Oxycontin detoxing but no withdrawal symptoms?

[Newabuser]

Hello all, I'm brand new here and found this site just yesterday. I've been abusing Oxycontin 20's for about 6 months now but the well ran dry 3 days ago. I was taking 2 to 3 per day and biting them in half to bypass the time release. I haven't had any in almost a full 72 hours and so far there's been virtually no symptoms whatsoever.

I'm not substituting anything to take the edge off with the exception of one 350mg "Soma" taken before bed to help with the potential insomnia. I have to be honest here, I'm actually upset that I'm not suffering because now I'm starting to feel like I can quit anytime I want with no side effects. I can get a refill in 4 days if I want to and I'm now starting to think "why not, quitting is no problem".

Anyway, is this in any way normal, to not experience anything by now? Was my abuse at too low of a level to have an effect on me? Is it possible that something will yet hit me? I was expecting to be climbing the walls by now but so far it's been nothing.  

[rockbottom1970]

I just finished reading your whole thread and I'm really glad I did because it opened up my eyes to what this drug has done to me, or what I have done while using it, over the past 8 years.  Thats 8 years of my life by the way that I can never get.  Most of the posts I read have educated me immensly about some of the tools I need to keep my sobriety, at your expense of course and don't take that the wrong way because thats not how I mean it.  I just mean that the posts were directed to you.  But I'm still learning as I'm still relatively new to being clean and reading all those posts have opened my eyes to what I need to do to keep moving forward.

I wish you all the best and I hope things work out for you but be very, very careful!  When I started using this drug I did it casually for almost a YEAR and then the demon got its hooks into me, hard and fast.  At the time I didn't realize what was happening or about to happen and like I said earlier, I lost 8 years of my life and everything that ever meant anything to me went with it.  

Again, please be careful.  Take Care of yourself and your wife and Good Luck....K.J.

[Newabuser]

Hello all. I thought I'd post an update as I'm now almost a month clean. I didn't take the recommended route and after some of you understandably chewed me out for it I decided to stop posting about it and just do it.

If any of you remember my story I was the one that was entrusted to dispense my wifes oxy's and I started taking them. I was forced to detox because I ran her prescription out early.

I never did go through any physical symptoms, I kept waiting but nothing ever happened so I'm grateful for that. I finally did fess up to my wife and to my surprise she was very understanding. Yes, I did agree to continue administering them for her and that's when I caught the wrath of quite a few here, that's also when I stopped posting.

I know it's only been a month but I can honestly say that there's no way I'm ever going to touch one of them again. I went through 6 months of lies and deceit and for some reason when it all came crashing down, I was spared from any consequences. I'm not one to take something like that for granted, I'm never going back there again.

Anyway, so there you have it. Just in case anyone was wondering I thought I'd let you know. Thanks to everyone for all of the comments and good luck to everyone battling their own demons, stick with it!

[mamaof4410]

Because my husband is the only one working we really cant afford private insurance for all of us so i have pregnancy medicaid but it doesnt cover dental and the cheapest i can find for a dentist to pull my tooth is 495$ . I have an appt. to have it pulled march 4th thats why i dont want to refill the meds. but yea i have 3 beautiful babies and one on the way. I feel very fortunate for the family i have. i just finished college last summer and decided to finish my family first before going into a career. But thank you for all your advice it makes me feel better

[worried878]

Your dose was not high..consider urself lucky! Many dread quitting so much that they feel bad whether they should have or not.  They have planned to feel bad..so they do
Stay on track and keep moving forward!

[dominosarah]

Please get ahold of your OB and tell him/her what is going on......We want you and the baby to be safe.

Cant the dentist do something to fix this problem?

[Dav125]

Talk with your OB about it..I believe a taper is recommended as what you go thru, the baby goes thru to some degree..I've seen mixed info on this subject..It would be best to get his/her guidence on this..So your 23 and a fourth child already? Wow,,You've got plenty of busy work for sure to keep you occupied for awhile :)