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whithdrawal and setbacks ( slip ups)
I was taking a truckload of Oxycontin after an auto accident left me with back and neck problems ( surgeries ) I was taking oxy but was not long before i started chewing them. Was chewing 4 1/2 80mg pills and also taking 180 norco 10/325's alonf with 240 5mg oxtcodone for breakthru pain. One day I chewed 5 oxy 80mg pills and I knew I had to be done.I decided to go cold turkey and it has been a little over 2 weeks of absolute skincrawling anxiety wheeling hell!!! I has refills on the Norco and after 2 weeks I slipped. I sat and takled myself into it and took 8 norco the first day ( by the way I was taking 18 norcco at once) along with the oxyconton. Anyway the next day i took 8 and was found out by my fiance (who was pissed!!) I took ten later that night because I knew she would flush them, so why not give my pain another 3 hour breather. That was about 5 days ago and it doesn't seem like it really set me back as far as the withdrawal goes. Finally,my question is when will the anxiety subside? It is draining and just outright debilitating. I have forced myself to the gym a few tiles lately just to get off the couch and try to kick these feelings but every day the anxiety hangs in there. What am I in for? when will I feel normal with energy again so I can get back to being me??? Anyone?? Is my withdrawal longer due to the amount (extremely high amounts)??Doessomeone have a good answer for me on this?
i went to the doc.with the intentions of telling him about my addiction, but i chickened out...and just told him about my depression and anxiety...he prescribed me effexor for the depression and alprazolam for sleep and anxiety...hopefully ill be feeling better in no time...but today was a rough day!! tomrorrow hopefully will be a better day!!
casey
casey
Sniffing oxy is a nasty withdrawal. I have been through a few. You have give yourself time to heal. It really is all about time, killing time, until you feel better. I wanted to congratualate you on starting to detox! Good luck and stay strong! I hope your doctor can prescribe you something that can help even a little bit! Pammy
hey! and thanks for the advice..the withdrawls got so bad today that i left work and made myself a doctors appointment..im depressed and i cant get through this alone...i know im not alone, ive got my boyfriend and ive got my boards...i need some medication to get me through this....the withdrawls are so bad...i sweat cold and hot sweats all night, i wake up with headaches, and i feel like **** all day long...it got so bad to day that i just had to get out of work...im getting myself to a doctor, and im just gonna take it from there...all i know is that im never crushing up another oxy...its the devil...
casey
casey
If you haven't already thrown away the little brown pills, I think I have your answer. Pyridium used to ease discomfort from a urinary tract infection. Other than turn your urine a great Texas Orange, and make urinating not so painful with an infection, they wont get you high! But as they have a very short half life, I agree with everyone else - TOSS THEM!
Hows it going this time?I'm on day 4 and doing good!Hows the pup?Hope your coming along and in good spirits!!Take care my friend. Jerri
Hi Kid. (Are you Casey, age 20, from drugabuse?) If so, I too have been following your words at Drugabuse.c.
I saw at least three people advise you to come here, one last week and two today. Two specifically told you to talk to Thomas. Those guys were infinitely right. One mentioned talking to hippee as well as other regular posters here, all GREAT advice. Those guys, and many others have helped me more than I can express.
My recovery is from mainly Vicodin, though I also came off Fiorinal, Xanax and Oxy. The Vicodin was my drug of choice and the other drugs I used when I couldn't get the former.
I don't have an answer about what is right/wrong for weaning off drugs. I did not take the A/A route, and thus according to A/A dogma, I am destined for relapse. I hope not.
Though other literature disputes this, the vast majority touts A/A and other spiritual approaches as the only way. That is a personal decision, imvho.
On one of these boards (if you are Casey), you said you were snorting Oxy. It would be my suggestion to first ingest the Oxy and then try to quit. I would quit by telling a MD about my need for a tranquillizer (sp?) to assist in sleep because of the W/Ds.
I could not have functioned without such (something to sleep besides Melatonin, Benadryl, etc) when I attempted to quit. There were too many real life pressures, such as work, for which I needed a decent sleep. I had tried quitting three times, without a benzo (like Xanax).
