I am 66 years old and have been on oxycontin for 8 years and the last 2 years was on methodone. I have to have hip surgery and the surgeon would not operate unless I was off all pain meds for 3 months. He said that the surgery would be dangerous to me if I was taking the pain meds. I was in a car accident 10 years ago and thats how I got into this chain of bondage. I was always afraid of the pain meds, but I did not like the back and hip pain either. I had thought that this was the way that I would probably have to live until I died. When I made the decision to come off of the methodone, I was taking 90mg a day, I thought that it can't be that bad, I have come off of other pills with no problem and I thought that I wasn't on that high of a dose. I did not research what withdrawal was going to be like, for fear that I would not go through with it. I did it at home and was off of all of it in 4 weeks, to fast, the third day was hell on earth and for the next 6 days. I have never in my life experienced such a horrible feeling. I know that God was with me, I felt His prescence when I cried out to him on the second day. I would not go back, I had to finish this battle, my grown children were cheering me on, and there were times that I could not go on, and someone would send me a text or a song and then I was off and running again. I am on 2 months off of it all. I am told that it could take a month longer because of my age for me to be through with the withdrawal. I still have the weak legs and leg pain. I am still very tired with not much pep, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am now in pain and have not figured out how to handle that yet. I am going to go to a pain clinic that deals with injections in the next month and hope that helps. I never want to go through that valley again. I just want to say that its worth it, and there is an end, if I can do it, you can do it to. Methodone is a nasty drug. I have read all the withdrawal symptons and had most of them . It might have been easier if I would have seeked medical help, but it seems that they want to give you one drug to replace another. I am not telling anyone to do this the way I did it. At my age, I am told by 3 doctors that I could have siezed or had a heart attack, but thank God, He was with me through it all. My faith is strong and you have to have that to get off and stay off. I have 9 grown children and they see a difference in me, in fact they say , hey mom's finally back to her old self. Good luck to all who are going through this. My prayers are with you.
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