tryin to come down off of precription meds at home

[DarkAngel]

i first started doing hydrocodone in february of 2001. For no medical reason I did them for the high i moved on to stronger painkillers like percocets,oxyicodine,even oxyicotin a couple months later.4 months ago i weined my self down to no painkillers. I got stressed and started taking them again this time i only stick to the hydrocodone. I take around 5 pills a day. (5milligrams) I started weining my self todayand it's been un comfortable as far as the aches and pains are there any success storys on weining from home or do you have any tips on how i can make my self more comfortable I don't feel as if i'm far enough in this for inpatient treatment. Like i said before I've gotten off of far stronger pain killers.I really wanna do it this time I am a mother of 5 children 3 livin and 2 angel babies I have a lot to live for and i don't wanna lose my life behind a high i don't wanna be in a treatment center because I have a family that is very dependant upon me and i really need to be here for them. Ive been taking these pain killers for close to 8 months and i'm ready to to get my life back. any word of incouragement will be well apprechiated.
thanks
DarkAngel

[Nawoc]

I go through detox every month. I get a 30 day script for
loratab and soma. 4 or 5 days each month I run completely
out and I get really sick also. After 3 days I start eating
and having normal BM. If I detox using smaller doses, my stomach is queezy the first 2 days but after that every thing is normal.

God Bless you all 1 day at a time.

http://www.sirinet.net/~garyc/pain.htm

[Frank Lee]

Dark angel,

Here is a reciepe
http://pub37.ezboard.com/fthenewaddictionmedicineforumfrm3.showMessage?topicID=2.topic

for assistance in detoxing and another source/site that might also help you. Keep posting, you are not alone. Good luck.

Frank Lee

[BLT]

I had a back fusion surgery in June, 2001, and I now take 120 mg Ocycontin and 20 mg Oxy IR a day.  Is this very much compared to others of you?  Now that I am 5 months post-surgery, I am sure that the Dr. will want me to start coming off the Rxs. pretty soon.  I have been "Chewing Up" the Ocycontin some, too, to help it get into my system quicker.  Is chewing it going to make it harder to come off of it?  I really do not get a high anymore, due to being on it for 18 months total now.  I often take another pill when I feel stressed or worried about something.  Could I also be psychologically addicted as well as physically addicted?  

When I do run low on Rx before I get a refill, I really feel weird with a very HIGH blood pressure, blurry eye-sight, the jitters, emotional lows, and other feelings that are really tough to deal with.  Is this withdrawal?  Is it only going to get worse when the Dr. starts getting me off the Rxs?  What is it going to be like  I really need some help and advice!!  What can you tell me...please help with advice.

How long will it take to get myself off the Rxs?  Can I do it at home and not have to enter a hosptial or an out-patient clinic?  My job is such that if they find out I could lose it and be ruined!

Please help with some advice....thanks.

[Witchywoman]

Wow, that is some very good information about the non narcotic pain killer that actually helps with pain! I went to the web site, and will eagerly await any and all news about it. Do you know anyone who has taken it? I'd love to hear more about it..please...post anything you can.  I have chronic pain, but abused hydrocodone, and have been clean from it for a few months. I take tons of ibuprofen, which helps, but not completely.
Any more info about this med?
write me at ***@**** if you have any more info about it.

BLT, I'm sorry to hear you had to have fusion surgery. I hear that is very hard to go through. How is your recovery going? Is your pain under decent control?
As for the amount of oxy you are on, it sounds on the high side, but I'm not sure what the folks on here who are on oxy take. What worries me is that you are chewing them, and taking them when you feel emotionally stressed. To answer your question bluntly, it sounds as if you are addicted psychologically as well as physically.  Let your doctor know, when your pain is low enough, and you and your doc can work out a taper plan. That is by far the most physically comfortable way to do it.  There is a lot of support available, you are not alone. People do withdraw from these meds without hospitalization. It isn't easy, but it is doable.

love,
WW

[7777]

Hi I'm John: Good news for chronic pain sufferers who want to get off of narcotics yet be free of pain without addiction once off. By the way generally one good taper off is cutting down 5% daily--it takes longer so must be patient--anyway much less discomfort that way but I was only on low dose hydrocodon for six months. Anyway in any event take heart because now there is a new gole to reach for and that is the NEW MIRACLE PAIN KILLER ZICONOTIDE that is 1,000 times more potent than the strongest narcotic drug for pain but has no dependency side effect or other noteworthy side effects which is the good news. The bad news is that it is still in its second stage of being processed for allowance by the FDA in the U.S.A.; but in Dublin the Elan Corporation who deveoped it announced on June 28, 2000, that's well over a year ago, receipt of an approval letter from the FDA for Ziconotide so it will probably not be long now to be approved for use in the U.S.A. To keep posted on its progress log onto their web sight at www.elancorp.com and their email at ***@****  Happy Hunting. Best Wishes John

[donnalee]

I'm making it....I'm making it!!!  I can't believe it. I'm just so proud of myself right now. I'm going to make it! Man what hell it was .....and thank god for bathtubs and hot water cause I've lived in it for the past 4 days..even slept in it during the night.  It's been 96 hours and I'm still counting.  The worse has to be just has to be over! Thank you all so very very much for listening to me and writing me the nicest encouraging words.  That has meant a lot to me.  No one else would ever understand.