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Quit percs yesterday......
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this whole outreach for advice thing. I'm just gonna start off by telling you a little about my situation.
For as long as I can remember I have had a constant pain in my mid to lowerback area. I've seen doctors and chiropractors to try and get this problem fixed. Nothing, my doctor about 6 years ago just told me to read about pain and how it can be "in your head". So taking the docs advice, I read. I learned alot about the spine and the surrounding muscles.
So since learning all that information I have started working out, doing stretches, friggin even done Hot yoga a bunch of times. It all made my back feel great! for about an hour.....then back to the constant, dull, frustrating pain... . About 4 months ago I invited a few friends up to the cottage for some fun in the sun. A friend there who I've known for a long time but never really knew, you know? had overheard me complaining about my back pain. He offered me a 2 Percocets. I took them because I was looking for any chance of reliefs I could find.
Snap! Hooked on them. The pain just fluttered away! I felt lifted! Anew, reborn! OK, so now Im excited. There is a medication out there that works the way I want it. So I talk to my doctor he tells me Hi everyone,
I'm new to this whole outreach for advice thing. I'm just gonna start off by telling you a little about my situation.
For as long as I can remember I have had a constant pain in my mid to lowerback area. I've seen doctors and chiropractors to try and get this problem fixed. Nothing, my doctor about 6 years ago just told me to read about pain and how it can be "in your head". So taking the docs advice, I read. I learned alot about the spine and the surrounding muscles.
So since learning all that information I have started working out, doing stretches, friggin even done Hot yoga a bunch of times. It all made my back feel great! for about an hour.....then back to the constant, dull, frustrating pain... . About 4 months ago I invited a few friends up to the cottage for some fun in the sun. A friend there who I've known for a long time but never really knew, you know? had overheard me complaining about my back pain. He offered me a 2 Percocets. I took them because I was looking for any chance of reliefs I could find.
Snap! Hooked on them. The pain just fluttered away! I felt lifted! Anew, reborn! OK, so now I'm excited. There is a medication out there that works the way I want it. So I talk to my doctor he tells me ''Percocets just mask the pain, they don't solve it or cure it, It's just a coverup''. So at this point I'm like F you, obviously you don't know **** about how I'm feeling.....Maybe he was Right.
Now here I am, 4 months later.. Miserable....broke...on the verge of loosing my girlfriend of 10 years......spent the money I was gonna use on her ring to buy percocets on the street at $4 a piece. 50 of them might've lasted me 4 days if I was lucky.(I take my last 2 percs now 9:30am) So I go to the doctor yesterday(10:40am), hoping to get some perks cause I was all out and couldnt get some until this friday.
(I don't mention my addiction to percocets). He gives me Naproxen 500mg. An anti-inflammatory!!! . So whatever I get home and down 2 of these take only every 12 hours pills(2:00pm). Nothing.... (5:00pm 4 tylenol and 1 more naproxen) Start feeling really weird, got a little sweat goin on. My gf's got her friends over watching teen mom and reruns of real housewives.
(10:00pm) Whoa! cant sleep....moving allover the place like the girl from the excorsist.....drink water pee...water..pee...1 hour of sleep (I swear i just blacked out). Got the sweats.....Hot....cold....cold....hot.....cold.....hot...cold....pee.....twitch....
It was horrible called in sick today, finally told my girlfriend about the percs and also the $3000.00 debt I've been trying to hide....and she cries? asks me why I didnt tell her sooner, She's so upset that I didn't come to her for help before this got the way it is. Doesn't even care about the money.....wow she's amazing!
Now here I am 9:17am. (Had to pause writing a few times as it seems my intestines are flushing themselves.) Writing here on this blog, spilling my soul. It feels good! I feel more alive now than before! (getting all tearry eyed now..)
My names Andy and I quit percocets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(whoa full on waterworks for me there......lol)
Please don't hate or try and bring me down I only wrote this to get it off my chest and out in the air. I feel good....
I'm new to this whole outreach for advice thing. I'm just gonna start off by telling you a little about my situation.
For as long as I can remember I have had a constant pain in my mid to lowerback area. I've seen doctors and chiropractors to try and get this problem fixed. Nothing, my doctor about 6 years ago just told me to read about pain and how it can be "in your head". So taking the docs advice, I read. I learned alot about the spine and the surrounding muscles.
So since learning all that information I have started working out, doing stretches, friggin even done Hot yoga a bunch of times. It all made my back feel great! for about an hour.....then back to the constant, dull, frustrating pain... . About 4 months ago I invited a few friends up to the cottage for some fun in the sun. A friend there who I've known for a long time but never really knew, you know? had overheard me complaining about my back pain. He offered me a 2 Percocets. I took them because I was looking for any chance of reliefs I could find.
Snap! Hooked on them. The pain just fluttered away! I felt lifted! Anew, reborn! OK, so now Im excited. There is a medication out there that works the way I want it. So I talk to my doctor he tells me Hi everyone,
I'm new to this whole outreach for advice thing. I'm just gonna start off by telling you a little about my situation.
For as long as I can remember I have had a constant pain in my mid to lowerback area. I've seen doctors and chiropractors to try and get this problem fixed. Nothing, my doctor about 6 years ago just told me to read about pain and how it can be "in your head". So taking the docs advice, I read. I learned alot about the spine and the surrounding muscles.
So since learning all that information I have started working out, doing stretches, friggin even done Hot yoga a bunch of times. It all made my back feel great! for about an hour.....then back to the constant, dull, frustrating pain... . About 4 months ago I invited a few friends up to the cottage for some fun in the sun. A friend there who I've known for a long time but never really knew, you know? had overheard me complaining about my back pain. He offered me a 2 Percocets. I took them because I was looking for any chance of reliefs I could find.
