Opiate withdrawal
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Opiate withdrawal
Just a quick post that may help someone. I am on oxycodone and am doing a slow taper. Yesterday I forgot to take any medication after my morning dose. My mind was focused on other things yesterday and I simply forgot. Last night about midnight I could not get into a comfortable sleeping position, waited it out for an hour, noticed then I was sweating quite a bit, then some restless leg stuff. It finally clicked that I hadn't taken any oxycodone since 7AM.
Point is, it wasn't that bad. Alcohol withdrawal I felt was terrible because of the impending doom and fear, ambien withdrawal was bad because sleep deprivation and I grinded my teeth and my teeth chattered. This was an experience where I knew my body was reacting to something, but it was not horrible.
So you can take that for what its worth. I realize everyone is different.
Point is, it wasn't that bad. Alcohol withdrawal I felt was terrible because of the impending doom and fear, ambien withdrawal was bad because sleep deprivation and I grinded my teeth and my teeth chattered. This was an experience where I knew my body was reacting to something, but it was not horrible.
So you can take that for what its worth. I realize everyone is different.
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Not going cold turkey. slow taper. Essentially I am tapering as much as I can while still be able to go down stairs. While knees are getting much stronger, going down without any pain medication is quite painful.
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jeff, is it possible that there will just be SOME pain now in those knees going down stairs? while i never seriously injured either knee, no surgeries, they don't seem to really LIKE being knees and doing all that bending, crouching or dear God, kneeling. mine hurt every flight i take....up or down. and they just aren't going to improve much from here. so i guess i'm saying, if you are aiming for 100% pain free that might be a long long time......or maybe never, unless you rely on pills.
i'm NOT saying Cowboy Up and Bite on a Bullet....i'm just curious about your own expectations and the overall prognosis...........
i'm NOT saying Cowboy Up and Bite on a Bullet....i'm just curious about your own expectations and the overall prognosis...........
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jeff, is it possible that there will just be SOME pain now in those knees going down stairs? while i never seriously injured either knee, no surgeries, they don't seem to really LIKE being knees and doing all that bending, crouching or dear God, kneeling. mine hurt every flight i take....up or down. and they just aren't going to improve much from here. so i guess i'm saying, if you are aiming for 100% pain free that might be a long long time......or maybe never, unless you rely on pills.
i'm NOT saying Cowboy Up and Bite on a Bullet....i'm just curious about your own expectations and the overall prognosis...........
i'm NOT saying Cowboy Up and Bite on a Bullet....i'm just curious about your own expectations and the overall prognosis...........
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