help with perc addiction please

[angelinfear]

I have used percocet 10s for exatly one year this month. I started it to kill the emotional pain. Now I get very foggy headed to the point I feel as if I will passout. I don't passout..it just feels that way. Its not vertigo. Just a heavy foggy headed feeling. Has anyone addicted to percocets experiencd this? It causes me much anxiety. I've searched the web but haven't been able to find info on it.
I have depression and severe anxiety. This is why I very much need to come off the percs. I can't take it anymore. I cry endlessly and feel like it controls me.  I would love to know if anyone has had the foggy headedness due to the drug? I've even been to the er for it...they couldn't find anything wrong,which leads me to think its the percs. I take 3 -10 ml daily. I stopped cold turkey around 2pm tues. And I thought I was dying. I've never been thru something like that...so to relieve it..I took 10 ml this afternoon. I know I can or I keep telling myself I can do it. I have to do something for the anxiety,its pure torture. I've cried all day and I feel so stuck in a hole,helpless. What do I say to my doc..im so scared. I quit my prozac a year ago when I started percocets. I very much need it. I stopped because of the great feeling from the stupid percs. Please help,im so lost.

[Comiso777]

HisChild is absolutely correct. I'm not judging you but tapering takes a lot of self-control. You need to seek professional help in coming off percs.What you are experiencing are the classic signs of w/d and is to be expected.

[HisChild76]

Going through that without help is damn near impossible. I was addicted to vicodin for years until a kaiser CDRP doc suggested methadone maintenance. This damn near killed me and my family. I am two weeks post rapid detox with a naltrexone implant. Angel I tell you to PRAY. Through Christ all things are possible. Find a program, meeting something that helps you. Please hear me the shame and weakness you feel now is nothing to what will become if you dont find help. U cant do this alone!!!

[angelinfear]

Thank you so much for your reply. I did tell the ER doctor about the percs..at this point,I have nothin to hide because if they are causing the foggy head feeling, I have yet another reason I need to quit..it causes me so much anxiety. He was like oh yeah it can cause dizziness etc...im not dizzy at all...grrr that's frustrating. Anyway, I think im going to do a taper. Going without all day yesterday was pure hell. So hopefully, it works..im doing ten ml this morning and five ml tonight. Im feeling a tad more optimistic at this minute, im an emotional mess so that feeling might change later lol. I just want this poisom out of my body. I am 39 yrs old and have never been addicted to anything but nicotine. When this bad thing happened in my life,I killed the pain with this drug. I feel so ashamed and weak.

[janet19]

I have used percocet, but my DOC was vicodin and soma. I have had the foggy headedness from them. I know that when I was younger and using a lot of vics I sat and cried all the time. I was messed up emtionally that they stuck me in stress care. I wish I had been smart enough back then to kick the addiction. Something in me made me go back to using every chance I could get. When you went to ER did you mention that you thought it might be the perc's. I probably wouldn't have. I would of when younger wanted to know that they were not killing me.

But trust me at age 51 I wish I had followed my thoughts and I would not be where I am today. I think you know you have a problem and that is the first step. Admitting there is something wrong. I think you know what you have to do and you should do it. Talk to your doctor and I am sure you will find help.

I am addict and I will admit that everyday of every week for the rest of my life. Get out while you can. You can do it.