This may be way late. To wean off: I don't know how much you're doing or how you are taking it. So here's a general guideline.
Be prepared to have some withdrawal like discomfort, but nothing outta control.
Wait until you are ill. Stay ill for as long as you can tolerate it, no less than an hour and a half, typically three hours.
Start day one by taking half of your usual dose. (Ideally, you would take a quarter, but that may not work well enough depending on how much you do and how you do it.)
I think it's important to have acute withdrawal symptoms before you dose. The longer you can put off doing the stepped down amount, the more you'll notice it and appreciate it when it hits.
And repeat that process until you're off.
Important mind-sets are: You are not trying to get high, you are trying to wean off and go through withdrawal with the ability to do it an exponentially more comfortable manner. Knowing you have enough stuff on you to get high if you want will help you IF you are resolute about eradicating the addiction.
Feel that the discomfort from withdrawal is a reasonable penalty for the happy of the high. That's why you want to go through withdrawal, albeit mildly, is to teach yourself a lesson.
If you are in a constant state of withdrawal, but being sure you're only doing enough to take the edge off, you can perhaps be off within 3 - 5 days. As long as you make sure you are waiting until you are in proper physical withdrawal before you dose you will notice daily that the number of times you 'need' to dose reduces rapidly.
Your body will appreciate the reduced amount much more when you are sick. No matter what, less withdrawal discomfort is better than more. You need to be focused on the fact that you will soon be off, and on your terms. I don't think painless withdrawal does you any good, and to go painless could take weeks really.
Take care, good luck.
Sean
Boy do I know about the night terrors. I would literally go outside and walk the block in my night clothes just to get air.. I almost think that the meds are making me clausterphobic to some extent. I am terrified of withdrawl but appreciate your post so very much. Hope you are doing well.
I don't know what to do. I was in a bad car accident, and I broke 3 bones in my neck c3, c4, and c5, and I also broke 3 bones in my thorasic back, t6, t7, and t8. I could not sit or stand for more than 15 minutes. My doctor put me on Oxycontin, and percocets. I have been on them for over 10 years. I am an addict, I take over 300 milligrams a day. 100 in the morning just to get out of bed, 100 in the afternoon, and 100 at night. I snort the percocets, and jew the oxycontins. About 3 months ago, my face has started becoming numb, and my eyes feel like they are bulging out. My ears feel stuffed, and I am always dizzy. I have had 2 heart attacks and have 2 stents put in. I am only 40 years old. I WANT MY LIFE BACK. When I first started taking the pills 10 years ago, I FELT GREAT, I never even felt like I had a car accident, I HAD A LIFE, I could go out and do things. NOW my LIFE IS OVER. I ONLY LIVE TO TAKE PILLS. Even though I take pills I still CAN NOT GET OUT OF BED OR DO ANYTHING. I AM ALWAYS TIRED AND FATIGUED. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I do not feel PAIN per say, but my body feels weird, my face feels weird. I have been to several doctors, but they all treat me like a drug addict. I NEVER EVER took drugs before all this. My accident and my OLD retired doctor turned me into a drug addict. MY LIFE IS OVER, and now all I do is think about SUICIDE, and killing myself to end my pain. I cry everyday. THIS IS NO LIFE. I hurt so bad. I am just waiting to rot away and die. I use to be an Insurance Agent for a Bank. I made 60k, before my car accident, NOW after the car accident, I live on social security which is less than 10k a year. All my meds for heart and pain run me