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Opiate withdrawal????
What the heck is wrong with me? I have been on percocet and vicodin for only 2 months. I was on percocet for a month (7.5-30mg oxy/day varied), the vicodin for 2 weeks (5 mg. went through 50 in 2 weeks), then percocet for another month 2-7.5 tabs a day. Went to 1 pill for 2 days last week, then stopped Monday. Diarrhea ever since. Highs and lows. Sometimes I am on the verge of tears for no reason. Last Thursday I took 1 just to feel a little better because I had an explosive outburst of tears. I still feel like **** 1 week later. Is this normal? After 2 months of use, wouldn't I be better in a couple days? This sucks. I feel hopeless and have no ambition. My nights of sleep suck too.
are there any complications with withdrawals from high doses {200 mgs a day} of oxycontin and hepatitis C and other auto immune disease, such as rhunitoid arthritis, reynoids syndrome, fibromyalgia, lyme disease, I have them all and Im worried that major comlications during withdrawals could kill me,,,,,not to mention the fact that all these problems seem to get ten tines worse when i run out. the withdrawals are so so so, hard on me, nearly hoplessly impossible due to the extreme pain accompanying the sickness. Its brutal, and after three tries, i wasnt able to succeed!
honestly I feel like im going to die, it really scares me how fast I get sick and stay sick, its pure torture, and i was told that you shouldnt detox off of oxys if your health is compromised. could cause liver failure. please, any help will be so dearly appreciated I am sooo worried, and i start my chemo theoropy next week, and I have nobody to rely on, Im a scared mother of a two year old..thank you in advance, susie
honestly I feel like im going to die, it really scares me how fast I get sick and stay sick, its pure torture, and i was told that you shouldnt detox off of oxys if your health is compromised. could cause liver failure. please, any help will be so dearly appreciated I am sooo worried, and i start my chemo theoropy next week, and I have nobody to rely on, Im a scared mother of a two year old..thank you in advance, susie
I'm coming up to 96 hours without anything in my system. I was taking vicodin habitually for years---probably about 15-20 Norcos (which were the 10mg double strength ones) a day. I went on to Suboxone for about 6 months, but my insurance decided they didn't want to cover it anymore---great. My sister had just gotten in a terrible car accident and had been prescribed 180 10mg Methadones and 560-5mg oxycodones. Well to avoid withdrawals from the suboxone, I substituted with the methadone for about 2 weeks---about 60-80mg a day. Then I tried tapering off with the Oxys with absolutely no success. I quit everything then and it through me into full blown withdrawals. I know the worst is over because it's been almost 90 hours off everything. But man this restlessness due to the restless leg syndrome is killing me! I am so damn tired I haven't slept in days. Does anyone know when those symptoms will subside?!? Cuz I need some sleep dammit! On top of everything, I got an actually flu with a fever and cough so it's just been hell. When will this stupid leg thing stop?!? Somebody please help me.
Jim W
Jim W
I've been an addict for several years of up to 20 vicodin per day and yes thousands of dollars. I was scared to stop taking vicodin because of the withdrawls. I talked and listened to several people and they all had the same comments I see in this forum. I came to the conclusion that my life was going to end or restart. I spent $30k in Narocnon (rehab) and I am a new person. Let me give you all a few tips I learned that may help your withdrawls.
1. Stop taking for 24hrs-it's still in your system so you won't be filling like ****.
2. Step into a sauna for 2-3 days for 2-3 hours. (I seen that people with a higher tolerance than me needed more time). Codine is stored in your fat cells and you will sweat this out, taking out of your system much faster. You will already feel nausea so step out for a few and get back in. Now instead of this long recovery, you already bought yourself a week. Your not sleeping because it lies with your fat and muscle cells.
3. Now start on vitamins after 1 and 2. It's pointless to start your vitamin diet before or during withdrawl period. I can't tell you what vitamins to take since I had a DR give them to me after evaluation but an all purpose vitamin will help.
4. The hardest thing to get over are the mind games. We all depend on these pills to have fun, relate in life, deal with pain, or whatever. Get off your *** and do something. Walk the dog, go back to the gym and sweat more, spend time with the kids, stay away from friends who shares the same life style. Don't sit down and read a book when your mind wants to play games with you. I was taught not to take any pain meds during recovery and I didn't have a problem. But I seen others who were in much worse pain than me and they were allowed a motrin.
5. Sleep depresion. If you follow the steps above, your body will need the rest and you will sleep. Once those vitamins kick in and your body starts coming normal, it will allow you and want you to sleep. You will also start feeling a normal heart rate. Through these tough few days, it's a fast recovery so your heart is adutated but don't worry. I found this to be normal.
I hope this helps. ANYBODY can do it. I seen it with my own eyes. This is not just for vicodin but any drug/alcohol.
Best Wishes on your new life and may God Bless. It feels great to be free.
LR
1. Stop taking for 24hrs-it's still in your system so you won't be filling like ****.
2. Step into a sauna for 2-3 days for 2-3 hours. (I seen that people with a higher tolerance than me needed more time). Codine is stored in your fat cells and you will sweat this out, taking out of your system much faster. You will already feel nausea so step out for a few and get back in. Now instead of this long recovery, you already bought yourself a week. Your not sleeping because it lies with your fat and muscle cells.
3. Now start on vitamins after 1 and 2. It's pointless to start your vitamin diet before or during withdrawl period. I can't tell you what vitamins to take since I had a DR give them to me after evaluation but an all purpose vitamin will help.
4. The hardest thing to get over are the mind games. We all depend on these pills to have fun, relate in life, deal with pain, or whatever. Get off your *** and do something. Walk the dog, go back to the gym and sweat more, spend time with the kids, stay away from friends who shares the same life style. Don't sit down and read a book when your mind wants to play games with you. I was taught not to take any pain meds during recovery and I didn't have a problem. But I seen others who were in much worse pain than me and they were allowed a motrin.
5. Sleep depresion. If you follow the steps above, your body will need the rest and you will sleep. Once those vitamins kick in and your body starts coming normal, it will allow you and want you to sleep. You will also start feeling a normal heart rate. Through these tough few days, it's a fast recovery so your heart is adutated but don't worry. I found this to be normal.
I hope this helps. ANYBODY can do it. I seen it with my own eyes. This is not just for vicodin but any drug/alcohol.
Best Wishes on your new life and may God Bless. It feels great to be free.
LR
ive been addicted to hard opiates for a couple of years now such as fentanyl, oxycontin, norcos, percocets, morphine 100 mg, and i found that the best way to quit is to go a couple days without it but have some norcos and when you absolutely feel like *** just pop one and slowly taper off of it until you feel normal, take one to two every time you start feeling the withdrawals and you should be fine, since hydrocodone is not really a very strong opiate you should beat the withdrawals like that...
jpeezy...i am going through this detox all by myself as well. evryone around me , family and all think i have the flu. I have a 3 yr old daughter and just looking at her makes me sad, I wish I had the energy to play with her and be there for her. No one knows that I am going through withdrawal. It is one of the worst things i have ever been through physically. I did not think it would be this hard., i want to take more oxy, but i know it will only prolong the inevitable, right?
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