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Old 10-25-2012, 09:31 AM
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Totally agree with Milroy. Day 31 for me and I still have a ways to go but it does get easier. I also get sick of reading after a week you feel better. Well not for me. For sure the first week is the toughest but it's still tough but gets easier.
Your post was reassuring. Unward and upward!!!
I'm off to the gym. Not looking forward to it as I have been super lazy this past month, but I am visiting my daughter who is a personal trainer and she insists this will make me feel better. Jury's still out on that one lol. Just kidding I always loved my daily workouts but lately not so much. Let you know how it goes.
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Old 10-25-2012, 01:43 PM
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It wouldnt send you back to day 1 WD. but it would def have you back to feeling more crappy than you do now. i know this day is hard for you. you need to stay busy and try as hard as you can to not do it!!!!! please flush them! i know its like when you needed it you couldnt find it now that you dont need itits right in your face!!!!! youll make the right choice i hope! stay strong please!!!!!
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Old 10-25-2012, 07:58 PM
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Day 25 for me ... still holdin down the fort ... insomnia is slowly fading away, sex drive is slowly coming back, and cravings are in full force ... every day I get overwhelmed by em and come close to making the call to score ... but I haven't yet. God bless.
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Old 10-27-2012, 05:36 PM
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Old 10-27-2012, 05:43 PM
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Had a bad few days at the beginning of the week. Went to the casino with my BF and did more than we should. Trying to get back on track. Did 1.5 30 mg's yesterday and today I have only done a half. I will probably do another quarter before bed but hoping tomorrow I can get back on track. Hardest thing is just stopping doing that last 1/2 cause I will do 1/4 when I wake up and 8 hours later do another 1/4 and I am stuck in that phase. Good news is I was once at 90mg a day and now I am at approx 23 mg a day. Gotta just bite the bullet and end this once and for all. Will keep you posted but the sweats, sickness, dry nose, etc are getting much better. I do feel positive again! Good luck everyone let's get this **** out of our lives.
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Old 10-27-2012, 07:17 PM
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Day 12 and still going strong, apart from the sneezing, bad stomach, metal mouth - yep it decided to make and appearance and bone ache, I think I may have felt better at the earlier stages than I do now hmm... Oh and have HUGE anxiety about hurricane Sandy's impending arrival, now that's scary - we are due to get hit mon and tues so I know we will lose power and praying we don't flood, it does allow me to think about something else thankfully and had a lovely day seeing lots of people today and have a party tomorrow afternoon so trying to keep positive even though their is a huge massive hurricane on its way!!!! Stay strong all.
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Old 10-29-2012, 06:33 PM
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Hang in there Lobs ... day 12 was pretty hard for me ... it's the point where physical is nearly over but u just want a pill so damn badly ... Tomorrow will be 1 month clean for me, and I still crave every day, but I am much much better than day 12 .. so hang in there buddy
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Old 10-31-2012, 05:03 PM
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Today marks 5 weeks since my cold turkey stoppage of oxycodone and lyrica.

I was out on Saturday or Sunday and I felt the nerve in my neck pinch so I did take 10 mg of oxy then. I still have it, and will take it for pain when I need to, but I am learning the difference between the various pains I experience: the past injury pain, the fibromyalgia pain, and/or the withdrawal pain.

I haven't needed to take a Valium or anything to help me sleep in over a week, either. My sleep cycle is finally getting back to normal. And since I haven't been using the valiums or much of the oxys, I haven't needed to take adderal much lately either.

I did feel like crap on Monday during the storm, but I always feel like crap when the weather is bad. The last 2 days though...I've felt almost normal!

And the universe seems to be answering my positive thoughts in searching for better ways of dealing with all this. Since I started on the oxys due to past injuries and degenerative bone issues, herniated disks, etc plus the lyrica for the fibromyalgia I needed an alternative to deal with the pain.

On Saturday I won a month with a personal trainer. I know this woman. She is the first person I ever met with fibromyalgia. She became a personal trainer as a way of coping with it. So, she understands!

I also was put in touch with a person who is in the final stages of her certification as a rubenfeld somatic synergist. So, I am getting in to see her for 7 sessions, for FREE. That bodywork should help me to address some of the lingering pains from my many injuries in the past. We shall see!!!

So, my best advice is to others is to LISTEN to your own body. If you take oxy, your brain WILL create the sensation of pain to make you want to take more. For me, it is a middle of the back major ache with an overall feeling of sluggishness. Ignore it!!

