Today is my 2nd day off the big OC and i still feel like sh*t.
but i did get some alprazolam and that's seems to help out alot.
I have been sleeping alot . and i am starting to feel better i did read about Eminem he was hooked on Vicodin he took lots of vicodin .
What made me think about me being on the sh*t if he can get clean i can to. he said
“It’s no secret I had a drug problem. If I was to give you a number of Vicodin I would actually take in a day? Anywhere between 10 to 20. Valium, Ambien, the numbers got so high I don’t even know what I was taking. 'I started looking around my house to see if I had a stash box of Vicodin. I’m ransacking my house, finally find something in the basement, in a little napkin, seven and a half Vicodin – the big extra-strength ones – and a few Valium."
That hit me big time i did the same thing and you know what"s funny i am seeing life today like i have never seen it.
I think i want to see more of life without being HIGH i have miss out on life.
So good luck to all of you! man or woman, if someone bigger than us gets clean Hell WE GOT THIS ;-)
but i did get some alprazolam and that's seems to help out alot.
I have been sleeping alot . and i am starting to feel better i did read about Eminem he was hooked on Vicodin he took lots of vicodin .
What made me think about me being on the sh*t if he can get clean i can to. he said
“It’s no secret I had a drug problem. If I was to give you a number of Vicodin I would actually take in a day? Anywhere between 10 to 20. Valium, Ambien, the numbers got so high I don’t even know what I was taking. 'I started looking around my house to see if I had a stash box of Vicodin. I’m ransacking my house, finally find something in the basement, in a little napkin, seven and a half Vicodin – the big extra-strength ones – and a few Valium."
That hit me big time i did the same thing and you know what"s funny i am seeing life today like i have never seen it.
I think i want to see more of life without being HIGH i have miss out on life.
So good luck to all of you! man or woman, if someone bigger than us gets clean Hell WE GOT THIS ;-)
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Hey everyone,
Having been through all the withdrawals you've described, I just want to say getting through the physical part is the toughest thing. A little background on my usage. I was given oxycontin for a broken foot 2 summers ago. Happened in a basketball game the pain was unbearable for a few days before I was given the painkillers. After a 6 week recovery my foot was mainly healed, but an addiction had developed. I was given 10 mg pills for a 6 week span. At first I was using them as prescribed but made the mistake of "experimenting" with more. Worst mistake of my life. I ran out after 3 weeks and was given more because I said they weren't getting rid of the pain. Before I knew it I was up to using 80 mg. of oxy a day and needing it when I woke up and in the evening. Having said all that, I've been sober for 3 weeks now. The first week off was horrific (I won't describe the symptoms as all of you have already said them). I made it through that somehow and managed to kick the physical pain that comes with detox. However, now I am experiencing the mental pain that comes with it. I took ativan for a week to stop the insomnia which did the trick, but the depression and cravings have not left. When I say I want to cry some nights is an understatement. I have an amazing girlfriend who is more than great to me, yet I still put painkillers above her where before my addiction, my heart would have fully been with her. I suppose what I'm asking is how long does the depression and cravings continue? I still manage to make my girlfriend happy with my personality, but it's only half of what it used to be. I just want to be normal again without this NEED for opiates in my life. It has to stop or there's a good chance I'll start using again.
Having been through all the withdrawals you've described, I just want to say getting through the physical part is the toughest thing. A little background on my usage. I was given oxycontin for a broken foot 2 summers ago. Happened in a basketball game the pain was unbearable for a few days before I was given the painkillers. After a 6 week recovery my foot was mainly healed, but an addiction had developed. I was given 10 mg pills for a 6 week span. At first I was using them as prescribed but made the mistake of "experimenting" with more. Worst mistake of my life. I ran out after 3 weeks and was given more because I said they weren't getting rid of the pain. Before I knew it I was up to using 80 mg. of oxy a day and needing it when I woke up and in the evening. Having said all that, I've been sober for 3 weeks now. The first week off was horrific (I won't describe the symptoms as all of you have already said them). I made it through that somehow and managed to kick the physical pain that comes with detox. However, now I am experiencing the mental pain that comes with it. I took ativan for a week to stop the insomnia which did the trick, but the depression and cravings have not left. When I say I want to cry some nights is an understatement. I have an amazing girlfriend who is more than great to me, yet I still put painkillers above her where before my addiction, my heart would have fully been with her. I suppose what I'm asking is how long does the depression and cravings continue? I still manage to make my girlfriend happy with my personality, but it's only half of what it used to be. I just want to be normal again without this NEED for opiates in my life. It has to stop or there's a good chance I'll start using again.
