How long lasts Oxycontin withdrawal?

Hi everyone,

 

I am just finishing my taper, I have been taking 30mg oxycodone a day for just over a year.  Sunday will be my last taper dose and then I will be in w/d soon after.  Will my w/d be a bit less after the taper?  I am feeling some mild body aches and hot flashes now as I try to use my dose at night so that I can sleep.  Reading in this forum is really helping but seeing the posts that say I am going to be in "hell on earth"  scares me.  What else do I need to know?  I want to stay clean for good.  This is my first time trying to kick this.  I

I used the Imodium for two months as needed. It completely removed the w/d, and I mean that literally. You can buy it cheaply on Amazon in large quantities. It is like a taper in itself, as I had to use it for a couple of months. If you have to function at work, this is a great way to get around dealing with w/d because some of us must continue productivity whether work or other responsibilities. I have found no matter how much oxy you have taken, the process is about one month for your body to purge all of the oxy, which is stored in fat cells.

Long time on this, but holy c**p you're the first person I can relate to! I've had almost an identical experience and thought I was going crazy or was a freak because of this withdraw hysteria. S much of this carp is wrapped up in our brains. I'm not denying physical dependence, but YOU MUST PARTICIPATE! Get your brain involved, mind eff yourself if you hafto! I've done it. I thought I was so weak for so many years until I had just had it. You can do this and you will not need these pills. It took a while for me to get on board with this idea (I should add, on my own, in secret, not telling husband, family, docs, no one), but I finally did and it's not as daunting as I perceived from reading endless threads about withdraw. You're life can and will get better. If I can do it, anyone can. xx

Well, i am on day 6 or 7 without oxy!! Took 40 mg dayly twice for neck injurie for 4 years. It has been hell, the hardest thing i ever had to encounter end my life has allways been kind of hellish, so i am a hard ass for keeping me alive so long. But day 6 or 7 i am feeling a bit better, still lying in bed craving for the drug but i am not so sick anymore. Just cant find an intrest , a happy moment, its all whining and crying. And the f**k is, i had to do it all by myself without support of none single person, dokter.loved one. all by myself like all my life.Only thing i used were benzos to sleep at night, that helped. But overday the cravings are the worst part. i am so restless, cant enjoy a single thing and only want to take more benzos to sleep a whole week long. But cant do that, i just have enough to keep me a sleep for 4 more nights. The tips here helped, very hot bads are a lifesaver, keeps you relaxed for 1.5 hour. Fresh juice; Healthy food ,fish vegetebles. and a very very very powerfull motivatoor you have to have. Mine i cant put here because its unethical to write here. Best wishes to all and its possible , just think yourself as a hard ass that can beat anything. Kick some ass. And keep you reminded its all over within 2 weeks ( i hope). Cheers

I too have been on Oxycontin for 12 years for a permanent and painful disease called arachnoiditis in my lower spine. I once (not that long ago) said the very same thing that you said and defended my "little lifesavers" that made my pain so much more tolerable and gave me a better quality of life. I did not abuse them either, and totally believed they were my only hope for a decent life. I could not have been more wrong! I agree it IS effective in numbing the pain. The problem is, it numbs your heart and emotions as well, and slowly steals your soul. It happens quietly, subtly, and one day you start asking yourself what the Hell is wrong? You know you're not yourself, you can't seem to connect with people any more, not even your own family and friends. A gulf or invisible wall has somehow inserted itself between you and the rest of the world and you don't understand why.You feel isolated and lonely, even when you're not alone. Then, you begin to notice that you can't function any more and that quality of life you think those little pills are giving you, isn't there any more - it's an illusion. Finally, you begin to want to be real again, to feel again - and once that desire becomes strong enough, you're ready to take the necessary steps to free yourself from this poison you're imprisoned by. It really is a demon. I got to that point, and 8 days ago, stopped cold. It's been a rough week but so worth it! I'm finally feeling a little better each day, and I'm finding that my old pain isn't as bad as I had feared. Damaged nerves can heal. I'm proof. Don't buy everything the doctors tell you. Anyway, the point of my post is to illuminate the darker side of this drug. It is not just horribly addictive mentally and physically, it is evil. Sorry for not giving more detail on the withdrawal part. I just wanted to show that this drug must be and can be conquered, you just have to want it bad enough.It really is your life at stake. If I can walk away from it, anyone can. Hoping this helps someone out there. God bless

l'm a Nurse...And l'll tell you it takes longer than 3-4 days!!! l don't know what dosage you were on but... lt depends on how long you were on these drugs etc.!! Good for you if you stopped having bad side effects after that short of a period. But don't call people fools... Everyone has different withdrawal experiences. And if you're not a Doctor... Well you know the rest!!!

Wish you would have said what that OTC product was that helps takes the withdrawals away...and makes it easier!!

Thank you so much for a great story. I am on day 3 and I have experienced all aspects of the withdrawal symptoms. These pills ruined my life with a divorce, lost my house, I love with my folks now and see my kids 4 days a week. I never want to use these again. I want to live again and be free and meet a new woman and start a new life and always show the love I never showed by dulling life's emotions with pills. I have never hated anything in my life more than pills.

could you please help me i feel very lost

to 8 year user

drugs are bad don't take them

im 4 yrs on it, Good for you don't go back I'm going on 96hrs. since last took it, you do fell better soon just hold on ...

You bet I have been one narcotic after another for 16 years including methadone. Prescribed for muscle pain damage from West NIle took me nearly two years to slowly get off Methadone. I quit Oxycodone six days ago, felling better but still having diarrhea and feeling like I cant sit still about twice a day. If I don't take several Ativan at bedtime, I get up every 45 minutes and walk out the discomfort in my legs and arms. My advice, toss the pills so you don't give in, stick it out, and find out most your pain was narcotic withdrawals the whole time.

The best way to not feel the withdrawals to buy these from walgreen.!00% works no withdrawals at all. 

1- ****Anti diarrheal- the blue pills -says loperamide(its opiate).Take 6 to 15 every two hours untill u dont feel good . worry. it wont kill you. just for the first three days. Take as much as you need. Its ver important to buy this. you need up 400 pills in the five days.

2-Pervacide and Tagement.

3-Naproxen.

4-Valerian root.

5-Water water water.

6-Fruts only. Bananas .

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After a work accident and back problems I have been on oxycodone for 12 years and 30mg four times a day I stopped cold turkey 41 days ago and I am still be side myself I have leg problem and no will to do any thing does any one know how long I will feel this terrible. I am running out of will power maybe only 2 to 3 hours of sleep and sometimes I just black out for a couple hours any advise I won't give up