I'm with Gotta Lovit. Been on oxycodone for four years, plus percocet and valium. I HATE it. I have had six spinal surgeries and none got rid of the pain in my leg, and the oxycodone no longer helps the pain, but I'm physically dependent on it now.
I cut a 40mg. oxycontin in half and chew it in the morning, the other half at noon, a third half at 4, and two 7.5 percocets at 7pm. So that's 75mg. per day. And I took valium 10mg. every night to sleep.
I stopped valium a week ago and had no problem. But I cut back to two doses a day of the oxys and now wake up with those irritable muscles in the back and can't sleep.
I had planned to keep cutting down the doses, but I know at some point I have to have a suffering. I did this once four years ago and stayed off eight months until I had another surgery, then said "What the hell." I'm a medically retired airline pilot and want to fly again. I think I can tolerate the pain, but have to get drug-free to fly.