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I now have 24 days clean from Oxys...they had me in deep!! Had a prescription from my dumbass doctor who Nneeeever told me that things would end up like this....3 Years later I made the choice to get off...for me and my daughter!! So, I went in to my doc, told her to stop the scripts and got some chlonidine (lowers your blood pressure and stops the sweats), some Imovaine to help me sleep and then some immodium and gravol. Then I checked in to Detox-which was because I could be ME and go through what I needed to with no expectations! Things weren't perfect, I couldn't have made it without that stuff. Today is 24 days and I still trying to do this whole "One Day At a Time" ..but I feel better. I still have NO energy at all really. But I make it work...I am looking forward to sleeping ALL night again...but overall life is good!!! I pray for all of you! My heart is still right there where y'all are at! If you anyone ever wants to "talk" just email mr. :-)
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I see this post is old but I want to say to all opiate addicts, it does get better. I have been an addict since 1997, I started taking Vicodin & Hydros in low doses when I was 17 years old and a year or so later moved up to high doses of percocet. I was happy eating handfuls of hydro & percocet 10's for a year or so but was then introduced to oxycontin. Once that happened, I had a seriously dangerous & expensive habit in no time. I was doing 3 to five OC 80's a day at one point. I finally realized I had to do something about this but I sure as hell didn't want to stop cold turkey & to be honest, I didn't want to stop because I just loved being high. In about 2003 I was introduced to methadone & shortly after, the methadone clinic. After starting there I was soon up to 120mg a day and stayed that way for years. Towards the end of my methadone clinic tour, a new doctor started working there. This doctor was the one and only person that ever encouraged me to go down on my dosage and to try and eventually go off of it. He apparently encouraged others to do the same and the clinic administration did not like this for some reason and kind of forced him out. After he left, I went back to my old ways and just stayed put on my dosage, which had gotten down to 80mg from the help of this doctor. About 6 months after that, I saw a commercial of this doctor advertising his own rehabilitation clinic, but this was a suboxone clinic. I finally got up the nerve to switch over to his clinic and started taking suboxone in place of methadone. They say that your not supposed to get high from suboxone and it is definitely no where near the high of methadone, but you still do get high. I was on suboxone for about a year but during this time I started going to counseling, group meetings, and gradually decreasing my dose. I still go to this clinic for counseling and meetings but have been completely off of suboxone and all other opiates for about 6 months now. It has definitely been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life but it is getting easier now. The key to success with the disease of addiction is having the support of people who love you, believe in you, and people that have been where you are before. Once I had those things, and a doctor that was really interested in getting people off the dope, thats what let me succeed in beating this thing. I still miss and want the high but am able to control it now. I don't think I will ever loose the urge to get high but in the 6 or 7 months of being clean, I have bought my own house for the first time and can truly take care of my wife and kids & put them first and foremost in front of anything, including drugs. From addict to addict, hang in there, it will get better. Use all resources available to you, no matter how lame they seem. You need someone to love you and someone to love back. Find something worth more to you than the Bull S**t drugs. Stay strong, you can do it. Oh, and after the initial detox is done, get your doc to give you adderall for the first few weeks to a month for a little energy and motivation.
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I have been off of Narcotics for 2 weeks today. I feel fine except for the pain from the issues that I was put on them in the first place. My problem is this. I still have diarrhea and I have absolutely NO energy. I really can't do anything! Even lifting my arm seems to be an effort. I make myself do some things so I am not so idle all the time but MAN what an effort. Can anyone tell me how long until I start getting my energy back and stop having diarrhea?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Hey man know wat you been bout being ripped out of you head every day im no day three cold turkey 320 mils a day .im really glad to see you wright that there is a light after 3-4 days and this is helping me hang in there i have 6 kids that need me really sucidal yesterday .
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Hey everyone,I was one oxy and percs for over 2 years for back pain,I decided one day that they were making me feel worse took away all my feelings couldnd get through the days without them but boy did they give me energy,I could work a 8 hour shift,come home cook dinner and go to the gym,I have been off them now 8 days cold turkey,I was so sick for 5 days but now i am feeling so much better,what helped for me was long hot baths with epson salts and lavender,lots and lots of water and gravel,I had to take 2 weeks off work but it was well worth it,It can be done and its worth it,I feel like my out self is comming back and thats the best feeling in the world,never again will i take oxys or percs they are poision!!!
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How did it go for you on the 5th day? I am on the 5th day now and feel a little bit better but I still feel like harsh poop!! I can think of anything that can be worse then going through the withdraws. My doctor gave me meds to help slow down my heart rate and an anti depression pill to start taking so I started to use it but I found it just made it worse. I also tried NyQuil to help me sleep also gravel and Imodium but I still was up tossing and turning all bloody night. I was taking 80mg a day for 4 weeks at night time. Please can anyone tell me when is the withdraws going to stop! Thankyou!
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you don't have any idea what your saying there is no acetAminophen in oxycontin. Whithdrawl takes months.you are right when you saud to seek medical help
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It might soud bad but smoke some weed 1hit every few hrs not to get wasted but to settle the legs spasms
And calm you down worked for me.
And calm you down worked for me.
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I am currently 6 days sober after a 3 month addiction to Suboxone. I bought Suboxone from my dealer in an attempt to take control of my addiction and recover on my own, without a doctor. Needless to say the last week had been HELL. Trust me when I say this: If you are going to give Suboxone a chance, DO NOT take it for more than 1 week. And DO NOT EVER self-medicate. See a doctor, please, for your own sake. Suboxone messes with your mind, and after using it for 3 months the withdrawal and depression are far worse than if I had just suffered through the opiate withdrawal 3 months ago.
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i haven't even read anyone elses comments, but from what you've said .. lol diarrhea doesn't last a year and a half from opiate withdrawals.... sounds like your bf is still using occasionally & not fully healing (once every few days will keep you addicted. 2 of the 3 days you'll be sick with diarrhea, chills, yadda yadda) if thats the case he needs to stop for atleast a week to start to feel normal again.
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i have done it more then once but i keep going back to doing them i cant seem to stop. it will last for a while the pain is not even the hardest part the exhaustion is the worst to me even more so if you to work or take care of your kid. the best thing i can say to do is to just hang in there you can do it look up diff ways to go about getting off them and what you can do to help with the withdraws because there is ways to get past it with out haven to take more drugs that you could get hooked on as well so just hang in there i feel your pain im going thru it right now.
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I just recently detoxed from 120mg oxycontin a day and I too had a problem with the exhaustion. What I did was take vitamin B12 3000mcg it has helped wonders for me.
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