Please some info about withdraws.

[adorkablemom]

I see that you are all very nice and helpful people. I have develope a habit of oxycontin and roxys. I have been on them steady for about three months. I was taking 30 to 60 miligrams a day or every other day. Some days I took more some less. How serious do you think my wds will take. And how severe do you think it will be? I am on day 2 with out. I accually started to feel the diahrrea today and i took a small peice of an 8mg suboxone, probably about 2.5 mg. I plan on not taking anything more. I really have no one i can talk to this about and feel very alone. Also i am so on edge, snapping at the kids and getting so angry over nothing. Please tell me what is ahead of me and how servere and how long will i go through wd? Thank you

[feelingblue222]

Sub is an opiod with a longer half life that the pills you have been taking.  People who wd from sub often have worse and longer wd processes than others, so stop taking the sub.  You may not feel as much discomfort but it is tough to say.  You have already received 2 posts from 2 seperate people that you have not been abusing for that long therefore your wds wont be as bad for as long.  The longer you stay on the pills/sub the longer and worse the wds.  You can really put together 5 days and do this.  I know it is hard to fight the urge to take but you can do this.  Another thing I should mention is that getting clean from the pills initially is easy compared to staying off the pills long term. you will have cravings for a few months, so be mindful. I have to run but I will check back later. Best

[Astray]

Hi and well done on decided to quit that stuff.

As to how bad/long your WDs will be, its hard to give a solid answer, its different for everyone. One thing thats very much in your favour is that you have not been on them very long, usually the longer you use the longer the acute WD stuff goes on for. For most people the worst day is day 3 and you might get insomnia, joint pain, headaches, emotional instability and the diahrrea you mention. Imodium helps with that, theres a lot of other stuff that can help with the other symptoms, see the health pages top right corner for the Thomas Receipe.

Two other things, you will feel shame/depression/guilt. This is the WD talking so try to ride through it while your brain chemistry is messed up, its perfectly normal and don't beat yourself up! Other thing is if you ae trying to go Cold Turkey you need to avoid taking any more drugs as it will only prolong the WD in my opinion.

Things will get slowly more unpleasant till you reach the worst bit, which would usually be the third clean day as I said ... after that suddenly things will get MUCH better. The only physical symptoms that you are likely to  be stuck with for some time will probably be the insomnia, that tends to drag out, Valarian Root helps.

Good luck and keep posting, people here are very supportive.

[adorkablemom]

Thank you. I know about addiction and thats why i am so embarassed that I let it get to this point. I am sitting here crying, thankful for your kind words. And what a nice forum with so much support and good advise.

[10356]

there really is no way to get to the other side of addiction but to get sick. with the dose you are on I would not taper with the vicoden I would get rid of them.. prolonging your addiction is a very risky thing. the fear of wd can cause many to continue. most addicts have a very difficult time with a taper unless they have someone else holding the pills and this requires opening up to someone you can trust.. this is not a bad idea as you can get help with the children and it helps so very much to have someone we can be accountable to. I wish you well..

[adorkablemom]

Ty your right there is no point in taking other pills but I did take a peice of sub today and am feeling better. So does that mean I start over again tomorrow, day 1?

[NorcoQueenoftheUniverse]

I KNOW that 5-7 days SEEMS like an eternity.. but it ISN'T when you have your WHOLE life in FRONT of you.. drug free!!

Hang in there and keep posting cuz WE are ALL out here FOR YOU... (and.. have BEEN THERE!)  

Love, Hugs and Prayers your way,

NorcoQueenoftheUniverse