Snap! Hooked on them. The pain just fluttered away! I felt lifted! Anew, reborn! OK, so now I'm excited. There is a medication out there that works the way I want it. So I talk to my doctor he tells me ''Percocets just mask the pain, they don't solve it or cure it, It's just a coverup''. So at this point I'm like F you, obviously you don't know **** about how I'm feeling.....Maybe he was Right.
Now here I am, 4 months later.. Miserable....broke...on the verge of loosing my girlfriend of 10 years......spent the money I was gonna use on her ring to buy percocets on the street at $4 a piece. 50 of them might've lasted me 4 days if I was lucky.(I take my last 2 percs now 9:30am) So I go to the doctor yesterday(10:40am), hoping to get some perks cause I was all out and couldnt get some until this friday.
(I don't mention my addiction to percocets). He gives me Naproxen 500mg. An anti-inflammatory!!! . So whatever I get home and down 2 of these take only every 12 hours pills(2:00pm). Nothing.... (5:00pm 4 tylenol and 1 more naproxen) Start feeling really weird, got a little sweat goin on. My gf's got her friends over watching teen mom and reruns of real housewives.
(10:00pm) Whoa! cant sleep....moving allover the place like the girl from the excorsist.....drink water pee...water..pee...1 hour of sleep (I swear i just blacked out). Got the sweats.....Hot....cold....cold....hot.....cold.....hot...cold....pee.....twitch....
It was horrible called in sick today, finally told my girlfriend about the percs and also the $3000.00 debt I've been trying to hide....and she cries? asks me why I didnt tell her sooner, She's so upset that I didn't come to her for help before this got the way it is. Doesn't even care about the money.....wow she's amazing!
Now here I am 9:17am. (Had to pause writing a few times as it seems my intestines are flushing themselves.) Writing here on this blog, spilling my soul. It feels good! I feel more alive now than before! (getting all tearry eyed now..)
My names Andy and I quit percocets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(whoa full on waterworks for me there......lol)
Please don't hate or try and bring me down I only wrote this to get it off my chest and out in the air. I feel good....
Is someone going to hold the pills and give you what you need to taper?
Hey SRG, great job on quitting!! ur parents and ur gf must be so happy for you! Keep up the good work and hang in there when times get tough! You're doing great!
5:24pm. Went to the doctors with my mom. I love my mom. Told the doctor about my withdrawl issues and he suggested I do a medicated drop off of the percocet. So he prescribes me 36 and gives me a 5-day wean off plan. So now I have these 36 lifesavers that I want sooooooooo bad. But I know in my heart I just can't do it.
The look my girlfriend gave me this morning when I told her all this was
crushing....She wasn't upset at all the money I had wasted, she was upset that I wasn't able to ask for her help. The look......those eyes stared right into my soul. She wanted to just make everything to be better for me. I love her so much....
Anyways back to the percs. I;m gonna do my best not to take them unless the withdrawls get sooo fierce then I will take 1. I figure if I can spread them out over the course of my withdrawl it will make it easier to come down off them. does that make sense?
God this is soo hard, this morning I never wanted to see them again and now there just sitting there staring at me....
5:31pm still shaky and sweating. but hanging in there!!
The look my girlfriend gave me this morning when I told her all this was
crushing....She wasn't upset at all the money I had wasted, she was upset that I wasn't able to ask for her help. The look......those eyes stared right into my soul. She wanted to just make everything to be better for me. I love her so much....
Anyways back to the percs. I;m gonna do my best not to take them unless the withdrawls get sooo fierce then I will take 1. I figure if I can spread them out over the course of my withdrawl it will make it easier to come down off them. does that make sense?
God this is soo hard, this morning I never wanted to see them again and now there just sitting there staring at me....
5:31pm still shaky and sweating. but hanging in there!!
Dude! You can do this. It's only going to take five days or so. Please, try this first before you try Subs or whatever. I mean, you're already doing it! What your Dr. might help you w/ is Clonidine (Blood Pressure Med commonly used in opiate detox to help w/ anxiety) &/or Neurontin (Gabapentin which helps w/ RLS & sometimes w/sleep). He might try to give you benzos but I'd stay away if at all possible.
HOLD FAST & you'll own this!
HOLD FAST & you'll own this!
Well parents were pissed, understandably. My moms going to take me to the docs to see if theres a better way to withdrawl. 3:22pm. shivers shakes sweats uncomfortable. ***** soooooooo bad. Hanging in there though. Thanks for the support!
Hiya Andy, So very glad to hear that you've told your folks about this!! The more people you tell the more support you'll get & the more 'witnessed' you'll become (meaning it tends to keep us more honest as we have more than ourselves to answer to.) Soooo, my friend, how many hours in are you right now? That's great that you're staying busy. Remember, if you need to get into that tub -- by all means do it! (It really helps.) Also, since you've got a cool girlfriend massage & reflexology after a bath is good for anxiety. Many find that (including me!) find that music w/ earbuds/headphones is a lifesaver throughout detox. You might also try watching funny movies as laughter helps fire those endorphins. (smile.)
Glad to hear that your sense of humor is intact:
"I dont ever wanna even hear the word Percocet. (Unless it's an unlimited supply) "
(Bigger Smile To You)
Hang in there -- you're doing great!
Glad to hear that your sense of humor is intact:
"I dont ever wanna even hear the word Percocet. (Unless it's an unlimited supply) "
(Bigger Smile To You)
Hang in there -- you're doing great!
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