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oxycontin withdrawl
i have been taking 45 mg of roxy codone a day and am tapering down quickly because of only having a couple left right now im down to 30 mg a day tommorow im trying for about 20 mg 7 mg 3times a day .ive been using every day for about 3 months . i also have a couple morphine tabs when the oxy is gone.how bad will my with drawls be? is there any advice you can give me about the taper i am doing.my worst symton is leg and back pain. what will help with that?
I'm not sure where to start so bear with me guys. I have had a rough year and been on pain meds for most of it. I had urinary problems that only narcotics took the pain away. The urinary problem ended up being a kidney stone. Had emergency surgery for that and then I had a hysterectomy and now I have tendonitis in both hands. I don't get the pills from anywhere but doctors but I could probably get by without them now - I just feel better when I take them. Does that mean I am addicted?
It doesn't really matter what kind. I mostly take 5/325 percocet. Right now my RX is for roxicet. Not really sure of the difference between any of them. I was on Vicodin for a long time. Try to stay away from Norco because that is too strong. I'm not to the point of going crazy about them but up until know I have had a medical reason to be on them. My fear is that I take them now sometimes just because I feel better, although the last couple of days I have been really out of it. I think I took too many the last two nights. I don't really feel the effects until hours later. I haven't had any pills in the last 24 hours and I don't really feel too bad - just congested and sneezing a lot. Do the withdrawals get worse? I haven't went more than a few days without something because I have had medical issues, one after another.
Any thoughts?
It doesn't really matter what kind. I mostly take 5/325 percocet. Right now my RX is for roxicet. Not really sure of the difference between any of them. I was on Vicodin for a long time. Try to stay away from Norco because that is too strong. I'm not to the point of going crazy about them but up until know I have had a medical reason to be on them. My fear is that I take them now sometimes just because I feel better, although the last couple of days I have been really out of it. I think I took too many the last two nights. I don't really feel the effects until hours later. I haven't had any pills in the last 24 hours and I don't really feel too bad - just congested and sneezing a lot. Do the withdrawals get worse? I haven't went more than a few days without something because I have had medical issues, one after another.
Any thoughts?
well i tapered down for a week and im on day 2 of w/d.yesterday was pretty bad. but my only real symptom has been severe aches and pains and a no energy feeling. ive been folowing the thomas recipe .i took a xanax last night at about 9 went to sleep woke up around 10 was pretty achy so i hit the hot bath again . been taking alot of hot bats and alot of ibuprofin. yesterday when it was real bad i took a morphine pill. it helped alittle but not much. right now i feel much better. hope its not messing with me and come back to hit me harder. tommorows my birthday so im hoping ill be feeling ok for it. thanks.
I went through a HUGE oxy binge last year. I didn't taper before running out so I got hit with w/d like a mack truck. Unfortunately I was heavily drinking during this time so I don't remember some of it. I just remember spending two full days and night in the bathtub. It was the only place I could sleep - even if it was just 15 minutes at a time.
The next couple of weeks I was weak and had no appetite. I lost a ton of weight and didn't feel like doing much. After a month I was finally better.
Since you are trying to taper things may be easier for you. I relapsed and started using pain pills again for a year. I didn't use oxy again but I DID use heavy amounts of vicodin, norco, etc. I tapered before stopping and am on day 7 without anything. Before this I had horrible w/d when I ran out of pills, etc. But this is the first time I tapered - and the first time I had w/d that were tolerable. So I believe it helps a lot. And that was only with tapering for a week.
Good luck and post often to let us know how you are doing.
The next couple of weeks I was weak and had no appetite. I lost a ton of weight and didn't feel like doing much. After a month I was finally better.
Since you are trying to taper things may be easier for you. I relapsed and started using pain pills again for a year. I didn't use oxy again but I DID use heavy amounts of vicodin, norco, etc. I tapered before stopping and am on day 7 without anything. Before this I had horrible w/d when I ran out of pills, etc. But this is the first time I tapered - and the first time I had w/d that were tolerable. So I believe it helps a lot. And that was only with tapering for a week.
Good luck and post often to let us know how you are doing.
Luckily, you haven't been using for a long period of time. Some people compair it to having a bad case of the flu. It may take 3 or 4 days to get out of your system, but after that I think it's more psychological. That takes time. A person gets a "habit". Sometimes breaking even the simpleist of habits can take time. I'm on day 48 of about a 3 year habit of much more than what you are taking. You can do it. Don't panic. Talk to your doctor about clonodine. It will help with the withdrawal and most doc's done hesitate to give it out. Just my opinion. God Bless, Tom
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