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tryingthisagain · 02-25-2006, 06:59 AM

I have been taking these pills for 6 months off and on for three weeks at a time. I have tried to taper myself off for the last time but I feel terrible. I would ususally take 6 or 7 a day and just cut back to about 4 a day. Yesterday I only took one and I have one left. I want to detox at home. What should I do. Any advice?

Digginit · 02-25-2006, 07:47 AM

You could get your doctor to prescribe Clonidine. It's an antihypertensive, but works well to diminish the sympathetic release you get in opioid withdrawal. Or you could get him to taper your percocet. Opioids are generally safe to detox from without medical help....though you may feel like crap. If you choose to go that route (nothing to help you detox), then pick a time when you have a week or so to get through the lousy feeling.

When I quit coke cold turkey it took a good two weeks to get over the really, really lousy feeling. Of course coke and oxycodone are totally different medications. Both make you feel like crap in withdrawal, but neither is generally unsafe to stop without a taper.

linz

zapper · 02-25-2006, 08:24 AM

Hi,

I have been on percs for a year, taking them any where from 5 and below that number, crushing and sniffing to get high, just plain in general so I don't go through with drawls.

Your lucky, for you have been playing w/ it for 6 months, so IMO your withdrawls should not be that bad, if able cut back more each week.

Fo myself? the cravings are so bad I ate 20 percs a few days ago, my pills that were to help me wean off, and now I have like 4 loresette, I am heading for a wreck, for the sellers I deal with don't have product and I have actually thought about Herion and that is something that I never thouyght of, so I am reaching out to you, do something "before" you end up #1 not having a seller for what you use, or you end up poping more and more each week or even day...I seldom if at all posted, yet seen your post and felt the urge to reach out...

I hope all works out for you,

Tammy

In memory of miracle · 02-25-2006, 08:38 AM

Yea...I feel ya. It's a crazy ride,no? I would have a talk with the doctor and see if he will help. Withdrawal is lousy any way you cut it. Can you get into a detox? Get all the help you can.Bless...Trish

golf99 · 02-25-2006, 08:50 AM

I went cold turkey off of hydro's, benzo's and perc's. Yes the withdrawals are a bitch especially xanax. You are 6 months addicted, no good but not bad. Your withdrawals should be bad for maybe 2-5 days. After that it gets better. Suck it up and you will win!

Best,
Golf

**Phinneas** · 02-25-2006, 09:01 AM

Congrats on your commirment to get clean.

I did it cold turkey - lots of hot baths, Ibprofen, exercise and fluids. It wll feel like you have the bad flu for a few days to a week.

You can do this. Just hang on. Every 5 minutes, hour and day is that much closer to feeling better.

Dawn10 · 02-25-2006, 09:28 AM

Congrats on realizing that you need to stop! This is a big step.
You can taper, and do all the physical comfort measures described, but I do need to warn you that just because your body may recover from the desire to use, your brain may be another matter. I say this from experience, not to scare you, but to caution you that the psychological withdrawal was so much harder for me. That is why when I tried to do it on my own I ALWAYS failed.
I needed to have some structured help in doing it and for me that was therapy and meetings. By claiming it outloud, I was finally cutting final string to my addiction--the secrecy and shame that kept me prisoner so long.
I learned so much in the rooms that helped me and still help me stay clean after 7+ years. Please consider it.

tryingthisagain · 02-25-2006, 05:32 PM

I have gotten through the day without taking a perc. I am sooooo excited. I feel like hell but I am excited!

Aa_vark · 02-25-2006, 06:12 PM

We're with ya! Congratulations! you NEVER HAVE TO USE AGAIN! Just for today,

Oh, have some

They're great for preventing muscle cramps. Better still, a potassium suppliment....

zapper · 02-25-2006, 09:04 PM

Hi,

I am very happy that you went one day w/ out the perc's, please hang in there, the cravings is what get a person to use as for the w/drawls go I don't think you will end up in bad shap, then again I never dealt w/ it until now, yes now I'm in cold turkey mode. all opiates are gone, seller is dry, all sellers I know are. To be honest if I had pills I would use, if I had a lot to do a decrease YES

I would have B/F hold them and do a slow reduction, last time he had held them the cravings were so bad, I was beging him to give me just one, I was on a 1/2 every other day! this was 6 months ago and look at me now? how fast a drop. If you feel like using come here and read the horror stories and keep busy, have someone you trust to hold your pills for you. I wish I had done a slow decrease when I had the chance, the adictional mind vs the logic mind, the adictional mind won and now I will pay the price of avoiding reality, This drug is so powerful, yet when it is abused is another ball game, God it is a love hate pill...

