HI All. I have an appointments with a doctor that specializes treatment of drug treatment. Only till a few months ago did it become very clear that I was addicted to oxycodone. I spilled half my bottle in to a stopped up sink ! I really didn't think anything thing about it at the time until a few days later that I started getting very ill, felt like the flu but much worse, I was jumping out of my skin. Never felt anything like it.
I have a very long history of medical illness's. I have had crohns disease for about 23 years. In the past 5 years I have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and major depressive disorder. I only mention these is because it shows my long use of opioid use. I have seriously been perscibed one form or another of opioid's over half my life all with valid reasons. I have severe pain associated with my crohns and RA. I guess what pushed me over the the edge was the surgery I had around halloween of 2010. I had severe complications with the surgery and ended up being in the hospital for over 6 weeks. They removed part of my stomach and a section of bowel). The whole time pumping me with 4mg of dilaudid every hour for 6 weeks. That alone could create an addiction. After being released from the hospital they actually called a pain management facility for me and set up an appointment. They prescribed two 50MG Kadien plus a day plus 60 mg's of oxycodone a day. I certainly would have not take them if I hadn't needed them for the paid. After several months, I stopped taking the Kadien. I forgot to mention to you that Kadien is a long lasting time released form of Morphine. As I stopped the Kadien my need for more and oxycodone is required just to make myself feel normal. Normal for me is between 100 and 200 mg of oxycodone a day. Of course my doctor does not prescribe that much for me so just like a junkie (which I guess I am one) I am on the constant hunt to obtain the OC's.
I explained all these too my doctors this month and told them I was going for help. You would be so shocked at the variation of responses I got back.
I believed I have the long term problem with the Opioids effecting my brain. Even a few years ago when I was clean, my clarity of thought, mood and the basic ability to take care of myself and my family was not there. They only time my brain can function is when I am on oxycodone. when I am on my dose my brain is clear, I take care of my appearance and want to play with my kids. I am only 42 yrs old and am falling apart. After college, I worked for 20 years with IBM as an Executive. I am now am on disability due to crohn's and RA.
Keep me in your prayers.I want to come back from this horrible addiction.
Does anyone have any idea of how much suboxone I will need to take for 100 - 200 mg Oxy's a day?
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wow taking suboxene will make you feel better and help with the withdrawl but the dr will try to keep you on them for years saying you need them. i promise you that the wd from suboxene is extreme and lasts longer than wd from the oxy's. take the smallest amount possible no matter what then and dr tells you to take. the smallest amount you can take to ease the wd pain and quickly jump off them very fast. i took them for 2 weeks aoxend wow the wd from just the 2 weeks was bad. try to eat as much as possible, drink lots of water and gatorade. take a multi vitamin and st johns wort for depression. Subs are not a great answer but if you take very small doses, just enough to ease the pain. subs have a very long half life, meaning they stay in the system alot longer than the opiates do and def they have withdrawl.
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I requested my doc take me off morphine pump. For reasons unknown to the medical community I keep going thru withdrawals every few weeks, ranging from mild to bad. He wants to put on Methadone, but I have heard too many BAD stories about it and it's addiction. I read up on Suboxone and it's supposed to be better than Meth and no addiction effects. Of course there will always be someone out there who will get addicted. My doc is weaning me off slowly. But every time I have a withdrawal symptom I have to digest oral MS or Oxy. I need something that isn't an oral opiate like MS to help with the symptoms. Question, does anyone have the effect of your blood feels like it is burning inside your body and a chemical smell that won't go away(nobody else can smell it) until symptoms are gone.But I haven't heard from others who have taken Suboxone. Would appreciate feedback from Suboxone users. The only good thing is it should last no longer than 3 days to a week. I do have advice for people in pain. LIVE with IT. These docs don't tell you that you will become addicted.Hope someone has good news for me.
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Hi Im so sorry your going through this...Im not on that high of a dose like you but, 20 mg 4 a day but it is making me crazy let me exsplain... life problems, my new diseases not only killed off the old me it started marriage problems. my husband also has back pain and tried an oxy now he is an addict he steals my meds all the time I kick him out and buy lock boxes but he gets into them all. They Rehab put him on suboxin it works great for pain. It to can be abused as it did with my husband last month then resorted to stealing from me again. I had to actually take suboxin my self for a few days I was thrown into with draw so bad. wow the stuff is strong... stronger for me then oxy i only took half a strip but the pain controll was better on the suboxin. Im scared for my life all these meds for pain I have Lupus and Fibro .Like you, I so get the never ending PAIN, in my joints like RA and muscle etc with Fibro. I understand oxy use for pain. My marriage is falling apart because of the drugs in the house and I just want to detox and find a perfect natural pain killer and no MJ does not work for me I tried a few times..You can email me anytime if you want to talk is not easy with chronic pain. My husband is a good man and takes care of me with my Lupus flares he too is just addicted to the pain killers. :( sad sad for all the family we just want this to go away! Why did I have to get so sick?!!!
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