I am not sure an antidepressant, like you mentioned, is what you need, or even something that will help. But, I am not a doctor. Antidepressants shut me down on most of the niceties of life, including a sex drive. But that was I. "Different strokes for different folks."
My resolve, like the poster Mystere (AKA NOLady), is as steel this time. It is a matter, or was a matter for me of ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Words written here, and on DA.com, express why: "'I was sick and tired of being sick and tired'(A/A mantra): and, wondering where/when/how I would get my next bottle of pills." What a crock. What insanity.
I hated, to quote a writer (RStew) who has made a huge difference in my recovery, ... I HATED seeing six Vicodin left in the bottle.. knowing the game was about to start again..the game of lies.. how to get more pills.
I recently had surgery and did not fill the script for the pain pills after. To me.. that is my indicator of success.
The only thing you have written that concerns me is that your boyfriend is also using Oxy. I hope you both want to quit. Unless the desires are intrinsic, the efforts will likely be futile. I hope not. In this case, once (quitting) IS enough! It was harder for me in each attempt. Plus, there were also mini-withdrawals when waiting for the next script refill, etc.
I have learned from lurking here a few months, and finally writing, that it is easier to post near the top if this forum so the wise (and I say that with sincerity) old (and young) gurus, and those with lengthy recoveries and experiences, see your words and respond.
And, they will, Sassy. Until then, keep posting. You can do it; we all can with eath other. You got good advice on the other board, and I know you will here. I apologize for this length post. I Just hope you will feel welcome among the most astute persons I have had the pleasure to be amongst.
rwc~
I saw at least three people advise you to come here, one last week and two today. Two specifically told you to talk to Thomas. Those guys were infinitely right. One mentioned talking to hippee as well as other regular posters here, all GREAT advice. Those guys, and many others have helped me more than I can express.
My recovery is from mainly Vicodin, though I also came off Fiorinal, Xanax and Oxy. The Vicodin was my drug of choice and the other drugs I used when I couldn't get the former.
I don't have an answer about what is right/wrong for weaning off drugs. I did not take the A/A route, and thus according to A/A dogma, I am destined for relapse. I hope not.
Though other literature disputes this, the vast majority touts A/A and other spiritual approaches as the only way. That is a personal decision, imvho.
On one of these boards (if you are Casey), you said you were snorting Oxy. It would be my suggestion to first ingest the Oxy and then try to quit. I would quit by telling a MD about my need for a tranquillizer (sp?) to assist in sleep because of the W/Ds.
I could not have functioned without such (something to sleep besides Melatonin, Benadryl, etc) when I attempted to quit. There were too many real life pressures, such as work, for which I needed a decent sleep. I had tried quitting three times, without a benzo (like Xanax).
I am not sure an antidepressant, like you mentioned, is what you need, or even something that will help. But, I am not a doctor. Antidepressants shut me down on most of the niceties of life, including a sex drive. But that was I. "Different strokes for different folks."
My resolve, like the poster Mystere (AKA NOLady), is as steel this time. It is a matter, or was a matter for me of ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Words written here, and on DA.com, express why: "'I was sick and tired of being sick and tired'(A/A mantra): and, wondering where/when/how I would get my next bottle of pills." What a crock. What insanity.
I hated, to quote a writer (RStew) who has made a huge difference in my recovery, ... I HATED seeing six Vicodin left in the bottle.. knowing the game was about to start again..the game of lies.. how to get more pills.
I recently had surgery and did not fill the script for the pain pills after. To me.. that is my indicator of success.
The only thing you have written that concerns me is that your boyfriend is also using Oxy. I hope you both want to quit. Unless the desires are intrinsic, the efforts will likely be futile. I hope not. In this case, once (quitting) IS enough! It was harder for me in each attempt. Plus, there were also mini-withdrawals when waiting for the next script refill, etc.
I have learned from lurking here a few months, and finally writing, that it is easier to post near the top if this forum so the wise (and I say that with sincerity) old (and young) gurus, and those with lengthy recoveries and experiences, see your words and respond.
And, they will, Sassy. Until then, keep posting. You can do it; we all can with eath other. You got good advice on the other board, and I know you will here. I apologize for this length post. I Just hope you will feel welcome among the most astute persons I have had the pleasure to be amongst.
rwc~
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