God Speed>>>>>>>>>>>
Tammy

tryingthisagain · 02-26-2006, 05:52 AM

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Today I start another day. I feel like crap but hopefull after I take a shower I will feel a little bit better.

Paul83 · 02-26-2006, 06:59 AM

Hey tryingthisagain, a big congrats on having the courage to end this crazy merry-go-round and having the courage to reach out and ask for help. Through my years of drug abuse, the last stint I went on was with unsynthasized opiates for a period of 7mo's, with an everyday escalation until I was putting about 3 times as much into my system as you seem to be. I did a cold turkey withdrawal and was unable to function for about 5 days, which included working, eating & sleep. I can't stress to you enough how great it is that you have recognized this problem so early, most people spend years developing enough initiative to finally get serious about quitting. What I would reccomend is that you break any committments you have for the first few days. I went through a lot of "first few days" while I was still working & going to school, what I didn't realize was this stressed me out so much on a subconscious level and by the end of completing a hellish task I would always give myself a "justified" reward for completing it. That's a very bad trap to be in. I would also reccomend that you reach out into programs in your area to find others who are going through the same dilemma as you, as the good book says one addict helping another is without parallel and boy is that true. It helps a lot to meet people and share your hells with them, because at least for me, I felt like I had to haul my ass back there every day after and fess up to them. In a sense, it gives you someone to answer to, someone to keep a promise to. Good luck with this dude & remember that whether you feel high or low, keep in mind that nothing good or bad lasts forever and TODAY is the start of the rest of your life.

Paul

tryingthisagain · 02-26-2006, 12:39 PM

I think I realized my problem early on because I have seven month old son and evertime I look at him I get disgusted with myself. I am quitting for him. I actually started taking the percs after the doctor gave me a prescription for my c section and I realized how good they made me felt. I get a weird reaction to them. Instead of making me sleepy I get energized and can stay up doing laundry until 4 in the morning. When I ran out I called a friend that goes to a pain management clinic but doesn't take her pills. She gives them to me. How do the dr's that prescribe the things not get arrested?

zapper · 02-27-2006, 07:38 PM

Hi,

The doctors the give out Rx's are in most too careful, there are some who are crooked, they wil get caught. Alot of money to be made w/ this drug and thank God I don't know any of these doctors I would surley be really more messed up.

On the opiates I too would ge energy, yet w/ some form of calmness and God I can' even start to think about those feelings for those feelngs get me craving, as of right now? I am out of opiates, I am rapid detox mode this is the fisrt day in a year without them, so far...I have the sweats an runs, it is going to get worst. My sellers ran dry, so no pat on my back for that is why I have stoped as of now and hope I can in the future...

God Speed>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Tammy

inneedofhelp19 · 04-22-2008, 03:44 PM

Hi all. Someone please write me I am in desperate need of help.

Lily · 04-22-2008, 05:54 PM

In need of help, how can I help you? What is it?

Blessings, Sheila

kj3880 · 04-22-2008, 06:23 PM

Hi,
I'm on my 18th day off the percs, but I couldn't do it alone. I started NA a month ago and the other addicts encouraged me and helped me. One member hooked me up with an addiction doc who prescribed suboxyn, and that got me off the percs pretty easily. I haven't had many cravings or physical symptoms at all. Do you have insurance? It's easy to get on a suboxyn program in my area, DC. I'm gradually weaning off the suboxyns but it's nothing like getting off the percs. I'm doing just fine. I couldn't do it alone though. No way. Get to a meeting if you can. NA isn't perfect, but I know it's the right place for an addict like me. Contact me anytime, pm if you like. I'm on here a lot.
kj

kj3880 · 04-22-2008, 06:36 PM

Oh and by the way, tapering off percs, don't make me laugh...that never works for us addicts...I don't know why but it's quite impossible to taper unless maybe you check in somewhere and an RN holds your pills til it's time. Believe me, I tried that route about a hundred times...
kj

02-25-2006, 06:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
tryingthisagain Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 7	first day off of percocet I have been taking these pills for 6 months off and on for three weeks at a time. I have tried to taper myself off for the last time but I feel terrible. I would ususally take 6 or 7 a day and just cut back to about 4 a day. Yesterday I only took one and I have one left. I want to detox at home. What should I do. Any advice?

