Percocet Withdrawls

I have been taking percocet for over three years now and need to stop taking them. I am going through unbearable withdrawls. I was wondering if anyone knows how long this lasts how long until the pain goes away, the sweats chills restlessness it's absolutley horrible. I just dont know how much more I can take. Thank You so much!

i am taking percocet, actually oxycodne pills 5/325 1-2 every 4-6 hours. I have been taking them on and off for a herniated disc in my back for past year, year/half
i usually follow the instructions on the bottle as far as usage however i have found myself taking them for the sake of taking them. surgery is not an option
i have read many stories on here about addiction and that kind of scares me that maybe I am starting to get addicted. just being off of them for anything length of time I get very moody and i appear to get many of the withdrawl symptons Im reading about on here. I dont get the anxiety i'm hearing about on here because im also taking Lexapro for that. The one thing that I know will help me if i decide to stop taking them is i have tremendous will power. any advice from anyone is appreciated

Can somebody plz give me some input. Ive had chronic stomach pain due to hypersensitive nerves in my stomach for 9 months due to stupid childhood smoking and drinking. im 17 and am currently on percocets. They r not relieving my pain and im in a struggle right now with these doctors i cant keep living in pain it has effectd my life so much i cant even work or go to school. Ive stop contacting my friends. i feel like im goin crazy with the pain i feel like dying.I dont know they said they could cut my stomach nerve so i couldnt feel the pain. But its an experimental procedure and they dont know the possible sideeffects. Im feel so lost and helpless. I wish i could just tell every damn pain management doctor in america, no in the world that...Pain is not seen, it is felt. There doubt is the cause of ones misery. All drug seeking addicts ruined it for everyone that is genuinely in pain. I no thousands of people r goin through this struggle and all we can do is have hope that r lives and health well get better someday and that someday genuine pain relieveing seeking people will not be looked at as drug seeking liers . Im running out of hope...I feel like i cant fight it ne more. i need some support...

Can someone please help me. I have been on percocet for a little over 3 months for an awful ankle injury. I stopped taking them one day and I can't even get off of the couch unless it is to go to the bathroom with terrible diharea. Can my Doc help and will he? I don't want to go in the office like a drug addict because I have never been an addict to anything...but I feel like I am now. Anyone? Please help....how can I get over this awful feeling?

I am responding to all of you, but especially jsb2645's post on 4/10/08. Your post scares me, for you, because it sounds like you're at the point I was several years ago but I kept taking Percocet! Even when I knew I was becoming addicted FAST, they had so much subliminal power over me that I kept taking them, telling myself that I have too much willpower to get addicted for real. I thought my willpower was strong, and it probably used to be (years before, I quit smoking cold turkey easily!), but I promise you this drug will destroy your willpower no matter how strong it is. It has more power than you know. Well, guess what? It's over 4 years later and I'm still an addict, still addicted to pain killers. I have tried too many times to count to get off these pills, but each time I have failed after only a few days of tapering and had to return to my "regular" daily dose to get rid of the withdrawals. The thing is, I had a completely legitimate medical reason to start taking the pills, but after a while I started taking them because of how the made me feel, not because of pain. That's the definition of drug abuse. Good luck; I truly hope your willpower can overcome this drug. If not, don't be afraid to try NA. It's not as bad as you think it would be and maybe they will be able to help you.

In 2000 I had two thirds of my pancreas,all of my spleen and gall bladder removed due to a cancerous tumor in the tail of my pancreas.I started on percocet after surgery due to cronic pain.Six years later cancer came back in the head of the pancreas,this time they took all the pancreas,and re-routed the bowel track.Some how I managed to live through that one also.The pain and diharea and throwing up was unbearable the pain doctor put me on 100 mil.of methadone and percocet 10/650 as needed for very bad times.I know Iam diging my self a hole I'll probably never climb out of,but at least I have some form of life back.I take 120mg antidepressant and bottles of zofran for the throwing up and I still sleep with a bucket beside my bed since the last surgery.I know these meds can and will kill you,but believe me so will number 10 pain.Thanks for your time
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