tapering off oxycontin

[soooanxious001]

Hello everyone this is my first post here and I am looking for a little help, I am in the midst of withdrawals from oxys I was doing about 160/day for about 3-4 months, I started out taking just a little once in a while and well you know the rest of that story, I decided I wanted my life back and was sick of wasting all my money on stupid pills that make me out of it, so anyways I decided i was done and over the course of a week cut myself down by like half almost every day it was painful to say the least then I switched to vicodin 5's I have taken them plenty of times and never really had a withdrawal issue with them i guess everyone has one drug that gets em and oxy is mine, So I have not had any oxy is almost 6 days now I have been taking vicodin to keep myself sane and will taper off that I only took 3 yesterday and was fine slept from about 10pm till 5am this morning and was fine all day today till about 3:00 and had a massive panice attack, the anxiety is my worst sypmtom really I didnt puke at all I did have some diarreaha and chills and sweats, also feel like a cloud is over my brain I am not having withdrawals as bad as ct but feel like I am constantly teetering on the edge I dont know why today as day 6 was my worse shouldnt that be behind me? I dont know what to do for the anxiety it kills me, I plan on staying at 3 pills for 3 days the 2.5 for three days the 2 ect ect till I am down to 1/2 per day than done, I also take fioricet for migraines and have now been out for 2 days so I dont know if I am having a mini withdrawal from that as well and thats why I had such a hard day, I know 3 vic's compared to 160mg oxy is nothing so i am wondering if my body will even out, I also can get 10mg oxys I dont know if i should switch to one of those per day and then take 1/2 per day instead if that would be a better option I am determined to get off these but have to do it with minimal symptoms because I have to go to work and take care of a very active toddler and advice or support would be awesome... sorry for ranting just stressed about the best option for me right now!

[tgtiffany]

Your plan sounds really good!!  How are you doing today?

[soooanxious001]

No I cant get it tonight but I can first thing in the am, so we will see if it helps god I hope it does tomorrow is the day I have to go back to work been off the last 4 days which was good, I think it will be good to go to work and realize I can function I can do this its going to get better every day, I really have no one to confide in so that doesnt help I have to act like everything is ok, I covered up my first 6 days will a stomach bug hoping I could even myself out on the vic's and step down from there but today just hit me so hard I felt hopeless, I am not worried about seizures but thanks for your concern I have stopped the fioricet several times cold turkey and have not had much of an issue maybe this time I am just because of the other stuff I am dealing with too? I dont get it my father in law just got tappered off his oxys 20mg every two weeks till he was down to one 10 per day and just stopped without a single issue? how is that even possible I dont get it he isnt even nearly as strong willed and stubborn as I am he looks for a pill for everything to solve his issues? and here I am in a absolute panic although i didnt cut myself down nearly as slow as he did but still I just dont get it, I am thinking come off a low dosage of vic will be easy compared to the **** ive been dealing with switching from that high of an oxy dose to what I am taking for vic now 3 vikes compared to 4 40mg oxys is a huge difference.... I am going to get my refill tomorrow morning and see how that goes than give myself 2 more days at 3 pills if i need it hopefully I will only need 2 I am streching out the doses further and further apart till I cant take it anymore than i just take a half to take the edge off and at night i have been taking 1/2 plus 2 benadryl to get some sleep seems to be working ok so far

[vicki595]

Yes...One demon at a time...I'm really very sure that's what it is...but it could be anything!!
Who the heck knows???  To be safe though,taper slowly off of those when you get them and don't go back to what you were taking.   It's probably the combo right now. Our poor brains can't take it sometimes!!    Could you get that refill tonight?  I'm having panic FOR you!!   I hate that stuff. It really messes with you!!  And I always worry about seizures from c/t.

Good luck!

[soooanxious001]

I take about 4 per day depending on the day sometimes only 2 I have stopped them before and remember feeling like crap but I dont remember the anxiety? maybe its just the combination anyways I get my refill of those tomorrow so we will see I will keep taking them for now deal with 1 demon at a time......

[vicki595]

Hi and welcome to this very cool place!

If I was a betting person,my money would be on the Fioricet causing the extreme panic. It does it every time!!  How much of that do you take and for how long?  Just so you know,it's not a drug you just stop c/t after taking it for awhile. After 6 days,I'm sure that's the problem. A good test would be to take one and see what happens. You should feel much better.  :)
Otherwise,that taper sounds really good!!

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