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Jaman34 · 06-06-2009, 07:09 PM

Sorry to hear your going through this alone GSP397. I'm a first time poster and I'm into day 5 of quitting a percocet addiction that had gotten up to 40-50 pills a day ( 10 at a time), brought on from an injury at work 4 years ago and 3 subsequent surgeries. I found this forum really helpfull to read what I could expect from withdrawal but the support from my wife and family is invaluable. My heart truly goes out for people going it alone. It took an emergency room Doctor to help me after an accidental overdose after my family Physician didn't help me when I asked for it. My Doctor's answer for me when I asked for help was to just cut back slowly untill your off it. The Emergency room Doctor said if I was serious about quitting, she would help me. She prescribed me Clonidine 0.1 mg, 3x day for 3 days. This has been my expierience with the withdrawal. I've never gone through withdrawal for anything so I didn't know if the Clonidine helped or not, but I have to say although it hasn't been a walk in the park, it has been easier than I anticipated. And I was terrified of the withdrawal symptoms. I slept for the first day and a half, interupted every 3-4 hrs for half an hour or so. Day 2-3, I had cold sweats, lots of diahareah and can't sleep at all from this restless leg syndrome. I pray I'll sleep tonight. Hot baths do help me. I don't have an urge to take any pills but my body is still suffering a bit. Today was the first day I went out to do errands and it helped immensly when I was busy. Lots of people say the same thing on here and I've read 100's of comments and still like reading comments. Don't now if that helps anyone else but it helps me. Planning on going to meetings soon. Thank you all for your helping comments.

06-06-2009, 07:09 PM	#76 (permalink)
Jaman34 Guest Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 26	Would suck to go at this alone. Sorry to hear your going through this alone GSP397. I'm a first time poster and I'm into day 5 of quitting a percocet addiction that had gotten up to 40-50 pills a day ( 10 at a time), brought on from an injury at work 4 years ago and 3 subsequent surgeries. I found this forum really helpfull to read what I could expect from withdrawal but the support from my wife and family is invaluable. My heart truly goes out for people going it alone. It took an emergency room Doctor to help me after an accidental overdose after my family Physician didn't help me when I asked for it. My Doctor's answer for me when I asked for help was to just cut back slowly untill your off it. The Emergency room Doctor said if I was serious about quitting, she would help me. She prescribed me Clonidine 0.1 mg, 3x day for 3 days. This has been my expierience with the withdrawal. I've never gone through withdrawal for anything so I didn't know if the Clonidine helped or not, but I have to say although it hasn't been a walk in the park, it has been easier than I anticipated. And I was terrified of the withdrawal symptoms. I slept for the first day and a half, interupted every 3-4 hrs for half an hour or so. Day 2-3, I had cold sweats, lots of diahareah and can't sleep at all from this restless leg syndrome. I pray I'll sleep tonight. Hot baths do help me. I don't have an urge to take any pills but my body is still suffering a bit. Today was the first day I went out to do errands and it helped immensly when I was busy. Lots of people say the same thing on here and I've read 100's of comments and still like reading comments. Don't now if that helps anyone else but it helps me. Planning on going to meetings soon. Thank you all for your helping comments.