19]

If you are there and want to talk I just wanted to let you know someone is here for you. If you are still taking pain meds I do not know why you are stiff unless you are taking lower doses. There are other illnesses that can cause you to be stiff also. It sounds maybe like you could be holding water. If that is the case it is probably because when you take opiates you can retain water, for you bladder is so relaxed from the pills

Are you going to quit using? Tapering is good if you can do it, but most addicts have problems with that. I  had to take them all to get my last high, buzz or what ever I could. I could never just take a few if I had more.

Going cold turkey is not much worse than tapering off so which ever way you decide it will bring you to the same conclusion of being clean.

I wish you luck

[janet19]

it just takes time, no one is exactly the same. It takes a lot of will power to do this. It is doable but lots of work and sweating.