How long will the withdrawl take before I am able to sleep??

[methoxyctabs]

I am wondering how long it will take me to get off of oxycodone after being on methadone for 2 yr's coming off that with the oxcy's and then down to tramadol..

[gnarly_1]

HI .....let me know if im getting this right you where on methadone for 2 yrs you tryed to detox and went back on oxy..now your addicted to oxy and want to know how long its going to take you to  get off the oxy?? then your going to add tramadol into this mix.....DUDE you got to quit trying to beet the withdrawals here......you cant get around them by juggling differt narcotics as for your methadone withdrawals all the oxy did was postpone them methadone your sick for a good 90 days so unless you took the oxy that long your still going to feel the methadone....oxy in it self is quite a vise to get caught up in normally you detox in about 5 days but mentally it a lot longer for all of these drugs ...the only way your going to get well is to quit putting narcotics in your system and let your body detox itself as long as your adding artificial endorphins your brain will not heal....im sorry to say there just is no'''get out of jail free card'' you got to pay the pied piper and the sooner the better now stop this nonsense of tring to beet a narcotic with a narcotic bit the bullet and get on your way to getting well..........Gnarly  

[RaygenPerrie]

I could just start crying as I read your post.

A quick backround- I started taking vicodin for a broken left foot. Soon the vicodin became uneffective(did not produce the high that my brain craved) and so, I went to percs. With or without pain I found myself taking the pills because the high was amazing. I would never take more than 25mg orally a day and so I thought it was no big deal. 2.5 months later(1.5 weeks ago) I had my gall bladder taken out and of course was perscribed more percs. The days following my surgery I was taking about 60mg orally AS PRESCRIBED. This past saturday, when I did not take such a high dose I could feel my body start acting weird. On sunday I took only 25mg...and DAY 1 of my withdrawal begins...

Monday and Tuesday were HELL; and if this is HELL I shall sin no more!!!Not only did I feel heavy, anxious, I cried on and off all day. I was very depressed and had watery stool. I did not eat much of anything but forced myself to because I knew I needed to, even if it was only a piece of bread. I took ZERO percs during the day but took .5mg when I finally felt like I could no longer handle this...only to allow myself to sleep. (which was VERY hard to do) I was very restless and my body felt like it could run a marathon. EVERYTHING was sad to me. I felt very depressed, like life as I knew it was over.

Wednesday- Same feelings with a little less crying. I felt like death. I felt OUT OF CONTROL, as if i was going insane. It was very hard to sit still. I thank god I have both my mother and Girlfriend by my side. Talk about what you're going through, people will be there for you, A LOT of people know exactly what you are going through. You are NOT alone, I promise. Oh, and I drug(no pun intended) my butt to work which was super hard, but at the end of the night, when I had completed work, I was VERY proud of myself. I was able to fall asleep with a Xanax which I am prescribed for my anxiety which has been greatly hightened during this withdrawal. A few hours into my sleep I woke up and had to vomit.

Thursday- Which was yesterday. I went to work. I felt like 1000 pounds was sitting on top of me. Emotional. Very anxious. I was like the walking dead. BUT, this day was easier than yesterday and so on.

Friday- Which is today (day 3 of absolutely ZERO percs, but day 5 of my withdrawal). I am at work. I am in a daze, I feel dizzy, anxious, kind of sad and have a heavy chest. But, I know, this is only getting better, this will only get better. Less crying, I DO see the light at the end of the tunnel, less watery stool; overall I HAVE HOPE.

This has been the HARDEST thing I have ever done. It takes a massive amount of strength within yourself. I am actually crying as I write this because my mind and body are exhausted and yet I cannot sit still. It is amazing what opiate drugs not only do to your body but more importantly to your brain. I have read a lot of forums and it seems like damned near everyone has gone through something like this; that in itself gives me hope.

Take as MANY walks or jogs as you can. You need to release those endorphines that will help with your anxiety, restlessness and depression. FORCE yourself to drink and eat as much as possible. It is much easier said than done. I am very much physically and emotionally exhausted. Don't give up, the pain WILL end!

Stay strong and I will do the same.

[petroglyph54]

Not knowing your dose, and everyone being a little different generally speaking if you go ct, the worst should be over in 4-5 days. Read the thomas recipe on this page to learn vitamins and nutrients that will help with withdrawal [lower right]. That would take care of the physical part, then there's the mental part which is a lot longer. Read thru lots of posts here to get the feeling from other's, whose stories might be similar to your own. Are you already free of the methadone? More info and we'll try to help more ok? Some people have a real hard time coming off the tram, you might just want to jump from the oxy and not drag out the withdrawal process? Good luck and stick around, lots of good info and support here.

[evilways]

If you go Cold turkey you can expect to lose sleep for 3-5 days. But once that passes you will start sleep much better than you did when you were on pills. If you are tapering down you will probably have sleep loss off and on but not every night. Just during the times when your body is having a particularly hard time withdrawling. Good luck to you!!