over 700 dollars a month. I am also trying to take care of 2 disabled parents, but NOW I am having a hard time getting out of bed to take care of them, and the weird feeling in my face is spreading across my face and throat. I have been to the emergency room and they say nothing is wrong with me. They took blood test, x rays, and a CAT scan, and nothing is showing up. I know I am dying. I just pray to GOD to make it quick. I am going to start taking suboxone,and get off these pills. I am so embarrassed that I snorted all these pills for so long. I just want to go ahead and DIE, my life is over. Please PLEASE IF YOU ARE READING THIS. STOP NOW, STOP AS SOON AS YOU CAN. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER 10 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE HAS GONE BY LIKE MINE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE POINT OF YOUR FACE IS FALLING OFF TO STOP. I AM NOT SURE IF I AM GOING TO LIVE MUCH LONGER. I THINK I WAIT TOO LONG. I TRIED TO GET HELP, LIKE I SAID I am seen several doctors and they just don't want to be bothered by me. They don't know what it is, so they just tell me I am experiencing VERTIGO, and then they kick me out of the hospital. I see my family doctor and she just tells me to go to the hospital. I am tried everything I can. So I am going to give one last push to use suboxine and do it on my own. NO doctors want to help, they just want to help normal sick everday people, NOT someone with broken bones and drug habit, that I have. Like I said I was never a druggy until I was put on these by my doctor. Pain pills are the worst thing in life. I also when COLD turkey 4 years ago for 3 weeks, and it was the longest 3 weeks of my life. THE WORST PAIN I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. I MEAN HELLISH I WANT TO KILL MYSELF PAIN FROM WITHDRAW. I WOULD NEVER WISH IT ON MY WORST ENEMY. THE WITHDRAW PAINS ARE A LIVING HELLISH NIGHTMARE. PLEASE GOD IF YOU ARE READING THIS, PLEASE GOD HELP ME. I HAVE TRIED DOCTORS, I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I CAN. ONLY YOU GOD CAN HELP ME THIS ONE LAST TIME. PLEASE GOD EITHER HELP ME OR KILL ME. I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE LIKE THIS ANY LONGER. I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE. I CAN'T STAND, I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO FALL OVER. I CANT SEE STRAIGHT. I AM SO DIZZY AND TIRED. I JUST WANT TO DIE. THIS IS MY LAST ATTEMPT TO STOP TAKING THIS MEDICINE. I GET THE SUBOXON NEXT WEEK. PLEASE ANYONE THAT IS READING THIS PLEASE PRAY TO GOD THAT I CAN BEAT THIS. MY TEETH ARE WHOLE NOTHER STORY. THOUSANDS AND THOUSAND OF DOLLARS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE TO FIX THEM. THEY HURT JUST AS BAD AS THE WITHDRAW. OH GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MYSELF. OH GOD PLEASE HELP ME. OH GOD. I AM SORRY I WASTED MY LIFE LIKE THIS.
I have been on oxy 30mg 6x a day for almost 2 yrs have been on pain meds since my back injury in 05 I have tried to ween with no success I have had two surgeries and I am in pain every day my body (brain) has built a tolerance to the meds and is telling me I need more I have a very supportive wife who I give my meds to as soon as I get them I need to stop for my wife and my two boys they are nine and eleven don't want them to keep seeing me go through this c##p but most of all I need to do this for myself reading all these posts lets me know I am not alone I am tring to get into a rehab but this is a work related injury and I am on limited income and cannot afford to pay out of pocket I am scared to cut my meds b
I am trying to get off also but I'm trying epidermal shots first, the last few days I haven't needed my normal dose ,2 30 mg c.r oxycotin & 4-5 15 mg oxycodone but I'm afraid of the wd also, but there's really no way around it
You sir, are a badass^ not even trying to be sarcastic.