But if you really are in pain, and the OTC stuff doesn't touch it...when it's not an "I want" but an "I NEED", then consider where you have been. Cold turkey is tough. But tapering down can make the process take longer. You need to find your own balance you can live with. But if you start taking more and more, you aren't tapering down! So pay attention!

I never threw out or flushed my pills. I still have 200 mgs of oxys available. And there IS something empowering about that. If I feel I need 5 or 10 mgs here or there, I will decide then if I can live with the mini withdrawal that WILL happen after I take one. I have discovered I had better be in more pain before taking any than the pain I am going to be in after taking some!

It is a learning curve, that's for sure.
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Old 10-31-2012, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Lobs72 View Post
Day 12 and still going strong, apart from the sneezing, bad stomach, metal mouth - yep it decided to make and appearance and bone ache, I think I may have felt better at the earlier stages than I do now hmm... Oh and have HUGE anxiety about hurricane Sandy's impending arrival, now that's scary - we are due to get hit mon and tues so I know we will lose power and praying we don't flood, it does allow me to think about something else thankfully and had a lovely day seeing lots of people today and have a party tomorrow afternoon so trying to keep positive even though their is a huge massive hurricane on its way!!!! Stay strong all.
My anxiety issues have finally subsided in the past week. I still can't believe something I thought would only take a few days lasted for 5 weeks (so far) but each week does get better. I can't say each DAY gets better, because sometimes it seems I am taking 1 step back for every 2 steps forward, with a random 3 steps back thrown in now and then. So, the day to day can add to the anxiety!

I hope you faired well in the storm, and that the hurricane is one less thing to worry about now.
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Old 11-01-2012, 07:52 PM
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Soryy ive been gone so long. i had this bookmarked and it looked like no one was posting untill i looked at thw pages LOL! its so awesome i feel like i started this forum back up again because people werent posting to much here then i started posting here and it kinda kicked back up!!!!!

Hallegirl, makida Lobs Itcomesngoes. how have you all been????

Lobs what happen???

i love you guys man its really an awesome thing to see everyone coming together and helping eachother!!!

and to the new peeople here, im not a top member or admin but i do have serious experience in this stuff and anything you need to ask me askme!!! ask anyone here i can help you. ANYONE Here and everyone here can help you!!! but if you need to know anything orwant questions answered about kicking or whatever just ask!!! i hope to hear from you all!!!!!

thanks everyone for staying alive and keeping this forum going!!!!! i love you all!!!!

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Old 11-08-2012, 08:57 PM
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Well, it's been another week. This past Monday when I went to see my pain doc, I asked him for flexeril, a muscle relaxer. The valiums seem to knock me out too much. And since we just had a nor'easter come through, I knew I was going to have trouble sleeping. Well, those have been a godsend the last few days. They help alleviate my pain at night AND help me sleep, but I wake up the next morning and feel FUNCTIONAL.

I didn't take one tonight. It is now almost midnight, and I need to be up early. I'm still awake though, obviously. Damn it! Sometimes these drugs are a damned if I do/damned if I don't conundrum!!!
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Old 11-08-2012, 10:26 PM
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Those things suck!
I used to always take them when I was out.
Don't make it more difficult and ditch those dumb things.
Hope you get thru the night well...peace
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:46 PM
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Why do you think they suck? They did the trick for me. I am back to a tolerable pain level. And I am actually able to get back to a relatively normal sleep schedule.

Oxycodone is what REALLY sucks. It literally sucks the life right out of you, and becomes a bottomless pit.
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Old 11-16-2012, 08:02 PM
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Where is everybody?

This past week has been crazy busy. In fact, the last two weeks I have noticed I am starting to feel like ME again. My sleep habits are less erratic, and my pain is minimal to tolerable most of the time. I can't remember the last time I took something to help me get to sleep, although I did take 10 mg of amphetamine thurs morning to wake myself up.

I am still seeing a massage therapist once a week. She has been finding a lot of knots to work on, so I think she is definitely helping me get past some of the pain issues I was having. She is also trying aroma therapy on me. I'm still not sold on that, but I am letting her do her thing.

Overall, my mood has been much better. I am no longer feeling like I am clinging on the wall of a bottomless pit, so far down that the opening at the top is a tiny pinpoint of light.

There is a lot more color in my world now, and a lot less gray.
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Old 11-17-2012, 05:53 PM
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thats awesome! happy thanksgiving and stay strong!!! good job!!!!!!
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Old 11-17-2012, 09:19 PM
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I haven't followed this thread for quite a while so feel like I'm trespassing but I need to agree with Milroy. If your having to take drugs to feel better then what's the point? Sure your sleeping better. You're taking Valium or flexiril. You took an amphetamine to wake up? I am an oxy addict myself 6 months clean of all drugs. There is no hierarchy of the evil of drugs. They are all equally evil. If it has an effect on your mental state then for us it is addictive.

