percocet withdrawl how long does the depression last

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My husband was taking percocet for a couple of months from back surgery, and he began to abuse them. He decided to stop them, he got through all the withdrawl symptoms, but now he is suffering from severe depression.
Can anyone tell me how long this will last.

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I can honestly say i have been addictied to percocet now for five years and would like to quit, willingly and have not had a pill in over a month but still crave it. I think it is just like any other serious drug.... you should speak to your doctor. most people i know who have been on it always crave it.... and feel empty without it. did you know it is in the heroin family of drugs.... scary... Try a phyciotrist... maybe he is deppressed.... or needs meds to get him off the drug itself... i am searching myself.

good luck

Perc Withdrawer · Newbie Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

I first withdrew from percocet back in '97 after taking it for about 7 months (for knee surgery and a subsequent herniated disk). I remember feeling depressed for about a week; the withdrawal made me sleep a lot. Now I'm withdrawing again after being on it of and on for about 9 months (for lower back pain due to that same disk leaking disk fluid). I wish I could find an easy way to get off and stay off. I have about 40 pills left (5/325 mg), and plan to put them in a safe to help me resist temptation. Sometimes I think I'm "inventing" back pain to give me an excuse to take them. They give me energy, but after a few days, I'm exhausted, especially because they interfere with my normal REM sleep, and often cause strange dreams. I took 1.5 pills yesterday (i.e., 7.5 mg), and I'm feeling weak, lethargic, and depressed right now. I'm praying that God will help me through this. I'm 54, had a drug & drinking problem when I was younger (i.e., in the late '60s through the '70s), but haven't had a drink since 9/14/80. I'm not taking any other drugs. I'm in the process of looking for another job since the federal agency I work for is closing, looking for jobs is stressful, I need to be clear-headed, and I can't use percocet to escape from the stress! Any advice will be appreciated!

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Hello i can say that i was a percocet addict. Yes the withdrawl is bad and does suck real bad I used to take nyquil to sleep at night. The only way to really stop using is to get yourself into a recovery program and work the twelve steps or you will be suffering from an unhappy life. I believe on can stay off the percs without lets say NA or AA but you wont be happy and will not be able to change yourself on the inside

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Hi, ive been taking percocet 10/325 for over 8 years, my primary Doctor was prescribing them for me untill last month, he was giving me 120 a month and a friend got 90 a month, which he gave to me, now i have only about 50 left so i went and saw a Pain Management Doctor, it was the best thing i could have done, he told me that i wasn addicted to percocet, but was dependent on them, to me that was the same, but he did go into detail the difference, but i dont have enough space here to tell you all the difference, he put me on FENTANAYL (25mg) PATCHES, Ive just started using the patch, and i can see a heck of a difference, i have very little withdrawel symptons, i have cheated and in the last 5 days have taken a half of a 10/325 a quarter at a time, which has really helped, but iknow i need to get off completely, when i asked about the dependency of the FENTANAYL, he told me not to worry about that, i wouldnt be on it long enough, i pray to God this works, because i want to get off from thsed Percocets so bad. I dont have the energy i used to have with the percocet, which does bother me, but other than that things seem to be coming together, if you are like me with the percocet problem, i strongly reccomend you see a pain specialist./ good luck, and GOD BLESS Very Happy

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