I don't think that is a good idea at al ,I ran out of oxys so I used some fentanyl sublingual spay to help WRONG FUCKEN MOVE.I truly believe that lowering the doses of scripted drugs the best way.and finally I know I will have to enter detox.from my understanding methadone and fentanyl are the worst drugs out there.i have gone 2 weeks w/o oxy by using OPANA er ,another wrong move.but I truly am suffering in cervical pain 2 of my discs are leaning on spinal cord .i am in agony.opana and fent do not touch the pain.tomorow is doc appt I plan on getting oxy wean down till surgery,and then enter detox.lastly I have learned to be honest with family and partners it's a lot ezr when they help.good luck
Hi, I've been taking oxycodone for over 3 yrs and I'm trying to quit cold turkey, my body is screaming and I'm scared, I don't know if its the right thing to do, my doctor has refused to re-fill my prescription as well, if though I haven't taken more than the prescribed dose, until the 30 day mark. PLEASE HELP
My daughter did this while she was pregnant she was 5 and a half months pregnant she was on 10 mg a day...she weaned herself on her own at home, she went off them by first day one 10mg, for four days, then on the 5th day and sixth day one 5mg morning and 5mg. at night for four days, then she took one half of the five mg twice a day a total of 5mg...for four days then down to a half a day for 4 days to nothing. A total of 10 days and totally off them she only had some dirarreah for the 6 days when she started weaning off..and throwing up...now no symptoms and no pills and the baby seems to be ok she is not 7 mths. pregnant and the doctors say the baby is ok and doing fine can't say this will work for everyone, but she only took the pills for 4mths. of her pregnancy. Won't know for sure until the baby is born in 9 weeks. Doctors are the best to answer your question...she so far was lucky...nothing else happened...they say a miscarriage could occur too..wean too fast and the baby could be harmed.
Don't quit cold turkey it could harm you...wean off slowly...
i will hopefully be brief. had back pain for 2 years, was on vicodin. took more than i should, but pain was awful. finally got help. had a nerve ablasion, felt better immediately and began SLOWLY SLOWLY WEANING MYSELF OFF OF VICODIN. too about 6 weeks. did it slow because i have acute sense of pain and i did not want to go through the agony of going off it in 2 weeks. felt good about 2 weeks after last dosage. THEN...diagnosed with cancerous bone tumor in my jaw. about 4 weeks after feeling good. had radiation and now suffer with pain. it has been over 2 years, cancer gone. now deal with side effects of radiation. decided that i would rather have pain and...this pain is tolerable...than have to be enslaved to this drug and the people that dispense it (good doctor, but some real idiots there, also). now here is what i am saying again...SLOWLY. days i need to up my dosage to go to a function, even though i am tapering off. it works. you are still getting it out of your system. so i am only doing this on a day i must be able to "function". and then, it is only half a pill. this will take me about 4 more weeks and i have already been doing it for 3. once i get to only one pill, i usually just dig in and go through the last 3 to 4 days. but this is how it has and is working for me. it is not fun, it takes time. but this is how it works for me. REMEMBER ONE IMPORTANT FACT: whatever pain you suffer is worse as you go off. but i also noticed that the pain tapers and decreases as my dosage decreases. i will always have pain from this disease. but i will get out of "numb zone" and able to laugh and have good times. hang in dear friends. it will get better. just don't be afraid to go slow. once you decide to do it, it is not hard. it is a goal. talk about it to friends and family. they must know you will be doing this and may not be in the best of moods. you will have to withdraw at times. God bless.
BY THE WAY...the drug i am on and detoxing is oxy. i will make it. first few days of decrease stink. but i take 1/2 less one day, then previous the next day. then 1/2 for 2 days then back to previous. then...a new 1/2 off which is actually a whole pill. then i follow the above pattern, adjusting for days i have to be able to function. but try not to go back to the very first dosage. if you do, get back on regiment. it is slow, but i am able to feel like i don't have to be afraid. i just do it. i will try to remember to check back in by end of june to let you know i made it. but believe me, i will. i will just be so happy and carefree, i will have forgotten to post. see? it is the positive attitude. no big deal doing it this way. did it before when i was on vicodin for 3 years. waaayyy tooo much vicodin. oxy hurts more, but thats okay.again, hang in and if you are a person that has fear about this stuff...do it my way.
I really liked your post.I no and on my 1st day of wd,I just took some cough med to bring my head down.I have been on them for years.My doc just gave me 90 2 in a half weeks ago and they are gone.YES GONE.When I first got them I was gonna give them to someone to hold but my add.mind took over.Im thinking about going to the er but what do I tell them.....I don't want to die.