You didn't take a pill the night of the 8th and were awake. Why wouldn't you be? Without the sedative your brain doesn't know how to get to sleep on its own.
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Old 11-19-2012, 05:31 AM
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I haven't followed this thread for quite a while so feel like I'm trespassing but I need to agree with Milroy. If your having to take drugs to feel better then what's the point? Sure your sleeping better. You're taking Valium or flexiril. You took an amphetamine to wake up? I am an oxy addict myself 6 months clean of all drugs. There is no hierarchy of the evil of drugs. They are all equally evil. If it has an effect on your mental state then for us it is addictive.

You didn't take a pill the night of the 8th and were awake. Why wouldn't you be? Without the sedative your brain doesn't know how to get to sleep on its own.


You are right. My body didn't know how to sleep on its own. The oxy and the lyrica had me so screwed up it took a couple months to get straightened out again. Yes, I still have oxys. I have amphetamines and valiums. But it has now been weeks since I took an oxy. And so many days since I used something else to sleep I don't remember how long it has been.

What I don't agree with is your statement about there not being a hierarchy. For me there is. But what I consider evil vs what I consider beneficial may be different from you or anyone else. The human body is its own cauldron of chemicals, and when you add a new ingredient the reaction you get may not be exactly the same for every body, because every body is starting out slightly differently. For example, most here have been talking about how their process has been both on and off oxycodone. But I was on and off oxycodone and lyrica. Is lyrica an evil drug? You wouldn't think so based on the commercials that come on tv. For me it was worse than the oxy. I felt poisoned.

Since I personally do not experience any negative side effects with the flexeril, nor do I take it regularly, I do not see it as evil. I can reserve it for those nights when the pain is really bad. I was hurting last night, and it was several hours before I could get to sleep. I was tired. My brain wanted to rest. But I couldn't make the room I was in dark enough or quiet enough. Plus, the seams of my clothes or my bedding kept driving me crazy. The fabric itself was scratchy. I was about 80-90% close to taking a pill. But I didn't. Instead I found a soft fleece blanket and wrapped myself up in it. All my moving about woke up my BF so when he got up and left the room, I was able to kill all light. I no longer could hear him breathe, and I was hoping another train wouldn't go by in the distance. Yes, 1:00 am when I was almost asleep a damn train woke me up again!

It was after 2:00 the last time I saw the clock. But I was able to sleep. Of course, without the flexeril, the pain is still there when I wake up, so even though I awoke 90 minutes ago, here I lie. I keep moving different joints to get them warmed up or loosened up enough they will be able to support my body weight when I do get out of bed. I can't just jump up and start moving. I would absolutely fall flat on my face. Been there and done that.

I would not be in this position now if I had taken a flexeril. But I am trying to get off everything so I didn't take one. I both regret it now and I am happy about it. The pain might control me. But the drugs don't.
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Old 11-22-2012, 07:45 PM
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for some reason my latest comment was deleted, i have no idea why but i just wanted to say keep it up! youre doing great and you dont need those things! i took allot of other drugs to help me kick but i stopped when i was kicked. just stay focused and strong. get rid of those oxys too! temptation will hit you hard!!!! keep posting and thank you! i am also doing good still! i had a very nice thanksgiving.
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Old 11-22-2012, 07:50 PM
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I may be getting ban from this site, not like i care its not like this is keeping me clean. i could care less. but i will miss you all. this thread did help inspire me and help me clean up. and i appreciate everyone who posts and tried to help others. stay strong everyone andbe safe! later!
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Old 11-23-2012, 12:15 AM
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Hunter, I just wanted to say that reading your posts (as well as everyone else's) helped me tremendously to stay strong while I felt like complete crap. I hope you stay around.

I just finished day 5 and am 3 hrs into day 6. My only issues now are constant freezing chills (can't seem to get warm but thank goodness the sweats have seemed to stop), stomach cramps, slight diarrhea in the mornings and insomnia. I count myself lucky cuz I know it could be a lot worse. I think one more week, tops, I should be 100% back to normal physically and ready to battle the mental cravings. That will be the hardest!

I just slept a couple hours and haven't taken anything to aid in the w/d at all but have been lying here thinking about taking a Valium to help get back to sleep. Although I know insomnia is a price I must pay, I could really use the sleep, but then I also want my brain and body to be able to heal itself without introducing or complicating things with more chemicals. Wish I had some Sleepytime tea...

Good luck to all those fighting the battle with me. We can and will do this!!
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