02-25-2006, 07:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Digginit Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: usa Posts: 441	You could get your doctor to prescribe Clonidine. It's an antihypertensive, but works well to diminish the sympathetic release you get in opioid withdrawal. Or you could get him to taper your percocet. Opioids are generally safe to detox from without medical help....though you may feel like crap. If you choose to go that route (nothing to help you detox), then pick a time when you have a week or so to get through the lousy feeling. When I quit coke cold turkey it took a good two weeks to get over the really, really lousy feeling. Of course coke and oxycodone are totally different medications. Both make you feel like crap in withdrawal, but neither is generally unsafe to stop without a taper. linz
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02-25-2006, 08:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
In memory of miracle In Memory Of Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Connecticut. Posts: 3,740	Yea...I feel ya. It's a crazy ride,no? I would have a talk with the doctor and see if he will help. Withdrawal is lousy any way you cut it. Can you get into a detox? Get all the help you can.Bless...Trish
	__________________ In Memory Of Teach only love...

02-25-2006, 09:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
Phinneas Forum Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fumbling towards ecstasy Posts: 2,597	Congrats on your commirment to get clean. I did it cold turkey - lots of hot baths, Ibprofen, exercise and fluids. It wll feel like you have the bad flu for a few days to a week. You can do this. Just hang on. Every 5 minutes, hour and day is that much closer to feeling better.
	__________________ “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~Marianne Williamson

02-25-2006, 09:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dawn10 Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Venice, Florida Posts: 423	Congrats on realizing that you need to stop! This is a big step. You can taper, and do all the physical comfort measures described, but I do need to warn you that just because your body may recover from the desire to use, your brain may be another matter. I say this from experience, not to scare you, but to caution you that the psychological withdrawal was so much harder for me. That is why when I tried to do it on my own I ALWAYS failed. I needed to have some structured help in doing it and for me that was therapy and meetings. By claiming it outloud, I was finally cutting final string to my addiction--the secrecy and shame that kept me prisoner so long. I learned so much in the rooms that helped me and still help me stay clean after 7+ years. Please consider it.
	__________________ Dawn

02-25-2006, 08:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
zapper If I only knew what I know now Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lost in Space Posts: 15	Hi, I have been on percs for a year, taking them any where from 5 and below that number, crushing and sniffing to get high, just plain in general so I don't go through with drawls. Your lucky, for you have been playing w/ it for 6 months, so IMO your withdrawls should not be that bad, if able cut back more each week. Fo myself? the cravings are so bad I ate 20 percs a few days ago, my pills that were to help me wean off, and now I have like 4 loresette, I am heading for a wreck, for the sellers I deal with don't have product and I have actually thought about Herion and that is something that I never thouyght of, so I am reaching out to you, do something "before" you end up #1 not having a seller for what you use, or you end up poping more and more each week or even day...I seldom if at all posted, yet seen your post and felt the urge to reach out... I hope all works out for you, Tammy

02-25-2006, 08:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
golf99 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: MIDCOAST NH Posts: 329	I went cold turkey off of hydro's, benzo's and perc's. Yes the withdrawals are a bitch especially xanax. You are 6 months addicted, no good but not bad. Your withdrawals should be bad for maybe 2-5 days. After that it gets better. Suck it up and you will win! Best, Golf

02-25-2006, 05:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
tryingthisagain Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 7	I did it I have gotten through the day without taking a perc. I am sooooo excited. I feel like hell but I am excited!

02-25-2006, 06:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
Aa_vark Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Specific north left Posts: 455	We're with ya! Congratulations! you NEVER HAVE TO USE AGAIN! Just for today, Oh, have some They're great for preventing muscle cramps. Better still, a potassium suppliment....

02-25-2006, 09:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
zapper If I only knew what I know now Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lost in Space Posts: 15	Hi, I am very happy that you went one day w/ out the perc's, please hang in there, the cravings is what get a person to use as for the w/drawls go I don't think you will end up in bad shap, then again I never dealt w/ it until now, yes now I'm in cold turkey mode. all opiates are gone, seller is dry, all sellers I know are. To be honest if I had pills I would use, if I had a lot to do a decrease YES I would have B/F hold them and do a slow reduction, last time he had held them the cravings were so bad, I was beging him to give me just one, I was on a 1/2 every other day! this was 6 months ago and look at me now? how fast a drop. If you feel like using come here and read the horror stories and keep busy, have someone you trust to hold your pills for you. I wish I had done a slow decrease when I had the chance, the adictional mind vs the logic mind, the adictional mind won and now I will pay the price of avoiding reality, This drug is so powerful, yet when it is abused is another ball game, God it is a love hate pill... God Speed>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
	Last edited by zapper; 02-25-2006 at 09:09 PM. Reason: spelling

02-26-2006, 05:52 AM	#11 (permalink)
tryingthisagain Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 7	Thanks for the words of encouragement. Today I start another day. I feel like crap but hopefull after I take a shower I will feel a little bit better.

