withdrawls

[hurtinkurt]

after a lumbar laminectomy in febuary i,ve been on vicoden,and oxycodone,it,s june now and i,m triing to ween off them,been 3 days and i,m cold 1 minute,hot the next.with trembling and sleepless nights.some hallucinations at night.any advice to make the ride an easier 1 would be appreciated.one thing the doctors keep pushing the meds on me.........

[Nathan_H]

Just remember the withdrawls are temporary and should start getting easier after 72hrs. I quit heroin use cold turkey on my couch and was sick for 2 weeks but they did get easier after 2 days. Plus opium withdrawls won't kill you you'll feel like you are going to but it won't.

[tommm70]

Look up the Thomas Recipe on these forums. That should help tremendously. It will get better in the next few days! If you scroll down, there should be a link at the bottom right hand side of this page by "most viewed health pages"

Good for you for advocating for yourself to get off of those drugs. Hang in there!!