Thank you for the support. When I was just begining on these pills and was on 5/325 oxy, I ran out one time and I wasn't aware of withdraws and I went through it and it lasted about 3 days. I went one day and I thought I had the flu cuz the body aches and the vomiting and likewise from the other end if you know what I mean. Then my script showed up in the mail and I was too sick to take them and I went thru it until I was healthy and started taking them again. Had I known what I was going thru I never would have touched one again. It more the mental that holds me back because I've had the flu 2 times in my life and withdraws which was identical to the flu once. Now I know I can do it but its too easy to just grab a pill to make it go away now that I know that it is not the flu and what makes it better. It's is so hard to get past the mental aspect of it. Its terrible cuz to begin with it was one or two pills at the end of the day, then one mid-day and then one or two when it hurt real bad at night. Then it was on mid morning and one mid afternoon and a few to sleep then it was two morning noon and night and so on I never imagined that the Army or the VA would set me up for such failur. Well again thanks for all the suport. Have a blessed evening. Stay strong.
First of all let me tell you, you are NOT alone. Many will be here on this forum for you. You can do this. The WD symptoms last 3-5 days depending on the person, and most or all of us has been through it and it hasn't killed us.
The pills will kill us all if we don't succeed at getting off them.
Joyce do you have anyone you can talk to, maybe a friend that you can trust?
Check out AA/NA meetings.............they are a God send.
I am new here--going thruw withalal alone, Five day Cwen does the eymptoms end? Joyce
First let me say, "Thank You," for your service to our Country, but so sorry you were injured.......thank the Lord though you made it home.
Welcome to the forum as well, you will get a lot of help, and support here so just keep posting and sometimes answers might be slow due to ones working but usually the replys come pretty quick.
You can do this..........I am on day 10 of being off 10 mg Hydros and it wasn't easy, but I hated having my life evolve around a stupid pill.
There are a couple of ways to quit - cold turkey or taper. Cold turkey is seriously painful and at your dose, you'll feel like h3ll for a few weeks. If you taper and gradually reduce your dose, it will be much easier. I tapered for three weeks from Fentynal Patches and Percocet and that wasn't pretty but I was still able to work and travel as needed.
There is a great amount of support here on this forum; hang in there and keep posting.
Guy