02-26-2006, 06:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
Paul83 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KCMO Posts: 104	Hey tryingthisagain, a big congrats on having the courage to end this crazy merry-go-round and having the courage to reach out and ask for help. Through my years of drug abuse, the last stint I went on was with unsynthasized opiates for a period of 7mo's, with an everyday escalation until I was putting about 3 times as much into my system as you seem to be. I did a cold turkey withdrawal and was unable to function for about 5 days, which included working, eating & sleep. I can't stress to you enough how great it is that you have recognized this problem so early, most people spend years developing enough initiative to finally get serious about quitting. What I would reccomend is that you break any committments you have for the first few days. I went through a lot of "first few days" while I was still working & going to school, what I didn't realize was this stressed me out so much on a subconscious level and by the end of completing a hellish task I would always give myself a "justified" reward for completing it. That's a very bad trap to be in. I would also reccomend that you reach out into programs in your area to find others who are going through the same dilemma as you, as the good book says one addict helping another is without parallel and boy is that true. It helps a lot to meet people and share your hells with them, because at least for me, I felt like I had to haul my ass back there every day after and fess up to them. In a sense, it gives you someone to answer to, someone to keep a promise to. Good luck with this dude & remember that whether you feel high or low, keep in mind that nothing good or bad lasts forever and TODAY is the start of the rest of your life. Paul

02-26-2006, 12:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
tryingthisagain Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 7	I think I realized my problem early on because I have seven month old son and evertime I look at him I get disgusted with myself. I am quitting for him. I actually started taking the percs after the doctor gave me a prescription for my c section and I realized how good they made me felt. I get a weird reaction to them. Instead of making me sleepy I get energized and can stay up doing laundry until 4 in the morning. When I ran out I called a friend that goes to a pain management clinic but doesn't take her pills. She gives them to me. How do the dr's that prescribe the things not get arrested?

02-27-2006, 07:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
zapper If I only knew what I know now Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lost in Space Posts: 15	Hi, The doctors the give out Rx's are in most too careful, there are some who are crooked, they wil get caught. Alot of money to be made w/ this drug and thank God I don't know any of these doctors I would surley be really more messed up. On the opiates I too would ge energy, yet w/ some form of calmness and God I can' even start to think about those feelings for those feelngs get me craving, as of right now? I am out of opiates, I am rapid detox mode this is the fisrt day in a year without them, so far...I have the sweats an runs, it is going to get worst. My sellers ran dry, so no pat on my back for that is why I have stoped as of now and hope I can in the future... God Speed>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy

04-22-2008, 03:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
inneedofhelp19 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: welland, ON Posts: 4	Hi all. Someone please write me I am in desperate need of help.

04-22-2008, 05:54 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lily Ephesians 2:8 and 9 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,019	In need of help, how can I help you? What is it? Blessings, Sheila

04-22-2008, 06:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
kj3880 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: md Posts: 1,214	Hi, I'm on my 18th day off the percs, but I couldn't do it alone. I started NA a month ago and the other addicts encouraged me and helped me. One member hooked me up with an addiction doc who prescribed suboxyn, and that got me off the percs pretty easily. I haven't had many cravings or physical symptoms at all. Do you have insurance? It's easy to get on a suboxyn program in my area, DC. I'm gradually weaning off the suboxyns but it's nothing like getting off the percs. I'm doing just fine. I couldn't do it alone though. No way. Get to a meeting if you can. NA isn't perfect, but I know it's the right place for an addict like me. Contact me anytime, pm if you like. I'm on here a lot. kj

04-22-2008, 06:36 PM	#18 (permalink)
kj3880 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: md Posts: 1,214	Oh and by the way, tapering off percs, don't make me laugh...that never works for us addicts...I don't know why but it's quite impossible to taper unless maybe you check in somewhere and an RN holds your pills til it's time. Believe me, I tried that route about a hundred times... kj