getting off oxycontin

[apexman]

since a severe accident in january i have been on oxycontin 120 mg per day i am now down to 15 to 20 mg per day i cannot sleep and have diahrea

[apexman]

thanks for any help but i still have some pain when i am off will sleep and diarea stop

[dominosarah]

You are having rebound pain right now and that should get better also.  The sleep will come back and the diarrhea will subside.  Just stay the course.......You can do this!!      sara

[avisg]

sara is right it rebound pain your body wants its fix so its making pain seem worse then it is .Most of us have found are pain level are less off then on the meds but it going to take a while to get to that point .have you tried aleve or Motrin to see if it helps at all?

[apexman]

thanks for the advice i will keep you all posted thanks again

[apexman]

one more question how long will it take for the diarea and not sleeping take to go away. also i feel very restless when the oxycotin wheres off

[avisg]

until you go all the way off that's why we said now would be a good time to jump..once you jump  diarrhea may last a few days .For some the sleeplessness can take awhile I would exercise everyday it can help with the sleep.

[apexman]

how long is awhile just curios

[avisg]

a few weeks before you are sleeping as well constantly it took me 4 weeks before I slept great again but I got sleep before that point it just tended to be broken i would sleep a few hours then be up for an hour or two and go back to sleep.

[apexman]

thankyou very much i took 2 alieve and will try to stay off oxys completley thanks again

[apexman]

to much pain for alieve  so i cut 10 mg pill in half and will try to spread that over the day and night

[apexman]

i was run over
by a snowmobile doing about 40 50 mph ankle,pelvis,hip and 1 vertabrae were broken plates were put in ankle and pelvis also muscle was torn off of my pelvis my bum was ripped right off.they gave me colostomy that will be reversed in june it has been 4 months since the accident and the wound on my butt is just about healed

[apexman]

it has been 26 hours since last oxycotin pill pain is managable now with alieve but am very restless and of  course can not sleep i am also cranky my poor wife.. hope this does not last long, wish me luck

[vicki595]

Good luck.You've done so well!!   Start taking the vitamins in "The Thomas Recipe".
They will really help you. Stay on them!!  Get whatever kind of exercise you can. Our brains release endoephins during exercise and those "good feeling" chemicals last a long time afterward.
All the best!
Vicki

[apexman]

thanks vici i had to take  1/2 ov 1 5mb pill at 3 am  the restless is hard toi cope with i will try again today

[apexman]

what is the thomas recipe

[vicki595]

Hi~  Yes,I'm sure you needed that xanax!  I have not used oxy but I'm very familiar with this. It's a tough drug to quit;even after such a brief time.  I have a great friend who recently went through this. He used this post op and then stopped. It was awful what he went through but it passed and he's fine now. He was shocked though.
Okay. The Thomas Recipe is a vitamin and amino acid protocol. Thomas was an actual member of this forum.  You can find it in the "health pages" upper right,wat to the top of this page.  I think it helps.
Keep posting~
Vicki

[avisg]

PLZ try to stay away from the xanax it so addicting . I dont think the Thomas recipe would help a whole lot but the amino acid protocol could do wonders look in the right had column you will see it .Go get club soda and bananas too they both help with RLS
I think you are doing great try getting out for some short walks anything you can to .Before you know it you will be doing far better.
avis.

[avisg]

ohhh one thing I did pull from the Thomas recipe get a good magnesium calcium supplement and some Epsom salts .Magnesium helps with both pain and sleepiness.If you take warm bath with Epsom salts it will help get the magnesium in the muscles .

[vicki595]

Oops my fault. That wasn't xanax that you took...I misunderstood.  If you keep taking the oxy,the withdrawal will be more prolonged. Just so you know.

Avisg is right about the actual "recipe". I mostly wanted you to look at all the vitamins and aminos. :)    Quinine helps the RLS. You can buy this otc or drink tonic water which is much cheaper!
Keep posting~
Vicki

[apexman]

well this is day 2pain is very manageable the restlessness is just brutal but only seems to come at night

[vicki595]

Hi~  Okay...get some vitamins in with vit. pills and food. It really helps. You need,as avisg said, calcium,magnesim and potassium especially. So,apple juice,orange juice,milk and multi vits or separate vitamins of each. Bananas are great!! Tonic water because it has quinine in it. All these things help the restlessness tremendously.Also,those hot baths are wonderful...Try this.
Glad the pain is down...whew!

Vicki

[apexman]

hi vicki my wife just went and got tyrosine some full spectrum minerals and some vitamin b6 with some tonic water so ijust took 1000 mg of tyrosine some minerals 2 b6 hope all this works for me

[apexman]

1/2 hour since i started detox diarea is in full swing